Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Books With Animals on the Cover.

A Boy Called Bat By: Elana K. Arnold

I have read this book and recommend that you and your child read it.

The Girl Who Stole an Elephant By: Nizrana Rarook

This is a cute story and you should give it a try.

Nevertell By: Katharine Orton

Another cute middle grade

Ice Wolves By: Amie Kaufman

This is the first book in a series. It was okay and hoping the next book is better.

The Plains of Passage By: Jean M. Auel

This is the fourth book (?) in a series. I enjoyed the series.

The Honeymooners By: Christina Lauren

An enemy to lovers to book

Hooks Can Be Deceiving By: Betty Hechtman

Cozy Mystery with patterns for crocheting and some baking recipes.

White Fox By: Chen Jiatong

An Arc I haven't read yet

Ashlords By: Scott Reintoen

I haven't read this one yet.

Crown of Feathers By: Nicki Pau Preto

I haven't read this either.

These choices are my own thoughts. Do you agree or don't and why?

 

Weekly Wrap-Up

 

This is for the week of April 19th through April 25th. I read 11 books which brings my yearly reading total to  a 116 books. Total pages read for the week was 2,772.

Grown By: Tiffany D. Jackson

I gave this book 4 stars. This is a hard-hitting book. The reason I say this is because it deals with domestic violence. With that being said it was a very good book and I highly recommend that people should read and become aware. This can happen to anyone and everyone should be aware. One does not need to marry to the person who is violent. 

Lucky Caller By: Emma Mills

I gave this book 3 stars.  This is a YA book. A group of Seniors in High School work together in the radio station in this high school. They have nothing in common. They are learning how to get along and to figure their lives.

City of the Plague God By: Sarwat Chadda

I gave this book 4 stars. It is a middle grade from the Rick Riordan Presents Series. I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review. I have the review up so please look at it. 

I Heard That Song Before By: Mary Higgins Clark

I gave this book 4 stars. It is part of my books not read by author series. She is one of my favorite authors that no matter what I will buy her books. Unfortunately, she passed away last year. This book was published in 2007. This book is about three murders that took place at different times within the last 22 years. They were never able to prove who did it but had a main suscept but could not prove he did it. Now he is remarried and the mother of one of the persons murder wants to reopen the investigation before she dies. Did he kill them or did someone else do it? The evidence points to him.

A Wilder Rose By: Susan Wittig Albert

I gave this book 4 stars. I was supposed to read this book for the Little House Readathon in February, but I ran out of time. This book is about Rose Wilder Lane. This book goes into the help she gave her mother on her books and how she had adventures before the stock market crash in late 1929. It is a good biography about her life.

Lore By: Alexandra Bracken

I gave this book 4 stars. This book has some Greek Gods in the story. This is more a fantasy in my opinion. This is about a young girl who is trying to stay with her family, but her dad is forced to send her to a king for marriage to an older man. There are many adventures.

The Story of Joe Biden By: Frank Berrios

I gave this book 3 stars. I am trying to keep an open mind on this book. He is not my favorite person, but this book is part of a series, so I read it. I received this book through the Amazon Vine program. I did learn some things that I didn’t know about Joe like the loses he suffers. I think for a history book this book should have waited until he was in office longer before being written. It is easy for children to read and the pictures are good. I always enjoy the quiz section in the book.

The Story of Jackie Robinson By: Andrea Thorpe

I gave this book 5 stars. I grew up hearing about him from everyone who likes baseball. I learned a lot about him in this simple biography. I am glad he stood up for himself and paved the way for other baseball players of his color.

 

The Story of Stan Lee By: Frank Berrios

I gave this book 4 stars. I must omit I didn’t know who he was until I read this book. I am glad he was able to do something he loved for a living and he worked until the day he died. He is the writer of many comic books and started some incredibly famous ones that movies have been based off.

Along The Santa Fe Trail: Marion Russell’s Own Story By: Marion Russell/Adapted by: Ginger Wadsworth

I gave this book 5 stars. This book is about Marion’s Russell’s first trip across the Santa Fe Trail. It tells of her adventures and the trials she and her family face. Not too many since this is a children’s book. I read this book because I have a friend who this is her Great Great Grandmother’s story.

 

Death Gone A-Rye By: Winnie Archer

I gave this book 4 stars. It is book 6 in her series bread shop mysteries.

I have a review up for this book since I received this from NetGalley for an honest review. To learn more please go check it out.

 

Have you read any of these books? If so what did you think? Until next time keep reading.

Death Gone A-Rye Book Review

 

Death Gone A-Rye

By: Winnie Archer

Kensington Books

Kensington

Mystery and Thrillers

Publish Date 27 April 2021

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I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review. This is the sixth book in her A bread Mystery Series. I have read the first book and then this one. You do miss a few things for not reading them in order but she does a good job of giving clues for those who haven't read them in order to figure out what has happened in the past.

This book is about a murder of the School Board President and who did it. The President was not a very liked person and she wasn't a nice person in general. You will find out all about the reasons as you read the book. The sheriff is out of town on her honeymoon so the captain is in charge of the investigation and has a one track mind and doesn't look at all the clues. Ivy is looking into things for the sheriff and keeping her posted since she is now the sister-in-law. 

The best part is the recipes in the back of the book and the detail that goes into the book. I gave this book 4 stars. I need to go back and read the rest of the books. 

BookTube Spin #2

 I thought this would be fun and a way to get through some of my books that I don't go to. I did do this in January but didn't post it because I wasn't sure if I wanted to do this. Down below will be the photo of the stack of twenty books and then individual photos with the number.

Here are the twenty books that I have chosen.

