Eleni's Reading for June 2018

Here are my June reads.

Read: 9               (down 1)
Series: 6               (down 2)
TBR: 4                 (down 2)
Audio: 4                (up 3)
AWW: 4                (up 4)
Graphic novels: 0 (down 2)



Historical Romance

• Let Love Find You (Reid Family #4) by Johanna Lindsey (audio narrated by Anne Flosnik) | 4 stars
• A Person of No Consequence by Alison Stuart | Short story | 4 stars



Paranormal Romance /SciFi Romance

• Winter Born (Dark-Hunterverse # , Were-Hunter #1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon | short story | 4 stars.
• The Undead Next Door (Love at Stake #4) by Kerrelyn Sparks (audio narrated by Deanna Hurst) | 4.5 stars .
• Atrophy (Atrophy #1) by Jess Anastasi | 4.75 stars

Contemporary Romance / Romantic Elements

• Pretty Shore (Astonvale #2) by  Carla Caruso | 4.25 stars
• Action Man Meets Miss Adventure & other romantic short stories by Claire Baxter | 5 stars (short story collection)
• The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern (audio narrated by Amy Creighton) | 4.25 stars






Children's
• Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (Underland Chronicles #3) by Suzanne Collins (audio narrated by Paul Boehmer) | childrens | 4.75 stars

~Until next time, Happy Reading!~

Reading for April 2018

Here are my April reads - a varied read this month.

Read: 11
Series: 6
TBR: 0 (was that type of month were my TBR reading is continuing but no books were finished).
Audio: 6
AWW: 0
Graphic novels: 4



Paranormal Romance/ Urban Fantasy

• The Beginning (Hunter Legends Series 0.5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon | short story | 4 stars
• The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint (audio narrated by Tai Sammons & Paul Michael Garcia) | 5 stars - Favourite book of the month. Loved the style and the audio version was really good.

Mystery

• A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge #1) by Charles Todd (audio narrated by Samuel Giles) | 3.5 stars
• The Lost Days of Agatha Christie by Carole Owens (audio narrated by Wanda McCaddon) | 4 stars

Graphic Novels

• Snow White: a graphic novel by Matt Phelan | 4 stars
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Circus of the Damned, Volume 2: The Ingenue (Anita Blake Graphic Novels) by Laurell K. Hamilton,  Jessica Ruffner, and Ron Lim (Illustrator) | graphic novel | 4 stars
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Circus of the Damned, Volume 3: The Scoundrel (Anita Blake Graphic Novels) by Laurell K. Hamilton,  Jessica Ruffner, and Ron Lim (Illustrator) | graphic novel | 4.5 stars
• Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier | graphic novel | 4 stars

Non-fiction

• I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai  and Patricia McCormick (audio narrated by Malala Yousafzai and Neela Vaswani) | non-fiction | YA | 4.5 stars - fascinating and has an outlook of hope. 

Children's

• The Marvelous Land of Oz (Oz #2) by L. Frank Baum (audio narrated by Tara Sands) | children's | 3 stars

Classics

• Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves #3) by P.G. Wodehouse (audio narrated by Jonathan Cecil) | 4 stars - Chuckling read.  A few stories was in the the previous Jeeves compilations.

Happy Reading!

~E~

March Reads

Here's what I read for March....

Dance With the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon (A Dark Hunter Novel) - Paranormal Romance

Oh poor Zarek - what a tortured soul he is. I liked discovering his tenderness and the different layers being peeled back. More questions about Acheron. Great book - though initially the POV changes were abit jolty but after awhile I got the feel for them and then didn't notice them. Definitely will be reading more of this series.

The Curse of Dracula by Marv Wolfman  - Graphic Novel

This was well, graphic. Into the horror style. Enjoyed.

Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich - Mystery Detective (humour)

Enjoyed this - Diesel pops up again and the match-making is funny. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Astonishing X-men Vol 3: Torn by Joss Whedon & John Casaday - Graphic Novel

Another good installment in these volumes (volumes are made up of a number of issues, so I'm getting it in one hit instead).

Claiming His Bought Bride by Rachel Bailey - Silhouette Desire - Romance

What a fabulous debut by Ms Rachel Bailey!! A wonderful person whom I admire very much. Thoroughly LOVED it and the second chance theme. Way to go!

Review of this book here. It is the pick of the month. 

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern - Women's fiction

Intriguing book and characters, with some you're not sure what to make of. A good read.

Challenge Updates....

Speculative Fiction - 6 out of 24 so far

100+ books - 20 so far

Yep that's the another 10....

11. Deadly Desire by Keri Arthur

12. Drawing Faces by Rosie Dickins and Jan McCafferty

13. The Greek Boss's Demand by Trish Morey

14. Iron Soldiers: a story of arms & armour by Dave Luckett
15. Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon

16. The Curse of Dracula by Marv Wolfman

17. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

18. Astonishing X-men Vol 3: Torn by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday

19. Claiming His Bought Bride by Rachel Bailey

20. The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern

Support Library Challenge - first 10 books done (out of 50)

1. Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordon
2. Astonishing X-men Vol 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
3. Astonishing X-men Vol 2: Dangerous by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
4. Drawing Faces by Rosie Dickins and Jan McCafferty
5. Iron Soldiers: a story of arms & armour by Dave Luckett
6. Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
7. The Curse of Dracula by Marv Wolfman
8. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
9. Astonishing X-men Vol 3: Torn by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
10.The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern

So going well; While I like challenges, I'm not going to get stressed about these ones. After all, it's meant to be fun!!

Until next time, happy reading!!

Oh and please go over to the Bootcamper blog to see what Dana is reading at the moment.

~yia