The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ The Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~this meme was inspired in part by ~ In My Mailbox~ It's a chance to share News. A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog.
This has been the most difficult and rewarding past 5 1/2 weeks of my life. Of course, the first few weeks were really tough. Baby Girl had her days and nights confused and was often awake between 1 am and 4 am and even 12 am to 5 am one time. And feeding during the first three weeks was so difficult as I decided to breastfeed. But the last two weeks have been so much better on both fronts. Baby is nursing better and sleeping better at night. I don't want to jinx anything, but I am so thankful for the improvements in both areas. She is a good baby overall, and I couldn't be more in love with her. We are getting into more of a routine, but unfortunately that still doesn't offer me much more time to get things done around the house and on the blog as I would like. I'm scheduled through the beginning of the year with reviews, but keeping up with them and responding to comments will be a little difficult. Please continue to bear with me. Also...YAY December and Christmas time!
Monday October 26th: All Things Halloween Review of Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy, # 2) by Pierce Brown (4.5 Stars)
Tuesday October 27th: Top Ten Favorite Things About Halloween
Wednesday October 28th: Waiting on Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, # 1) by Cassandra Clare
Thursday October 29th: All Things Halloween Review of The Sin Eater's Daughter (The Sin Eater's Daughter, # 1) by Melinda Salisbury (2 Stars)
Saturday October 31st: October EOM Wrap Up
Monday November 1st: Review of Surviving Ice (Burying Water, # 4) by KA Tucker (4 Stars)
Monday November 10th: Review of The Lies About Truth by Courtney C Stevens (4 Stars)
Monday November 16th: Review of Whisper by Heather Hildenbrand (2.5 Stars)
Monday November 23rd: Review of The Praying Woman's Devotional: Let God's Word Change Your Life by Stormie Omartian (4 Stars)
Wednesday November 25th 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge - November Wrap Up
Monday: Upon Further Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, # 1) by Laini Taylor
Tuesday: November EOM Wrap Up
Wednesday: Waiting on Wednesday
Thursday: Review of Kiss Kill Vanish by Jessica Martinez
Don’t forget to sign up for the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge! You have until December 15, 2015 to sign up. Each month there will be a giveaway for those participating with an end of the year giveaway too! Click on the picture below or the link above to find out more!
Faking Normal
By: Courtney C Stevens
Published: February 25th 2014 by HarperTeen
336 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Abuse, Realistic Fiction
Source: Personal Kindle Library
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Goodreads description--An edgy, realistic, and utterly captivating novel from an exciting new voice in teen fiction.Alexi Littrell hasn't told anyone what happened to her over the summer. Ashamed and embarrassed, she hides in her closet and compulsively scratches the back of her neck, trying to make the outside hurt more than the inside does.
When Bodee Lennox, the quiet and awkward boy next door, comes to live with the Littrells, Alexi discovers an unlikely friend in "the Kool-Aid Kid," who has secrets of his own. As they lean on each other for support, Alexi gives him the strength to deal with his past, and Bodee helps her find the courage to finally face the truth.
A searing, poignant book, Faking Normal is the extraordinary debut novel from an exciting new author-Courtney C. Stevens.
The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles, # 2)
By: Mary E Pearson
Published: July 7th 2015 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
496 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: Borrowed from my sister-in-law
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Goodreads description--Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life, Lia’s erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw.
Meanwhile, the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs are crumbling beneath her. Nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe, who lied to her, but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom she always believed to be barbarians but whom she now realizes are people who have been terribly brutalized by the kingdoms of Dalbreck and Morrighan. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self, Lia will have to make powerful choices that affect her country, her people . . . and her own destiny.
November Nine
By: Colleen Hoover
Published: November 10th 2015 by Atria Books
310 pages
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary
Source: Personal Kindle Library
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Goodreads description--Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover returns with an unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day of her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure if Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
Paradise Road (Paradise, # 2)
By: CJ Duggan
Expected Publication: November 22nd 2015 by Hachette Australia
336 pages
Genre: New Adult, Contemporary
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--In the sequel to CJ Duggan's PARADISE CITY Lexie Atkinson discovers that the road back to Paradise is never easy . . .More than anything, seventeen-year-old Lexie Atkinson wants to move forward with her life, but she can't seem to shake free of the heart-pounding memories of Paradise High. Back on her parents' property in rural Victoria, she thought she'd left behind the glitzy, gritty nightlife of the big city and the group of misfit friends she'd loved to hate, but she soon realises that in order to move forward, there's something she must do first ...
Lexie's going back to Paradise City to face the boy who stole her heart.
Lexie arrives in Paradise City eager to determine if her future includes bad-boy surfer, Luke Ballantine, but Luke is nowhere to be found. Determined not to lose her drive, she focuses on the positive - her amazing new apartment and a chance to try her hand at slinging drinks for the wild partygoers of Paradise City. But when Dean Saville, the owner and broody boss of the Wipe Out Bar, starts stirring more than just her drinks Lexie's future seems less cut and dry; and when Luke barrels back into town, Lexie is forced to choose between her head and her heart.
He Will Be My Ruin
By: KA Tucker
Published: February 2nd 2016 by Atria Books
352 pages
Genre: Adult, Mystery, Thriller
Source: Publisher via NetGalley (Thank you!!)
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Goodreads description--The USA TODAY bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water series makes her suspense debut with this sexy, heartpounding story of a young woman determined to find justice after her best friend’s death, a story pulsing with the “intense, hot, emotional” (Colleen Hoover) writing that exhilarates her legions of fans.A woman who almost had it all . . .
On the surface, Celine Gonzalez had everything a twenty-eight-year-old woman could want: a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a job that (mostly) paid the bills, and an acceptance letter to the prestigious Hollingsworth Institute of Art, where she would finally live out her dream of becoming an antiques appraiser for a major auction house. All she had worked so hard to achieve was finally within her reach. So why would she kill herself?
A man who was supposed to be her salvation . . .
Maggie Sparkes arrives in New York City to pack up what’s left of her best friend’s belongings after a suicide that has left everyone stunned. The police have deemed the evidence conclusive: Celine got into bed, downed a lethal cocktail of pills and vodka, and never woke up. But when Maggie discovers a scandalous photograph in a lock box hidden in Celine’s apartment, she begins asking questions. Questions about the man Celine fell in love with. The man she never told anyone about, not even Maggie. The man Celine believed would change her life.
Until he became her ruin.
On the hunt for evidence that will force the police to reopen the case, Maggie uncovers more than she bargained for about Celine’s private life—and inadvertently puts herself on the radar of a killer. A killer who will stop at nothing to keep his crimes undiscovered.
The Heir (The Selection, # 4)
By: Kiera Cass
Published: May 5th 2015 by HarperTeen
346 pages
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopian
Source: Borrowed from library
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Goodreads description--Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she'd put off marriage for as long as possible.But a princess's life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can't escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.
Eadlyn doesn't expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn's heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought.
That's it for my shelves and recaps of my past and upcoming week. What did you add to your shelves this week? Any bookish news you want to talk about? Let me know!
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