Jill lives in Toronto, Canada. She has studied English, Creative Writing, and Publishing. Jill is the creator and content producer of Jill’s Book Blog, where she has published a blog post every day for the last four years, including 5-7 book reviews a week. She can usually be found with her nose in a book.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and it is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is a Halloween Freebie, so I decided to choose a list of Halloween Books for Young Readers. Here’s my list:
1. The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan and Jan Berenstain
2. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
3. The Witches by Roald Dahl
4. The Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. Kitten in the Candy Corn by Ben M. Baglio
6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
7. The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Title: Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth Author: Adam Glass, Federico Dallocchio, Clayton Henry Genre: Graphic Novel Publisher: DC Comics Source: Library Format: Ebook Release Date: July 10, 2012 Rating: ★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, writer and co-creator of the CW show Supernatural Adam Glass rolls out an all-new team of death-row super villains recruited by the government to take on missions so dangerous–they’re sheer suicide! The story begins with the Suicide Squad defeated, imprisoned and being interrogated about their newest mission. Harley Quinn, King Shark, Deadshot and company must make it out alive without revealing who’s pulling the strings behind their illegal operations. Who will be the first to crack under the pressure? More importantly will they make it all out alive?
Review:
This is a great start to this series.
There is an ensemble cast of a bunch of DC Comics criminals in the Suicide Squad. They join together to fight against bigger villains. Even though this is a big group of people, each one gets their own space in the graphic novel. Harley Quinn is my favourite character, and I was pleased to see how much she was involved. She especially played an important part in the ending of the graphic novel, which was a great cliffhanger.
I enjoyed this graphic novel. I’m curious to see what happens next!
What to read next:
Suicide Squad, Vol. 2: Basilisk Rising by Adam Glass, Fernando Dagnino
Have you read Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth? What did you think of it?
This blog meme is hosted by Book Date. It is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organize yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment, and er… add to that ever growing TBR pile!
What I just finished:
This weekend I finished The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novelby Renée Nault, Margaret Atwood.
What I’m currently reading:
I’m currently reading The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman.
What I’m reading next:
Next I will be reading The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater.
What are you guys reading this week? Have you read any of these books?
The meme that dares to ask what book has been in your bed this morning? Come share what book you’ve spent time curled up reading in bed, or which book you wish you had time to read today! This meme is hosted by Midnight Book Girl.
This Sunday I’m reading The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) by Neal Shusterman.
Goodreads Synopsis:
From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes the thrilling conclusion to the Printz Honor–winning series Arc of a Scythe.
It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver.
In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.
Title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Source: Purchased Format: Paperback Release Date: October 21, 2014 Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost.
Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead. Certainties can unravel.
Review:
This was a great book in the Raven Cycle series!
There are many subplots that go along with the main plot of Gansey’s search for Glendower. Each of the main characters (Gansey, Ronan, Adam, and Blue) have their own distinct lives and stories. They each have their own subplots, which could be their own plot in an individual book. Though the book isn’t too long, each character could easily take up their own book to tell their story.
Maggie Stiefvater does a great job at characterization. There is an ensemble cast, but everyone gets their own part. The characters seem like real people, because they have detailed backgrounds, motivations, and goals. I felt like I really knew them as people.
I love the historical elements of the story, as well. The search for the Welsh king Glendower brings in lots of Welsh history to the story. The fictional town, Henrietta, also has an extensive history, making it a character in itself.
I really enjoyed this book! I’m excited to see how the series ends in the next book!
What to read next:
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater
Love and Other Curses by Michael Thomas Ford
Have you read Blue Lily, Lily Blue? What did you think of it?
This is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
I was approved for a book on NetGalley from Amulet Books:
Title: Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile Author: Bill Willingham Genre: Graphic Novel, Fantasy Publisher: Vertigo Source: Library Format: Ebook Release Date: May 22, 2012 (originally December 31, 2002) Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads Synopsis:
When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the “mundys,” their name for normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown. From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, these creatures of legend must fight for their survival in the new world.
Fables is the winner of 14 Eisner Awards and is one of the most enduring Vertigo titles ever. Here, in this new, 10th anniversary edition, is a newly colored 8-page story from the Fables prose work Peter & Max: A Fables Novel, as well as a beautiful new cover from series artist Mark Buckingham.
Collecting:Fables #1-5
Review:
I first read Fables a few years ago and I loved it! I love adaptations of fairytales, and this series is a lot of fun.
The characters from fairytales have left their lands and entered the human world, or the mundane as they call it. They have to keep their special powers hidden or they face consequences from their leaders, in particular Snow White and Bigby, the Big Bad Wolf.
In this story, Snow White’s sister, Red Rose, has gone missing. Red Rose’s apartment was covered in blood, but her body was not there. Snow White and Bigby have to search for the answers to her disappearance, and possibly find her body.
Though this series is based on fairytales, it is not meant for children. There are adult themes and language in the story. However, they are entertaining and funny. I highly recommend this series!
What to read next:
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham
Have you read Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile? What did you think of it?
This is a weekly meme hosted by Wandering Words, where you give the first few lines of a book to hook your readers before introducing the book.
Here are my first lines:
“Water closes over the body. Swallows it. The rocking of the boat subsides quickly. Its occupant waits until the surface of the lake is still.”
Do you recognize these first lines?
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And the book is… The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan.
Goodreads synopsis:
The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knewconjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.
When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.
Thirty years later, Jo returns to the house and is forced to confront her troubled relationship with her mother. But when human remains are accidentally uncovered in a lake on the estate, Jo begins to question everything she thought she knew.
Then an unexpected visitor knocks on the door and Jo’s world is destroyed again. Desperate to piece together the gaping holes in her memory, Jo must uncover who her nanny really was, why she left, and if she can trust her own mother…
In this compulsively readable tale of secrets, lies, and deception, Gilly Macmillan explores the darkest impulses and desires of the human heart. Diabolically clever, The Nanny reminds us that sometimes the truth hurts so much you’d rather hear the lie.
Have you read The Nanny? What did you think of it?
