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Books Stacked on My Shelves
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books I added to my shelves this week. They may it be physical or virtual. I include books I buy in a physical store or online, books I borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. Follow the link to see what others have on their shelves.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
Stacking the Shelves - November 8, 2014
Friday, November 7, 2014
Book Beginnings and The Friday 56, November 7, 2014
I'm linking up with Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings and Freda's Voice for Page 56. Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Pick the closest book on your book stack and join the fun.
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The Beginning:
"You know that saying about lighting never strikes twice in the same place? Well, I'm living proof that it's totally false."
Page 56
"Besides, the radio was sure to get nothing but evangelical channels and pass reports this far deep into the mountains, and the pain in his head was bad enough as it was."
From Time Thief by Katie MacAlister. This has been on my TBR shelf for a long time. I purchased it when I came out in May of 2013 and am just getting around to reading it.
From Goodreads:
Outcast
due to their ability to manipulate time, shunned by the mortal and immortal
worlds alike, a Traveller’s life is anything but easy.
Peter
Faa is a member of the Watch tracking down a murderer, and unfortunately, all
clues seem to point toward his own estranged family of Travellers. Any of his
cousins could be guilty, but which one? They’re all experts in the art of
stealing time...
After
surviving a lightning strike, Kiya Mortenson is determined to get just one
thing in her life right. And if that means taking a job as nanny to five pugs
on a campsite in the Oregon wilderness, then so be it. It doesn’t hurt that the
job comes with some spectacular male eye candy, including her new boss’s
gorgeous grandson. If only she didn’t keep having this strange sense of deja
vu...
When Peter discovers his own family
is stealing time from Kiya, all bets are off. While she may drive him crazy at
times, it’s clear that it’s not just lightning that’s creating some serious
sparks between them. And he’s not going to let secrets, lies, or a devious
murderer keep Kiya from where she belongs: at his side.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
The Morph (Gate Shifter Book One) by JC Andrijeski
Science Fiction
From Goodreads:
Dakota Reyes, a twenty-something
private eye who specializes in what she calls ‘hard-to-prosecute’ cases, finds
herself in a dark alley one night, about to end up dead at the hands of a young
Ted Bundy in training...that is, until a lost, shape-shifting alien named
Nihkil rescues her, and inadvertently takes her home with him. The problem is,
his home is in a different dimension, and Dakota has no clue how to get back to
Seattle, or Earth, or even her own time period. She finds herself bound to her
rescuer, Nihkil, through his ‘lock,’ a quasi-biological structure that controls
whether he can shape-shift, among other things, which he needs to be able to do
in order to get her back home. Only Dakota has no idea how to open Nik’s lock,
and the longer she spends in his world, the more forces begin to align against
them, trying to prevent her from getting home.
The Morph has a lot going for
it. There is world building, character
development, and a lot of description.
What it lacked was a plot that made sense. I was as lost as Dakota as I read. That did not stop me from continuing in the hope that I
would understand what the lock was and how Dakota could use it. There are hints scattered throughout
the book but each left both Dakota and I needing more. The ending was unexpected and while it
did bring Dakota and Nik where they wanted to be it left a lot unresolved.
I will be looking for the next book
to see if my questions are answered.
White Sun Press published The Morph
by JC Andrijeski in 2013.
I received a free ARC of The Morph from Netgalley in return for a honest review.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Holiday Giveaway With Harlequin, November 5th - 12th.
Harlequin Holiday Giveaway!
Join me for a chance to win some great Christmas Stories from Harlequin. The Prize Package is pictured and listed below. Visit Rafflecopter at the end of this post for a chance to win. North American mailing addresses only. There are some great Christmas Romances this year. You may win but if not you have great choices to purchase and read.
- One mass market paperback of each of:
- Christmas with the Billionaire
- Maybe this Christmas by Sarah Morgan
- Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne
- The Heart of Christmas by Brenda Novak
- The Lodge on Holly Road by Sheila Roberts
- One copy of Her Holiday Man by Shannon Stacey in the digital format of your choice
- One package of ornament charms
- One box of Harlequin-themed gift tags
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Teaser Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:"
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book.
The Teaser:
From Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh. This is the latest in her Guild Hunter series and is more of a side story than a main line novel. It contains a great romance between two side characters and further glimpses of how Raphael and Elena are getting along. It also contains hooks that set up stories for some additional main line and side characters.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Musing Monday's - November 3, 2014
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| TC is in the sun musing about the chipmunk she sees out the window. Hopefully that is all she does. So far this month she has presented me with two chipmunks - one alive and one dead but both in my bedroom. |
Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week.…Musing Mondays is sponsored by Should Be Reading.
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to talk.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to talk.
After that I purchased the original Nook. I still have it and it is the only eReader out that has both wifi and three G. I don't use it much and when I started getting review copies from Netgalley I purchased the cheapest Kindle. It became the one I used the most. Then I got a iPad and loaded the Kindle and Nook apps. So I started using it but did not like the size. It is uncomfortable to hold and read so when Nook came out with the Samsung Galaxy Tab Nook I purchased it and love it. How many is that so far? eBookwise, Nook, Kindle, Samsung Nook - four. You would think that would be enough but no. I recently was offered a Kindle Fire HDX. All I had to do was let them monitor my web usage on it for one year so now I have 5 eReaders.
I don't think I need more but we shall see. Thanks for reading through this long post on my obsession with eReaders.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
The Time Roads by Beth Bernobich
Alternate History
What Goodreads says:
Éire is one of the most powerful
empires in the world. The Anglian Dependencies are a dusty backwater filled
with resentful colonial subjects, Europe is a disjointed mess, and many look to
Éire for stability and peace. In a series of braided stories, Beth Bernobich
has created a tale about the brilliant Éireann scientists who have already bent
the laws of nature for Man's benefit. And who now are striving to conquer the
nature of time.
The Time Roads is a difficult book
to categorize. I settled on
Alternate History as the setting is around the 1900’s and some things are
familiar. Other things are
not at all familiar. Eire is the
ruling island in this time line and science has gone in a different direction
adding a touch of steampunk.
I am glad I read The Time Roads but
I found it to be weak in several areas.
The story follows several characters on a journey that takes many, many
years. I found the world building a little lacking and the switch from
following one characters to another confusing. That confusion was also there as the time line progressed. I don’t want to add a spoiler so just
let me say if you get too confused just keep reading it will all come together
by the end of the book.
As the blurb says this is a group
of braided stories that interact but still leave a lot unsaid. The discovery of the time roads is part
of each. If you like books with an
unusual concept and a different take on history and time travel this is the
book for you. I found I liked it
much better after I finished and had time for everything to settle into
place.
I received an ARC of The Time Roads
from Netgalley in return for a honest review.
Tor Books published The Time Roads
by Beth Bernobich in 2014.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Stacking the Shelves, November 1, 2014
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Books Stacked on My Shelves
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books I added to my shelves this week. They may it be physical or virtual. I include books I buy in a physical store or online, books I borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews. Follow the link to see what others have on their shelves.
Purchased:Free Audio Book: Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane by Elizabeth Boyle Kris LongKnife: Tenacious by Mike Shepherd Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh For Review: Temporal Shift by Nina Croft  |
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