Top 5 Best Book Covers: October 2015

Top 5 Best Book Covers is monthly meme created by The Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. The rules are simple: on the first Saturday of every month, post your 5 favorite books covers that are being released in the current month!

#1
A THOUSAND NIGHTS
Author: E.K. Johnston (Twitter)
Genre(s): YA, Fantasy, Retellings
Release Date: October 6, 2015

Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next.

And so she is taken in her sister's place, and she believes death will soon follow. Lo-Melkhiin's court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She sees everything as if for the last time.But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awoken by the sunrise. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Something went wrong.

Far away, in their village, her sister is mourning. Through her pain, she calls upon the desert winds, conjuring a subtle unseen magic, and something besides death stirs the air.

Back at the palace, the words she speaks to Lo-Melkhiin every night are given a strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, a vision of her sister. With each tale she spins, her power grows. Soon she dreams of bigger, more terrible magic: power enough to save a king, if she can put an end to the rule of a monster.

 

 

Top 5 Best Book Covers: September 2015

Top 5 Best Book Covers is monthly meme created by The Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. The rules are simple: on the first Saturday of every month, post your 5 favorite books covers that are being released in the current month!

#1
BEASTLY BONES
Book Series:  Jackaby, Book #1
Author:  William Ritter (Twitter)
Genre(s):  YA, Mystery, Historical Fiction
Release Date:  September, 2015

“I’ve found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I’ve known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality.”

In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer R. F. Jackaby are called upon to investigate the supernatural.

First, a vicious species of shape-shifters disguise themselves as a litter of kittens, and a day later, their owner is found murdered with a single mysterious puncture wound. Then in nearby Gad’s Valley, now home to the exiled New Fiddleham police detective Charlie Cane, dinosaur bones from a recent dig mysteriously go missing, and an unidentifiable beast starts attacking animals and people, leaving their mangled bodies behind. Charlie calls on Abigail for help, and soon Abigail and Jackaby are on the hunt for a thief, a monster, and a murderer.

 

"Waiting On" Wednesday: The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan

Hosted By Breaking the Spine

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights eagerly-anticipated upcoming releases.

Title: The Sword of Summer

Book Series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1

Author: Rick Riordan (Twitter)

Genres: Middle Grade, Mythology, Fantasy,

Release Date: October 6, 2015

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he's never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. His uncle tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . .

Why I Picked It:  Percy Jackson was too good of a series to not try this out. Plus, I love mythology. Ready for a new adventure!

 

Cover Characteristic: Owls

Hosted by Sugar & Snark

Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. 

Book Blogger Hop: Aug 14th - 20th — Have Books, Will Travel

Hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer

"Book Blogger Hop" is a weekly meme where our fellow blogger submit new topics and everyone joins in with their answers.

This Week's Topic/Question:

Are you ever without a book? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews)

My Answer:

No... *shudders*, heck no.

I've always got my iPhone and my iPod. My iPhone has ever app you can think of—Audible, Kindle, Nook, iBooks and for my library, Overdrive. All are full of books. My iPod has the audiobooks for my favorite book series on it at all times, plus a few more.

Also, I have at least 3 books checked out from the library. They stay in a tote in my car, so they're always on hand.

And no small purses for me. Must be roomy enough to fit a hardback.

Cover Characteristic: Bicycles

Hosted by Sugar & Snark

Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. 

Book Blogger Hop: Aug 7th - 13th — Holiday-themed Reviews

Hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer

"Book Blogger Hop" is a weekly meme where our fellow blogger submit new topics and everyone joins in with their answers.

This Week's Topic/Question:

Do you ever do a review post based on a holiday? For example review Christmas theme books in December. (submitted by Bunnita @ Worth Reading It?)

My Answer:

That would require a lot more planning then I usually do, but I'd like to!

I'm normally driven to read books according to my mood & TBR, but my blog posts suffer when it comes to variety. This will be a goal for this Christmas—thanks!

"Waiting On" Wednesday: Wrapped and Strapped (Blacktop Cowboys #7) by Lorelei James

Hosted By Breaking the Spine

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights eagerly-anticipated upcoming releases.

