tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11664211965816211932024-03-13T03:36:04.418-07:00Melissa "Dog/Wolf Lover" Martin's Reading & RamblingsMelissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.comBlogger1499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-71754157527613406092023-10-24T03:39:00.000-07:002023-10-24T03:39:01.372-07:00The Art Of Destiny by Wesley Chu <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZ8OJQIblqfWhkXNf_w4ih2OhzaHWCrU1nnTqqpdy_BpGHUvhmyYKi-E3locLu0Z3CpMmSt6xuToMa6kN_iAGrWb18yuqRcoNGvvLgozxHJRK_MeUW5oIeb2aeo7hnu8N_IKqrP1M3lqE3vHJjZIgfNrfJF1Lt_hyphenhyphenNLyFtjLY5Xk4zbNHGR-ThETYLew/s2850/IMG_5611.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2850" data-original-width="1875" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZ8OJQIblqfWhkXNf_w4ih2OhzaHWCrU1nnTqqpdy_BpGHUvhmyYKi-E3locLu0Z3CpMmSt6xuToMa6kN_iAGrWb18yuqRcoNGvvLgozxHJRK_MeUW5oIeb2aeo7hnu8N_IKqrP1M3lqE3vHJjZIgfNrfJF1Lt_hyphenhyphenNLyFtjLY5Xk4zbNHGR-ThETYLew/w264-h400/IMG_5611.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Art of Prophecy</i>, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1 <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">New York Times </i>bestselling author Wesley Chu.</b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But the prophecy was wrong.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family's powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters who come out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one last job.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And there are others who are also seeking their own destiny, like Qisami, an assassin on a secret mission to protect a powerful noblewoman from her enemies. But as Qisami goes undercover to complete her mission, she takes on a new identity that gives her something she never had before: friendship, found family, and new purpose.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sali also thought her fate was laid before her. She was supposed to be looking for the next Eternal Khan and now finds her clan exiled from everything she's ever known. As she leads the survivors in search of a new home, Sali discovers that she's something she never thought she could be: a leader and a revolutionary.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Because sometimes destiny is grander than any prophecy can foresee. And the greatest destiny of all is the one you choose for yourself.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">MY REVIEW: 5 Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Gah! I haven’t had a 5 star review in a long time! I actually loved this book more than the first book! I did already have it preordered in special edition from Waterstones and the audio book from Audible. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">This book was hilarious in so many places and that’s a great thing! The audio narration is perfect as well! The characters are awesome and most of them funny as hell. I highly recommend this book and it does NOT have second book boring syndrome! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*Thank you to Netgalley and Del Rey Random House for a digital copy of this book* </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-69263582099608803802023-08-26T03:25:00.002-07:002023-08-26T03:25:33.319-07:00He Who Drowned The World by Shelley Parker-Chan <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2sdakXEEXS498vPvcVreR2wdhAJhC4swGb0kFS1KWqh2pWl29IRul5izoyq6Fp83_CUGXd3252bYTQnArrWzXUavD8QEoaFJx0mC2g50CLhBEyFu1xWnQc_FwunNmCY8CfMy8HcWrFgdtrTiNIku8t40AfVg8WLc4RYRIS09yoZdSwoZVeIqW888lJA/s857/43B7EAEC-F477-4941-BF4F-E91CBC0A0C48.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="537" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2sdakXEEXS498vPvcVreR2wdhAJhC4swGb0kFS1KWqh2pWl29IRul5izoyq6Fp83_CUGXd3252bYTQnArrWzXUavD8QEoaFJx0mC2g50CLhBEyFu1xWnQc_FwunNmCY8CfMy8HcWrFgdtrTiNIku8t40AfVg8WLc4RYRIS09yoZdSwoZVeIqW888lJA/w251-h400/43B7EAEC-F477-4941-BF4F-E91CBC0A0C48.jpeg" width="251" /></a></div><p></p><div class="BookPageMetadataSection__description" data-testid="description" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.37; margin: 0.8rem 0px;"><div class="TruncatedContent" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;" tabindex="-1"><div class="TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded" data-testid="contentContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow: hidden visible; word-break: break-word;" tabindex="-1"><div class="DetailsLayoutRightParagraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 4%; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--num-right-col), minmax(0, 1fr)); margin-left: calc(-1 * var(--right-col-left-offset)); padding-left: var(--right-col-left-offset); row-gap: 4%;"><div class="DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained" style="box-sizing: border-box; grid-column: span var(--num-right-col);"><span class="Formatted" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How much would you give to win the world?<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />But Zhu isn’t the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband—and she’s strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky alliance with an old enemy: the talented but unstable eunuch general Ouyang, who has already sacrificed everything for a chance at revenge on his father’s killer, the Great Khan.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />Unbeknownst to the southerners, a new contender is even closer to the throne. The scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang has maneuvered his way into the capital, and his lethal court games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. For Baoxiang also desires revenge: to become the most degenerate Great Khan in history—and in so doing, make a mockery of every value his Mongol warrior family loved more than him.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />All the contenders are determined to do whatever it takes</span></div></div></div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></div></div><div class="BookPageMetadataSection__genres" data-testid="genresList" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.8rem 0px;">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </div><div class="BookPageMetadataSection__genres" data-testid="genresList" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.8rem 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Triggers: rape, self-harm, violence, torture, etc </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I just didn’t love this one like the first book. It didn’t grab me and there were too many triggers for me. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are plenty of great reviews so try the book on for yourself </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">*Thank you to Tor for the offer of this book and Netgalley for the digital. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mel </span></div><div class="BookPageMetadataSection__genres" data-testid="genresList" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.8rem 0px;"><br /></div>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-35623596029155076682023-08-11T14:55:00.001-07:002023-08-11T14:55:37.403-07:00This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjDuf0V4yxkVFKoeJUbB3i1g7vh5-_Ww3AmFfVCn56HtkIKrHlziI9l4criZOKnmerHBoL0UJNkgnAfrcPqWw7J1rlBNaltU2lsM8wtjCKGZor65TSOAtoFkGZsoYCdHFJ5z1OBwXM6eSfLWkK5Kj8wn4FppGYepZ7IBPBgT4TrjXtuKgBEnympgMkMc/s346/2ED169E3-BE3E-4B49-9D2E-435C4D1B05B0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="227" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjDuf0V4yxkVFKoeJUbB3i1g7vh5-_Ww3AmFfVCn56HtkIKrHlziI9l4criZOKnmerHBoL0UJNkgnAfrcPqWw7J1rlBNaltU2lsM8wtjCKGZor65TSOAtoFkGZsoYCdHFJ5z1OBwXM6eSfLWkK5Kj8wn4FppGYepZ7IBPBgT4TrjXtuKgBEnympgMkMc/w263-h400/2ED169E3-BE3E-4B49-9D2E-435C4D1B05B0.jpeg" width="263" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies are discovered. Were their deaths simple accidents or the result of something more sinister?</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This nail-biting, bone-chilling survival horror novel is inspired by the infamous Dyatlov Pass incident, and is perfect for fans of Alma Katsu and Showtime's Yellowjackets.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This is going to be Dylan's big break. Her friend Clay, a geology student, has discovered an untouched cliff face in the Kentucky wilderness, and she is going to be the first person to climb it. Together with Clay, his research assistant Sylvia, and Dylan's boyfriend Luke, she is going to document her achievement on Instagram and finally cement her place as the next rising star in rock climbing. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Seven months later, three bodies are discovered in the trees just off the highway. All are in various states of one body a stark, white skeleton; the second emptied of its organs; and the third a mutilated corpse with the tongue, eyes, ears, and fingers removed.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But Dylan is still missing. Followers of her Instagram account report seeing disturbing livestreams, and some even claim to have caught glimpses of her vanishing into the thick woods, but no trace of her—dead or alive—has been discovered. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Were the climbers murdered? Did they succumb to cannibalism? Or are their impossible bodies the work of an even more sinister force? Is Dylan still alive, and does she hold the answers? </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This page-turning debut will have you racing towards the inevitable conclusion.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 3 Stars </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">The cover of the book pulled me right it, I mean it’s awesome! Unfortunately, I didn’t love the book. I thought the premise sounded awesome and the creepy, gory, weirdness of the forest was awesome…BUT, what took it from a higher star rating from me were the characters. I didn’t really like any of the characters but the dog and Sylvia. Also, don’t bring your dog to places you’re working in the woods and second, if dog is freaked out you need to be freaked out and get out!! </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I’ve seen plenty of great reviews for the book so read it and decide how much you like/love it. