Bookish Bingo: Fall 2016 Update 6

The Details: From Pretty Deadly Reviews

  • Every new season has a new bingo card. This one is for books read in the months of September, October and November.
  • The object is to get as many BINGOs as possible (five across, up and down, or diagonal)
  • One square per book
  • You do not have to review these books, or even have a blog, this is simply for books read during the allotted months
  • At the end of August there will be an international giveaway for all participants. The more BINGOs you get, the more entries you get in the giveaway!

1st card autum2016-bingo  2nd cardautum2016-bingo2

3rd card: autum2016-bingo3 4th card:autum2016-bingo4

5th card: autum2016-bingo5

Current Card: autum2016-bingo69 bingos! Anyone know any good Fall Release? 

Book Review: The Alpha Billionaires’s Revenge (Books 1-9)

Book Title: The Alpha Billionaires’s Revenge (Books 1-9)

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Book Author: Deana Farrady

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Rating: N/A

This is a story (2 volumes) that falls under guilty pleasure category and revenge. Yes, surprisingly, those two go hand in hand for Jonas and his plaything. Jonas seeks revenge on the woman who messed up his brother and has his investigators (being a billionaire and all) find the girl… except it’s the girl’s sister and she’s agreed to his deal to protect her sister who is now doing okay. Jonas does find out the truth at the end and when he does he realizes that his plaything’s actions and emotions make sense. If you want to know how that happens, read the books. Took me a week to finish reading.

I didn’t like either of the characters. Yes, the story gets to be addictive and not because of the sex but because you want to find out how he finds out the truth about his plaything. Jonas was too manipulative and was really sick in the head while his plaything was too obedient and really should have divulged her secret a lot sooner.

If you’re looking for a guilty pleasure read and are over 21+, then this is for you, but get ready for some twists and turns in the sexual fantasies. What I learned is that billionaires think they own the world and can do anything in it. I learned that they can also be extreme perverts to the point of making me feel sick and I learned that there may be women out there who gets attracted to those type of manipulative bas*****. I can see why it ended the way it did, but for me, it was not the right ending especially since he still called her plaything. Totally uncalled for. So the woman lost her name in my mind because she truly was a plaything. Not sure if that was the intent or not, but there it is.

I will not give these books a rating and there had to be books out there that I didn’t like.

Book Review: Before Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast (Becoming Beauty Trilogy #1)

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Book Authors: Brittany Fichter

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Rating: 5 Dragon Paws 5 paws

 

This is a great retelling of Beauty and the Beast for an older audience. At first it was hard to get through because there much bitterness in both of the main characters which made things different from the original story. Both were hurt by the past of their childhood years and I was happy to read Ever apologizing to Isa.

This story had enough of an edge to make one think that a happy ending may not be in sight which made it all more fun to read. My favorite character was Garin because of all the mystery. He was a great addition to the story line and made it more believable. If I say any more, I would give away other things. 😉

Recommended to eighteen of age and older.

Bookish Book Lover Tag

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Saw this at onebookishgirl and I thought that it was fun.

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The Rules!!

  • Use the banner!
  • Answer the questions with LOTS of book covers!
  • Tag your bookish friends!

Now for the Questions…

g…books are you currently reading?

I am currently reading

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I’m taking the time to read it because it’s a series and I don’t want to finish it too fast.

g…the last book you finished?

ed The last book I finished was Edward Curtis: New Southwest Tribes. It’s an emotion journey through the native Tribes of America.

 

 

 

 

g…favorite book you’ve read this year?

spell I fell in love with cozy mysteries after reading this one.

g…genre you’ve read most this year?

That would definitely have to be fantasy and romance.

g…genre you’ve read least this year?

Non-Fiction.

g…genre you’d like to read more of?

Cozy mysteries and middle grade fiction.

g…how many books have you read this year – and what’s your goal?

My goal on Goodreads was 5. I read 53 books.

g…last book you bought?

 

I bought the latest Harry Potter book for my sister’s birthday.

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g…book you’re saving up to buy next?

Well I just joined Kindle Unlimited so I’m trying to read the available books and or free copies given to me by authors so I’m saving up to buy other stuff.

g…how many books you last checked out of the library?

It’s been a couple of years…

g…book you can’t wait to read?

 

Anything that is recommended to me.

g…series you recommend to everyone?

The Land of Stories…
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4 5 and future books

g…author you’re hoping writes more?

All of them!!

g…a few books your heart adores?

dragon sleuth spell mail

g…series’ conclusion that makes you sad?

 Harry Potter!! All my favorite characters got killed off.

g…books on your wish list?

I don’t really have one. I go through books fast so I read the next book that gets on my list. That way I don’t go crazy.