Title: Wrapped and Strapped
Book Series: Blacktop Cowboys, Book 7
Author: Lorelei James (Twitter)
Genres: Western, Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Cowboys, Cowgirls
Release Date: September 1, 2015

In the new Blacktop Cowboys® Novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hillbilly Rockstar strange bedfellows find common ground after the lights go down…

Flower child, vegetarian and humanitarian Harlow Pratt and gruff and strapping cattle ranch foreman Hugh Pritchett have been taunting each other for years. Hugh thinks she’s nothing but a spoiled rich girl, and he’s had enough of that life with his ex-wife. Harlow thinks Hugh is an ill-mannered trouble-maker who wouldn't know fun if it bit him on his tight denim-clad butt.

When they’re forced together at the Split Rock Ranch and Resort, everything changes. They might be polar opposites, but working out their differences skin to skin, in the dark, seems to help their incompatibility a lot. But when trouble from both their pasts comes calling, Harlow and Hugh have no one else to lean on. Can they trust one another enough to make it through the hard times together… or will their tentative truce fall apart?


Why I Picked It:  This is one of my favorite series, so I'll be catching all the books until the very end. I'm really excited that it's Hugh; love the quite ones. 

Top 5 Best Book Covers: August 2015

Top 5 Best Book Covers is monthly meme created by The Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. The rules are simple: on the first Saturday of every month, post your 5 favorite books covers that are being released in the current month!

#1
MECHANICA
Author: Tera Lynn Childs (Twitter)
Genre(s): YA, Steampunk, Fairytale Retold
Release Date: August 4, 2015

Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica” to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have turned her into a servant in her own home.

But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in the cellar and begins to dare to imagine a new life for herself. Could the mysterious books and tools hidden there—and the mechanical menagerie, led by a tiny metal horse named Jules—be the key to escaping her dreary existence? With a technological exposition and royal ball on the horizon, the timing might just be perfect for Nicolette to earn her freedom at last.

Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds her prince . . . but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all.

 

 

Book Blogger Hop: July 31th - Aug 6th — Book Swag Collector?

Hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer

"Book Blogger Hop" is a weekly meme where our fellow blogger submit new topics and everyone joins in with their answers.

This Week's Topic/Question:

Do you collect things that are book related? Like bookmarks, nameplates, 1st editions. (submitted by Bunnita @ Worth Reading It?)

My Answer:

For my favorite authors, absolutely. I keep everything I've gotten from events I've gone to. I've had custom jewelry made, and I've got plans to frame some of my favorite quotes on a my walls.

I'm also a fan of interest-related tee shirts. So I've got some "book nerd" and "quotables" tees.

Cover Characteristic: Cupcakes

Hosted by Sugar & Snark

Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. 

Book Blogger Hop: July 24th - 30th — Bookmarks

Hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer

"Book Blogger Hop" is a weekly meme where our fellow blogger submit new topics and everyone joins in with their answers.

This Week's Topic/Question:

Do you use bookmarks? If so, do you match them to the book you're reading or do you use random scraps of paper? (submitted by Bunnita @ Worth Reading It?)

My Answer:

Not in the traditional sense. The physical books I read usually come from the library, so I'll often use the checkout receipt for a bookmark. Then my Audible app remembers my place, so there's no need. But it's a definite yes with for eBooks.

The actual bookmarks I own came from book signings, and those are used as bookshelf decor.

Book Beginnings & The Friday 56: Avalon (Avalon #1) by Mindee Arnett

Hosted By Rose City Reader & Freda's Voice

"Book Beginnings" is a weekly event that shares the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. "The Friday 56" is also a weekly event, sharing a sentence from page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's ok.)


My Pick This Week:  Avalon by Mindee Arnett

“STEALING A SPACESHIP SHOULDN’T BE THIS EASY.

Jeth Seagrave peered around the corner and counted the number of sentries standing at the terminal into the docking bay. There were two of them, both sporting the tan uniforms of local guards, with matching bored expressions.

He slipped back before being spotted. Around him, Kordan Spaceport’s massive concourse, filled with restaurants, shops, and hotels, was mostly empty of people. Even in space, there was such a thing as nighttime.”

~ p. 1