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Ghost Slayer — Majanka Verstraete (ARC Review)

TITLE: Ghost Slayer AUTHOR: Majanka Verstraete RELEASES: April 14th, 2018; Fire Quill Publishing GENRE: Urban/Paranormal Fantasy AGE RANGE: New Adult SYNOPSIS: Twenty-one-year-old Kaelyn has spent half her life hunting ghosts and killing them. But she’s not like the other ghost hunters who have to rely on spells and curses to banish ghosts back to where they came from, hoping that they don’t come back. When Kaelyn kills a ghost, they stay dead. But in Mortimer Hall, a behemoth of a house, Kaelyn is about...

Born a Crime — Trevor Noah

TITLE: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood AUTHOR: Trevor Noah RELEASED: November 15th, 2016; Spiegel & Grau GENRE: Nonfiction AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime New York Times bestseller about one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father...

Mystery Blogger Awards #1-5

It’s time for four — that’s right, five! — Mystery Blogger Awards! In other news, today, you guys get to learn just how terrible I am at doing award tags, as I was nominated for some of these as much as SIX MONTHS AGO. I know, I’m ashamed of me, too. Moving on! I was tagged for this award by Dawlyn and Krista at Little Blind Book Finds, Camille at The Literary Empress, Adri at Little Fox & Reads, Liz at Stellar Kitten...

Ruin and Rising — Leigh Bardugo

TITLE: Ruin and Rising AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo SERIES: Grisha Verse, #3 RELEASED: June 17th, 2014; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship...

Most Popular Books on My TBR

Today’s post is going to be a little bit different — it’s not necessarily a tag, as far as I’m aware, but I saw Adriana over at Perpetual Pages do it in a recent video, and loved the idea! Basically, you go to your Goodreads TBR shelf and sort your books by the number of ratings (“num ratings” in the dropdown bar at the bottom), and then show off which 10 books are the most widely read/rated on your TBR!...

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion — Margaret Killjoy

TITLE: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion AUTHOR: Margaret Killjoy SERIES: Danielle Cain, #1 RELEASED: August 15th, 2017; Tor.com GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Danielle Cain is a queer punk rock traveller, jaded from a decade on the road. Searching for clues about her best friend’s mysterious and sudden suicide, she ventures to the squatter, utopian town of Freedom, Iowa. All is not well in Freedom, however: things went awry after the town’s residents summoned a protector spirit to serve as their judge...

The Cheesy Goodness Tag

This tag came to me thanks to a tag from my lovely friend Melanie, who you should absolutely go follow if you aren’t already! <3 The Rules 1. Pingback the original creator (Sydney @ Fire and Rain Books) so she can see all your cheesy goodness answers. 2. Pingback the person who tagged you! 3. Have fun!   cheddar: the traditional cheese (name your favorite classic novel) I am actually not a big fan of classics at all. I’m always...

The Titan’s Curse — Rick Riordan

TITLE: The Titan’s Curse AUTHOR: Rick Riordan SERIES: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3 RELEASED: May 5th, 2007; Disney-Hyperion GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: It’s not everyday you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half-human. But when you’re the son of a Greek god, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster. Oh and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that not all...

Obsidio — Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (NO SPOILERS!)

TITLE: Obsidio AUTHOR: Kristoff, Jay; Kaufman, Amie RELEASED: March 13th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady’s cousin, Asha, survived the initial...

Siege and Storm — Leigh Bardugo

TITLE: Siege and Storm AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo RELEASED: June 4th, 2013; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a...