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">**Thank you to Netgalley and Quirk Books for a digital copy of the book. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Mel </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-49129465281438708542023-06-13T20:33:00.002-07:002023-06-13T20:33:18.751-07:00Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGhiZDYIhCSIkyuuU3tSlBlpZ1tb-12j1PdzAQZf85Qt7iqc7MRNXlNGZ3Dzl_WHJu0y6d22lzKNpQNsqa09iy34yJB0SEbqelEKs-XPVI9Y89Y6pJdqy2ZL0d67vL57vYrb_kojyvOdC-xv4SVqyylVagissNgvuCb7XVqWyTlIHCGRskczBzEi3/s2475/A88E39A6-1295-4F9F-A912-AED973A6BBB3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1613" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGhiZDYIhCSIkyuuU3tSlBlpZ1tb-12j1PdzAQZf85Qt7iqc7MRNXlNGZ3Dzl_WHJu0y6d22lzKNpQNsqa09iy34yJB0SEbqelEKs-XPVI9Y89Y6pJdqy2ZL0d67vL57vYrb_kojyvOdC-xv4SVqyylVagissNgvuCb7XVqWyTlIHCGRskczBzEi3/w261-h400/A88E39A6-1295-4F9F-A912-AED973A6BBB3.jpeg" width="261" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">While we live, the enemy shall fear us.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the all-powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the Majoda their victory over humanity.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They are what’s left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet. But when Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons until she dies trying, she knows she must take humanity’s revenge into her own hands.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Alongside her brother’s brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, she escapes from everything she’s ever known into a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could have imagined.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Some Desperate Glory</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is award-winning author Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: DNF </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Life is too short to continue on with books you are not enjoying. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book. </span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-72140449696788851682023-06-06T15:11:00.002-07:002023-06-06T15:11:31.475-07:00The Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFib6kDNwzxlbSX2j-A1H36a3tJ2QkEAJ1fnIj9biBooE8V0PkOiGK9smWhSoOYzcb7aB1g2qRAwv-3TeqIFNGP0Rrx71N-96kHckGuPkgIIhDyxnHWHCs7GqJ3zfWXesfzLFzJr1QtjKzodxoZLMfLEmuqsYA7CxaghZJ4Qy9wywENnfIlJPi7_8s/s2475/99F344E0-2BEC-4B1E-BB97-8A25F6135D92.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFib6kDNwzxlbSX2j-A1H36a3tJ2QkEAJ1fnIj9biBooE8V0PkOiGK9smWhSoOYzcb7aB1g2qRAwv-3TeqIFNGP0Rrx71N-96kHckGuPkgIIhDyxnHWHCs7GqJ3zfWXesfzLFzJr1QtjKzodxoZLMfLEmuqsYA7CxaghZJ4Qy9wywENnfIlJPi7_8s/w266-h400/99F344E0-2BEC-4B1E-BB97-8A25F6135D92.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Four best friends, one music festival, and a cooler filled with human organs: this summer is about to get gory. </b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Jennifer’s Body</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> fans will clamor for this new sapphic horror standalone from </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">New York Times</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> bestselling author Kayla Cottingham.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Three years ago, the melting of arctic permafrost released a pathogen of unknown origin into the atmosphere, causing a small percentage of people to undergo a transformation that became known as the Hollowing. Those impacted slowly became intolerant to normal food and were only able to gain sustenance by consuming the flesh of other human beings. Those who went without flesh quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. However, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy the hunger of those impacted by the Hollowing. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal, albeit with lasting fear and distrust for the people they'd pejoratively dubbed ghouls.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine are all ghouls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before their graduation they decided to attend a musical festival in the desert. They have a cooler filled with hard seltzers and SynFlesh and are ready to party.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral, and ends up killing and eating a boy. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and making them feral. And if they can't figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is safe.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">MY REVIEW: DNF </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I thought this was going to be a cool horror story about something else and it wasn’t. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">* Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a digital copy of the book. </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-90733276493232475542023-05-20T14:14:00.003-07:002023-05-20T14:14:53.407-07:00In Nightfall by Suzanne Young <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE09wM-KZ3Bwivh5hzNelDiFHRKo-bYMYTr7MLXB-i6ljU-1Jvs6ICHC-JZK0Ik65PiNBmlB3BsDCA44zNZVhqHs1_bzmH46ovOP3-oyY-szDHWtLJJ4IKoLEa30PBQEtBmGv6I8X4WeN8t5AGI6QRR6XdMkCF_0LoEI9lrluMoFkDMG6Sn5I_VX6/s473/D977D7FC-8D3D-4C4D-A0BE-5A135DED7AE5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDE09wM-KZ3Bwivh5hzNelDiFHRKo-bYMYTr7MLXB-i6ljU-1Jvs6ICHC-JZK0Ik65PiNBmlB3BsDCA44zNZVhqHs1_bzmH46ovOP3-oyY-szDHWtLJJ4IKoLEa30PBQEtBmGv6I8X4WeN8t5AGI6QRR6XdMkCF_0LoEI9lrluMoFkDMG6Sn5I_VX6/w268-h400/D977D7FC-8D3D-4C4D-A0BE-5A135DED7AE5.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, it isn't the dark you should be afraid of—it's the girls. The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Treatment.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught. Their punishment? Leave Arizona to spend the summer with their grandmother in the rainy beachside town of Nightfall, Oregon—population 846 souls.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The small town is cute, when it’s not raining, but their grandmother is superstitious and strangely antisocial. Upon their arrival she lays out the one house rule: always be home before dark. But Theo and Marco are determined to make the most of their summer, and on their first day they meet the enigmatic Minnow and her friends. Beautiful and charismatic, the girls have a magnetic pull that Theo and her brother can't resist. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But Minnow and her friends are far from what they appear.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And that one rule? Theo quickly realizes she should have listened to her grandmother. Because after dark, something emerges in Nightfall. And it doesn’t plan to let her leave.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 4 Stars </span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I thought the idea of a reverse gender of the Lost Boys was great. Some Buffy the Vampire Slayer type stuff was cool too. But, mostly the Lost Girls ⬅️ get it 😏 Of course, I love the Lost Boys more because hot dudes, but I digress. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">The book wasn’t the best in the world and there might could have been a bit more but I enjoyed it good enough to get a physical copy. I mean look at that cover!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*I would like to thank Netgalley and Delacorte Press for a digital copy of this book! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-62039189616116119442023-04-23T18:11:00.000-07:002023-04-23T18:11:01.180-07:00Lone Women by Victor LaValle <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4xfXUkPphQb5jMWJo4vwcTVzRBltO4kuq1enAmvdYb-d6crFGgNgPi7zl4_YL5AamLpXlfkj5la1QeljVciTtdnWJm2Y2RGsM7PchmPTU5UBGqfkfj1n_th-sKIJCuHH0MPOBNSFrDtpf-2l__C_lKE7oamGIwGLXKNbTBoOsyvnXahtRCImAvz/s400/38EAAD98-7DF9-4B60-BEB9-9C09D2536E1B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="263" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9f4xfXUkPphQb5jMWJo4vwcTVzRBltO4kuq1enAmvdYb-d6crFGgNgPi7zl4_YL5AamLpXlfkj5la1QeljVciTtdnWJm2Y2RGsM7PchmPTU5UBGqfkfj1n_th-sKIJCuHH0MPOBNSFrDtpf-2l__C_lKE7oamGIwGLXKNbTBoOsyvnXahtRCImAvz/w263-h400/38EAAD98-7DF9-4B60-BEB9-9C09D2536E1B.jpeg" width="263" /></a></div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Blue skies, empty land—and enough room to hide away a horrifying secret. Or is there? Discover a haunting new vision of the American West from the award-winning author of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Changeling.</span></b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Lone Women</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">MY REVIEW: 4.5 Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This was a pleasant surprise that I finished in one sitting!! Now, it’s another book added to my BN shopping cart! Sigh…. Physical books be expensive! </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><img class="gr-hostedUserImg" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1682297344ra/34174712.gif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; display: block; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: auto; max-height: 15rem; max-width: 70%; width: auto;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anyhoo, I wasn’t expecting this book AT ALL. It’s all crazy out on the prairie!! Fantastic!! </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);"><br /></span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-23813914985098821472023-04-05T16:28:00.003-07:002023-04-05T16:28:53.530-07:00Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan_KM1GR2FKK4qwEZ4l2X_sHYv6o_aqaInlUoLbTyIVIyC4OToeFYL_G3aW83ke9OaBrTNh7y2MAIHdsDQ7SR10qPoTlIaYacdjDhvTPGCXq0Si95TpurlxzexIH3VsUfXLS_sRlIGpcHgGtCCS8W_VBN7z-46qEvoiOqMyP4x0i0JusmlUh7EW47/s2700/1E38A579-1E16-4098-8D40-E63C8545DA7C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan_KM1GR2FKK4qwEZ4l2X_sHYv6o_aqaInlUoLbTyIVIyC4OToeFYL_G3aW83ke9OaBrTNh7y2MAIHdsDQ7SR10qPoTlIaYacdjDhvTPGCXq0Si95TpurlxzexIH3VsUfXLS_sRlIGpcHgGtCCS8W_VBN7z-46qEvoiOqMyP4x0i0JusmlUh7EW47/w266-h400/1E38A579-1E16-4098-8D40-E63C8545DA7C.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sixteen-year-old Koral and her older brother Emrik risk their lives each day to capture the monstrous maristags that live in the black seas around their island. They have to, or else their family will starve.