#BookReview | Butterflies: Exploring the Life Cycle by Shirley Raines | @_awesomeannie

About the Book:

Explore the wonderful world of butterflies through beautiful poetry, breathtaking photography, and informational details that give a unique perspective on butterflies we see each and every day. 

With added activities, this multilayered title is a great way for little ones to discover a passion for nature.

#WizardingWorldMomentoftheWeek: What colour dress/dress robes would you wear to the Yule Ball?

What colour dress/dress robes would you wear to the Yule Ball?

#BookReview: Geis II: A Game Without Rules (Geis #2) by Alexis Deacon

About the Book:
The second volume of Geis picks up right where the first graphic novel concluded: with the contenders divided against their will and thrown deeper into the mysterious game. Can the alliances of power be relied upon when so many rewards lay upon the line?

Deacons' stunning illustrations carry forward the compelling and critically acclaimed narrative as the trilogy reaches its midpoint.

#WOW with @SheLuresDragons @RinChupeco

This week we are finally reading a book via out Fairyloot box! The Last Namsara came a little while ago and we are just getting to it.  The book we are waiting for is another one we will be diving into soon.  We can't wait to see where The Bone Witch takes us in The Heart Forger!  

#BookReview: Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by @KevinHearne with @thelitcoffaerie

Reviewed by: Jaiden K. 

Publisher: Del Ray

Number of Pages: 292
Recommended Age Group: Adult

Fiction Genre: Fantasy, Humor

How I Acquired this book: Bookstore

Time it took to read: 2 days

Overall rating: ★★★★
Goodreads | Amazon

About the Book:
Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.

Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.

#BookTour: WHITE KNIGHTS by @JMoffettAuthor

Title: WHITE KNIGHTS by Julie Moffett
Genre: YA spy mystery
Amazon
 My name is Angel Sinclair. I’m the youngest senior at Excalibur Academy for the Technologically Gifted and Talented in Washington, DC. I was pushed ahead a year because of my high IQ and considerable prowess behind the keyboard, making me an outcast even among my own peers. I’ve been looking for my dad all my life. A brilliant mathematician and cryptographer, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances when I was 18 months old. Although my mom tells me I must put him in my past, it only makes me more determined to find out what happened to him. When weird accidents start happening at my school and the vice-principal is involved in a deadly accident, I don’t see it as a coincidence. After launching my own investigation, with the aid of an unexpected set of allies calling themselves the White Knights, I discover a threat far greater than I ever could have imagined. I could take my discoveries to the authorities, but my own investigative methods would be at risk. Can anyone say hacking? No, it’s up to me to set things right. My objectives are straightforward. Clear the name of the vice-principal, learn the truth about my father, and stay alive. In other words, save the day and try not to look too much like a dork while doing it.

#Top10Tuesday: Bookish Resolutions/Goals

Hey, guys, it seems that from now on Top Ten Tuesday will be on That Artsy Reader Girl! So here is this weeks topic! 

Bookish Resolutions/Goals

#NerdBlast: Ellie, Engineer by @JacksonPearce @Jeanbooknerd #Giveaway

About the Book:

The hilarious and smart start of a series about a girl who loves to build—STEM-powered, creative fun for girls.

Ellie is an engineer. With a tool belt strapped over her favorite skirt (who says you can’t wear a dress and have two kinds of screwdrivers handy, just in case?), she invents and builds amazing creations in her backyard workshop. Together with her best friend Kit, Ellie can make anything. As Kit’s birthday nears, Ellie doesn’t know what gift to make until the girls overhear Kit’s mom talking about her present—the dog Kit always wanted! Ellie plans to make an amazing doghouse, but her plans grow so elaborate that she has to enlist help from the neighbor boys and crafty girls, even though the two groups don’t get along. Will Ellie be able to pull off her biggest project yet?

Illustrated with Ellie’s sketches and plans, and including backmatter with how-tos, this is full of engineering fun!

#BookReview: Lost Crow Conspiracy (Blood Rose Rebellion #2) by @rosalyneves #NetGalley

About the Book:

Sixteen-year old Anna Arden was once just the magically barren girl from an elite Luminate family. Now she has broken the Binding—and Praetheria, the creatures held captive by the spell, wreak havoc across Europe. Lower-class citizens have access to magic for the first time, while other Luminates lose theirs forever. Austria and Hungary are at odds once more.

Anna Arden did not know breaking the Binding would break the world.

Anna thought the Praetheria were on her side, content and grateful to be free from the Binding. She thought her cousin Matyas's blood sacrifice to the disarm the spell would bring peace, equality, justice. She thought her future looked like a society that would let her love a Romani boy, Gabor.

But with the Monarchy breathing down her neck and the Praetheria intimidating her at every turn, it seems the conspiracies have only just begun.

As threat of war sweeps the region, Anna quickly discovers she can't solve everything on her own. Now there's only one other person who might be able to save the country before war breaks out. The one person Anna was sure she'd never see again. A bandit. A fellow outlaw. A man known as the King of Crows. Matyas.

#BookReview: Zombie Abbey by Lauren Baratz-Logsted #ZombieAbbey #NetGalley

About the Book:

1920, England

And the three teenage Clarke sisters thought what they’d wear to dinner was their biggest problem…

Lady Kate, the entitled eldest.
Lady Grace, lost in the middle and wishing she were braver.
Lady Lizzy, so endlessly sunny, it’s easy to underestimate her.

Then there’s Will Harvey, the proud, to-die-for—and possibly die with!—stable boy; Daniel Murray, the resourceful second footman with a secret; Raymond Allen, the unfortunate-looking young duke; and Fanny Rogers, the unsinkable kitchen maid.

