Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Books On My Fall Reading List
Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List, which gives us all a chance to share what we’re planning to read for the next few months.
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I actually shared what I thought was going to be my Fall TBR back in August, but then somehow I managed to read almost all of the books on that list before fall ever got here so today’s list is my revised fall reading list, haha! Because I’m such a mood reader, this list is subject to change at any given moment, but as of right now, here are 10 books that I’m determined to read this fall.
TOP 10 BOOKS ON MY FALL READING LIST
1. DEAR MARTIN by Nic Stone
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2. CROOKED KINGDOM by Leigh Bardugo
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3. WHAT HAPPENED by Hillary Rodham Clinton
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4. WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER by Leigh Bardugo
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5. 27 HOURS by Tristina Wright
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6. STARFISH by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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7. THE TETHERED MAGE by Melissa Caruso
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8. ONE PERFECT LIE by Lisa Scottoline
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9. ARTEMIS by Andy Weir
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10. MURDER OVER MOCHAS by Caroline Fardig
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Question: What books are you planning to read this fall? Are any of my titles on your list?
Cinderella, Necromancer Blog Tour: Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway!
Hi everyone! I am thrilled to be taking part in the Chapter by Chapter Blog Tour to promote the wonderful new novel CINDERELLA, NECROMANCER by F.M. Boughan. For my stop on the tour, I am sharing an exclusive excerpt from the novel to entice you. Once you’ve devoured this fabulous teaser, be sure to scroll down and enter the tour giveaway. Thanks for stopping by!
Cinderella, Necromancer by F.M. Boughan
(Excerpt from Chapter Two: The Beginning)
On the morning of my fifteenth birthday, my mother died. It was a cruel and terrible death, wrought with pain and suffering and moments of relief between the screams.
When death finally took her, the darkness hovered like a plague over our home, my father and younger brother and I only moving and breathing to survive, though if anyone had asked us why, we couldn’t have given an answer.
On the morning of my sixteenth birthday, the darkness descended in a form incarnate, though at first, we couldn’t see it.
Why should we have?
Father thought he’d brought me the best birthday gift a father could give his daughter: a new mother.
I saw nothing but a vile attempt to replace someone utterly irreplaceable.
I screamed, threw the pot I was holding at his head, and locked myself in my room for three days.
On the fourth day, six-year-old Edward knocked on my door.
“You can’t stay in there forever,” he said, his small voice wavering. “Father is threatening to call the locksmith. Mother—”
“Don’t call her that or I won’t speak to you,” I said.
He paused before continuing, an awkward pause that made me wonder—no, suspect—that she stood outside my door too.
“She is threatening to take a hatchet to your door,” he whispered, so soft I could barely hear.
Was she now? I wanted to see her try. Difficult, though, being on the other side of the door.
“And ruin Father’s fine craftsmanship? She wouldn’t.”
But I didn’t know if she would or not. After all, I’d only caught one glimpse and hadn’t even seen her face. Or looked in her eyes. I’d been a fool.
One’s eyes say so much more than most people suspect. While the superstitious bustle about, trying to hide their true names—for they believe there is power in names—they should really be wearing dark glasses and learning to speak while gazing at the ground.
Names? Please. Child’s play.
To learn the state of one’s soul, find their gaze and hold it.
But I’d thrown a pot and run away.
How differently things might have turned out if I’d only followed my own rule.
About the Book:
Cinderella, Necromancer by F.M. Boughan
Publication Date: September 5, 2017
Publisher: Month9Books
Synopsis:
Darkness can only be controlled by those with the darkest of hearts. Ellison lost her mother at an early age. Now, sixteen, her father has found love again. He’s happy and doesn’t quite notice that Ellison does not get along with his new wife or her vicious daughters. When Ellison discovers a necromantic tome while traveling the secret passages of her father’s mansion, she wonders if it could be the key to her eventual freedom. Until then, she must master her dark new power, even as her stepmother makes her a servant in her own home. And when her younger brother falls incurably ill, Ellison will do anything to ease his pain, including falling prey to her stepmother’s and stepsisters’ every whim and fancy.
Stumbling into a chance meeting with Prince William during a secret visit to her mother’s grave feels like a trick of fate when her stepmother refuses to allow Ellison to attend a palace festival where she might see him once more. But what if Ellison could see the kind and handsome prince again? What if she could attend the festival? What if she could have everything she’s ever wanted and deserved by conjuring spirits to take revenge on her cruel stepmother? And what if she actually liked watching her stepmother suffer?
As Ellison’s power grows, she loses control over the evil spirits meant to do her bidding. And as they begin to exert their own power over Ellison, it becomes harder to tell whether it is she or her stepmother who is the true monster.
CINDERELLA NECROMANCER is CINDER meets ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD and was inspired by a real medieval grimoire of necromancy from 15th-century Germany.
About the Author:
F.M. Boughan is a bibliophile, a writer, and an unabashed parrot enthusiast. She can often be found writing in local coffee shops, namely because it’s hard to concentrate with a cat lying on the keyboard and a small, colorful parrot screaming into her ear. Her work is somewhat dark, somewhat violent, somewhat hopeful, and always contains a hint of magic.
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Link to Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28117964-cinderella-necromancer
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Giveaway Details:
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Top Ten Tuesday: Throwback Freebie – My Top 10 Favorite Reads from 2007
Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Throwback Freebie: Ten Books I Loved During The First Year I Started My Blog, Favorite Books Published 5 or 10 or 15 Years Ago, Ten Older Books I Forgot How Much I Loved, etc. etc. Tweak however you want!
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I decided to take a stroll down memory lane to see what my favorite reads were back in 2007. This was an interesting journey because 2007 was the year I was pregnant with my son. I have to confess I didn’t read much that year. I honestly think every time I sat down to read, I ended up falling asleep! That said, I was still able to scrape together ten of my favorite reads from that year. I liked going back and looking at my reading habits from ten years ago, mostly because it gave me an opportunity to see how much my interests have changed over the years. There’s a lot less fantasy on this list, as well as a lot more historical fiction. I also didn’t read much YA back then aside from Harry Potter, which or course was just a must-read.
MY TOP 10 FAVORITE READS FROM 2007
1. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J.K. Rowling
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2. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini
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3. STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova
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4. THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz
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5. SARAH’S KEY by Tatiana de Rosnay
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6. THE GRAVEDIGGER’S DAUGHTER by Joyce Carol Oates
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7. WORLD WITHOUT END by Ken Follett
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8. SOMEONE KNOWS MY NAME by Lawrence Hill
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9. DOWN RIVER by John Hart
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10. LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN by Janet Evanovich
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