Life and Things

Not too much going on this past week. I did go to the doctor about back pain and learned I have sciatica. Because why not? I did finally manage to get my work caught up that got behind during vacation. Yayyy! The upcoming week should be far more entertaining. We’re going to see Les Miserables on Wed!!  SQUEE!!!!!  

double squee!! I was beyond tickled to learn that people had stumbled across my Jurassic Park Book Tag and were doing it!

I’m still doing the photography challenges. I managed to get to ‘Advanced’ level. Still pretty low on the totem pole, but I’m having such fun with it!  For any photography buffs out there, the app is called GuruShots.

Also on the squee front is that Macmillan-Tor auto-approved me on Netgalley. Meaning I was able to get RA Salvatore’s next Coven book.

 

Enjoyable posts of the past week from others

How to Support the Blogger in Your Life/ RuthinRevolt/ Ruth

Why I Have Unpopular Opinions/ Perspective of a Writer/ Dani

What Tumbles Out: Thoughts On Folk Horror, By Howard David Ingham/ Terrible Minds/ Chuck Wendig

Oh Shit, I Jumped The Gun (Again), by Tracy Barnett/ Terrible Minds/ Chuck Wendig  

Why Trigger Warnings Are Really Important/ Reading Every Night/ Beth  

The Double Edged Sword Of Mood Reading/ Andrea’s Nirvana/ Andrea

 

Posts of the past week ICYMT

8/6: Pocket Full of Sunshine  

My Favourite: ….Thing I Wish I Would Be Good At  

WWWWednesday: August 8th, 2018   

Review: Pagan Portals: Odin by Morgan Daimler  

I Love Characters:  Smart is the New Sexy  

Review: California’s Deadly Women by Michael Barry

Tour: Everything Under the Sun by Jessica Redmerski  

 

Books read, reviewed, and posted/scheduled the past week

Crystal Healing and Sacred Pleasure by Vanessa Cuccia, 4*

Implant by Ray Clark, 4*

Earth Sciences: Patterns in the Sky by Mary Lindeen, NA, 5*

Earth Sciences: Weather Near You by Mary Lindeen, 5*

Life Sciences: Animal Defences by Mary Lindeen, 5*

Life Sciences: Ideas from Nature by Mary Lindeen, 5*

Physical Sciences: Light by Mary Lindeen, NA, 5*

 

Favourite Read(s) of the Past Week

‘Bramfield, near Leeds, a sleepy little market town nestled on the borders of West and North Yorkshire. Detectives Stewart Gardener and Sean Reilly discover the naked corpse of Alex Wilson, nailed to the wall of a cellar in his uncle’s hardware store. His lips are sewn together and his body bears only one mark, a fresh scar near his abdomen.

Within forty-eight hours, their investigation results in dead ends, more victims, no suspects and very little in the way of solid evidence.

Gardener and Reilly have a problem and a question on their hands: are the residents of Bramfield prepared for one of history’s most sadistic killers, The Tooth Fairy? The detectives race against time to stop the trail of horrific murders…’

 

Current Read

 

Next Up (maybe)

Building a Trade Empire by Paul E Horsman

High Merchant by Paul E Horsman

Fascinating New Yorkers by Clifford Browder

Hiding by Jenny Morton Potts

Everything Under the Sun by Jessica Redmerski

Devil’s Revolver by VS McGrath

Devil’s Standoff by VS McGrath

Burn Up: Secrets of Mylin by Joe Klingler

The Royal Order of Fighting Dragons by Dan Elish

Reckoning of Fallen Gods by RA Salvatore

 

Book Haul

‘The new Coven series from the bestselling creator of Drizzt Do’Urden, continues with New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore’s Reckoning of Fallen Gods.

The winds of change are blowing upon Fireach Speur. Aoelyn risked her life to save the trader Talmadge and it cost her everything that is dear to her, but Talmadge survived and can’t forget the amazing woman that killed a god.

Little do they realize, war is coming to the mountain. Far to the west, a fallen empire stirs. One that sees a solar eclipse as a call to war. Their empire once dominated the known world and they want it back.’

 

‘Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies—girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a bigger life.

When she hears of an unstoppable monster ravaging a nearby town, Frey decides this is the Mercies’ one chance out. The fame and fortune of bringing down such a beast would ensure a new future for all the Mercies. In fact, her actions may change the story arc of women everywhere.

Full of fierce girls, bloodlust, tenuous alliances, and unapologetic quests for glory, this elegantly spun tale challenges the power of storytelling—and who gets to be the storyteller. Perfect for fans of Maggie Stiefvater, V.E. Schwab, and Heidi Heilig.’

 

‘From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee on This, Francesco Marciuliano, comes a lesson from cats in resistance.

Cats are done with humans’ crap. For too long they have put up with baby talk, the humiliation of holiday costumes, and the social injustice of being told, “No.” They will not sleep through this anymore. We humans have woken the beast, and in this book they have gathered together to reclaim their voice, loudly and repeatedly until we pay attention. Watch the uprising unfold, through anthems such as “Redefine Terms,” “Accepted,” “Decide,” “A New Dawn,” and “Just What Do You Think You’re Doing?” Show support for your feline friends and try to understand why they’re so spitting mad.’