Blog Temporarily Out of Order

Hi everyone,
  As some may have noticed I have been quiet the past week.  That is because my computer fried it's hard-drive.  Saw the evil blue screen of death.  SO it is in the shop being completely baked up, wiped and re put together.  I should have it hack later this week.  I will be a bit behind on everything for awhile.  I will have lost all bookmarks and favs for sites and htlm coding I use (not to mention other sites) etc so I might not be posting much in the next week or so.

  This is also because I want to get the blog cleaned up some.  I am WAY behind on the archive, tags, responding to comments, etc.  So I will be spending some extra time there for the rest on May and early June.  Once my computer is back I do still plan on other post but not too many.

  As some may habe noticed my tour participation, or interviews, etc have been non-existant lately.  Once things are caught up plan on seeing those once again, likely starting up in July.  With a bit of luck and free time, maybe sooner.  Life has just been very busy lately and certain things take a higher priority then over-coordinating my schedule.  Now that things are smoothing out I will have a bit of space to cram  something fun in for you.

Thanks for bearing with me!

Manga Review: Happy Marriage Vol 5 by Maki Enjoji

 

Happy Marriage volume 5

 

by Maki Enjoji

 

Genre(s): Manga, Graphic Novels

Pages: 192

Published: April 2014

Publisher: Viz Media

 

 

 

Official Summary:  "Chiwa Takanashi has married a total stranger—company president Hokuto Mamiya—to get her father out of debt.

Rather than having her husband continue to support her feckless father, Chiwa accepts a job at Shinjo Sakuraba’s startup without telling Hokuto. Will Chiwa and Hokuto’s newfound wedded bliss last now that she’s working alongside her crush from college?


Reads R to L (Japanese Style) Rated M"

 

 

 

Review: I really do love this series! The growing relationship between chiwa and Hokuto is one many can relate to in different aspects. Every relationship has it's trials and this series has done a fabulous job bringing them to light. But it is not just some heavy drama. There are lots of cute and sweet moments and also some more steamy ones! Especially in this volume!

Wishlist Wednesday and Waiting on Wednesday, combo post (2)

So this is my second time joining the Wishlist Wednesday Blog Hop.

For me, I am using this to share with you books I want to get my hands on that are on my Wishlist.   

Normally I keep all my wishlist books on Goodreads.   However a few family members have mentioned an Amazon wishlist so they can easily buy me what I want.  So I figure I would have both. What can I say, I have a weird compulsion for lists.  Anyone who knows me well can attest to that fact.

For the most part, these will be books already published (or will be published VERY soon).  So my list here is practical.  However, like all things in life, what I want and what I can get are two different things.  Usually it is finances that say NO.  Yet I will share these with you.  Who knows, maybe you might find a new treasure to add to your own list.

  

Two novellas set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series, now available in print for the first time! In The Queen and The Favorite, discover untold stories from the lives of two of the Selection series' most beloved characters.

Before America Singer's story began, another girl came to the palace to compete for the hand of a different prince. In The Queen, follow Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly, through the Selection that made her a beloved queen.

Marlee Tames came to the palace to win Prince Maxon's heart—but her own heart had other ideas. The Favorite goes behind the scenes of Marlee and Carter's life together, from the fateful night their secret was discovered to the events at the end of The One.

Why do I want this:  I love this series and to get the extra perspectives of things is fun.  Either or both story would be wonderful to read!

hosted by Breaking The Spine. 

Here I get to share with you an upcoming title I am anticipating to read that has not yet been released.

REVIEW: The Indigo King by James A Owen

 

 

The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: 

The Indigo King (3)

by James A Owen

Genre(s): Fantasy, Mythology/Lore, Adventure, Young Adult

Pages: 375

Published:  January 2008

Publisher:  Simon & Shuster

Official Summary:  "John and Jack are mystified when they discover a cryptic warning on a medieval manuscript—a warning that is not only addressed to them, but seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson. But before they can discover the origins of the book, Hugo walks through a door in time—and vanishes into the past.

In that moment, the world begins to change. Now, the Archipelago of Dreams and our world both suffer under the reign of the cruel and terrible Winter King. Dark beasts roam the countryside, and terror rules the land.

John and Jack must travel back in time—from the Bronze Age to the library in ancient Alexandria to the founding of the Silver Throne—to find the only thing that can save their friend and restore both words. The solution lies in the answer to a 2,000-year-old mystery: Who is the Cartographer

 This is book 3 in the series.  Learn more about the first book, Here there be Dragons or read my review of it.

OR for book 2, The Search for the Red Dragon.  

Review:  What a fantastic web this book weaves! This book has a very strong plot on time travel. An aspect of the book I was not expecting but honestly I think it made for a wonderful addition to the series.

There is a rule when time traveling all should be aware of. And that is that one small change in history can forever alter the present... and not always for the good. This time our heroes must find out what happened in the past and try to fix it. Time is short and answers are limited. There is a heavy emphasis on the time of Merlin and King Arthur in this book. Lots of historical figures and places crop up in this book.

