#BookishChallenges: Join us for! Never Have I Ever #BookishEdition #CrossroadReviewsMay18

You guys did an amazing job this month!   Make sure to check out this weeks winners and follow their accounts!  If you won make sure to check your messages!  And don't forget to join us for June! Its going to be a beach of a time!  The new prompt will post at 1pm est. 

#Hodgepodge: First Chapter Review with @cosplayandbooks for The Hundredth Queen by @Emily_R_King

Welcome to this weeks Hodgepodge post! Each week will be totally different and we hope that you enjoy these! On these days with me (Rachael), you'll be getting a first chapter review. I want to cut down on TBR pile and I thought the best way would be reading the first chapter of the book and deciding from there if I want to keep it or get rid of it.

#NerdBlast: ARGOS: THE STORY OF ODYSSEUS AS TOLD BY HIS LOYAL DOG by @RalphHardy1

About the Book: From a compelling new voice in middle grade comes a reimagination of The Odyssey told from the point of view of Odysseus’s loyal dog—a thrilling tale of loyalty, determination, and adventure.

For twenty years, the great hero Odysseus struggles to return to Ithaka. After ten years beneath the walls of Troy, he begins the long journey back home. He defeats monsters. He outsmarts the Cyclops. He battles the gods. He struggles to survive and do whatever it takes to reunite with his family.

And what of that family—his devoted wife, Penelope; his young son, Telemachos; his dog, Argos? For those twenty years, they wait, unsure if they will ever see Odysseus again. But Argos has found a way to track his master. Any animal who sets foot or wing on Ithaka brings him news of Odysseus’s voyage—and hope that one day his master will return. Meanwhile, Argos watches over his master’s family and protects them from the dangers that surround a throne without its king.

#BookReview of The Shepherd Girl's Necklace by Watson Davis

About the Book: 

Sifa's necklace is the key to her past ... and her future.

Raised as a shepherd by her guardian, Sifa has always felt like something was missing. She has never known her parents, and their absence gnaws at her soul. All that she has to remember them by is a necklace.

When Sifa's herd is stolen, she discovers shocking truths about her guardian. Intent on taking her life into her own hands, Sifa runs away in hopes of finding her father.

But the world is not as she imagined. Darkness and evil canvas the land, and Sifa soon finds herself caught up in the middle of it all... with only a gemstone on a rawhide string to protect her.

#BookishLife with @cosplayandbooks

As you all know, I graced MegaCon with my presence last weekend and it was soooo wonderful!! I had the best time walking around and seeing all the artwork and cosplays. Here are some pictures! Comment if you recognize what some of the cosplayers are!

#NerdBlast: AS YOU WISH by @chelseasedoti #Giveaway

About the Book:

What if you could ask for anything- and get it? 

In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town on the road between nothing and nowhere. 

But Eldon wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, because in Madison, everyone gets one wish—and that wish always comes true.



Some people wish for money, some people wish for love, but Eldon has seen how wishes have broken the people around him. 

And with the lives of his family and friends in chaos, he’s left with more questions than answers. 

Can he make their lives better? How can he be happy if the people around him aren’t? 

And what hope is there for any of them if happiness isn’t an achievable dream? Doubts build, leading Eldon to a more outlandish and scary thought: maybe you can’t wish for happiness…maybe, just maybe, you have to make it for yourself.

#BookReview of The Rainmaker by @PetraLandon

About the Book: 

As they race to untangle the past and thwart a ruthless enemy, Tasia must face her toughest decision yet. Can she take a leap of faith to follow her heart - and risk her deadliest secret?

Tasia is no longer a nondescript, friendless and naïve Wizard on the fringes of San Francisco's Chosen community. Publicly associated with a powerful Shifter Pack, she must navigate the minefield of Pack politics while safeguarding her secrets and cover from the Chosen who hunt her.

The stakes have never been higher as old fault lines, long-buried secrets, Wizard dysfunction, and Lady Bethesda's ambitions draw the Chosen ever closer to a civil war. While Tasia grapples to avoid the pitfalls and confront her demons, it is an unlikely nemesis who forces her to face her moment of truth. Tasia finds herself at the crossroads - at stake are her carefully constructed house of cards and her tangled relationship with the man who holds her enemies at bay. Will Tasia risk opening Pandora's Box or walk away to disappear into the shadows again?

(Author's Note: The Rainmaker continues the story from The Prophecy. The books are not standalone and are intended to be read in order. The Saga of the Chosen continues with The Siren.