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HOLY, MOTHER COVER | Trend: Dolls

September 10, 2015 Comments : 6

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Inspired by What She Reads, Pure Imagination Blog, and Stacked.

I admit I’m a book cover snob. Who isn’t though?

Book covers are the first thing that attracts readers to a book. A good cover can draw someone is, just as a bad cover can easily draw someone away. It can essentially make or break a book. Holy, Mother Cover! is where I showcase the book covers that stand out (or make me cringe) and discuss cover changes.

(A big special thanks to Georgie at What She Reads for bestowing me this fabulous name and to Charlotte at The Simple Tales for creating the beautiful feature banner you see before you.)

Dolls and book covers, are they a good idea? Yes. (However, never google “dolls + book covers” unless you’re fully prepared or you’ll get a fright. The creepy dolls I saw when I searched for book covers will haunt me in my dreams.)

Dolls or action figures aren’t only toys you play with when you’re a child; they could be used as the model of a book cover. I love the creative ways book designers use them.

Discussion

TOO MUCH TBR · September 2015

September 8, 2015 Comments : 9

Welcome to Too Much TBR (September edition)!

I have a lot of arcs I need to tackle this month (and next month too), so I’ve taken a page from Nikki‘s book and displayed all the September reads I want to read (because holy moly, there’s a lot of them) in the form of Too Much TBR. I’m hoping that having everything laid out in picture form will help me tackle my TBR list. It’s a good reminder to see because I keep forgetting what books I have to read.

I read approximately seven books last month, and I gotta read eight for this month. Can I do it? Hopefully! Let’s see what books are on my September TBR.

Reviews

(ARC) REVIEW | These Things Were Good in Cut Both Ways But…

September 6, 2015 Comments : 7

cut both ways carrie mesrobian

Will Caynes never has been good with girls. At seventeen, he’s still waiting for his first kiss. He’s certainly not expecting it to happen in a drunken make-out session with his best friend, Angus. But it does and now Will’s conflicted—he knows he likes girls, but he didn’t exactly hate kissing a guy.

Then Will meets Brandy, a cute and easy-to-talk-to sophomore. He’s totally into her too—which proves, for sure, that he’s not gay. So why does he keep hooking up with Angus on the sly?

Will knows he can’t keep seeing both of them, but besides his new job in a diner, being with Brandy and Angus are the best parts of his whole messed-up life. His divorced parents just complicate everything. His father, after many half-baked business ventures and endless house renovations, has started drinking again. And his mom is no help—unless loading him up with a bunch of stuff he doesn’t need plus sticking him with his twin half-sisters counts as parenting. He’s been bouncing between both of them for years, and neither one feels like home.

Deciding who to love, who to choose, where to live. Whichever way Will goes, someone will get hurt. Himself, probably the most.[/note]

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[note note_color=”#BFD1D1″ text_color=”#ffffff”]I received this book for free from HarperCollins for review consideration. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.[/note]

First sentence: “You get used to it, divorce.”

Well, if you’ve come here looking for a reason to read Cut Both Ways, you’re in the wrong place. Though, I suggest you stay and listen to me talk about the many disappointments of this book.

From a quick read of the synopsis, you expect this book about bisexuality, right? Because here’s a teenage guy who’s first kiss is from his best friend, Angus, and doesn’t exactly hate it, and then he meets Brandy, a sophomore girl who catches his attention. He’s having conflicting feelings, so is he gay? Straight? Or bisexual? I wanted to see Will explore his sexuality, but this book was poorly executed.

Comics

FROM PANEL TO PANEL | Put Copperhead on Your Radar

September 4, 2015 Comments : 2

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I love comics and graphic novels, so what do I do with that love? Well, I turn it into a new feature!

From Panel to Panel is a new feature where I talk about the awesome (and perhaps not-so awesome) comic books and graphic novels I’ve read. Basically, this will be me pushing them onto your laps. You’re welcome.

[quote]Welcome to Copperhead, a grimy mining town on the edge of a backwater planet. Single mom Clara Bronson is the new sheriff, and on her first day she’ll have to contend with a resentful deputy, a shady mining tycoon, and a family of alien hillbillies. And did we mention the massacre?[/quote]

You say, “Space Western,” and I say, “how high do I need to jump to get it? Because I love me some Space Westerns.”

Written by Jay Faerber, art by Scott Godlewski, and colors done by Ron Riley, the very first volume of Copperhead introduces you to Clara Bronson, a no-nonsense sheriff, who arrives in the mining town of Copperhead with her son, Zeke to make a fresh start. There, she has to deal with rowdy alien hillbillies, corruption, murders, creatures that live in the Badlands, her own prejudices, and so much more.

Reviews

REVIEW | The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

September 2, 2015 Comments : 4

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A girl and the wolves who love her embark on a rescue mission through Russian wilderness in this lyrical tale from the author of the acclaimed Rooftoppers and Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms.

Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild. And when her mother is taken captive, Feo must travel through the cold, harsh woods to save her—and learn from her wolves how to survive.[/note]

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[note note_color=”#BFD1D1″ text_color=”#ffffff”]I received this book for free from Simon & Schuster for review consideration. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.[/note]

First sentence: “Once upon a time, a hundred years ago, there was a dark and stormy girl. “

Back in June, I wrote a love letter to The Wolf Wilder, desperately in need of it because holy wolves + Russia! I managed to get myself a copy, and is it everything I had hoped it’ll be? Well, I’ll tell you.

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