REVIEW: The Search for the Read Dragon by James A Owen

The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica: 

The Search for the Red Dragon (2)

by James A Owen

Genre(s): Fantasy, Retellings, Adventure, Young Adult

Pages: 384

Published:  January 2008

Publisher:  Simon & Shuster

Official Summary:  "'The Crusade has begun'...

"There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story."

It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well.

The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be.

 

 This is book 2 in the series.  Learn more about the first book, Here there be Dragons or read my review of it.

 

Review:  This book picks up a few years after the first one. Aven's son and other children have gone missing so our dutiful Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica go on another adventure. Aven goes with the new Caretakers and so does a young girl named Laura Glue.

Monday Madness 14

 

Come win an Amazon Gift card!!!

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Contestants may earn 12 points the first day and 11 points each day after so it is easy for the entry points to add up.

Everyone's entry points will total together to increase the value of the prize

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For every addition 250 entries over 1001 I will draw additional winners to win a $10 gift card Each.

Bout of Books readathon, Wrap Up

 

This readathon has bean the best bout of books yet I think!  They had a great variety of 6 challenges (1 a day until the last day) and each was unique.  I actually received comments on my posts!  Normally no one visits it seems.  Although I feel a bit guilty now since I didn't do much visiting this time.   Guess I better make up for it in August for their next readathon.

Here are the final stats for the week:

I finished:

 

 

Made progress in (not yet finished)

 

Total Pages Read- 1646

Bout of Books readathon, End of day 6

 

Today was all about finishing up some books in progress!

I finished:

 

 

Total Pages Read on Day 6: 432

 

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that I made progress in (not finished): 2

Books Finished: 5

Pages 1514

Bout of Books readathon, End of day 5

 

Books I made progress in this day:

 

Total Pages Read on Day 5: 134

  Bit of a slower day but still not bad.  Hope to finish Crimson Bound and Monster by the next update!

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that made progress or started: 4

Books Finished: 2 (both manga)

Pages 1082

Stacking the Shelves 82

 

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, every Weekend. This is to share books I have acquired from various sources. Physical books & ebooks both are welcome. If its something being sent to me by mail, I will not mention it until I actually receive it. 

  

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For Review 

"Ember Hill left the dragon organization Talon to take her chances with rebel dragon Cobalt and his crew of rogues. But Ember can't forget the sacrifice made for her by the human boy who could have killed her—Garret Xavier Sebastian, a soldier of the dragonslaying Order of St. George, the boy who saved her from a Talon assassin, knowing that by doing so, he'd signed his own death warrant.

Determined to save Garret from execution, Ember must convince Cobalt to help her break into the Order's headquarters. With assassins after them and Ember's own brother helping Talon with the hunt, the rogues find an unexpected ally in Garret and a new perspective on the underground battle between Talon and St. George.

A reckoning is brewing and the secrets hidden by both sides are shocking and deadly. Soon Ember must decide: Should she retreat to fight another day…or start an all-out war?"

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  "The first volume in Neil Gibson's acclaimed series of twisted tales. This 200 page book contains 12 individual and unique stories which are all related. The stories vary from 10 year old girls to Colombian drug lords and everything in between. It is left to the reader to find the connections between the stories - some connections are immediately clear whilst other connection only become clear in later volumes. This series is designed for re-reading. The author describes the genre as psychological thriller, but the books contains horror, dark (at times demented) stories incorporating every human emotion, illegal activity, and brutal reality. Using various illustrators allows each story and character to develop their own form. Twisted Dark has been embraced by the comic book world receiving critical acclaim and a cult following. If you haven’t read one yet, you don’t know what you’re missing."

Bout of Books readathon, End of Day 4

 

Books I made progress in :

 

Everbound was on hold for the day.

Total Pages Read on Day 4: 299

 

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that made progress or started: 4

Books Finished: 2 (both manga)

Pages: 948

New Release Giveaway Hop (May 2015)

 

ENTER TO WIN

Any book published in May 2015 could be yours.  Well, any book up to $16 that is. You can get a print book from The Book Depository OR 1 ebook via Amazon or B&N

Fiction, nonfiction, Y.A, Adult, childrens, graphic novels...you name it, you can pick it!  It is not limited to the image about although there are some great titles there!

Giveaway in International as long as The Book Depository can ship to you or you pick an ebook.   Up to $16 in value.

Bout of Books readathon, End of Day 3

 

Books I made progress in:

 

Finished reading:

Total Pages Read on Day 2: 271

 

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that made progress or started: 4

Books Finished: 2 (both manga)

Pages: 649

bout of books readathon, End of day 2

 

Books I made progress in:

 

 

Finished reading:

Total Pages Read on Day 2: 230

 

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that made progress or started: 4

Books Finished: 1

Pages: 378

Bout Of Books Read-a-thon, End of Day 1

 

So being I had no time to prepare for this readathon (my fault), my reading is a bit chaotic.

Books I made progress in:

 

Total Pages Read on Day 1: 148

 

 

Readathon stat totals:

Books that made progress or started: 3

Books Finished: 0

Pages: 148