Saturday, August 31, 2019

September 17th most anticipated books

Another post on books I am looking forward to either purchase or read. September 17th there is only book being released that I am looking forward to. I have read one other of Amy Stewart's book from this series. I really enjoyed it and still need to read the rest of the series but this is her newest from the series. This series is based off a real woman in the early 1900's. Now onto what this book is about.
It is the spring of 1917 and change is in the air. American women have done something remarkable: they've banded together to create military-style training camps for women who want to serve. These so-called National Service Schools prove irresistible to the Kopp sisters, who leave their farm in New Jersey to join up. When an accident befalls the matron, Constance reluctantly agrees to oversee the camp---much to the alarm of the Kopps' tent-mate, the real-life Beulah Binford, who is seeking refuge from her scandalous past under the cover of a false identity. Will she be denied a second chance? And after notoriety, can a woman's life ever be her own again?

One doesn't have to read these books in order because Amy does a good job about telling you things that have happen in the book before. I would recommend that you do read them in order though so I have to read the other three books first before I can pick this one up.
Hope you are enjoying day and remember keep reading.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Book Unhaul

Here is another book unhaul. There isn't really a reason for unhauling these books except that I am running out of room on my bookshelves. I will not be rereading these books anytime soon so I have finally decided to bit the bullet and let them go. Some books are already gone because Mike's family went through them before I was able to take the photo. I have a total of 16 books that are leaving the home front and finding a new home.
The books not picture are Rilla of Ingleside by: L.M. Montgomery; this book is going to Mike's Great Niece.
Pictures of hollis woods by: Patricia Reilly Giff this one went to Mike's sister.
The Good Girl by: Mary Kubica went to Mike's niece
The Husband's Secret by: Liane Moriarty went to Mike's sister
America's Hidden History by: Kenneth C. Davis went to Mike's Great Nephew.
This following book just didn't make it into the photo because I put it somewhere else and not with my stack. and that book is The Star-Spangled Banner by: Neil H. Swanson.
You will notice that most of these books are history based. I really enjoy history and was saving these to help the boys out for school. First of all the boys don't like history and second they go to the computer for there information. 
I think you can see the other books fairly well. I hate to see them go but it was time especially since I have been bringing in quite a lot of new to me books to add tom my collection. I always try to give them to people I know first before taking them somewhere else. Just in case you can't see the titles very well I will quickly list the books below.
American History Revised by: Seymour Morris, Jr
Being George Washington by: Glenn Beck (I have two of these)
Bedside book of Bad Girls Outlaw women of the American West by: Michael Rutter
Don't Know Much About The Civil War by: Kenneth C. Davis
Revenge of the Aztecs A Story of 1920's Hollywood by: Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Nest by: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
A Nation Rising By: Kenneth C. Davis
Don't Know Much About American History by: Kenneth C. Davis
Murder At Midnight by: Elliott Roosevelt
An American Plague by: Jim Murphy
I have read all these books and for the most really enjoyed the majority of them. The easy thing to do would be to add another book shelve but I don't think Mike will go for that at the moment, but maybe I can talk him into it. Who knows.
If you live by me and you want to try one or more out let me know. I will not ship them sorry to much money to do so.
Until next time keep reading.


Tuesday, August 27, 2019

August 19-25 books Read

 Not my best reading week so far this month. I only read five books for a total of 1550 pages. Three were audio books, one was a e-book and one physical. The good news is that they were all four star reads. Three of the books were written by male authors and two by female authors. Now onto the books. Murder At Midnight is a mystery story and less than 250 pages. I read this book physically. This book was read for the prompt Astronomy in reading a book with the word "night" on the cover. Killing November was used for the prompt Arithmancy to read a book over 350 pages and this book was 404 pages. This was also a mystery story. This book I listened to on Audio. I don't like telling people about mystery stories because I feel you need to go into these types of books with as little information as possible. As I said before all the books I read this week were 4 stars so I will recommend that you read them all.
 A Summer Escape and Strawberry Cake at the Cosy Kettle is an e-book that I received from NetGalley to review. I have that review up if you want to see it. This book was used in the prompt Charms to read a book with a gorgeous cover.
 This book was another audio book. I have been wanting to read this book since I saw it at Barnes and Noble. I didn't buy this book because there were other books I wanted more. I do enjoy this author because he does a great job writing about our history. He goes through all the years of the pioneers even starting from the very beginning. He talks about their struggles and their successes. If you enjoy history like I do I would recommend that you pick up this book. Not used for the N.E.W.T.s.
I finally finished this trilogy. Mike recommended this series to me a while back and I finally finished it. Ted Dekker's book are about religion and he does a good job. This isn't the only series that Mike recommends that I read from him. This series deals with a family and each book is based on one member per book. The first book is based on the father who goes through trials like Job. The book is about the father's mother-in-law and the third is about the wife of the father. I would recommend the series because they really aren't all that religious based. They are really good. This book was used for the prompt Transfiguration for reading a book that is not the first in a series.