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In an oceanic world swarming with vicious beasts, the Landers―the ruling elite, have indentured Koral's family to provide the maristags for the Glory Race, a deadly chariot tournament reserved for the upper class. The winning contender receives gold and glory. The others―if they're lucky―survive.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When the last maristag of the year escapes and Koral has no new maristag to sell, her family's financial situation takes a turn for the worse and they can't afford medicine for her chronically ill little sister. Koral's only choice is to do what no one in the world has ever dared: cheat her way into the Glory Race.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But every step of the way is unpredictable as Koral races against contenders―including her ex-boyfriend―who have trained for this their whole lives and who have no intention of letting a low-caste girl steal their glory. When a rebellion rises and rogues attack Koral to try and force her to drop out, she must choose―her life or her sister's―before the whole island burns.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She grew up battling the monsters that live in the black seas, but it couldn't prepare her to face the cunning cruelty of the ruling elite.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />Perfect for fans of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Hunger Games</span> and <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">These Violent Delights</span>, this South Asian-inspired fantasy is a gripping debut about the power of the elite, the price of glory, and one girl's chance to change it all.</strong><p></p><p><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </strong></p><div class="reviewText mediumText description readable" itemprop="reviewBody" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I love the book cover, but unfortunately I didn’t love the book. I’m not really into books with tournaments etc any more. The book seemed a little more juvenile or something I can’t quite put my finger on. Either way, I’m sure some others will love it. <br /><br />*Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for a digital copy of the book <br /><br />Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-61463408221000853122023-03-29T16:38:00.001-07:002023-03-29T16:38:24.948-07:00My Husband by Maud Ventura<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SWUNysG9knnoSqbiN4aZmXVraRkyinYBLMCUvYeq9N5BW-xuiKi5sBx36wYmg9WH3cXVzZi6YntwVB7zHLAzH7wReFVLD3IwQAW99cUzd2dGcN3HKvweRJyovKdZ9Xi1-kcIhb8TEZcpJ8JSz06dQ2jPkZyKCSu3AH87_Iu2rT8eEgoDc5N8rZIo/s2400/C028C9E4-1B0D-425C-AA99-20011402C582.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SWUNysG9knnoSqbiN4aZmXVraRkyinYBLMCUvYeq9N5BW-xuiKi5sBx36wYmg9WH3cXVzZi6YntwVB7zHLAzH7wReFVLD3IwQAW99cUzd2dGcN3HKvweRJyovKdZ9Xi1-kcIhb8TEZcpJ8JSz06dQ2jPkZyKCSu3AH87_Iu2rT8eEgoDc5N8rZIo/w266-h400/C028C9E4-1B0D-425C-AA99-20011402C582.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband--but can their marriage survive her passionate love?</strong><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. After all, would a truly infatuated man ever let go of his wife's hand when they're sitting on the couch together?</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him--setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The winner of France's First Novel Prize in 2021, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">My Husband</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> builds on the premise of hits like </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Gone Girl</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Fates and Furies</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">--how well can you really know your spouse?--and adds the tension and creepy obsession of </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">You</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. The result is an irresistible read--compelling, tense, and engaging, infused with sly subversive humor, and told in an utterly original voice that makes it unforgettable.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 5 Stars, No All The Stars!</span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Holy crap on a cracker! I’ve just found one of my favorite books of the year and I’m d@mn sure getting the hardback! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I requested this book because of the beautiful cover and it sounded good! I had no idea what I was in for in this book! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">This book won’t be for some people I’m sure, but give it a try anyway! This lady is obsessed with her husband, I won’t go into specifics because you need to read it for yourself! I know some people think reading a book talking about someone’s life can be boring (not me) but this book is a nutter and I love it! AND, just when I thought it could’ve get any crazier, I read the epilogue! What the hell! I wanted to smack someone and at the same time thinking what just happened! Did I just read that, lol! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">This book was so awesome! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">***Thank you so much to Netgalley and HarperCollins for a digital copy of this book </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Mel </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-44797162938575524812023-03-07T20:42:00.000-08:002023-03-07T20:42:03.987-08:00The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlpLZnUkJcmClwbSEMsxaJunuB-fo_Rr1PdmVfrODWtMMCsStLZnaK7FYPPGpFy9uGvP1OAuVrr2wTAXi0GV9SBeCdjc4yWlHunzyujizGwPol8woo8Q_8m1mNgxVXZzExsOhkdvlPOId1k6wxbBeW9x1sJKAIcOM1aUVJ1uTuML0GMyQytfzRiMx/s500/6BEA3E28-C319-4C0D-9A0D-AF1F74065B70.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="329" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlpLZnUkJcmClwbSEMsxaJunuB-fo_Rr1PdmVfrODWtMMCsStLZnaK7FYPPGpFy9uGvP1OAuVrr2wTAXi0GV9SBeCdjc4yWlHunzyujizGwPol8woo8Q_8m1mNgxVXZzExsOhkdvlPOId1k6wxbBeW9x1sJKAIcOM1aUVJ1uTuML0GMyQytfzRiMx/w264-h400/6BEA3E28-C319-4C0D-9A0D-AF1F74065B70.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Vanished Birds.</span></strong><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Tordotcom, BookPage, LitHub</span></strong><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But that god cannot be contained forever.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">The Spear Cuts Through Water</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 3 Stars </span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I’m going to leave it at 3 stars. I can’t decide how I feel about the book. There’s no doubt the author wrote a unique book and I appreciate that very much. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I was lost here and there. I loved some things and I was bored with some things. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I’ve seen mixed reviews on the book so I would suggest you try it on for yourself. The audio version is awesome as well. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a digital copy of the book </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-1619642825611030272023-02-28T07:59:00.000-08:002023-02-28T07:59:11.685-08:00Nocturne by Alyssa Wees<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxsrUmKr5a5i5IZLO5imVtP3ULdlu3fE3kzpFTAJwbjp7mdW9HScM0TslEIqkWm-mDja7f7ZzIb5eIiuQn3UXsEEX4eQRoLCflvTb4TSuAwAeQwDuE4xWKDdi6yMYJ39pKcTIgTlr0sZfmRmO_zkSBS4RSr97_oCauG7K9aXQlOpu1EjDPyFWPVy_/s499/F260EB79-BF29-4388-A09F-74BE20C4F989.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxsrUmKr5a5i5IZLO5imVtP3ULdlu3fE3kzpFTAJwbjp7mdW9HScM0TslEIqkWm-mDja7f7ZzIb5eIiuQn3UXsEEX4eQRoLCflvTb4TSuAwAeQwDuE4xWKDdi6yMYJ39pKcTIgTlr0sZfmRmO_zkSBS4RSr97_oCauG7K9aXQlOpu1EjDPyFWPVy_/w265-h400/F260EB79-BF29-4388-A09F-74BE20C4F989.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she's pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Growing up in Chicago’s Little Sicily in the years following the Great War, Grace Dragotta has always wanted to be a ballerina, ever since she first peered through the windows of the Near North Ballet Company. So when Grace is orphaned, she chooses the ballet as her home, imagining herself forever ensconced in a transcendent world of light and beauty so different from her poor, immigrant upbringing.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Years later, with the Great Depression in full swing, Grace has become the company's new prima ballerina—though achieving her long-held dream is not the triumph she once envisioned. Time and familiarity have tarnished that shining vision, and her new position means the loss of her best friend in the world. Then she attracts the attention of the enigmatic Master La Rosa as her personal patron, and realizes the world is not as small or constricted as she had come to fear.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Who is her mysterious patron, and what does he want from her? As Grace begins to unlock the Master's secrets, she discovers that there is beauty in darkness as well as light, finds that true friendship cannot be broken by time or distance, and realizes there may be another way entirely to achieve the transcendence she has always sought.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">The audio narration was quite good. Unfortunately, the book itself was not for me. I have seen a lot of great reviews and I’m sure there will be many more. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Nocturne is a whimsical little book. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Randomhouse for a digital copy of this book. </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-58162571964512796062023-01-04T19:22:00.001-08:002023-01-04T19:22:12.475-08:00Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqK8S7LzrwLV-JQkp91RwQFzCQQHyHVe9O0Oj16vtC8LmcjUnkfZv1EtjcXkPhLe6iUlPaho1J8HW0Atfe_9PFc3zlGp3j7b3bJCEIPRS7zxps0w_Yuc3F93-4f8kZnIuqnUROpYeTLeozWoWFRQPhjqgtE7QlE3CmK5eSTRoHFsB0ERaQzDPPY9x/s1695/C299B6E7-FB58-4B62-8156-28C2577DFF1A.