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Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison  Series:   The Hollows #1 Source:  Bought Paperback Publisher:  Harper Voyager Publication Date:  January 5th 2012 Age Group: Adult Challenges: TBR-Cleaning my Shelves Challenges: Flights of Fantasy Welcome to the Hollows... Forty years ago a genetically engineered virus killed half the world's human population and exposed creatures of dreams and nightmares that had, until then, lived in secret alongside humanity. Rachel Morgan is a runner with the Ireland Runner Services, apprehending criminals throughout modern-day Cincinnati. She's also a witch. Used to confronting criminal vampires, dark witches and homicidal werewolves, Rachel's latest assignment - apprehending cable-stealing magic students and tax-evading leprechauns - have prompted her to break her thirty-year contact with the I.S. and start her own runner agency. But no one quits the I.S. Marked for death, Rachel is a dead witch walking unless she can appease her fo...

AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW CAN BE FOUND ON AFTERWORDS! Written in Red by Anne Bishop Series:   The Others #1  Source:  Kindle Copy Publisher:  Roc Publication Date:  March 5th 2013 Age Genre: Adult (graphic violence) Challenges: TBR-Paid For Challenges: Flights of Fantasy Meg Corbyn is on the run. Alone and desperate, she stumbles into the Lakeside Courtyard, where the Others reside. Meg knows entering a Courtyard is a dangerous risk - most people who tangle with the Others end up dead - but it's the only place she'll be safe from the people chasing her. For Simon Wolfgard, leader of the Others residing in Lakeside, Meg is a puzzle and he has to decide if she is worth the fight to keep her in the Courtyard. It will be a fight not just with the humans hunting her down, but with some of the Others - as well as a fight with his own confusing feelings towards Meg. For Police Officer Montgomery, Meg is the property he's supposed to recover - and the spark ...

book info: on sale: now copy from: publisher/MichelleMoran pages:368 review written: 4.4.15 originally published: March 3 2015 edition read: Touchstone (Simon and Schuster) title: Rebel Queen author: Michelle Moran Rebel Queen opens up with an eighty-five year old woman being pressured by a young English journalist to recount the story of her past, and that of Queen Lakshmi of Jhansi, or the Rani of Jhansi. With scepticism, the woman begins her story, which starts with her as a young girl, Sita Bhosale of the village of Barwa Sagar. Confined in purdah, a practice in which a girl is not allowed to leave her house until she is married, Sita is educated by her father, a former soldier that once fought with the British (The East India Company) against Burma. Her unusual education, which includes Shakespeare and archery, allows her to save her family from poverty when she enlists to join the Rani of Jhansi's all-female personal guard, where she would be taken care of while earning a sal...

Tattoo Thief by Heidi Joy Tretheway  Series:   Tattoo Thief #1 Source:  Free kindle copy Publisher:  Jasper Ridge Press Publication Date:  October 6th 2013 Age Genre: New Adult   Challenges: TBR-Read Your Freebies Challenges: Contemporary 22-year-old Beryl doesn't know why Gavin Slater trashed his penthouse, abandoned his dog and fled the country. But as his house sitter, she must pick up the pieces for the front man of the white-hot rock band Tattoo Thief. When ultra-responsible Beryl confronts the reckless rock star, she wants to know more than just what to do with his mess. Why is he running? What’s he searching for? And is he responsible for the death of his muse? New York newbie Beryl must find her footing in Gavin’s crazy world of the ultra-wealthy to discover her own direction and what can bring him back. If Tom says so, it must be right ;) Okay, color me shocked. I never really expected to like this book much. Maybe that's mean of me (who am I k...

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell Source:  Bought Hardcover Publisher:  St. Martin's Griffin Publication Date: February 26th 2013 Age Genre: Young Adult Challenges: TBR-Cleaning My Shelves Challenges: Contemporary    Two misfits. One extraordinary love. Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor. Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park. Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. I joined the Rainbow Rowell bandwagon a while ago, when I read and loved Fangirl, so Eleanor & Park has ...

Sins of the Night   by  Sherrilyn Kenyon Series:   Dark Hunter #6 Source:  Bought paperback Publisher:  Piatkus Publication Date:  November 1st, 2011 Age Genre:  Adult Challenges:  TBR - Cleaning my Shelves Challenges:   Sequel-Prequel Challenges:   Flights of Fantasy In the realm of the Dark-Hunters there is a code of honour that even immortal bad boys must follow: harm no human; drink no blood; never fall in love. Alexion is the defender of that code. He is judge, jury and executioner; if they step over the line it's his wrath they will face. For centuries Alexion has survived alone. Isolated and haunted by his human past, he has learned to distance himself from his emotions and his role ensures that even his fellow Dark-Hunters give him a wide berth. However, this time the rouge Dark-Hunter is an old friend. Alexion cannot destroy him without at least allowing him one last chance at redemption. But to do this he needs the help of a fe...

Rock and a Hard Place   Series:   The Jamieson Collection #1 Source:  bought paperback Publisher:  HarperTeen Publication Date:  September 24th 2013 Age Genre: Young Adult Original Post: October 14, 2013 Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, and Susane Colasanti, Angie Stanton's swoon-worthy romance--about an ordinary girl and a young rock star--will keep readers on the edge of their seats . . . and leave them wanting more. In an instant, Libby's life went from picture-perfect to a nightmare. After surviving a terrible car accident, Libby is abandoned by her father and left with her controlling aunt. A new town, a new school, no friends--Libby is utterly alone. But then she meets Peter. The lead singer in a rock band with his brothers, Peter hates that his parents overly manage his life. Constantly surrounded by family, Peter just wants to get away. And when he meets Libby, he's finally found the one person who just wants to be with him, not the rock star...