I Tag…

 

Anyone else who wants to do it🙂

Bookish Bingo: Fall 2016 Update 5

The Details: From Pretty Deadly Reviews

  • Every new season has a new bingo card. This one is for books read in the months of September, October and November.
  • The object is to get as many BINGOs as possible (five across, up and down, or diagonal)
  • One square per book
  • You do not have to review these books, or even have a blog, this is simply for books read during the allotted months
  • At the end of August there will be an international giveaway for all participants. The more BINGOs you get, the more entries you get in the giveaway!

1st card autum2016-bingo  2nd cardautum2016-bingo2

3rd card: autum2016-bingo3 4th card:autum2016-bingo4

Current card: autum2016-bingo5

5 bingos! I would have marked revenge, too but I didn’t finish reading the book for the reasons at his blog post: Book Review: A Lady’s Revenge I finished about 54%

Book Review: Edward Curtis: New Southwest Tribes – 400 Native American Indian Photographs

Book Title: Edward Curtis: New Southwest Tribes – 400 Native American Indian Photographs

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Book Authors: Daniel Ankele and Denise Ankele

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Rating: 5 Dragon Paws 5 paws

The book starts with a biography about Edward Sheriff Curtis by Zanne Dailey. Zanne tells us about how Edward got into photography and how eventually started taking photos of tribes and landscapes. The time period is in the late 1800’s. Past his twenties, Edward met C. Hart Merriam, head of Biological Survey and cofounder of the National Geographic Society. That was interesting! He also met other famous people. Lucky man. Those men, like Bird Grinell, really pushed him forward in his career.

In 1906, he was given $75000 by J.P. Morgan to create a series of books about North American natives people. Amazing! and at that time! It span over a 20 year period and he worked with anthropologists to also document the peoples histories.

Edward lived till age 84 and died in Los Angeles.

After the biography, there is a section about the Acoma tribe. That’s when the first photographs appear in the book. They are really beautiful and tell a story about the Acoma people. Powerful.

Then there’s a section on the Apache and the other tribes. Really interesting and a nice time spent looking at the photographs and reading short histories.

American History through photographs.

Recommended to all.

 

 

 

Book Review: A Lady’s Revenge

Book Title: A Lady’s Revenge revenge

Book Author: Tracey Devlyn

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Rating: N/A

I admit, the story is good. The novel is well written and the events are happening during Napoleon’s time. The story is about Cora’s revenge. Her parents were murdered before her eyes when she was ten. At age of sixteen she started working for Nexus. After she’s saved by her love interest, Guy, she’s recovering and reliving past painful moments. A lot for a young woman. Also, at that year, women were seen differently and there was prominent sexism.

However, I was not able to finish this book. First time ever. I stopped reading after a kitten was killed. I don’t think that it was necessary for Tracey to write kill off an animal. It’s barbaric and doesn’t add to the plot. I rather have Cora’s maid killed because well she escaped death on multiple occasions and it would have been a bigger impact on Cora. I don’t know if the maid gets killed off later on, but I didn’t want to read further. I thought the kitten was brought in into the story line to comfort the character, not to die heroically.

Looks like I will have to find another book about revenge for the fall bingo.

This novel is for eighteen and over. If you don’t mind reading about dead kittens, you may have a better luck finishing this novel.

 

Polls for fantasy writing

Please help out. I am in editing more and would like to see what people think. You guys can take the poll and if you want to elaborate on your answers, please leave a comment. This would really be helpful. Thank you.

https://goo.gl/AwGYuY – Climate and Geography

https://goo.gl/6O8epx – Magick and Magicians

https://goo.gl/ZPUyDr – Character and Customs

https://goo.gl/p1g4H0 – Romance

Book Review: Waking the Dragon

Book Title: Waking the Dragon dragon

Book Author: Susan Day

Source: Was gifted by the author for an honest review

Rating: 5 Dragon Paws 5 paws

“Proceeds from the sale of this book and others in the series go to animal welfare shelters so that all pets have a warm bed, plenty of food and lots of cuddles.” – Susan Day

If there is any time to spend money on books, it’s when proceeds go to a good cause so go and buy it! Available on Amazon.

This is story 10 of the series and you do not need to read the other books to enjoy the story about a lot of dogs, a lot of cats, a lot of lions, and a lot of China. I’m happy that the dogs apologized to Indy and their adventure was really hectic. Boy, little dragons are as bad a babies… and are worse because of the whole fire breathing thing. It was also fun to see the Chinese Dog team. ^_^ This is a fun read about about a baby dragon so if you want to read about a baby dragon and are tired of adults, read this one.

Recommend for all ages.