Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was really excited when I found this book available on Wattpad, and decided to check it out. The story started out interesting enough. Sawyer's abusive boyfriend died in a car accident due to a drink d…

Boy 23 isn't in My Place any more. He can't see The Screen, he can't hear The Voice. Boy 23 is alone.  One dark night, Boy 23 is thrown in the back of the van and driven out of My Place – the only home he has ever known. He is abandoned in a forest with a rucksack contain…

Enjoy Everything but the Truth and the other standalone titles in Bloomsbury's contemporary If Only romance line centered around an impossible problem: you always want what you can't have!   Holly Mathews' mom is the new manager of a ritzy retirement home, and they jus…

Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that keeps popping up on my Goodreads timeline, so when I saw it at the library the other day my daughter borrowed it for me. As soon as I started yesterday afternoon, I found myself sucked …

101 pieces of me by Veronica Bennett My rating: 5 of 5 stars The other day when we stopped by the local library so my daughter could pick up a few books she'd reserved, I noticed this book in the YA section. The cover caught my eye because it's so pretty and elegant. As…

Something big is brewing in Trenton, New Jersey, and it could blow at any minute... Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), unofficial student leader, has been arrested for beating up t…

Razor-sharp claws slashed across my face before I could duck out of the way, knocking the headlamp off my head. The bulb landed with a splash in a nearby puddle, reflecting an arc of light around the storm-drain.   “Shit,” I hissed, clenching my teeth against the sudden sting.  …

Dear Rockstar by Emme Rollins My rating: 4 of 5 stars You know, sometimes I fall into a restless mood when it comes to reading and although I have SO MANY books on my TBR pile that I want to read, I end up wandering aimlessly through my bookshelves and Kindle trying to figure out w…

Mare's blood is red - the colour of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from the prince and friend who bet…

Yesterday we received our very last Arcade Block:  And here's what was packed into the box:     And here's everything outside of the box:     There are a few cool items in this box, but I'm glad we're not getting anymore of these. Have a great …

It only takes one spark to start a bushfire…and no one sparks like a demon. Elsewhere, Book 1 Lavie Grye has everyone fooled into believing she’s over the untimely death of her aunt. Truth is, she’s stuck in struggle town, dealing with bottled up grief by kicking some demonic …

I used to be one of those people who loved the idea of a yearly planner and would buy one, use it during January and then forget all about it. Yeah, that was me. I know there are a lot of people like that, but I think the reason why I did this was because I never found the planner that …

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, I was in the mood for a super creepy story and that's exactly what I got! Merry is now in her twenties, but is still constantly retelling/rewatching the awful and very horrific events that happened whe…

Since I (finally) caught up on posting a bunch of past HORROR BLOCK boxes , I'm now going to try and post them within a week of receiving them. That way I won't fall behind, plus there will be no spoilers because everyone should have received theirs by then.   We received De…

Around this time last year I posted about the very cool  Tracking Sheets  I'd found via Twitter. More specifically, I mentioned they were very handy spreadsheets made by author Sidney Bristol .   Since I just downloaded the 2016 versions , I thought I'd post my 2015 summary…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!   I hope you all had a wonderful time welcoming the New Year. We celebrated by going to watch THE FORCE AWAKENS again. This time on IMAX. It was quite the experience, and I have to admit that I enjoyed the movie even more than I did the first time I watched it. An…

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, I decided to start my 2016 Reading Challenge with a classic. This is a book that I read back in the late 1980s, while in high school. I enjoyed it so much that I talked my English teacher into lending me all the other S…

I hope you all have an awesome...         Let's hope that 2016 is a better year than 2015 in every way possible.   Have an awesome time!