Upstairs! Downstairs! Toss in some farmers and villagers!

None of them ever expected to work together for any reason.

But none of them had ever seen anything like this.

#BookRecommendations with @Emily_R_King

  He wanted a warrior queen. He got a revolutionary.

As an orphan ward of the Sisterhood, eighteen-year-old Kalinda is destined for nothing more than a life of seclusion and prayer. Plagued by fevers, she’s an unlikely candidate for even a servant’s position, let alone a courtesan or wife. Her sole dream is to continue living in peace in the Sisterhood’s mountain temple.

But a visit from the tyrant Rajah Tarek disrupts Kalinda’s life. Within hours, she is ripped from the comfort of her home, set on a desert trek, and ordered to fight for her place among the rajah’s ninety-nine wives and numerous courtesans. Her only solace comes in the company of her guard, the stoic but kind Captain Deven Naik.

Faced with the danger of a tournament to the death—and her growing affection for Deven—Kalinda has only one hope for escape, and it lies in an arcane, forbidden power buried within her.

#BookReview | My Dad Loves Me This Much by Joe Fitzpatrick | @_awesomeannie

About the Book:

My Dad Loves Me This Much explores the special bond that exists between father and child. The repetitive narrative and bright illustrations will make this touching story a perfect tale to share with little ones of all ages.

#BookReview | The Magic in a Year by Frank Boylan, Sally Garland | @_awesomeannie

About the Book:

Discover the magic in a calendar year with this endearing title that follows a young girl as she tells of all the unique things she loves about each month of the year. Not only does this title teach little ones the months of the year, it allows them to open their eyes to what makes each season so special.

#Unboxing | @ipsy Glam Bag | @crossroadreview

I am not one for makeup but someone grabbed me a gift subscption to Ipsy and I have fallen in love with it!! This is some of the coolest things ive gotten and I LOVE THIS BAG!! 

#StackingTheShelves: Week 2 with @crossroadreview

Welcome to our second week of Stacking the Shelves! This week we have some great stuff to show you! 

#BookReview: The Waterfall Traveler by S.J. Lem

About the Book:

2015 Ink & Insights Judges Favorite

All eighteen-year-old Ri wants is to cure her adoptive father Samuel from his hallucination-inducing illness. Everyone in her village tells her it's impossible. But when she meets two newcomers in the forest—a gruff rogue with a vendetta against the gods and a charming fugitive with the power to travel through water—she'll be torn away from Samuel and swept across the sea to an oppressed city governed by a ruthless tyrant. Once there, she'll not only have to confront Samuel's unlawful past, but a vicious evil that threatens all mankind.

In this tale of bravery, friendship, and unexpected love, Ri must discover her own strength to save the men she cares for.

#BookReview: A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by @AtiaAbawi

About the Book: Narrated by Destiny, this heartbreaking -- and timely -- story of refugees escaping from war-torn Syria is masterfully told by a foreign news correspondent who experienced the crisis firsthand.

In a country ripped apart by war, Tareq lives with his big and loving family . . . until the bombs strike. His city is in ruins. His life is destroyed. And those who have survived are left to figure out their uncertain future.

In the wake of destruction, he's threatened by Daesh fighters and witnesses a public beheading. Tareq's
family knows that to continue to stay alive, they must leave. As they travel as refugees from Syria to Turkey to Greece, facing danger at every turn, Tareq must find the resilience and courage to complete his harrowing journey.

But while this is one family's story, it is also the timeless tale of all wars, of all tragedy, and of all strife. When you are a refugee, success is outliving your loss.

Destiny narrates this heartbreaking story of the consequences of war, showing the Syrian conflict as part of a long chain of struggles spanning through time.

An award-winning author and journalist--and a refugee herself--Atia Abawi captures the hope that spurs people forward against all odds and the love that makes that hope grow.

#Discussions with Crossroads: 5 Book Club Questions to start with!

So you started a book club, you have some people, and you are almost done with your first book! Now what?  If your lucky you grabbed a book that has discussion questions in the back of it. But for most books that isnt the case and now you have to come up with questions on your own.  This situation is one that I know first hand.  It puts you on the spot to come up with with questions to chat about the book.  So here are some questions to help you out! 

#NerdBlast: The Last Thing She Ever Did by @Gregg_Olsen

About the Book:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a psychological thriller exploring the things we dare to do when no one is looking . . .

The community along Oregon’s Deschutes River is one of the successful careers and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all—security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie.

Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible—except to Liz.

It took one fleeting moment for her to change the lives of everyone she loves—a heartrending accident that can’t be undone. Neither can the second-worst mistake of her life: concealing it. As two marriages crack and buckle in grief and fear, Liz retreats into her own dark place of guilt, escalating paranoia—and betrayals even she can’t imagine. Because there’s another good neighbor who has his own secrets, his own pain, and his own reasons for watching Liz’s every move. 

And only he knows that the mystery of the missing boy on the Deschutes River is far from over.

Updates: Endy is ok!!

Hey guys if you dont know we had a really big scare back on the 8th.  Endy was sent home from school and went to the doctor at around 4pm later that night.  She then ended up being carted off to the ICU here in Lakeland.  It seems that she has Type 1 Diabeties. She is ok and we are finally home (thank the gods). 2 nights in the ICU are not fun at all for anyone.  She is now on the meds she needs for the condition and we are getting though this one day at a time. 

A few people have asked about sending her care packages which we thank you for. It was a pretty big shock to find this out. Please email me or find us on social media if you would like to send one.  

Whoever sent us the gift card to walmart thanks!! This is going to help out a lot with buying food!!! Eating has never been so much trouble. 

If you would like to donate you can do so to our paypal account witchever82@me.com