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqK8S7LzrwLV-JQkp91RwQFzCQQHyHVe9O0Oj16vtC8LmcjUnkfZv1EtjcXkPhLe6iUlPaho1J8HW0Atfe_9PFc3zlGp3j7b3bJCEIPRS7zxps0w_Yuc3F93-4f8kZnIuqnUROpYeTLeozWoWFRQPhjqgtE7QlE3CmK5eSTRoHFsB0ERaQzDPPY9x/w260-h400/C299B6E7-FB58-4B62-8156-28C2577DFF1A.png" width="260" /></a></div><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Andrea Hannah's <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Where Darkness Blooms </span>is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunflowers whisper secrets and the land hungers for blood.</b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The town of Bishop is known for exactly two things: recurring windstorms and an endless field of sunflowers that stretches farther than the eye can see. And women—missing women. So when three more women disappear one stormy night, no one in Bishop is surprised. The case is closed and their daughters are left in their dusty shared house with the shattered pieces of their lives. Until the wind kicks up a terrible secret at their mothers’ much-delayed memorial.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With secrets come the lies each of the girls is forced to confront. After caring for the other girls, Delilah would like to move on with her boyfriend, Bennett, but she can’t bear his touch. Whitney has already lost both her mother and her girlfriend, Eleanor, and now her only solace is an old weathervane that seems to whisper to her. Jude, Whitney's twin sister, would rather ignore it all, but the wind kicks up her secret too: the summer fling she had with Delilah's boyfriend. And more than anything, Bo wants answers and she wants them now. Something happened to their mothers and the townsfolk know what it was. She’s sure of it.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bishop has always been a strange town. But what the girls don’t know is that Bishop was founded on blood—and now it craves theirs.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">MY REVIEW: 3 Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">The beautiful cover is what lured me to this book and of course it sounded good. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">The prologue was really interesting and disturbing, but the story jumped ahead. I thought it was okay. I liked most of the characters. I just wish there was a bit more to the story. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">Overall, I would recommend it. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*Thank you to Netgalley and Wednesday Books for a digital copy of the book. </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-78224155606253029542023-01-03T18:01:00.000-08:002023-01-03T18:01:05.132-08:00Witch King by Martha Wells <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKabYFkXbSrLt2WedMAkpoqN5LJQrsoP0fYbvL9HqbL_pdRzSPcNdsFaFzghND0gYuS25Ziilh7Z_oty0nqfYizGEBBBASQEc2T_uYupsHPr6OyjDAviwowcPtqrgEdYM6oHevoiBNKA81SDK8EeT4VYk_NkLqgCYHOPydwvk_zlnZAPQTHLQa3Ik/s925/BDAC3C7A-7452-4331-B982-374927CDCE8C.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKabYFkXbSrLt2WedMAkpoqN5LJQrsoP0fYbvL9HqbL_pdRzSPcNdsFaFzghND0gYuS25Ziilh7Z_oty0nqfYizGEBBBASQEc2T_uYupsHPr6OyjDAviwowcPtqrgEdYM6oHevoiBNKA81SDK8EeT4VYk_NkLqgCYHOPydwvk_zlnZAPQTHLQa3Ik/w259-h400/BDAC3C7A-7452-4331-B982-374927CDCE8C.png" width="259" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"I didn't know you were a... demon."</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"You idiot. I'm </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">the</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> demon."</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Kai's having a long day in Martha Wells' WITCH KING....</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence?</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He’s not going to like the answers.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I love Murderbot so much and I thought I would love this just as much, but unfortunately I did not. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">I did enjoy the beginning, but it just got confusing and boring to me. I will stick with Murderbot for sure. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">DNF</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);">*Thank you to Netgalley and Tor for a digital copy of this book! </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-42696908470247331212022-12-17T19:45:00.001-08:002022-12-17T19:45:22.966-08:00The Ferryman by Justin Cronin <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv4EL9QADE60QwgTSQy-90uPZmYfyy8vkd1oVp_vmoNh6W76couK21a0g8Xa2VRaumALUl5F3YvyDueZwshKQNFmRr0KXrrrAJesQ33j9_2xfTzo21jlVi4ZnrwUy02-kxSW0BgBLwsKAwWQeVBlsWcIwhrKpmriJ6S9gzIoknXZcGE9e2EL2PM-_/s500/9424BFA3-8662-4501-9B30-AF0ADC96A58E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="329" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv4EL9QADE60QwgTSQy-90uPZmYfyy8vkd1oVp_vmoNh6W76couK21a0g8Xa2VRaumALUl5F3YvyDueZwshKQNFmRr0KXrrrAJesQ33j9_2xfTzo21jlVi4ZnrwUy02-kxSW0BgBLwsKAwWQeVBlsWcIwhrKpmriJ6S9gzIoknXZcGE9e2EL2PM-_/w264-h400/9424BFA3-8662-4501-9B30-AF0ADC96A58E.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera's lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then they retire themselves, embarking on a ferry ride to the island known as the Nursery, where their failing bodies are renewed, their memories are wiped clean, and they are readied to restart life afresh.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Proctor Bennett, of the Department of Social Contracts, has a satisfying career as a ferryman, gently shepherding people through the retirement process--and, when necessary, enforcing it. But all is not well with Proctor. For one thing, he's been dreaming--which is supposed to be impossible in Prospera. For another, his monitor percentage has begun to drop alarmingly fast. And then comes the day he is summoned to retire his own father, who gives him a disturbing and cryptic message before being wrestled onto the ferry.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meanwhile, something is stirring. The Support Staff, ordinary men and women who provide the labor to keep Prospera running, have begun to question their place in the social order. Unrest is building, and there are rumors spreading of a resistance group--known as "Arrivalists"--who may be fomenting revolution.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Soon Proctor finds himself questioning everything he once believed, entangled with a much bigger cause than he realized--and on a desperate mission to uncover the truth.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">From the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">New York Times</span> bestselling author of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Passage</span> comes a riveting standalone novel about a group of survivors on a hidden island utopia--where the truth isn't what it seems.</b><p></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);"><b>MY REVIEW: 4.5 Stars</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Proxima Nova, Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21);"><b>I’m not even sure what I just read! </b></span></span></p><p><img height="240" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/cc58c387-11f0-4b50-a4b9-0f933e083734" width="320" /></p><p>Proctor is a Ferryman which is a creepy job! He takes people to the ferry that takes them to the Nursery island! Yeah…..</p><p>There is some stuff with his father that is really sad. </p><p>AND…</p><p>Then this book goes right off the rails! The twists in this book are beyond what I could have imagined! I’m still not sure I understand some of it but it’s not in a bad way. I definitely recommend the book! </p><p>*Thank you to the publisher for the offer to read this book and Netgalley for the digital copy! </p><p>Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-26243299505254224782022-09-08T14:02:00.003-07:002022-09-08T14:10:34.603-07:00The Nightmare Man by J. H. Markert <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxMjpRhrkNKFqh1t_4K1D5WKlfWVyd1ieCIBUIuXjC-IVOrPdUORMLt2NIrHAxshhXxYIjF9LoSXpakomK8R8vAFWrWlCtiWlffVdABvlkrQYtsRF79SZvWGkcTC-oSD9uJMoFm832UMV_dHoqWEWWOzm-MbTxkSASIxv3Q4X3--Eg_SK1UUG57uj/s475/68C7B50E-CDD6-4FBC-9157-C782EABA771B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxMjpRhrkNKFqh1t_4K1D5WKlfWVyd1ieCIBUIuXjC-IVOrPdUORMLt2NIrHAxshhXxYIjF9LoSXpakomK8R8vAFWrWlCtiWlffVdABvlkrQYtsRF79SZvWGkcTC-oSD9uJMoFm832UMV_dHoqWEWWOzm-MbTxkSASIxv3Q4X3--Eg_SK1UUG57uj/w266-h400/68C7B50E-CDD6-4FBC-9157-C782EABA771B.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Blackwood mansion looms, surrounded by nightmare pines, atop the hill over the small town of New Haven. Ben Bookman, bestselling novelist and heir to the Blackwood estate, spent a weekend at the ancestral home to finish writing his latest horror novel, The Scarecrow. Now, on the eve of the book’s release, the terrible story within begins to unfold in real life.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Detective Mills arrives at the scene of a gruesome murder: a family butchered and bundled inside cocoons stitched from corn husks, and hung from the rafters of a barn, eerily mirroring the opening of Bookman’s latest novel. When another family is killed in a similar manner, Mills, along with his daughter, rookie detective Samantha Blue, is determined to find the link to the book—and the killer—before the story reaches its chilling climax.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">As the series of “Scarecrow crimes” continues to mirror the book, Ben quickly becomes the prime suspect. He can’t remember much from the night he finished writing the novel, but he knows he wrote it in The Atrium, his grandfather’s forbidden room full of numbered books. Thousands of books. Books without words.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">As Ben digs deep into Blackwood’s history he learns he may have triggered a release of something trapped long ago—and it won’t stop with the horrors buried within the pages of his book.</span><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">MY REVIEW: 4.5 Stars </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh5Ukfls-_DNgQSkG2W85wfkwqJl1SPVP5D_1Xh0zX5aByMGHLRruJpfY9byL0bCsZacpBsS_IIwx1CcoCaKwO_cU7yQUODStbnxVHUAR8c96cg5rtdy_4JHWJbXtuZOqPkUf9TyE-GcuPi7eyZ3RNTSh3aKMoO95Y2Ifjl56bUU3vEH5q5yR-N_L/s400/CBDF50C8-2A18-4EA6-B9A3-663D30309624.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="400" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxh5Ukfls-_DNgQSkG2W85wfkwqJl1SPVP5D_1Xh0zX5aByMGHLRruJpfY9byL0bCsZacpBsS_IIwx1CcoCaKwO_cU7yQUODStbnxVHUAR8c96cg5rtdy_4JHWJbXtuZOqPkUf9TyE-GcuPi7eyZ3RNTSh3aKMoO95Y2Ifjl56bUU3vEH5q5yR-N_L/s320/CBDF50C8-2A18-4EA6-B9A3-663D30309624.