Friday, October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
"Waiting On" Wednesday - Breaking the Rules
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm waiting on...
Breaking the Rules by Katie McGarry
Check out the description from Goodreads:
"A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry
For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so... different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who’s never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything — except the one thing Echo’s just not ready for.
But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants — even as foster kid Noah’s search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves.
Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah's more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he'd be. And the last leg of an amazing road trip will turn... seriously epic."
Noah and Echo are my favorite couple in the series so I can’t wait to read what happened on that road trip.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Life of a Saturday Librarian
So what were you up to this weekend?
I was a Saturday Librarian,
which means I actually saw the sunrise:
Had an awesome donuts/extra large hot chocolate breakfast (sea salt caramel hot chocolate = AWESOME):
Saw the same tree in the daylight after escaping the library at 3:
In between all of this I kept the automatic lights on that always like to shut off and did all that normal library stuff of helping with computers questions and a plethora of other questions.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Top 5 Sundays - Favorite Songs of the Summer!
This feature was thought up by the awesome Larissa & Friends’ Bookish Life
Rules:
1 - Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2 - Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3 - Feel free to use the Features image
4 - After you've finished your post, add your link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5 – If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)
Favorite Songs of the Summer!
These are all the songs/albums I’ve been obsessing about over the Summer and recently. They all have really catchy songs and are easy to sing along to.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Mail of the Week - Universal Alien
This is one of my favorite series, I can't wait to read it, looks like it's going to be an awesome weekend. :)
Friday, October 24, 2014
Weekend Read -American Monsters
* Book provided by the publisher for review.
I don’t know if I really believe in monsters per say but I do believe that there is still a lot of stuff undiscovered in this world. This book, what I’ve read so far is a great look at some accounts that do believe. Plus it makes for a great book to read around Halloween.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Bookish Awesomeness - Demigods of Olympus App
Here’s what my Demigod File says:
Rebecca Sharpe
Demigod Status: Confirmed
Demigod Status: Confirmed
Descended from: UNKNOWN
Fatal Flaw: UNKNOWN
Last Update: Recently identified;
new recruit
Strength: physical strength
Weaknesses: moody, jealous
Identifiers: dark freckle on left eye.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
"Waiting On" Wednesday - Talon
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm waiting on...
Talon by Julie Kagawa
Check out the description from Goodreads:
"Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser.
Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George.
Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons."
I’ve really liked what I’ve read of some of Kagawa’s previous work and can’t wait to see her take on dragons. I love dragons and hope this is an interesting take/addition to the lore/genre.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Review - The Blood of Olympus
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
My feelings about this book are a bit crazy and all over the place. I still had to smile at the end that most of the characters got especially the last chapter. A series well worth reading that if you like mythology you should definitely check out.
Tiny Reverse Vampire’s Opinion
4 out of 5 gnomes
Ahhh, I can’t believe this was the last book of this series. Did I really like this series, well yes. While I liked this last book I didn’t love it like I did The Last Olympian (the last book from the previous series.) I think the previous book was better than this one and I don’t know I think I just wanted more. Saying all that though I know I can’t wait to read Riordan’s next series about the Norse gods.
The original series had a better pace with fewer character points of view but it was still nice to get to see the different points of view.
Everything was so fast paced and yet the book was over before I knew it. Gaea is finally taken out but it also felt like it shouldn't have taken that long for them to figure out that what happened was their only solution.
The Good:
- All the characters, I really found a reason to like all of the characters even ones I didn’t like so much originally. Take Piper, she really came into her own in this book. Her skills really improved.
- I do like knowing everybody’s fate and inferring how it turns out for everyone.
- Reyna and Nico were my favorites of this book.
- I could read a whole book just about her, her sister, and the Amazons.
- The trio of Reyna, Nico, and Coach Hedge is pretty darn formidable and made their chapters awesome.
- Nico is a real star in this book too.
The Bad:
- Percy and Annabeth really should have had at least one point of view chapter, I know they had a lot in the last book but come on the whole series is pretty much based on Percy.
- As Tiny Reverse Vampire reminded me she really missed not having any Frank POV chapters. I think it’s weird too because Frank was kind of made out to be a very important character but then...not much.
- I really wanted more answers especially at the end.
- Events were telegraphed just a tad too much, I think I wanted more danger.
The Stuff I Still Want to See:
- I think I just want more history about what becomes of these characters.
- Awaiting the short story about what becomes of Leo.
My feelings about this book are a bit crazy and all over the place. I still had to smile at the end that most of the characters got especially the last chapter. A series well worth reading that if you like mythology you should definitely check out.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Sentence Sneak Peek - The Blood of Olympus
The first sentence from each chapter of The Blood of Olympus, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.
* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)
“JASON HATED BEING OLD.”
“NATURALLY, the situation was worse than Jason expected.”
“SOMEHOW HE KNEW HER.”
“THE FIGHT WAS GOING GREAT—until he got stabbed.”
“DIVE-BOMBING A VOLCANO was not on Reyna’s bucket list.”
“MOST OF THE TIME, Reyna could control her nightmares.”
“THE HORDES HAD ARRIVED”
“THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM.”
“LEO DIDN’T WANT TO COME OUT OF THE WALL.”
“SMART CALL BACK THERE,” Percy said, “choosing the air-conditioning.”
“THE GOLD WINGS WERE OVERKILL.”
“TWO MINUTES WASN’T NEARLY ENOUGH TIME.”
“THE LAST THING NICO HEARD was Coach Hedge grumbling, “Well, this isn’t good.”
“NICO SAT UP SO QUICKLY he head-butted the satyr in the nose.”
“WOLVES?”
“YOU’RE NOT ORION,” NICO BLURTED.”
“PIPER COULDN’T BELIEVE how hard it was to find deadly poison.”
“PIPER DIDN’T WANT TO get yelled at by a three-legged table.”
“WHEN SHE RECOUNTED her dream for Percy, the ship’s toilets exploded.”
“PIPER KNEW FEAR, BUT THIS WAS DIFFERENT.”
“AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T END UP ON ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP.”
“THE ANSWER CAME TO HER before she was fully conscious.”
“REYNA’S FEELINGS WEREN’T SO MUCH MIXED.”
“REYNA REACHED FOR HER SWORD—then realized she didn’t have one.”
“JASON ROSE FROM HIS DEATHBED so he could drown with the rest of the crew.”
“JASON SAW TWO OPTIONS: FIGHT OR TALK.”
“JASON HATED BASILISKS.”
“POISON IS A NASTY HABIT.”
“GIVEN A CHOICE between death and the Buford Zippy Mart, Nico would’ve had a tough time deciding.”
“COACH HEDGE CHOSE THAT MOMENT to burst into the clearing, waving a paper airplane and yelling, “Good news, everyone!”
“LATER, THEY TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED.”
“THREE DAYS?”
“TYPICAL.”
“A BARGAIN.”
“LEO SPOTTED THE SECRET ENTRANCE IMMEDIATELY.”
“AT THE END OF THE HALL stood a walnut door with a bronze plaque:
ASCLEPIUS
MD, DMD, DME, DC, DVS, FAAN, OMG, EMT, TTYL, FRCP, ME, IOU, OD, OT, PHARMD, BAMF, RN, PHD, INC., SMH
There may have been more acronyms in the list, but by that point Leo’s brain had exploded.”
“TURN BACK!”
“REYNA HAD NEVER BEEN SO GLAD to see a Cyclops, at least until Tyson set them down and wheeled on Leila and Dakota.”
“I WOULDN’T MOVE, PRAETOR!”
“NO TIME FOR ENJOYING HER VICTORY OVER ORION.”
“PIPER WASN’T SURPRISED when the snake people arrived.”
“PIPER’S DAD USED TO SAY that being in the airport didn’t count as visiting a city.”
“PIPER WATCHED IN HORROR as the giant king rose to his full height—almost as tall as the temple columns.”
“FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES, LIFE WAS GREAT.”
“ABOUT FIVE MILES EAST OF CAMP, a black SUV was parked on the beach.”
“THEY MADE IT TO THE FIRST ONAGER just as chaos broke loose in the legion.”
“NICO WASN’T SURE whether to kick himself or Will Solace.”
“NICO WANTED TO YELL: Time out!”
“JASON HAD HEARD OF someone’s life flashing before his eyes.”
“NOTHING WAS LEFT OF THE GIANTS except heaps of ash, a few spears, and some burning dreadlocks.”
“SO MUCH FOR A TENDER FAREWELL.”
“AS SOON AS GAEA ACHIEVED LIFTOFF, the ground solidified.”
“NICO HAD WITNESSED MANY FORMS OF DEATH.”
“THE NEXT DAY, THERE WEREN’T MANY ANSWERS.”
“THAT NIGHT, NICO SLEPT IN THE HADES CABIN.”
“AT DAWN, HE WAS STILL AWAKE when someone rapped at the door.”
“PIPER WISHED SHE COULD CHARM HERSELF TO SLEEP.”
“LEO WAS DEAD.”
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