Tuesday, December 30, 2014

A Questionable Client (Kate Daniels, #0.5) by Ilona Andrews

A Questionable Client (Kate Daniels, #0.5)A Questionable Client by Ilona Andrews

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!


Do you know what it feels like to discover a short that you've never read in one of your all time favorite series?


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This is a delicious short on the first time Kate and Saiman meet, and of course all the shenanigans that ensues. Despite his uber creep factor throughout the series, he has remained one of my favorite characters so this was especially enjoyable.

Absolutely loved it, all the stars!

Because they are the best, it's available on their blog.


You are welcome.







Monday, December 29, 2014

Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan

Daughter of NecessityDaughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!



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I spent the whole time making this face, just waiting for something to happen. It's all happening at once and is over and soon as it starts. Meh. Not a retelling so much as behind the scenes of an old story we know well.

Story Here

What do you think?






The Princess & the Penis by R.J. Silver

The Princess & the PenisThe Princess & the Penis by R.J. Silver

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!


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I'm attracted to bold book titles/covers, I have always said I appreciate a book that blasts it's personality on full volume. However, the idea of reading this was entirely more satisfying than actually reading it. With a title of The Princess & the Penis one might expect a little raunch, a little humor, and a little fairy tale, but this was the weakest aspects of these three.

One word reaction:
Bored

Upswing? It's short!





Sunday, December 28, 2014

Golden Son by Pierce Brown


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No spoilers and colorful language abound! I received this ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Red Rising Review (Book 1)


The short answer?

No. 

You have absolutely no idea what lies ahead. 

Saturday, December 27, 2014

2014 Reading Challenge, Failures and Goals

Merp.

It is December 27th and the new year will ring itself brightly into existence in exactly four days. According to the taunting helpful tracker on GoodReads I have read 87 of the 100 books I set out to conquer, leaving me 4 days to read and review 13 things. Turns out I have no fucks to give about this. Oh well. I'm not a huge fan of failure, and I'm certainly not all about setting goals just to abandon them in the last leg of the race, but I'm going to cut myself some slack. Boldly look into the future and all that jazz. Or something.

New Years Goals:

  1. Make more realistic goals.
  2. Complete my series of The 5 Books That Made Me Fall In Love With Reading (#3-#5 in the works)
  3. Read 1 paper book a month. Seriously. I'm addicted to my Kindle.
  4. Complete my top 10 favorite reads of 2014 blog post before the end of January. Lulz. 
  5. Read 1 smut novel a month. Because.
  6. Um… stop drinking coffee at 4pm so that I'll be up all night to read. 






Hahaha. OK so #6 is a stretch but that's cool cause I'm the boss of me.

Alright, I need to go work on this Golden Son review… cause shit is late going up.

xoxoxo

Erica

Friday, December 19, 2014

Little Knife (The Grisha, #2.6) by Leigh Bardugo

Little Knife (The Grisha, #2.6)Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!




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I was a little "meh" until the very end, and BOOM.



Do it.

You are welcome.






The Too-Clever Fox (The Grisha, #2.5) by Leigh Bardugo

The Too-Clever Fox (The Grisha, #2.5)The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!


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YES! Yes yes yes, and devious.

Curl up with this devilishly good short and treat yo self!

Click here enjoy.

You are welcome.





The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo

The Witch of Duva (The Grisha, #0.5)The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound!

SPECTACULAR!!

Do you love fairy tale retellings with a dark and twisty current?

Are you bored as feck sitting in front of your computer reading the same old shit as always?

Yeah. I thought so.


Click here to be more awesome.

You are welcome.






Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Zodiac by Romina Russell

Zodiac (Zodiac, #1)Zodiac by Romina Russell

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


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No spoilers and colorful language abound! I received this ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

DNF at 65% because...


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Are you thinking about reading this book? Well, let's just get right down to business, shall we?

WARNING this book contains a love triangle.

WARNING this book contains a speshual 16 year old snowflake goddess out to save the GALAXY.

WARNING this book contains scientific NONSENSE.

WARNING this book is every YA book you've ever hated, but wrapped up in a pretty new facade.