Friday, January 28, 2022

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Review: Scythe

 By Neal Shusterman




Thou shalt kill.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.


Sunday, January 23, 2022

#SixForSunday: January 23rd

 #SixforSunday is a weekly event hosted by A Little But A Lot.  A prompt is given each week and participants pick 6 books to go with the prompt. This week's prompt is:


Favorite opening chapters


Ooh...Favorite chapters? Here are some:


Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Friday, January 21, 2022

Friday Fun: Jan 21st

It's Friday and it's time for some fun! Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice, First Line Fridays is hosted by Reading is My SuperPower, Book Beginnings by Rose City Reader, and Book Blogger Hop by The Coffee Addicted Writer


Today's book is Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski:







Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Review: Aurora Rising

By Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Read by Kim Mai Guest, Johnathan McClain, Candice Moll, Lincoln Hoppe, Donnabella Mortel, Jonathan Todd Ross, Erin Spencer, & Steve West

Duration: 14 hours, 4 minutes


The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm

A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates

A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder

An alien warrior with anger management issues

A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering

And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.

They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic.



Top 5 Tuesday: Jan. 18th

 


Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm and is now being hosted by Meeghan Reads!

This week's prompt is:

Top 5 books I will definitely read in 2022


Ooh, this one is tough because I tend to change my mind a lot. Here are the books I definitely plan to read this year:


1. Hail Mary by Andy Weir

I heard many great things about this book. I highly enjoyed The Martian so I am looking forward to this one. Most of all, I am looking forward to reading this one with my husband.




Sunday, January 16, 2022

The Witcher Thoughts

During my vacation, my husband and I decided to listen to Blood of Elves before watching the Netflix series. Once we finished it, we then binged watch the two seasons of the Witcher. 


Thoughts on the book:

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski 
Read by Peter Kenny
Duration: 11 hours

There was a lot of expository in this book, hardly any action. This made listening to the audiobook a little tough because I found myself constantly drifting off. However, I highly enjoyed the world building. This was my first book in the series so I was not too sure what to expect. I liked the idea of the witchers and the different witches/sorcerers out there. I was also intrigued to learn more about the fallen town of Citra and I kept wondering what would happen to Ciri. I heard the next book in the series is better, so I am highly looking forward to it. I give this 3 stars. 

#SixforSunday: Jan. 16th

 


#SixforSunday is a weekly event hosted by A Little But A Lot.  A prompt is given each week and participants pick 6 books to go with the prompt. This week's prompt is:

bookish resolutions


A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Friday, January 14, 2022

Friday Fun: Jan. 14th

  


It's Friday and it's time for some fun! Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice, First Line Fridays is hosted by Reading is My SuperPower, Book Beginnings by Rose City Reader, and Book Blogger Hop by The Coffee Addicted Writer


Today's book is Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff: 




Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Top 5 Tuesday: Jan. 11th

 

Top 5 Tuesday was created by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm and is now being hosted by Meeghan Reads!

This week's prompt is: 

Top 5 anticipated reads for Jan-Mar 2022


The books I hope to read between the months of January through March:

1. The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold

This book was recommended to me by match on Litsy. The cover is pretty cool. 







Sunday, January 9, 2022

#SixforSunday: Jan. 9th

 


#SixforSunday is a weekly event hosted by A Little But A Lot.  A prompt is given each week and participants pick 6 books to go with the prompt. This week's prompt is:


Books you can’t wait for



Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Friday, January 7, 2022

Friday Fun: Jan. 7th

 


It's Friday and it's time for some fun! Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice, First Line Fridays is hosted by Reading is My SuperPower, Book Beginnings by Rose City Reader, and Book Blogger Hop by The Coffee Addicted Writer


Today's book is Scythe by Neal Shusterman: 




Monday, January 3, 2022

2022 Thoughts


Hello readers!

As usual, it has been a while since I've posted. The last few months of 2021 have been incredibly tough for me work-wise. I am not going to bore you with the details of what has been happening at work but let's just say that it consumed every minute of my life. 

Right now I am on winter break and I took a much needed vacation with my husband to visit White Sands National Park and Saguaro National Park.