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">I’m trying to find the words for this review. It’s a sad day as Queen Elizabeth has died so I’m going to keep this short. </span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">I kept going back and forth between 4 and 4.5 stars. Some things I didn’t like for my own personal reasons. There were also many times I got confused with all of the different people of them being called by different names. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">All of this aside, I felt this was a refreshing horror novel. I loved the different ways the deaths were portrayed. I loved certain other aspects I can’t mention as they would be major spoilers! There are twists and turns, gruesome scenes and crazy revelations. I did grow to love a few characters and some deaths in the book got to me. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">I might have to get a physical copy of this one but definitely a finished kindle version</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">*Thank you to Netgalley and Crooked Lane for a digital copy of the book </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">Mel </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-75544181872792438162022-09-03T19:31:00.002-07:002022-09-03T19:31:20.673-07:00Terminal Peace by Jim C. Hines <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnev8cdWJL7nM9lb-IjUrKCLXEiRHX7ztk_hRaQ8i4aZ8BHpF6hrxRou2wiYwwU0Dza0CHBOFrVal0vti-Nm6KhS1m5dl35NgLD-DQ5E5RDky_VXQ_6LzuYeDTy5QAcZShmMNQUxf4an25IjaGzo4znwO9lmfxlQAC-6iWJ-D8nUxLFCwvEJMs1uD/s475/4E9CDD80-8B38-4C42-A30B-8623EDB533F7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOnev8cdWJL7nM9lb-IjUrKCLXEiRHX7ztk_hRaQ8i4aZ8BHpF6hrxRou2wiYwwU0Dza0CHBOFrVal0vti-Nm6KhS1m5dl35NgLD-DQ5E5RDky_VXQ_6LzuYeDTy5QAcZShmMNQUxf4an25IjaGzo4znwO9lmfxlQAC-6iWJ-D8nUxLFCwvEJMs1uD/w265-h400/4E9CDD80-8B38-4C42-A30B-8623EDB533F7.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><span id="freeText7681863271948138729" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">The third and final book of the Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse follows a group of unlikely heroes trying to save the galaxy from a zombie plague.<br /><br />Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos and her team were trained to clean spaceships. They were absolutely not trained to fight an interplanetary war with the xenocidal Prodryans or to make first contact with the Jynx, a race who might not be as primitive as they seem. But if there’s one lesson Mops and her crew have learned, it’s that things like “training” and “being remotely qualified” are overrated.<br /><br />The war is escalating. (This might be Mops’ fault.) The survival of humanity—those few who weren’t turned to feral, shambling monsters by an alien plague—as well as the fate of all other non-Prodryans, will depend on what Captain Mops and the crew of the EDFS Pufferfish discover on the ringed planet of Tuxatl.<br /><br />But the Jynx on Tuxatl are fighting a war of their own, and their world’s long-buried secrets could be more dangerous than the Prodryans.<br /><br />To make matters worse, Mops is starting to feel a little feral herself…</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">MY REVIEW: 4.5 Stars </span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">I loved this trilogy!! I love the original storyline, the characters, and space as the setting </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">In my opinion, this trilogy is underrated!! I think theses books should get more attention! The books are funny, have wonderful species of characters and you care for them! I’ve already ordered my hardback to go with my first two books! Highly recommend! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">I’ll leave it with some fun quotes! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">*Humans are little more than animals. I say this not out of malice or racism. Indeed, I’m quite fond of human beings. But after years of study, I’ve found them to be an evolutionary quagmire of inefficiency. Scientifically and objectively, humans are a primitive species. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">They have redundant lungs and kidneys, but only a single brain or heart, as well as seemingly "optional" organs like the appendix. Even more absurd is their reproductive system. Half the species keep their genitalia on the outside of their bodies! Then there’s the human gastrointestinal abomination if ever there was one!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">*The human GI tract is more than seven and a half meters long. Despite this absurd length, humans regularly emit foul-smelling exhaust as a byproduct of inefficient digestion. Krakau biochemists have tried for years to reduce these emissions through a carefully controlled diet, but their efforts have met with minimal success. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">** Thank you to Netgalley and DAW Books for a digital copy of this book. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-23853558307589826192022-08-30T19:29:00.001-07:002022-08-30T19:29:15.031-07:00The Art Of Prophecy by Wesley Chu<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVOXHK7nnohKuT7SuK7rVx8kkZl0YQWhzRLV1Z6cVnp7cYgPYNRXqNTS_KyFJ0vYu8EcaDa2CbgG7rb0Oza_qh7uDXhf5YGxJ99pQWLLi1LnPv_JXrBhur1h_nLNriqm4tJXoZgzOWz45yaSCxz8pzE4yDWt-RZ-4mwgIMzGNgNw44loAaixHL1Zi/s475/59634064._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVOXHK7nnohKuT7SuK7rVx8kkZl0YQWhzRLV1Z6cVnp7cYgPYNRXqNTS_KyFJ0vYu8EcaDa2CbgG7rb0Oza_qh7uDXhf5YGxJ99pQWLLi1LnPv_JXrBhur1h_nLNriqm4tJXoZgzOWz45yaSCxz8pzE4yDWt-RZ-4mwgIMzGNgNw44loAaixHL1Zi/w265-h400/59634064._SY475_.jpg" width="265" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"> </div><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">An epic fantasy ode to
martial arts and magic about what happens when a prophesied hero is not
the chosen one after all—and has to work with a band of unlikely allies
to save the kingdom anyway, from the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of The Lives of Tao<br /><br />So many stories begin the same way:
With a prophecy. A Chosen One. And the inevitable quest to slay a
villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny.<br /> <br />But this is not that kind of story. <br /> <br />It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. <br /> <br />And
that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and
splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle. <br /> <br />But that’s when the story hits its first twist: The prophecy was wrong. <br /> <br />What
follows is a story more wondrous than any prophecy can foresee, and
with many unexpected heroes: Taishi, an older woman who is the greatest
grandmaster of magical martial arts in the kingdom but who thought her
adventuring days were all behind her; Sali, a straitlaced warrior who
learns the rules may no longer apply when the leader she pledged her
life to is gone; and Qisami, a chaotic assassin who takes a little too
much pleasure in the kill.<br /> <br />And Jian himself, who has to find a way to become what he no longer believes he can be—a hero after all.</span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515"> </span><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">MY REVIEW: 4 STARS </span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">I absolutely loved the character, Taishi. She's an older lady with a disability but can kick your arse and take names at the same time. She's one bad ass master. She decides to take on Jian who is part of a prophecy that kinda falls flat. This puts him in hiding as people want to kill him. I loved the parts when Jian and Taishi are together the most and the humor is fantastic! </span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">Some of the other characters are doing their own thing. Qisami is pretty evil but she didn't kill that dog people... repeat.. she didn't kill that dog!!!!!!! </span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">I'm up in the air whether I want to own the physical copy. I did use one of my Audible credits to get the book as I couldn't seem to get through it with my Netgalley copy. The narration is very good and funny as hell at times so I do recommend it. </span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">Overall, the book was enjoyable and I will be reading the rest of the books in the series/trilogy</span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">*I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House Publishing - Ballantine for a digital copy of this book. </span></p><p><span id="freeText11941166100032515515">Mel <br /></span></p><p></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-28870119235963514232022-08-03T17:45:00.002-07:002022-08-03T17:45:21.122-07:00Upgrade by Blake Crouch <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KxVXA0ZQ_ov4qbKmF6yspYT2dpn719txNAZidCYx82stHCxGmNrZ6eE9WE2nxXIkXcYSbN9uVqfaC2F_EH4b4Gb08zngJe49L9TEMwFGk0gFndxcSbvErL12iENIYTe9ryFiKx5FvStusFSHSOcwGFyzuZi98ldE2z-AHNMvkZTK1TwiUYGdaG2p/s475/F4F8B2A7-7D62-4BB2-8642-A4C9C1BB3C35.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KxVXA0ZQ_ov4qbKmF6yspYT2dpn719txNAZidCYx82stHCxGmNrZ6eE9WE2nxXIkXcYSbN9uVqfaC2F_EH4b4Gb08zngJe49L9TEMwFGk0gFndxcSbvErL12iENIYTe9ryFiKx5FvStusFSHSOcwGFyzuZi98ldE2z-AHNMvkZTK1TwiUYGdaG2p/w264-h400/F4F8B2A7-7D62-4BB2-8642-A4C9C1BB3C35.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span id="freeText16209728971670786105" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">The mind-blowing new thriller from the <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of <i>Dark Matter</i> and <i>Recursion</i> <br /><br /><i>“You are the next step in human evolution.”</i> <br /><br />At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. <br /><br />But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. <br /><br />The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. <br /><br />Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost. <br /><br />Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. <br /><br />And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? <br /><br />Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, <i>Upgrade</i> is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity—and our boundless potential.