Mini Book Reviews: Enshadowed & Oblivion by Kelly Creagh

Title: Enshadowed (Nevermore #2) Author: Kelly Creagh Publication Date: August 28, 2012Publisher: Atheneum BooksPages: 429Add to Goodreads Review for book 1  True love takes a twisted turn in the second book of this modern gothic romance trilogy channeling the dark brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe. Varen Nethers is trapped in a perilous dreamworld—a treacherous and desolate realm where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. Isobel Lanley, plagued by strange visions and haunted by the nightmares of Varen's creation, is the only one who can save him. Isobel knows that her only hope lies within a Baltimore cemetery. There,...

Weekly Recap: 2/21 - 2/27

My Super Exciting Life  This was a super weird week for me. Nothing bad happened and I wasn't sick or anything, I just felt kind of... meh about things in general. For most of the week I was (very impatiently) waiting for my very late Deadpool Collector Corps box to arrive. It finally showed up yesterday afternoon so YAY finally! I'll be posting that unboxing next week! I had to spend too much time going back and forth between home and the VA Medical Center nearby because, you know, veteran stuff. The bright spot in my week was definitely getting to go to Magic Kingdom on Thursday night for the DVC 25th anniversary member party!...

On review requests that ignore review policies...

Here's something I haven't talked about on my blog before: review policies. Back when I started my blog I did a LOT of stalking. I scoured the interwebs for awesome book blogs and spent hours reading review policies and slowly building my own. I'll admit, I still don't know what the heck I'm doing sometimes, but I feel like my review policy is short and sweet and easy to understand. So why does it seem like the majority of authors who email me haven't even looked at it? The thing is, I know that authors must have seen my review policy page if they've emailed me. How do I know this? Because it is the only place my email address exists (at...

Audiobook Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) Author: Tahereh Mafi Narrator: Kate Simses Publication Date: February 5, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 tick tick tick tick tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance. She's finally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam. But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter...

Waiting on Wednesday #90: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd Publication Date: October 11, 2016 There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital. In the mirrors that line its grand hallways, which once belonged to a princess. In those that reflect the elegant rooms, now filled with sick children. It is her secret. One morning, when Emmaline climbs over the wall of the hospital’s abandoned gardens, she discovers something incredible: a white horse with broken wings has left the mirror-world and entered her own. Tucked into the garden’s once-gleaming...

Top Ten Tuesday #84: TBR books that aren't my typical genre

Today's Topic:  Ten Book I Want To Read  That Aren't My Typical Genre When I started digging through my TBR shelf on Goodreads for today's topic, I quickly realized that I really don't read books that aren't my typical genre(s)... With no material to work with I decided to switch things a little. Here are the top ten I'd like to read that are outside of my comfort zone!          Blankets by Craig Thompson The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Loki by Mike Vasich Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto          The...

Book Tour Review & Giveaway: After the Woods by Kim Savage

Title: After the Woods Author: Kim Savage Publication Date: February 23, 2016 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads  //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// Would you risk your life to save your best friend? Julia did. When a paroled predator attacked Liv in the woods, Julia fought back and got caught. Liv ran, leaving Julia in the woods for a terrifying 48 hours that she remembers only in flashbacks. One year later, Liv seems bent on self-destruction, starving herself, doing drugs, and hooking up with a violent new boyfriend. A dead girl turns up in those same woods,...

Weekly Recap: 2/14 - 2/20

My Super Exciting Life  Okay, first question, and this is serious: is everyone going to survive the Deadpool madness?? It seems like the entire world has totally lost their minds and I'm just over here trying to figure out what I'm missing! As a rule, I don't go to see movies during opening week (unless it's Star Trek and then all bets are off) so I STILL haven't been to see Deadpool. I'm seriously thinking about going today though... We'll see what happens. This week I spent a lot of time hanging out with puppies and catching up on reviews. I made a couple trips to Barnes and Noble where I didn't buy anything (because Amazon,...