#Review & #Giveaway of Empire of Dust (Blood of Gods and Royals #2) by Eleanor Herman

In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust 

After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands—but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat. 

Meanwhile, Hephaestion, cast aside by Alexander for killing the wrong man, must conceal the devastating secret of a divine prophecy from Katerina even as the two of them are thrust together on a dangerous mission to Egypt. 

The warrior, Jacob, determined to forget his first love, vows to eradicate the ancient Blood Magics and believes that royal prisoner Cynane holds the key to Macedon's undoing. 

And in chains, the Persian princess Zofia still longs to find the Spirit Eaters, but first must grapple with the secrets of her handsome—and deadly—captor. 

New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman entwines the real scandals of history with epic fantasy to reimagine the world's most brilliant ruler, Alexander the Great, in the second book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series.

#Review of Scarlet Rain by @KCastAuthor via @netgalley

The co-author of the "New York Times" bestselling House of Night series returns with the mesmerizing second book in The Escaped series. 
In "Amber Smoke," Kristin Cast introduced her legions of readers to Alek and Eva. Alek, immortal son of the Furies, has been charged to save his home and recapture the souls of the damned, evil creatures who escaped Tartarus into the Mortal Realm. He can't, however, do it alone... 
Eva has discovered that she has been both blessed and cursed with powers beyond her comprehension. With a destiny to fulfill, she cannot escape the beings who will stop at nothing to destroy her. 
Now, in "Scarlet Rain," the Nosoi spirits of plague have been unleashed on the Mortal Realm, releasing a pandemic as clever and adaptable as it is insidious. Alek and Eva must capture and banish the Nosoi back to their Underworld prison but Eva has yet to harness the abilities needed to defeat such a powerful enemy, and Alek sustains catastrophic wounds in the attempt. They must rely on detective James Graham, and Eva s best friend Bridget, if they are to even slow down the plague. But can mere mortals come through in the face of such overwhelming peril?"

Wont you Join us? #Boostit Thursday is coming!

After some thought we decided to make our own Boost It meme.  There is one for tuesdays via Every Free Chance, Candace’s Book Blog & If These Books Could Talk  whom is currently on break for the summer.  We loved the meme so much that we thought we would do one for Thursdays while that one is on break.  

Please make sure to check out their sites!  They are pretty cool!! 

Did someone say SWAG? Yes Yes we did! #BookSwag #Giveaway

 

We said it folks!  Swag!!!   Sorry this didn't go up yesterday with all the rain etc. I was about to fall into a coma.  Not sure why rain makes me so freaking tired.  But were back and ready to do THIS!!   I went through all my swag and took out things that I wanted to keep.   This giveaway will be open to all.   You can check out the video below to see some of the swag that will be up for grabs!  

#Review of The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by @ms_lilyanderson via @netgalley

Trixie Watson has two very important goals for senior year: to finally save enough to buy the set of Doctor Who figurines at the local comic books store, and to place third in her class and knock Ben West--and his horrendous new mustache that he spent all summer growing--down to number four.

Trixie will do anything to get her name ranked over Ben's, including give up sleep and comic books--well, maybe not comic books--but definitely sleep. After all, the war of Watson v. West is as vicious as the Doctor v. Daleks and Browncoats v. Alliance combined, and it goes all the way back to the infamous monkey bars incident in the first grade. Over a decade later, it's time to declare a champion once and for all.

The war is Trixie's for the winning, until her best friend starts dating Ben's best friend and the two are unceremoniously dumped together and told to play nice. Finding common ground is odious and tooth-pullingly-painful, but Trixie and Ben's cautious truce slowly transforms into a fandom-based tentative friendship. When Trixie's best friend gets expelled for cheating and Trixie cries foul play, however, they have to choose who to believe and which side they're on--and they might not pick the same side.

#Review of Life Moves Pretty Fast:The Lessons We Learned From Eighties Movies by Hadley Freeman & #Giveaway via @4thEstateBooks

'Mail-order ham' - New York Times on Steel Magnolias, 1989

'Not worth cutting class' - Chicago Tribune on Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986

'Full of canned romance' - New York Times on When Harry Met Sally..., 1989

'A lot of dancing that is comparatively erotic' - New York Times on Dirty Dancing, 1987

Hadley Freeman begs to differ.

For her, American movies of the 1980s have simply got it all.

'I know people who have changed their entire lives because of a line of dialogue from When Harry Met Sally..., and when I say "people" I obviously mean "me".'

Life Moves Pretty Fast is a clever, hilarious and charming defence of our best-loved cult classics - and a much-welcome nostalgia hit.

#Review of The Starriest Summer (The Cycle of the Six Moons #1) by Adelle Yeung via @netgalley

Fifteen-year-old Michelle saves the world on a daily basis…with her trusty video game controller, of course! Naturally, she jumps at the chance to play an experimental virtual reality game. 

The beautiful fantasy world of Starrs? Check. The power to mold matter? Check. No reset button? Wait, she didn’t sign up for this! 

Turns out Starrs is really real, and to make matters worse, Michelle’s interference awakens the Cycle of the Six Moons, a series of devastating trials that will devour the universe. 

Fighting the apocalypse was way easier when danger stayed on the other side of the screen, but Michelle finds a secret weapon in her new-found powers. She uses them to rescue the crown prince of a powerful magic kingdom from their sworn enemies, a technologically-advanced cult that strives to eradicate magical blood. 

Michelle starts to fall for Prince Jayse, the only one who believes Michelle to be a savior rather than a curse. But not even video games could prepare her for what the cult has in store for them…

#Review of Snakewood Adrian Selby via @netgalley

Once they were a band of mercenaries who shook the pillars of the world through cunning, alchemical brews, and cold steel. Whoever met their price won.
Now, their glory days behind them, scattered to the wind, and their genius leader in hiding, they are being hunted down and eliminated one by one. 
A lifetime of enemies has its own price. 
Adrian Selby brings us into an unforgettable new world filled with magic, mystery, intrigue, bloodshed and betrayal.