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 21px;">I’ve had this book for a long time when Netgalley had it available, but I couldn’t get into it. So, I waited until it actually came out at my library and tried listening to the audio. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 21px;">I’ve come to the conclusion that I just don’t love all of the authors books and that’s okay, there are plenty of people out there that love them. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 21px;">*Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-78381494625082788142022-06-16T21:57:00.005-07:002022-06-16T21:57:47.291-07:00When We Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tasF6A7o410t_9hYX0WQ9OXR6y_BqNTm6g9AgdXso66M78yjhPtf5c-PoGvBFXsJUmfBXSvxDPWhR3KHNzqohOckkF_Js8nV7iAmfh5StM4MpaXHaAQanWBFgv9o2LkLDiG2cC74HzH70kJsQZyRywIIoUP0cOwiKisewEOOLT2q-p7NR0FdTgRp/s500/96D2A4C6-7100-4889-A2BC-76CCA89826F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tasF6A7o410t_9hYX0WQ9OXR6y_BqNTm6g9AgdXso66M78yjhPtf5c-PoGvBFXsJUmfBXSvxDPWhR3KHNzqohOckkF_Js8nV7iAmfh5StM4MpaXHaAQanWBFgv9o2LkLDiG2cC74HzH70kJsQZyRywIIoUP0cOwiKisewEOOLT2q-p7NR0FdTgRp/w259-h400/96D2A4C6-7100-4889-A2BC-76CCA89826F6.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Learn about the Mass Dragoning of 1955 in which 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons...and change the world.</b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950's America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons, left a trail of fiery destruction in their path, and took to the skies. Seemingly for good. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's beloved Aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn't know. It's taboo to speak of, even more so than her crush on Sonja, her schoolmate.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of dragons: a mother more protective than ever; a father growing increasingly distant; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and a new "sister" obsessed with dragons far beyond propriety. Through loss, rage, and self-discovery, this story follows Alex's journey as she deals with the events leading up to and beyond the Mass Dragoning, and her connection with the phenomenon itself.</span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">MY REVIEW: 4.5 Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">First off let us appreciate the beautiful cover of this book!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">I had mixed thoughts on the book. In the beginning I loved reading about these women turning into dragons. I was hoping it was going to be more about these dragon women. But, the book focused on Alex and her coming of age story. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">Alex goes through a lot of sadness in this book. I give kudos to her for taking care of her cousin/sister Beatrice, while still in school. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">There were a couple of things here and there I didn’t care for but over all I loved it and want the hardback. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">I totally get where the book was going at the end with the dragon women and what this was actually standing for in the world back in the day. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">Like I said, I definitely hope to add the physical copy of this book to my collection </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 20px;">*Thank you to Netgalley for a digital copy of the book. </span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-72572554709718785932022-06-13T17:16:00.004-07:002022-06-13T17:16:32.275-07:00Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg446OsMtCFG-YyhyhXXkg5RJFDN-Iz-4rzsEahrN2xTb9HWXnKpK8BB0hvRCOT-zDnzI6u0vpvOdW9_l_DeHjo40K6BhCrSutY5XxrTDKfHXoNWCu_r9ne2UHtpEbKaMZLJ-Y5D7cbYzJaEHiNNS-Aq2dUwd0rtYnKGm-2U_yGfxGHrXcTi1xOV9kh/s1200/Locklands.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="795" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg446OsMtCFG-YyhyhXXkg5RJFDN-Iz-4rzsEahrN2xTb9HWXnKpK8BB0hvRCOT-zDnzI6u0vpvOdW9_l_DeHjo40K6BhCrSutY5XxrTDKfHXoNWCu_r9ne2UHtpEbKaMZLJ-Y5D7cbYzJaEHiNNS-Aq2dUwd0rtYnKGm-2U_yGfxGHrXcTi1xOV9kh/w265-h400/Locklands.png" width="265" /> </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span class="a-text-bold">The jaw-dropping conclusion to the acclaimed Founders Trilogy, from the Hugo-nominated author of </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Foundryside</span><span class="a-text-bold"> and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Shorefall</span><span> <br /><br /></span><span class="a-text-bold">“Bennett concludes his Founders trilogy . . . with characteristically high-spirited mayhem. Great fun, with nonstop action.”—</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Kirkus Reviews</span><span class="a-text-bold"> (starred review)</span><span><br /> <br />Sancia,
Clef, and Berenice have gone up against long odds in the past. But the
war they’re fighting now is one even they can’t win.<br /><br />This time,
they’re not facing robber-baron elites or even an immortal hierophant,
but an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe—one that
uses the magic of scriving to control not just objects but human minds. <br /> <br />To
fight it, they’ve used scriving technology to transform themselves and
their allies into an army—a society—unlike anything humanity has seen
before. With its strength at their backs, they’ve freed a handful of
their enemy’s hosts from servitude, and even defeated some of its
fearsome, reality-altering dreadnoughts. <br /> <br />Yet despite their efforts, their enemy marches on. Implacable. Unstoppable. <br /> <br />Now,
as their opponent closes in on its true prize—an ancient doorway, long
buried, that leads to the chambers at the center of creation
itself—Sancia and her friends glimpse a last opportunity to stop this
unbeatable foe. To do so, they’ll have to unlock the centuries-old
mystery of scriving’s origins, embark on a desperate mission into the
heart of their enemy’s power, and pull off the most daring heist they’ve
ever attempted. <br /> <br />But their adversary might have a spy in their ranks—and a last trick up its sleeve. <br /> <br />And to have a chance at victory, Sancia, Clef, and Berenice will have to make a sacrifice beyond anything that’s come before.</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> MY REVIEW: 4 STARS </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>That epilogue though!!!!!</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> The conclusion of this book broke my heart! And, with that being said, it was still a great book. </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>The evil Trevanne is trying to kill the world while resetting things and who knows what all, it's a bit confusing for me at times. I can just say the big baddie in the book is destroying things and made me sad. </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>The gang is doing everything in their power to stop the evilness and yes, this involves some deaths. </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>We also get a great look into Clef's life. He's my favorite and it's really sad as backstories are sometimes. </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span> Overall, I loved the book. I didn't love it as much as the first two but it's still a great book. I'm happy-ish with this conclusion. Sorry......sad people, just sad!</span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>*Thank you to Netgalley for a digital copy of this book. </span></div><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"><span>Mel </span> </div></div><br /><p></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-61748697542878399842022-06-02T12:35:00.000-07:002022-06-02T12:35:10.678-07:00The Woman In The Library by Sulari Gentill <p> <img alt="58804928. sy475 " src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1629339555l/58804928._SY475_.jpg" /><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><b>In every person's story, there is something to hide...</b><br /><br />The
ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the
tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards
take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until
the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the
all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass
the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or
her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just
happens that one is a murderer.<br /><br />Award-winning author Sulari
Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library,
an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated
nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most
treacherous weapons of all.</span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"> </span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><b>MY REVIEW: 2.5 Stars </b></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><b> </b></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>I love the idea of this book, but I couldn't get into it all the way. </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>We have these people that meet at a table in the Boston Public Library. They hear a woman scream.... </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>We also get letters from a writer and her beta writer. He has to do research for her as she's from Australia and can't come to Boston due to covid. </i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>Sooo.... are these people real? Are they just characters in her book? One of them is a murderer. Is it a real person or a person that</i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>'s in the book. Yes, I'm going to say it? This is a book inside of a book that's possibly inside another book! </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i> </i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>Sigh... Unfortunately, for me this was a miss. I was confused at times and I didn't really connect to the characters. </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i> </i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>This is just my opinion! I suggest you read it and see if you just might love it. I have friends that loved it and that didn't so you never know. </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i> </i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i>*Thank you to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a digital copy of this book. </i></span></p><p><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i> </i></span><span id="freeText12107130918906515055"><i> </i> <br /></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-45590106572034067012022-04-14T09:48:00.002-07:002022-04-14T09:48:24.718-07:00The Island Of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Qudet2c2fhUeBZx2VmQx_m-GvjLQ7Z_-lRXEylyfNwpjaI9PFhCxJW34uljtbN6779W9b-V7CoEDUL6AbMQxT9PhLe2RY8SuJ-3OceIsZqs6R9kAmHhLjmzJxzLcJ2JtueP52Z2Rx5ooQKT1OA1pRPEBhlRy0wId4L3IkYkn6f_uCNq8Lqa2PkTr/s475/C2614AC8-F914-44EF-A5AB-E0B1F7B70E9B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Qudet2c2fhUeBZx2VmQx_m-GvjLQ7Z_-lRXEylyfNwpjaI9PFhCxJW34uljtbN6779W9b-V7CoEDUL6AbMQxT9PhLe2RY8SuJ-3OceIsZqs6R9kAmHhLjmzJxzLcJ2JtueP52Z2Rx5ooQKT1OA1pRPEBhlRy0wId4L3IkYkn6f_uCNq8Lqa2PkTr/w264-h400/C2614AC8-F914-44EF-A5AB-E0B1F7B70E9B.