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Task it Tuesday-Week 8 of 2016

  

So I am finally feeling better and started to get things done.  Not a lot of blogging or read but real life.  After being sick so long, so many real life tings fell to the side and I had to play catch-up this past week.  But I did alright overall.  

I got the house picked up, made some cookies and have been getting a bit too addicted to playing Treasure Madness on facebook again.  I have a few days of VIP status there right now so that is my free time for the next few days lol.  Love this silly click game!  

The push for this next week (besides the above mentioned game) is blogging, my closet and finishing up some books by the end of this month.  I always have had too many books going and it has come to bite me in the butt, so to speak.  I want to start March off on a bit cleaner slate. I doubt I will catch up on them all but every page closer helps!

Blogging

• Write/post 7 reviews -(got 2 up)
• 3 Discussion/other Post (meme styles don't count)
• Get STS post up to date
• Catalog all January & February ebooks I have received/purchases onto Goodreads shelf.
• Finish getting Archive, Genres And Guest Interview pages up to date
• Catalog 594 books I own
• Catch up on comment responses for 2016
• Write any 2 posts (reviews, discussions, thoughts, other...non memes/giveaways!)
• Responding to all comments made prior to 2016
• Go through Edelweiss and Netgalley for new titles I can't live without (but stay smart about requests!) 
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• List another 100 books I own

•   Write another 3 posts
•   clean up social media and other blogging  follows and likes so I actually find the content for those I really have an true, regular interest in.
  1. Twitter
  2. Facebook
  3. Pinterest 
  4.  GFC
  5. Bloglovin
  
  
  
   

Reading

• Read Eragon (made progress)
• Read Sierra Jensen series Bks 4-12 (read Bk 4)
• Read 8 manga (read 4,  1/2 through the next)
• Read Ashley Bell
• Read Rebel Nation
• Finish Ready Player One
• Finish Invaded
• Finish The 5th Wave
• Finish Golden Son
• Read 3rd book of Troubled Times series
• Read Eldest
• Finish The Gateway through which they came
• Finish Black
• Finish Steampunk 

Manga Review: Deadman Wonderland Vol 2

 

 

Deadman Wonderland Volume 2 

by Jinsei Kataoka & Kazuma Kondou

Genre(s) Manga, Graphic Novel

Pages: 208

Originally Published: Dec 2007

Publisher: Viz Media

 

 

 

Official Synopsis: "Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle school student Ganta Igarashii finds himself sentenced to death and sent to the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison that has risen from the ruins of the Great Tokyo Earthquake—a hell on earth known as “Deadman Wonderland.”

Falsely accused of murdering his classmates and sentenced to death in Deadman Wonderland, Ganta begins to learn more about life inside the prison walls. Upon hearing that the Red Man, the strange being that killed his friends, is in the G Ward, Ganta heads there seeking answers—and revenge. Instead he finds a mysterious man who calls him “Woodpecker.”"

 

"While on the hunt for the Red Man, Ganta is thrown into a battle exhibition called the Carnival of Corpses, in which he is matched up against the powerful Senji. The battle is intense, but even if Ganta wins, is he prepared for the consequences?"

 

 

 

 Review:  This really is one of the strangest mangas I have read. I honestly don't know what to think of it at this point. I like parts of it but others are vague, leaving me with so many questions.

Stacking the Shelves 100

 

 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. 

FINALLY I AM ALL CAUGHT UP ON ALL BOOKS!!!!! This is my February acquisition to date.

Alright, so I thought I was being good and prepping this post ahead of time and then a box of books I ordered came in plus I went to a thrift store and had a bit of fun in the book section.  Plus my OTSPSecretSister gift came in this week.  SO I have physical pictures of all the above mentioned books toward the end. Everything else is cover shot copies of what I have.

MASSIVE HAUL WARNING!!!!

 

Review: The Dominant by Tara Sue Me (an adult novel)

 

 

The Submissive: The Dominant (2)

 

by Tara Sue Me

 

Genre(s) 18+/Adult, Romance

Pages: 352

Published: Aug 2009

Publisher: NAL

 

 

 

 

 

Official Synopsis:  "Nathaniel West doesn’t lose control.

As the playboy CEO of West Industries, he governs the boardroom during the day; as a strict dominant with exacting rules, he commands the bedroom at night. He never takes on inexperienced submissives, but when Abigail King’s application comes across his desk, he breaks his own restrictions and decides to test her limits.

Abby’s combination of innocence and willingness is intoxicating, and Nathaniel is soon determined to collar her as his own. As long as she follows his orders and surrenders herself fully to him, no one will get hurt.

But when Nathaniel begins falling for Abby on a deeper level, he realizes that the trust must go both ways—and he has secrets which could bring the foundations of their entire relationship crashing down..."

 

 

 

 

 

 Review:  This book is a flipped perspective of the first book, The Submissive (click the link to learn more and read my review). This can be read as a standalone in replacement of The Submissive if you choose but I highly suggest reading both. Now we get the story of how Nathaniel West falls in love with his new submissive, Abby King.

A lot of this runs the same course the first book did. Many of the scenes are the same, just we are getting his side of the story. But we also get some fun extras. Like the knowledge of how he first came across Abby, to his reaction to her application and his interactions with friends and family. This book gives Nathaniel more depth which was nice.