Book #1 is Like Water for Chocolate By: Laura Esquirel

#2 Boy: Tales of Childhood By: Roald Dahl

#3 City of Flowers By: Mary Hoffman

#4 The Plot To Kill Hitler By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero

#5 Far World: Fire Keeper By: J. Scott Savage

#6 Click'd By: Tamara Ireland Stone

#7 The Ancient Sacred Tree: Birthing A Hero By: Dawnette Brenner

#8 Leviathan Wakes By: James S. A. Corey

#9 Normal People By: Sally Rooney

# 10 The Chemist By: Stephenie Meyer

#11 In a Dark, Dark Wood By: Ruth Ware

#12 No Such Person By: Caroline B. Cooney

#13 If I Stay By: Gayle Forman

#14 All The Bright Places By: Jennifer Niven

#15 Why Not Me? By: Mindy Kaling

#16 Once A King By: Erin Summerill

#17 The Snow Child By: Eowyn Ivey

#18 Listen To Your Heart By: Kasie West

#19 Who's Who in the Doctrine and Covenants By: Susan Easton Black

#20 The Rosie Result By: Graeme Simsion

Are you going to join? If you are going to join what books are you choosing?  You have about three months to read your book which is good for those who have a huge TBR.

Well, until next time keep reading.

City of the Plague God book review

 

City of the Plague God 

By: Sarwat Chadda

Disney Publishing World Wide

Rick Riordan Presents

Children's Fiction/Middle Grade

Publish Date January 12, 2021

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I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review. I know I am a little behind with this review. I gave this book 4 stars and really enjoyed it.

 This book is about a boy who was given something special from his brother just he died and doesn't realize it. The God Nergal, a Mesopotamia God, wants it. He is causing a lot of problems for this item and Sik has to stop him but doesn't know how. He does have help with some interesting characters.

My favorite characters are the house cats because you will be surprised on that they can do. I also happen to like cats. 

I like learning about different Gods from different cultures. Who knew there could be so many.

Top Ten Tuesday

 Top Ten Colorful Book Covers.

Arsenic and Adobo By: Mia p. Manansala

The Ten Thousand Doors of January By: Alix E. Harrow

The Mothers By: Brit Bennet

The Whole Town's Talking by: Fannie Flagg

First and Then By: Emma Mills

The Year I Flew Away By: Marie Arnold

Geekerella By: Ashley Poston

Wicked Like a Wildfire By: Lana Popovic

Pages and Co. The Lost Fairy Tales By: Anna James

Downward Facing Death By: Michelle Kelly

Weekly Wrap up

 This is for the week of April 13th through the 18th.  I read 6 books which brings my reading total to 105 books. Total pages read were 1,977.

Just Mercy By: Bryan Stevenson

I gave this book 4 stars. It is a non-fiction book. I watched the movie first and it was good but mostly was about Walter and a couple other guys on death row. This book is about these men but also about women and children. He not only deals with death row inmates he works with life in prison without parole. The stories he tells are heart breaking and lets you know that our system needs work.

You Say It First By: Katie Cotugno

I gave this book 4 stars. It is a YA contemporary. This book is about an 18-year-old girl who is a senior in high school and is dealing with her parent’s divorce and what she wants to do in the future. When her parents divorce, she has changed how she acts because she is afraid that if she argues or disagrees with her friends it will start a fight and she doesn’t want that to happen because she is afraid the friendship will end. The other character is an 18-year-old boy who barely graduated the year before and he is dealing with the death of his father. His father committed suicide and he found him, so he is having nightmares. He is also trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life. They meet by mistake as the girl makes a call to his father not knowing he has passed to get him to register to vote. They get into a conversation which doesn’t end well. She calls back later to apologies and leaves her number if he wants to call her back, which he does. The book continues with them getting to know each other and things happen from there.

Moonstruck Volume 3: Troubled Waters By: Grace Ellis

I gave this graphic novel 3 stars. I can’t go into much detail because it is the third volume of an ongoing series. I do like the art in this novel, but the story line is getting confusing, and I wasn’t sure what was happening and why. This story is about a werewolf who doesn’t want to be one and she is in a relationship with another female and things go wrong. Two different events were going with several different characters in the story. The werewolf character is so unsure of herself it is kind of depressing. I will continue with the series since I can get them from the library because I am hoping that the female werewolf gets some confidence.

 

The Queen’s Gambit By: Walter Tevis

I gave this book 3 stars. I was enjoying it until there was underage drinking which wasn’t bad, but it was the purchasing of alcohol of a minor that bothered me.  This book is about a young orphan who learns how to play chess in an orphanage, at the age of 8. She is adopted by the age of 13 and goes to a normal school and discovers that girls don’t play chess. She finds out about a tournament and wants to play but she doesn’t have the money, so she writes the director of the orphanage for the money and promises to repay him if she wins. She does win and her mom is surprised that you can earn money by playing chess. The story continues with her playing chess and learning about life. 

Up From Slavery By: Booker T. Washington

I gave this book 3 stars. This book is about the life of Booker. He wrote this book. He goes into his life as a slave and how he learned how to read and write. It was interesting and I learned a lot about him.

From Blood and Ash By: Jennifer L. Armentrout

I gave this book 4.5 stars. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I want to compare it to The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trails to be more exact. This book is about a young lady who is preparing to Ascend for the people of the kingdom to save them. She is bored and takes chances to keep herself entertain but usually gets herself into trouble with the Duke. Her new guard is there to protect her but has other thoughts. So much has happened in this book and it kept me on my toes.

Have you read any of these books? If you have what did you think of them?

Until next time keep reading.