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's searching for lost love.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family's troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">A moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, </span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">The Island of Missing Trees</i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;"> is Elif Shafak's best work yet.</span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">MY REVIEW: 5 Stars </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">This book definitely made me cry 🥺</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><img class="gr-hostedUserImg" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1614618034ra/30946135.gif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; max-width: 100%;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I don’t even know what to say really. I loved the Fig telling her part of the story. I mean as a tree lover that was something super special. Kostas with his love of animals and nature made me love him from point A. But, there are some sad things in the book. I’m not even going to hint at those parts, they involve people, wildlife and trees. The owners of The Happy Fig damn near broke me. (Read the book) </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">I’m just going to leave with a few quotes, the first is from Ada. I’ve done exactly what she does in this quote but it was many times in my home and not school. And the I’ll leave some from the Fig. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">*Ada*</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /></p><blockquote>Her voice cracked but persisted. There was something profoundly humiliating yet equally electrifying about hearing yourself scream - breaking off, breaking away, uncontrolled, unfettered, without knowing how far it would carry you, this untamed force that rose from inside. It was an animal thing. A wilderness thing. Nothing about her belonged to her previous self at that moment. Above all her voice. This could have been the high shriek of a hawk, the soul-haunting howl of a wolf, the rasping cry of a red fox at midnight. It could have been any of them, but not the scream of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl.</blockquote><p><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">*Fig*</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><img class="gr-hostedUserImg" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1649940848ra/32808910.gif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; max-width: 100%;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /></p><blockquote>I wish I could have told him that loneliness is a human invention. Trees are never lonely. Humans think they know with certainty where their being ends and someone else’s starts. With their roots tangled and caught up underground, linked to fungi and bacteria, trees harbour no such illusions. For us, everything is interconnected. <br /><br />I don’t have any of their charms, I admit. If you were to pass me on the street, you probably wouldn’t give me another glance. But I’d like to believe I’m attractive in my own way. What I lack in beauty and popularity, I make up for in mystery and inner strength. <br /><br />Most arboreal suffering is caused by humankind. <br />Trees in urban areas grow faster than trees in rural areas. We also tend to die sooner. <br />Would people really like to know these things? I don’t think so. Frankly, I am not even sure they see us. <br />Humans walk by us every day, they sit and sleep, smoke and picnic in our shade, they pluck leaves and gorge themselves on our fruit, they break our branches, riding them like horses as children or using them to birch others into submission when they become older and crueller, they carve their lover’s name on our trunks and vow eternal love, they weave necklaces out of our needles and paint our flowers into art, they split us into logs to heat their homes and sometimes they chop us down just because we obstruct their view, they make cradles, wine corks, chewing gum and rustic furniture, and produce the most spellbinding music out of us, and they turn us into books in which they lose themselves on cold winter nights, they use our wood to manufacture coffins in which they end their lives, buried six feet under with us, and they even compose romantic poems to us, calling us the link between earth and sky, and yet they still do not see us. <br /><br />Long after the island was partitioned and the tavern fell into disrepair, Kostas Kazantzakis took a cutting from one of my branches and put it in his suitcase. I guess I will always be grateful to him for doing that, otherwise nothing of me might have remained.</blockquote><p><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></b><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><img class="gr-hostedUserImg" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1649548822i/32791171._SX540_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; max-width: 100%;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-76842432322317029692022-04-08T19:00:00.002-07:002022-04-08T19:00:34.731-07:00They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nmATN8nlbV60d_LRX2f1m9d18SqwhySEIKaSMTsc6cvQ3SeLEVHXQGMsbeXp2CpQ5jXUzBgg9bXFCcQkaV3NnCohoUMaD9aZ-LCFlY9Vh5tOlLhGI8o9MvziZfcg7_FVHfXmigUgw9VVu0yqVE4aWBQ7uzz6SbXZLvvdeO-mw6-11snJn-ghzIMH/s400/6A8CBC76-18E7-49D8-A48B-ABB6E15412E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="263" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nmATN8nlbV60d_LRX2f1m9d18SqwhySEIKaSMTsc6cvQ3SeLEVHXQGMsbeXp2CpQ5jXUzBgg9bXFCcQkaV3NnCohoUMaD9aZ-LCFlY9Vh5tOlLhGI8o9MvziZfcg7_FVHfXmigUgw9VVu0yqVE4aWBQ7uzz6SbXZLvvdeO-mw6-11snJn-ghzIMH/w263-h400/6A8CBC76-18E7-49D8-A48B-ABB6E15412E4.jpeg" width="263" /></a></div><br /> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films.</span><p></p><span id="freeText17320023323252061096" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br />In <i>They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action,</i> bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise that includes three films with more on the way, while exploring the action classics that led to <i>John Wick</i> as well as the films it inspired, like <i>Atomic Blonde</i>. They bring you right into the middle of the action of the <i>John Wick</i> films, detailing how the seemingly impossible was achieved through exclusive interviews with the cast, writers, directors, producers, stuntmen, fight choreographers, cinematographers, studio executives, editors, critics, and more. Together, they break down key action sequences while also providing a look back at the road the action genre has taken that led to <i>John Wick</i>, and a look at the character itself, an anti-hero who carries on the grand tradition of Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name, but with a twist — <i>and </i>a never-ending supply of ammo — while showcasing the enduring appeal of the action movie as well as John Wick’s unique reinvention of the genre.</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">MY REVIEW: 2 Stars </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I love John Wick to death, but unfortunately the book didn’t work for me. I thought it was going to be something totally different. I wanted a book chock full of John, but there were other movies and people and tidbits. I did enjoy the parts about Atomic Blonde. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I’m sure plenty of people will enjoy the book, I was just personally looking for something more. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px;">*Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for a copy of this book. </span></span></div>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-1591152814667679112022-03-30T10:24:00.002-07:002022-03-30T10:24:12.199-07:00March Fairyloot <p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b>One item didn’t come but it will be in the April box </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1. A Circe wooden bookmark </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2l1ZeXFaa3iRV18xTUcPnwaov0a9YQYDInIKCpOot4_ItNqS2bh3c1jhHvB53ACf_oG-fcnVHaohM-pX4GCVC5HoUC_kIGKLVdW-3qTNfDqGyeS9xhDL0AQNOjiR4tU-rNqnfVq0aBGWDh5Vfxe3hzJQAIuu0CxwKXUtVL6I9nHIJ18HzXuiTM_nf/s4032/778AEEFE-3A8F-4059-A76C-8A6AFD878724.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2l1ZeXFaa3iRV18xTUcPnwaov0a9YQYDInIKCpOot4_ItNqS2bh3c1jhHvB53ACf_oG-fcnVHaohM-pX4GCVC5HoUC_kIGKLVdW-3qTNfDqGyeS9xhDL0AQNOjiR4tU-rNqnfVq0aBGWDh5Vfxe3hzJQAIuu0CxwKXUtVL6I9nHIJ18HzXuiTM_nf/w300-h400/778AEEFE-3A8F-4059-A76C-8A6AFD878724.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>2. Raven Cycle sticker sheet and beautiful Tarot cards from Daughter of the Moon Goddess. I’ll miss these if I go to book only! </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZ-ofSE-n6Hwakdy-srYOdFwpFKg2LA58W2CD3D4dpElFdtdXfw90yX84BCM2naJrsLyFPtu5X2AA604Ol18mWgAv5RpkxIKAQXNAo6Fz3DRfcgvkXuNd20n_0wEtLRF9GhVq06F3jQz-B9BPmCCm__J3l1u8nv_Sldd93qz5tnpIpBpcbmtCeyvo/s4032/01AA740E-1749-4370-961C-E7C1E06692F1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZ-ofSE-n6Hwakdy-srYOdFwpFKg2LA58W2CD3D4dpElFdtdXfw90yX84BCM2naJrsLyFPtu5X2AA604Ol18mWgAv5RpkxIKAQXNAo6Fz3DRfcgvkXuNd20n_0wEtLRF9GhVq06F3jQz-B9BPmCCm__J3l1u8nv_Sldd93qz5tnpIpBpcbmtCeyvo/w300-h400/01AA740E-1749-4370-961C-E7C1E06692F1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>3. Raybearer Throw Cushion Cover </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma2CxY-V2gL3m9TH-nLKe5A4poZAJmdEFddsCyrfLifPIJVjRtJWriqTdBb7ZnsBnRjR6bt4T4YntFtYCWsDz8yGxyGdcsihq7nv7QUxZ79AdgJ6HcJ8M4nb9_PeZyvYuhr4XW-mnGaHj5otjn77YLD65-gqIYbeJX2VrOXkbq0CQvyoRi4PNwGOM/s4032/2AC489F0-FC89-40F0-B3A1-1BC9AA5B96DD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma2CxY-V2gL3m9TH-nLKe5A4poZAJmdEFddsCyrfLifPIJVjRtJWriqTdBb7ZnsBnRjR6bt4T4YntFtYCWsDz8yGxyGdcsihq7nv7QUxZ79AdgJ6HcJ8M4nb9_PeZyvYuhr4XW-mnGaHj5otjn77YLD65-gqIYbeJX2VrOXkbq0CQvyoRi4PNwGOM/w300-h400/2AC489F0-FC89-40F0-B3A1-1BC9AA5B96DD.