Reviewed ~ Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Title: Wild

Author: Cheryl Strayed

Pages: 315

Published: 2015

Summary: 

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State — and she would do it alone.
Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her

Thoughts: 

This book took me by complete shock. I was blown away by how much I could relate to parts and to other parts I pulled back from. I loved how strong this author became... she didn't start that way and that is something that always attracts me to books. When a character can grow I have to admit that is when you have hooked  me. I will forgive almost anything if you can show me that the character has some  kind of growth through the book. And by did this author grow. She starts off at what can be considered rock bottom and with little to no forethought goes on the most difficult journey on a good day with experience and yet she goes with no experience and comes out a live. Battered, bruised and stronger which man oh that is some serious growth and lawd it's what a gal like me needed to read at a time like that. I am very interested in watching the movie now just to see how it relates to the book because the book really stirred something in me. It made me want to try things. It made me want to reach for things. It made me believe that I can do things that I feel I may not be strong enough to do and even at rock bottom people can come back. It is a powerful book that I have highly suggested others to read. 

TBR Review ~ Dark Life by Kat Falls

Title Dark Life

Author: Kat Falls
Pages: 304

Summary:
Dive deep into the vivid underwater world of Dark Life!

The oceans rose, swallowing the lowlands. Earthquakes shattered the continents, toppling entire regions into the rising water. Now, humans live packed into stack cities. The only ones with any space of their own are those who live on the ocean floor: the Dark Life.

Ty has spent his whole life living deep undersea. When outlaws attack his homestead, he finds himself in a fight to save the only home he has ever known. Joined by Gemma, a girl from Topside, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and discovers some dark secrets to Dark Life. Secrets that threaten to destroy everything.

Thoughts: 

This was a TBR for me it came out in 2011 and I am pretty sure I picked it up that same year. There is something appealing about underwear and living underwater. This book delivers on this and gives more then I could have hoped for. The underwater descriptions alone was worth this book I could almost see what Ty saw and experienced what it would be like to live underwater. It didn't paint it to be an easy life it almost had me convinced that maybe just maybe I wouldn't live underwater. But man the colors and the animals seemed worth it. The houses and how the functioned were amazing and that's not even getting into the storyline which also was pretty cool. I really enjoyed Ty and Gemma and learning there histories and how they learn each other and how to work together. I also really enjoyed the plot which was full of twists but not too many turns if you keep in mind the reading age level for this book grades 6-8 if you are wondering. I have to say that for the age level of the book even as an adult I really had fun with this book and enjoyed every minute of it. So much so I am extremely happy that when I bought this I also bought the second one in the series to continue with Ty and Gemma's storyline. 

TBR Thursday #4

So I discovered this lovely book meme over at Kimberly Faye Reads and I thought to myself I just have to do it. I no longer have a massive TBR pile however, I still need to clear out some books that I told myself I would read so I thought I would keep doing this until I did.

Title: A Meditation on Murder
Author: Robert Thorogood

Summary: 
Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life: Leader of a Spiritual Retreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one of the Caribbean's most unspoilt islands, Saint Marie. Until he’s murdered, that is. The case seems open and shut: when Aslan was killed he was inside a locked room with only five other people, one of whom has already confessed to the murder. 

Detective Inspector Richard Poole is hot, bothered, and fed up with talking to witnesses who’d rather discuss his ‘aura' than their whereabouts at the time of the murder. But he also knows that the facts of the case don’t quite stack up. In fact, he’s convinced that the person who’s just confessed to the murder is the one person who couldn’t have done it. Determined to track down the real killer, DI Poole is soon on the trail, and no stone will be left unturned.

TBR Thursday #3

So I discovered this lovely book meme over at Kimberly Faye Reads and I thought to myself I just have to do it. I no longer have a massive TBR pile however, I still need to clear out some books that I told myself I would read so I thought I would keep doing this until I did.

Has anyone read this one:

Title: The Smoke Thief
Author: Shana Abe

Summary:

For centuries they’ve lived in secret among northern England’s green and misted hills. Creatures of extraordinary beauty, power, and sensuality, they possess the ability to shape-shift from human to dragon and back again. Now their secret—and their survival—is threatened by a temptation that will break every boundary.

Dubbed the Smoke Thief, a daring jewel thief is confounding the London police. His wealthy victims claim the master burglar can walk through walls and vanish into thin air. But Christoff, the charismatic Marquess of Langford, knows the truth: the thief is no ordinary human but a "runner" who's fled Darkfrith without permission. As Alpha leader of the drákon, it's Kit's duty to capture the fugitive before the secrets of the tribe are revealed to mortals. But not even Kit suspects that the Smoke Thief could be a woman.

Clarissa Rue Hawthorne knew her dangerous exploits would attract the attention of the drákon. But she didn't expect Christoff himself to come to London, dangling the tribe's most valuable jewel—the Langford Diamond—as bait. For as long as she could remember, Rue had lived the life of a halfling—half drákon, half mortal—and an outcast in both worlds. She'd always loved the handsome and willful Kit from the only place it was safe: from afar. But now she was no longer the shy, timid girl she'd once been. She was the first woman capable of making the Turn in four generations. So why did she still feel the same dizzying sense of vulnerability whenever he was near?

From the moment he saw her, Kit knew that the alluring and powerful beauty was every bit his Alpha equal and destined to be his bride. And by the harsh laws of the drákon, Rue knew that she was the property of the marquess. But they will risk banishment and worse for a chance at something greater. For now Rue is his prisoner, the diamond has disappeared, and she's made the kind of dangerous proposition a man like Kit cannot resist

I've apparently read this one but I don't recall it... Is it good? Does anyone remember? It has dragons sooooo it has to be good right?

TBR Thursday ~#2

So I discovered this lovely book meme over at Kimberly Faye Reads and I thought to myself I just have to do it. Plus I have a MASSIVE TBR (to be read) pile that really, really needs to shrink before I move again both physically and on my ereader. Also I am trying the whole I am not buying anymore books (except for work) until I shrink down my pile as a motivation. So here's hoping...

Anywho has anyone read this one:

Title: Warbreaker
Author: Brandon Sanderson

Summary: 
Sisters Vivenna and Siri are princesses of Idris. Susebron is the God King one must marry. Lightsong is the reluctant minor god of bravery. Vasher is an immortal still trying to undo mistakes of centuries before. Magic from individual breath from everyday objects can perform all manner of miracles and mischief.

I have had this book since 2010... cause it's the New York Times Bestseller and I'm a sucker absolutely a sucker for fantasy with strong women characters and LOOK AT THAT COVER

So has anyone read this one? Is it good? Is it worth it?

TBR Thursday ~ #1

So I discovered this lovely book meme over at Kimberly Faye Reads and I thought to myself I just have to do it. Plus I have a MASSIVE TBR (to be read) pile that really, really needs to shrink before I move again both physically and on my ereader. Also I am trying the whole I am not buying anymore books (except for work) until I shrink down my pile as a motivation. So here's hoping...

Anywho has anyone read this one:

Title: The Trouble with Magic
Author: Madelyn Alt

Summary:
Antiques-shop clerk Maggie O'Neill was a little weirded out when she discovered her new boss Felicity was a witch. But when Felicity becomes the suspect in a local murder, Maggie must enlist Felicity's wiccan friends for help--and discover her own spellbinding talent.

I have literally had this book since 2007 it keeps moving locations with me because a) it's small and I'm like I could crank that out and b) I'm like it looks adorable... 

So is it worth the read? Has anyone read it? Should I invest in the series what do we think?