I hope you give these a books a try and let me know what you think of them.
Until next time keep reading.

Monday, August 26, 2019

A Summer Excape and Strawberry Cake at the Cosy Kettle Review


A Summer Escape and Strawberry Cake at the Cosy Kettle
By: Liz Eeles
Bookouture
Romance, Women's Fiction
Publish date 1 July 2019
Pages 274
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This is a very cute book. I had a great time reading this book. I gave it 4 stars.
This book is about a middle age woman who just bought a bookstore and a little café in a small in England. One day she goes home early, to Oxford, to find out that her husband of 20 years is involved with one of his waitress.
She leaves him temporarily to clear her head and figure out what she is going to do. Mean while she gets involved in the charter day activities to become more active in the town. She has some really neat ideas and is getting to know the people in this small town. She is staying with a fellow shop owner who has her son and grandson living her also.
Like I said it was a joy to read and is also a quick read. I hope you pick up this book and find out what she decides to do with her husband and the fun things she has planned for the charter days.

Friday, August 23, 2019

September 10th most anticipated releases

 Here is the next set of books I am looking forward to. So let's talk about them.
This is the third book in the series.
Theo Stein-Meyer loves being part of the Magic Misfits. Armed with his trusty violin bow, he completes the team with his levitation skills, unflappable calm, and proper manners. But when a girl named Emily begins to spend time with the group, Theo is surprisingly drawn to her. She seems to understand the pull he feels between music and magic, between family and friends.
Then a famous ventriloquist arrives in town, and the Misfits are sure he (and his creepy dummy) are up to no good. With their mentor, Mr. Vernon, suddenly called away and tension simmering among the friends, can they come together to stop another member of the Villainous Emerald Ring?
It's time for Theo to make a choice about where-and with whom-he belongs.
 This is the last book in this series.
Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders.
Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial killer unlike any they've encountered before. Identifying him is one thing, but capturing him-and getting dangerously lost in the infamous Murder Hotel he constructed as a terrifying torture device-is another.
Will Audrey Rose and Thomas see their last mystery to the end-together and in love-or will their fortunes finally run out when their most depraved adversary makes one final, devastating kill?
 In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut.
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.
Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents---telekinesis and telepathy---who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.

 When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her---freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over, Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.
 Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds, she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection. But no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some thongs are better left dead.
Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?
Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any Korean. He was born and raised in Southern California.
Even so, his parents still expect him to end up with a nice Korean girl- which is a problem, since Frank is finally dating the girl of his dreams: Brit Means. Brit, who is funny and nerdy just like him. Brit, who makes him laugh like no one else. Brit... who is white.
As Frank falls in love for the very first time, he's forced to confront the fact that while his parents sacrificed everything to raise him in the land of opportunity, their traditional expectations don't leave a lot of room for him to be a regular American teen. Desperate to be with Brit without his parents finding out, Frank turns to a family friend, Joy Song, who is in a similar bind. Together, they come up with a plan to help each other and keep their parents off their backs. Frank thinks he's found the solution to all his problems, but when life throws him a curveball, he's left wondering whether he even really knew anything about love-or himself-at all.

Don't these sound fun and exciting to read. I hope this helps you find a new favorite. Until next time keep reading.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

September 3rd most anticipated books

I am back with another most anticipated book post. This will come in several parts because there are a lot of books that I am looking forward to reading. I may not buy some of these books but then again I might. I hope you like the choices I pick. Now unto the books.
 One hundred years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood.
It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank, filled with sticky brown molasses, has always leaked. But nobody imagined that it could one day explode apart, sending a tsunami of molasses into the streets.
 Caught in the flood, Carmen must fight for her life-the life that she and Papa built together in America. But where will she find the strength?
The epic conclusion of the Nevernight Chronicle.
 The greatest games in Godgrave's history have ended with the most audacious murders in the history of the Itreyan Republic.
Mia Corvere, gladiatii, escaped slave and infamous assassin, is on the run. Pursued by Blades of the Red Church and soldiers of the Luminatii legion, she may never escape the City of Bridges and Bones alive. Her mentor Mercurio is now in the clutches of her enemies. Her own family wishes her dead. And her nemesis, Consul Julius Scaeva, stands but a breath from total dominance over the Republic.
But beneath the city, a dark secret awaits. Together with her lover Ashlinn, brother Jonnen and a mysterious benefactor returned from beyond the veil of death, she must undertake a perilous journey across the Republic, seeking the final answer to the riddle of her life. Truedark approaches. Night is falling on the Republic for perhaps the final time.
Can Mia survive in a world where even daylight must die?
Book 2 in The Storm Runner Series
Zane Obispo's new life on a beautiful secluded tropical island, complete with his family and closest friends, should be perfect. But he can't control his newfound fire skills yet (inherited from his father, the Maya god Hurakan); there's a painful rift between him and his dog ever since she became a hell hound, and he doesn't know what to do with his feelings for Brooks. One day he discovers that by writing the book about his misadventures with the Maya gods, he unintentionally put other godborn children at risk. Unless Zane can find the godborns before the gods do, they will be killed. To make maters worse, Zane learns that Hurakan is scheduled to be executed. Zane knows he must rescue him. no matter the cost. Can he accomplish both tasks without the gods detecting him, or will he end up a permanent resident of the underworld?