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>4. Threads Of Fate Tea Tin. I like to use these for little things and not tea</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxA0d3KhL6OnJoOGcfy5rc09dhtSYVcYfgObSkv7Eg_0dMWFgBrdFhgYpUMbOm1d3droDrTDiwzOJLLU4KzmiH2wKUCbWxc907P6on37aJYLHf4VLXiDnO7EqJYZt1Dia65NHy5iLAQPcw7PHeRN8QNHALIODyGDdlwQFoRVUW6Qgaj_ZL6yQOjSgj/s4032/40FCE494-BD59-4EAF-A394-A41437FCDFCC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxA0d3KhL6OnJoOGcfy5rc09dhtSYVcYfgObSkv7Eg_0dMWFgBrdFhgYpUMbOm1d3droDrTDiwzOJLLU4KzmiH2wKUCbWxc907P6on37aJYLHf4VLXiDnO7EqJYZt1Dia65NHy5iLAQPcw7PHeRN8QNHALIODyGDdlwQFoRVUW6Qgaj_ZL6yQOjSgj/w300-h400/40FCE494-BD59-4EAF-A394-A41437FCDFCC.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>5. And the beautiful book of the month that I’ve read and loved. THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJK4vZkfMXXDG2zduDx01Grvq731vLJk3vZ7ZApdF7bG1VN0S5iQ6qoOxzM-we9AInX_jMQFduDSeRL4nLAG1v7C0o7lGZSR3q0QSjQHwCsoBHkON2TvBtgd7goh1GYeqYYtnFVvkU_y9ds6JK5NOoy9EYKsTzyTDMPCP1488rTtfdIUNvwI98SDw/s4032/39120264-009A-4CD1-A4A0-9BB3EC6EE473.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJK4vZkfMXXDG2zduDx01Grvq731vLJk3vZ7ZApdF7bG1VN0S5iQ6qoOxzM-we9AInX_jMQFduDSeRL4nLAG1v7C0o7lGZSR3q0QSjQHwCsoBHkON2TvBtgd7goh1GYeqYYtnFVvkU_y9ds6JK5NOoy9EYKsTzyTDMPCP1488rTtfdIUNvwI98SDw/w300-h400/39120264-009A-4CD1-A4A0-9BB3EC6EE473.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr1KN3blVhxgEi5QEMvJCe1UngnqIFgdeNtZy9whHpaU2Mcgqz0gt4mZfC9ho_f3YAeaeavo0pZ82G0rHHYmtmwIuY7FhdhqPntid9wbWzGg1EWBxSSLpgKLoqyX9WdP4iazDc029L7Hazmqw-nwLVSq3qBliHeeX8RIrcQvWd2YKfUuxmm9mZoC5/s4032/81FE6C95-3021-44A3-9082-79C396875772.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr1KN3blVhxgEi5QEMvJCe1UngnqIFgdeNtZy9whHpaU2Mcgqz0gt4mZfC9ho_f3YAeaeavo0pZ82G0rHHYmtmwIuY7FhdhqPntid9wbWzGg1EWBxSSLpgKLoqyX9WdP4iazDc029L7Hazmqw-nwLVSq3qBliHeeX8RIrcQvWd2YKfUuxmm9mZoC5/w300-h400/81FE6C95-3021-44A3-9082-79C396875772.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53L0EL63eiWfrEkLCQnSvXXk_8eYwWX8NkNw_2rRSZGrdmOBHmqWqJdTknmG67hYx48eFFRSxWUnyfby1CJr2Eq7OOcv64uAcvDhy9o-YBP57Fq2RnmK-egF3giE5vvQPQRo6tT-0DhVUKRdHYiAWFkqGMYJWz3V77rgLoZo4vQzDxFF-2-N6oux0/s4032/308F2448-E3A9-4F63-9C96-F4D050F43D38.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53L0EL63eiWfrEkLCQnSvXXk_8eYwWX8NkNw_2rRSZGrdmOBHmqWqJdTknmG67hYx48eFFRSxWUnyfby1CJr2Eq7OOcv64uAcvDhy9o-YBP57Fq2RnmK-egF3giE5vvQPQRo6tT-0DhVUKRdHYiAWFkqGMYJWz3V77rgLoZo4vQzDxFF-2-N6oux0/w300-h400/308F2448-E3A9-4F63-9C96-F4D050F43D38.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuewftKh8T5XKk9Q12DFJCODHhe2r1z73o1a3tf4na1GKSyhw1LDXySwvzNIpd3Tdv57DVqZyAYAFmeriVP0jk4Hj1H8jUhB9ePVZUKG4FhzVjUQoYojHqa2FJElUTNN02BWVvipPKaY80xgZ8DXfkvXD62lUmJX5oIzkfrn1NQiidlkw21e-FTo1U/s4032/4B877429-035B-42AB-AAED-CB2BAD65C9EA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuewftKh8T5XKk9Q12DFJCODHhe2r1z73o1a3tf4na1GKSyhw1LDXySwvzNIpd3Tdv57DVqZyAYAFmeriVP0jk4Hj1H8jUhB9ePVZUKG4FhzVjUQoYojHqa2FJElUTNN02BWVvipPKaY80xgZ8DXfkvXD62lUmJX5oIzkfrn1NQiidlkw21e-FTo1U/w300-h400/4B877429-035B-42AB-AAED-CB2BAD65C9EA.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b>Happy Reading! </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾</b></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1166421196581621193.post-16184355446012331112022-02-26T08:50:00.003-08:002022-02-26T08:50:18.099-08:00February Fairyloot 2022<p> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><b>Wait until you guys see the beautiful book!! </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXgX7hP6L8ladLl_-GKe6oKsSeVeVrWphBkNNtBAaEjLRtMo1VuTC1mX1545sOtfy4F2v_nBzJfihcYAqoFI4g2Njnxq4h_FiNVLxagnNBciHtpTL0Y5KZgUpP4MtA5EAxnWnqEMDtWw0QBB9VbZGsol1O4dy4CiybfumNmExViun0R-lNeQ0m-WRw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXgX7hP6L8ladLl_-GKe6oKsSeVeVrWphBkNNtBAaEjLRtMo1VuTC1mX1545sOtfy4F2v_nBzJfihcYAqoFI4g2Njnxq4h_FiNVLxagnNBciHtpTL0Y5KZgUpP4MtA5EAxnWnqEMDtWw0QBB9VbZGsol1O4dy4CiybfumNmExViun0R-lNeQ0m-WRw=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>1. We have a pair of socks inspired by the starless sea </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6G_fouhbSWuQBKVpAvxBKeNO7QbgYu2q0ULGmWoccol9AjY1x1EJk0sjeEywpZ7y8opfHbc97RFOBVFnYfXk4rZQZCZ5KcP7tCmZ-CCp42egK_xuGLVp2kqeVluQtY-fxNf18HNeDqia_FjnB5IL0qFXt5EqqB_dEcNMsPIyCt1sw56bYwja25-L6=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6G_fouhbSWuQBKVpAvxBKeNO7QbgYu2q0ULGmWoccol9AjY1x1EJk0sjeEywpZ7y8opfHbc97RFOBVFnYfXk4rZQZCZ5KcP7tCmZ-CCp42egK_xuGLVp2kqeVluQtY-fxNf18HNeDqia_FjnB5IL0qFXt5EqqB_dEcNMsPIyCt1sw56bYwja25-L6=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>2. A Crescent City Necklace </b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR__ull8FoBHIm0Dol1rLPGfjkXE0zKlsA4sMIDrh0BQ6uzU0iJqy_MuyGuQjvO98wKnm6q9zHgICNfh7-6QRTPUiKF8Muy01rBLCW_Ul-ub5mHV3oSkzQDfmh467jygNxr-wqsBumv_WhYPyfdl5lObe9cK9Lv_ht1FFqg11BMcUXHvVU3toHOWED=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR__ull8FoBHIm0Dol1rLPGfjkXE0zKlsA4sMIDrh0BQ6uzU0iJqy_MuyGuQjvO98wKnm6q9zHgICNfh7-6QRTPUiKF8Muy01rBLCW_Ul-ub5mHV3oSkzQDfmh467jygNxr-wqsBumv_WhYPyfdl5lObe9cK9Lv_ht1FFqg11BMcUXHvVU3toHOWED=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>3. Moon Goddess Tote Bag</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmI3fATyrZMp_YSBwGm7_nT5EoOszLLe6L77AuRvWO3vrEqY-BWhcj8kSt7hTKcsGkfeijF8GQwuzBd0XeSOVSAQ1kawzCoh08cFEzcxNcH7b2_gaGF8aVvsJ1Lc8gYfit8Nq_FOgFUcY0PjLAouFrkmZRFREwojSPXashrezN08JKQY7M_ufVWLX7=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmI3fATyrZMp_YSBwGm7_nT5EoOszLLe6L77AuRvWO3vrEqY-BWhcj8kSt7hTKcsGkfeijF8GQwuzBd0XeSOVSAQ1kawzCoh08cFEzcxNcH7b2_gaGF8aVvsJ1Lc8gYfit8Nq_FOgFUcY0PjLAouFrkmZRFREwojSPXashrezN08JKQY7M_ufVWLX7=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><b>4. Celestial Bookends</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbsYqFIZcA_IwVi5EQaDlvOo-kOWieNpVUZGPYxwEM9Js6FIZGr87ceDje4sj9FF-h7OIuhhPKlGZUDMyr3ZjbeaCCYQe3mYbsCf5ypVGQyQe9fx7OgIJr0cW-iK03geDzNJL1TBGmXJhu6w__c6-SE2Oh_7VKco77OtNwu9C2qs02PvtVtfOXd-Eg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbsYqFIZcA_IwVi5EQaDlvOo-kOWieNpVUZGPYxwEM9Js6FIZGr87ceDje4sj9FF-h7OIuhhPKlGZUDMyr3ZjbeaCCYQe3mYbsCf5ypVGQyQe9fx7OgIJr0cW-iK03geDzNJL1TBGmXJhu6w__c6-SE2Oh_7VKco77OtNwu9C2qs02PvtVtfOXd-Eg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>5. Tarot Cards with Mustang and Darrow from Red Rising </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZI6Pgtm_XvXHzvxZkraGdmpk7x3mWxA1oDpWhXa37XJqcOjbVkB6djVxYPnZAtl7AphYmqmj6xiIGs_l8UXKpnGZhYrxFNPtDwdYJJZidsitH8_BnluRK31_VcnfTLx0pTtapGJWwXmLbUg3aUeJKykj4rBNQ9YI3VSEt2tcMu26nhRQZ-gFJX37u=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZI6Pgtm_XvXHzvxZkraGdmpk7x3mWxA1oDpWhXa37XJqcOjbVkB6djVxYPnZAtl7AphYmqmj6xiIGs_l8UXKpnGZhYrxFNPtDwdYJJZidsitH8_BnluRK31_VcnfTLx0pTtapGJWwXmLbUg3aUeJKykj4rBNQ9YI3VSEt2tcMu26nhRQZ-gFJX37u=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>And last but not least, the beautiful book with artwork pieces as well. The book has beautiful endpapers which I prefer over the dust jacket art, amazing stained edges, and foil embossing on the cover! DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYOmeSn3e7bjcmcKenygfyeOD9AScbWMM1-lvZT_I6inEF6WLIH18VREDrdlUQseo5BBWcu3SNDIr_uVeO0HIVaxRpAapPrdEyDGrUX2Lj7IT8oUBV_ePznu_ATKc7Q0rCni5uU4HUXE3dKS12SyJ0weT7tpq4MCyyH1boTWvia5dNfVHrr9HV-EDt=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYOmeSn3e7bjcmcKenygfyeOD9AScbWMM1-lvZT_I6inEF6WLIH18VREDrdlUQseo5BBWcu3SNDIr_uVeO0HIVaxRpAapPrdEyDGrUX2Lj7IT8oUBV_ePznu_ATKc7Q0rCni5uU4HUXE3dKS12SyJ0weT7tpq4MCyyH1boTWvia5dNfVHrr9HV-EDt=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoLhDbcCpajjjPlgZbKqrxfQ8xSJGbiFElNUkCNL_aPjWJMsbpW8Oy7ssAj0r3ISEO55qJDBIuwaOd3M-FVcvIm0ICMqQ0AmitjltMZ3zRN3AEDRi187M2iNu4NowEO9hswx3joe8GirjuEXpYSR2vYvZnnAk6psNwbMbcPV-s8pt6pTaertCr_hi3=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoLhDbcCpajjjPlgZbKqrxfQ8xSJGbiFElNUkCNL_aPjWJMsbpW8Oy7ssAj0r3ISEO55qJDBIuwaOd3M-FVcvIm0ICMqQ0AmitjltMZ3zRN3AEDRi187M2iNu4NowEO9hswx3joe8GirjuEXpYSR2vYvZnnAk6psNwbMbcPV-s8pt6pTaertCr_hi3=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgauLkTZ2B3KKkF8VSlbYw_koaPP5SFQogpXgf0GKUeUFx6y-nGnh9HjXzcIulj5vWXPqI_PGdbE9dKpxkUfb5tPIeNFRta8Zjw0dfLc_Mr4hxODQbk80QUcecokfaeoiaXye7djwmS-XbZaZ-bUepsW2ASPm2PQ9FHdfltEbcyMdb4UwHFnpvmJH2M=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgauLkTZ2B3KKkF8VSlbYw_koaPP5SFQogpXgf0GKUeUFx6y-nGnh9HjXzcIulj5vWXPqI_PGdbE9dKpxkUfb5tPIeNFRta8Zjw0dfLc_Mr4hxODQbk80QUcecokfaeoiaXye7djwmS-XbZaZ-bUepsW2ASPm2PQ9FHdfltEbcyMdb4UwHFnpvmJH2M=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjip3GELVw7Kd5nxcYcZOKpklSwUNfzuxxetrHS9iDdkH3HrA8J7m9hKjqKU7OU-q8W-MKigZjdQfdS3jOwvt7T1a8Du8BI4BsbZBciAKbzKtFJKXLqgaX1jYRKx0XMKByZbtsWWdp7ZL6VgaBBQ-VTdiICTJ6HwtMV3KRTnA3ho9j87WKbkN_YGTub=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjip3GELVw7Kd5nxcYcZOKpklSwUNfzuxxetrHS9iDdkH3HrA8J7m9hKjqKU7OU-q8W-MKigZjdQfdS3jOwvt7T1a8Du8BI4BsbZBciAKbzKtFJKXLqgaX1jYRKx0XMKByZbtsWWdp7ZL6VgaBBQ-VTdiICTJ6HwtMV3KRTnA3ho9j87WKbkN_YGTub=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6-0y71ad0zjoz5Yyns0G2CBLukX_OG6zFazWU5Ah4TLKITuF4vn2tRdgLn8gmQACXm3_vsJcahD_oheQ1ScYspRjkHlFkQGM68BkmDNKoBxAxzAVFNua8FH4Cz8EGigsPVSBayEjOa2L7QdoH9DB4T6dm_IEeXHb_mWPEmy2TVCZYaKxn9ZJUJ2yY=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6-0y71ad0zjoz5Yyns0G2CBLukX_OG6zFazWU5Ah4TLKITuF4vn2tRdgLn8gmQACXm3_vsJcahD_oheQ1ScYspRjkHlFkQGM68BkmDNKoBxAxzAVFNua8FH4Cz8EGigsPVSBayEjOa2L7QdoH9DB4T6dm_IEeXHb_mWPEmy2TVCZYaKxn9ZJUJ2yY=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b>Happy reading everyone! I hope to love this book! </b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><b>Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾💕🌸🦋🍄🍁🍂🌲🕯🙏🏻</b></span></span></p>Melissa Dog/Wolf Lover Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02855195601963742785noreply@blogger.com0