Welcome to my weekly wrap-up! Here is where you can see my books read during the past week, books I have added to my shelves, any bookish happenings and the like. I have linked to Stacking the Shelves, Saturday Situation, the Saturday Review of Books, Talk of the Town, and to Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Wrap-Up. So check out what I’ve been up to this past week.
Books Added This Week
From NetGalley
Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Deriso. At first I was just drawn to the name then I read the synopsis and was super intrigued – …just as Anne starts to feel she’s finally found something good in all the tragedy, she can’t ignore signs that something’s off. Her friends rarely let her be alone with Blake. Even those closest to Blake seem uneasy around him. And then there are the rumors about the death of Cara, whose body was never recovered. Rumors that suggest Blake’s pain is hiding something darker than Anne can even begin to comprehend . . .
Congratulations on Everything by Nathan Whitlock. This sounded like a new take on Waiting (the movie) which I find hilarious. – A dark and comic novel, Congratulations On Everything tracks the struggles, frailties and cruelly pyrrhic victories of the middle-aged owner of a bar-restaurant and a 30ish lunch shift waitress. In an era when foodies rule and chefs become superstars, Congratulations On Everything is a hilarious and occasionally uncomfortable dose of anti-foodie reality that reveals what goes on when the customers and Instagrammers aren’t around — and even sometimes when they are.
The Memory Jar by Elissa Janine Hoole. I enjoy YA tragedy stories, which after I typed it looks weird but whatever I do. – Since the accident, Taylor’s memory has been fuzzy. But at least she’s awake. Who knows what her boyfriend, Scott, will remember when he comes out of the coma. Will he remember that Taylor was driving the snowmobile when it crashed? Will he remember the engagement ring? Her pregnancy? Will he remember that she tried to break up with him?
From Edelweiss
Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began by Alex Cooper. I love me a good memior and this one seems like it will be emotional and thought provoking. – An inspiring, harrowing, and brave memoir by a young Mormon lesbian woman whose captivity and escape from an unlicensed “residential treatment program” resulted in a groundbreaking battle for LGBTQ rights that has impacted society and individual lives
From Amazon
I am working on a reading challenge that will be going live the first week in January with four other amazing bloggers (so keep an eye out for details) and these are the first four of my ten.
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
From Author
From Russia With Claws and From Russia With Fangs by Molly Harper writing as Jacey Conrad and Gia Corona. I have Molly Harper’s Jane Jameson series and really like them. Somehow she fell off my radar and I haven’t read any of her new ones. Then I saw on Facebook she had a new series coming out and was looking for book bloggers so I signed up. – (Claws) When Alpha female Galina Sudenko agreed to attend her distant cousin’s birthday party, she wasn’t counting on meeting the devastatingly handsome and powerful Rom Alpha, Andrey Lupesco, or having her sexy times with him interrupted by the murder of her idiot brother-in-law, Sergei. But such is life when your father is one of the most powerful werewolves within Seattle’s supernatural Russian organized crime syndicate. (Fangs) Between her family’s drunken antics and vicious verbal attacks from her so-called friends, Irina Sudenko Volkov is having the worst night ever. And that’s before she’s widowed.
Books Read This Week
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
The Blackmail Of Evelynn Faust by Shirley Anne Edwards
City of Light by Keri Arthur
The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
Thicker Than Water by Kelly Fiore
Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper: A Novel by Hilary Liftin
From Russia With Claws by Molly Harper writing as Jacey Conrad and Gia Corona
Arbor Day (Arosil Book 1) by B.L. Alley
Bookish Happenings
Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland will be featured until November 17th.
Up Next for Author Tuesday – November 24, 2015 – Kirker Butler author of Pretty Ugly. Kirker will be giving away a signed copy of Pretty Ugly so I’m excited for that.
I signed up to be a part of Pocket Letters over at Andi’s ABCs which looks like it will be a fun bookish craft to create.
I signed up for The Broke and the Bookish’s 6th annual Secret Santa. I can’t wait to get my match and send them a super awesome bookish package.
I have four giveaways going on currently:
2 copies of The Sister Pact — Ends Nov 30th, 2015
2 copies of South on Highland (Kindle or Physical) — Ends Nov 17th, 2015
8G Kindle Fire US Only — Ends Nov 19th, 2015
My Weekly Posts
- [8 Nov] Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli ★★★★½
- [9 Nov] The Light of Hidden Flowers by Jennifer Handford ★★★½
- [9 Nov] Top Ten Tuesday – Books and Movies Version
- [10 Nov] Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
- [10 Nov] Waiting on Wednesday – Gena Showalter
- [11 Nov] Paper Dolls by Ketley Allison Book Blitz
- [12 Nov] Inconceivable! by Tegan Wren ★★★★
- [13 Nov] Claire Daly: Reluctant Soul Saver by Michele Brouder ★★★★
- [13 Nov] Weekly Wrap-Up – November 14, 2015
So how was your bookish week?
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We read Grapes of Wrath at school. I’m thinking we should re-visit books as adults (without the groaning because we HAD to read it).
Thank you for linking up with #TalkoftheTown
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Yeah, I haven’t read it since high school either. I think it will be nice to read it with a totally different mind set and more knowledge of the time frame.
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
Looks like you got a great bunch of books this week!!! I will totally be looking out for your challenge come January. I also signed up for TBTB Secret Santa and got my match. I can’t wait to shop now!! Have a great week!!
I’m super excited to shop for my TBTB Secret Santa person. I think it is such a fun project and I can’t wait to see what everyone does.
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Nice haul, I hope you enjoy your books!
Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
Thanks! I have started some of them already and am really liking them. 🙂
Laura recently posted…Weekly Wrap-Up – November 14, 2015
You had a great week, and those books you are reading for the challenge are good ones. I haven’t read Winesburg, Ohio, however. Now I’m curious.
Enjoy!
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Thanks. The challenge will kick off Monday, January 4th and run every Monday through December 2016 so I’m very excited for it. I’ll post more info soon…
Laura recently posted…Weekly Wrap-Up – November 14, 2015
You have some great books here, because they not just look good but they also sound amazing. Now imagine my TBR growing even more :)) I need a second life just for reading all the books I want. Can’t wait to see what you think of them!
Happy reading!
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I know my TBR grows every time I click around other’s StS, so I’m glad I can help feed other’s TBRs. 🙂
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
Those claws covers are eye-catching. Enjoy your haul.
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I know right. I like that they are not the normal shirtless guy or peeps making out that I see on a lot of paranormal romances (not that I have anything against shirtless guys), but it’s nice to see a different kind of cover.
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
You read so many books a week oh my goodness! That’s my goal, totally.
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I normally read 4 to 5 books a week, but the cold I had last weekend really helped as all I did for two and a half days was sit on the couch, pop Dayquil and read. 🙂
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
Enjoy your book haul and have a great sunday 🙂
Thanks, you too! 🙂
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
You got some fantastic books this week! I love Steinbeck but somehow never read Grapes of Wrath. I think I’ve read everything else he’s written but not that one. I love the cover of From Russia with Claws. Looks interesting. Have a great week!
Thanks! I read Grapes of Wrath in high school, so it’s been about 15 years. I’m looking forward to re-reading it.
Laura recently posted…Author Tuesday Interview and Giveaway – Liana Maeby author of South on Highland
Love that sleeping vs reading meme! I did that last night. Kept reading and reading until I finished a book in the early hours of this morning. (And regret it today!!!)
Sadly I do it way too often. 🙂 I always tell myself I’m going to bed at 10 pm and then I look up and it’s 1 am. 🙂
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