This is the first of three young adult novels that explores the untapped potential and duality of heroism of popular characters in the Marvel Universe.
Before the days of going toe-to-toe the Avengers, a younger Loki is desperate to prove himself heroic and capable, while it seems everyone around him suspects him of inevitable villainy and depravity...except for Amora. Asgard's resident sorceress-in-training feels like a kindred spirit-someone who values magic and knowledge, who might even see the best in him.
But when Loke and Amora cause the destruction of one of Asgard's most prized possessions, Amora is banished to Earth, where her powers will slowly and excruciatingly fade to nothing. Without the only person who ever looked t his magic as a gift instead of a threat, Loki slips further into anguish and the shadow of his universally adored brother, Thor.
When Asgardian magic is detected in relation to a string of mysterious murders on Earth, Odin sends Loki to investigate. As he descends upon nineteenth-century London, Loki embarks on a journey that leads him to more than just a murder suspect, putting him on a patch to discover the source of  his power-and who he's meant to be.
 The thrilling sequel to City of Ghosts.
Trouble is haunting Cassidy Blake...even more than usual.
She (plus her ghost best friend, Jacob, of course) are in Paris, where Cass's parents are filming their TV show about the world's most haunted cities. Sure, it's fun eating croissants and seeing the Eiffel Tower, but there's true ghostly danger lurking beneath Paris, in the creepy underground Catacombs.
When Cass accidentally awakens a frighteningly strong spirit, she must rely on her still-growing skills as a ghosthunter-and turn to friends both old and new to help her unravel a mystery. But time is running out, and the spirit is only growing stronger.
And if Cass fails, the force she's unleashed could haunt the city forever.
Some legends never die...
Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. She's read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the world's most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn't have is her father's permission. That honor goes to her father's nineteen-year-old protégé-and once-upon-a-time love of Theodora's life-Huck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul.
Until Huck arrives from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodora's help in rescuing him. Armed with her father's travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler-more widely known as Dracula-and that it just must be the key to finding him.
Journeying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they aren't the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengths-including murder-to possess it.

Don't these books sound interesting. I sure do and can't wait to read them. I hope this helps you find your next read. Until next time keep reading.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

August 12-18 Reads

Another week has gone by. I can't believe how fast this year is going by. For this week I only read five books. Not too bad considering that it was a busy week for me. The page total came to 1554 pages read. Two physical books and three audio books. I had four 4 star books and one 3.5 star book. So the reading was really good. I read three female authors, one male author and one husband and wife co-author. So lets get into what I read.
The first book was Revenge of the Aztecs by: Susan Beth Pfiffer this is a middle-grade history book. I gave this book 4 stars and I read it physically. I used this book for Muggle Studies as a book set in the real world. This book talked about the movie making sets in the early 1920's. 
Dear Martin by: Nic Stone was the next book I read. I listened to this book on audio. gave this book 4 stars and it is a young adult book. This book was used for Arithmancy as a book that ends in an even page number. This book talks about the racial issues we still have in our country. 
Prudence by: Gail Carriger was the third book I finished this week. I also gave it 4 stars and I used it the prompt in Herbology to read a book between 350-390 pages. This book has 357 pages. I listened to this book on audio. It is consider a fantasy. I never read anything by her before and I was greatly surprised by it. I wouldn't consider it a fantasy though more like a mystery with a twist.
A Dog's Purpose by: W. Bruce Cameron was the second to last book I read this week. I gave this book 3.5 stars. I would consider this book fiction. This book wasn't used for the N.E.W.T.s. I listened to this book on audio. The reason I wanted to read this book is because in July I went to the movies with Mike's family to celebrate his nieces birthday and this is the movie we watched. I enjoyed the movie but this book isn't the same as the movie. He has another book called A Dog's Journey and I think this is the one the movie is based off of. I gave the low star rating because I was disappointed that the book wasn't what I was expecting. Nothing wrong with the story just not what I was hoping for. This book is about a dog who grows up with a boy and is lost in a house fire and comes back in different dog life and tries to get back to his first owner. I really don't believe in reincarnation but still a good book.
The last book I read was The People of the Weeping Eye by: W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. I gave this book 4 stars and I didn't use this book for the N.E.W.T.s either because I started this book in July and finally finished it this month. I consider it an adult fiction but it has some historical factors to it. They have written many books of this nature and I always enjoy reading them. They do take time to read because there is so information in them about the life back in the early American time. These books are about the first people on the earth and how they lived. Lucky for me you can read most of the books out of order. This book does have a sequel to it and I will be reading it soon.

Well these are the books that I read this week. Are you joining in the N.E.W.T.s readathon? If you are what have you been reading and are you doing well on your exams?
Until next time keep reading.