Wrap Up l November 2018

It is really starting to feel like winter, and with that come the on-set of Christmas spirit. While I can see lots of movie watching and maybe a Harry Potter reread or two I am not planning on reading much through the holidays and into the New Year. 

November was a roller coaster, Elevation has been one of my most anticipated reads, and while I don't think it is Kings best novella ever (being a different genera, fantasy) it was still a great little read. I expected more from Lost Boy, Lost Girl than what I got; I had no expecations for Heartsick and I now can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the books! The Deep was my most disappointing read this month, from the creator of Jaws! Sir Peter Benchley, it was slow, boring and incredibly anticlimactic. 

Onto the complete Wrap Up :

Novels (6)

• Bed of Nails, Michael Slade 
• Lost Boy, Lost Girl, Peter Straub
• Elevation, Stephen King
• The Book of the Dead, Douglas Preston
• Heartsick, Chelsea Cain
• The Deep, Peter Benchly

Audiobooks (7) <-- the only good thing about driving 

an hour to work and an hour home every day.

• The Funhouse, Dean Koontz 
• The Eyes of Darkness, Dean Koontz 
• Baja Blood, MEGA #2, Jake Bible 
• When Giants Collide, MEGA #3, Jake Bible
• Blood of the Fold, Sword of Truth Book #3, Terry Goodkind
• Temple of the Winds, Sword of Truth Book #4, Terry Goodkind
• Soul of Fire, Sword of Truth, Book #5, Terry Goodkind

Started 

•  Faith of the Fallen, Sword of Truth Book #6, Terry Goodkind

***Hopefully by the time this is published I am onto The Pillars of Creation, Book #7 of the Sword of Truth. 

Stephen King l 2018

Stephen King is my favourite author and I think he is one of the best writers of our time. With his incredible characters and gripping plots in every genera from Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western, a little bit of everything. 

I don't think there is anyone on earth who can dislike all of Stephen Kings books, if you don't like one? try another until you find one you like because there will be one in the mix I promise. 

READ

 Carrie 

 'Salem's Lot 

 Rage 

 The Shining 

 The Stand 

 The Dead Zone

 Cujo 

 The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger 

 Christine 

 Thinner 

 Cycle of the Werewolf

Desperation 

 IT 

 The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three 

 Misery 

 The Tommyknockers

 The Dark Half 

 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands 

 Gerald's Game 

 Dolores Claiborne 

 Insomnia 

 The Green Mile

 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass 

 Bag of Bones 

 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 

 Black House 

 The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla 

 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 

 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 

 The Colorado Kid 

 Cell 

 Black House 

 The Dark Tower V: The Wolves of the Calla 

 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah 

 The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower 

 The Colorado Kid 

 Cell 

 The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole 

 Joyland 

 Doctor Sleep 

 Mr. Mercedes 

 Revival 

 Finders Keepers 

Duma Key  

Under the Dome 

11/22/63 

 End of Watch 

 Sleeping Beauties 

Night Shift

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Just After Sunset

 Different Seasons

Skeleton Crew

Four Past Midnight
Gwendy's Button Box

Lisey's Story 

Hearts in Atlantis

 Dreamcatcher
The Outsider
The Talisman

2019 TBR
15 Books to completion!

The Long Walk
 Danse Macabre
 The Running Man
Firestarter
 Roadwork
Needful Things
Rose Madder
The Eyes of the Dragon
The Regulators 
Pet Sematary
 From A Buick 8  
 Blaze
 On Writing
 Full Dark, No Stars
 The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

Wrap Up l October 2018

Novels

• White Devils, Paul McAuley
• The Girl in 6E, AE Torre

Audiobook

• Night Chills, Dean Koontz
• American Psycho, Brett Easton Ellis
• Hell House, Richard Matheson
• Mega, Jake Bible 
• The Vision, Dean Koontz
• The Key To Midnight, Dean Koontz
• A Darker Shade of Magic, VE Schwab
• Vicious, VE Schwab 
• The Voice of the Night, Dean Koontz 
• The Mask, Dean Koontz
• The Funhouse, Dean Koontz 
• The Voice of the Night, Dean Koontz 

Started

• Bed of Nails, Michael Slade 
• The Blood of the Fold 

June l Wrap Up l 2018

Novels

1. Glass (Crank #2), Ellen Hopkins
2. The Chalk Man, CJ Tudor
3. The Police (Harry Hole #10), Jo Nesbo
4. Desperation, Stephen King
5. Duma Key, Stephen King

Audiobooks

1. Vampire Academy (Book #1), Richelle Mead
2. Frostbite, (Vampire Academy Book #2), Richelle Mead
3. Shadow Kissed (Vampire Academy Book #3), Richelle Mead
4. Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton

Graphic Novels

1. True Blood Volume #2, Marc Andreyko

Started

1. Blood Promise (Vampire Accademy Book #4), Richelle Mead *audiobook
2. Tempest and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce 
3. Wintergirls, Halse Andersen
4. The Lost World, Michael Crichton *Audiobook

April l Wrap-Up

Novels

• Asking For It, Kate Harding
• Tampa, Allison Nutting
• The Bone Labyrinth, James Rollins
• MEG, Steve Alten
• The Loch, Steve Alten

Audiobooks

• Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin
• The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
• My Best Friends Exorcism, Grady Hendrix
• The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
• Psycho, Robert Bloch
• Shadow and Bone (Grisha Verse #1), Leigh Bardugo
• Shatter Me (Book #1), Tahereh Mafi 

Graphic Novels

• Alien's Vs Predator, Omnibus, Volume #1, Chris Warner
• True Blood, Volume 1 : All Together Now, Allan Ball
• True Blood, Volume 3 : The French Quarter
• The Dark Tower : Gunslinger Born
• The Dark Tower : The Long Road Home
• The Dark Tower : Treachery 
• The Dark Tower : The Battle of Jericho Hill
• The Dark Tower : The Fall of Gilead 
• The Dark Tower : The Battle of Tull
• The Dark Tower : The Man in Black
• The Dark Tower : The Gunslinger, The Journey Begins
• The Dark Tower : The Way Station 
• The Dark Tower : The Little Sisters of Eluria
• The Dark Tower : The Drawing of the Three - The Prisoner 

Started

• Unravel Me (Book #2), Tahereh Mafi 
• Ignite Me (Book #3), Tahereh Mafi 

TBR l April 2018

• Tampa, Alissa Nutting
• Asking For It, Louise O'Neill
• Asking For It, Kate Harding
• The Girl in 6E, A.R. Torre
• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, Bryn Greenwood

March l Wrap Up

• I Was Here, Gayle Foreman
• My Story, Elizabeth Smart
• Dolly, Susan Hill *audiobook
• Frankenstien, Mary Shelley
• Breaking Free : How I Escaped My Father Warren Jeffs, Polygamy and the FLDS Cult, Rachel Jeffs
• Dracula, Bram Stoker
• Jaws, Peter Benchley
• Persuasion, Jane Austen
• The Tribulations of August Barton, Jennifer LeBlanc 
• Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
• Missoula : Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, John Krakauer
• HP Lovecraft
• Herbert West Reanimator
• The Rats in the Walls
• The Lurking Fear

Started

• My Best Friends Exorcism, Grady Hendrix
• The Bone Labyrinth (Sigma Force #11), James Rollins 
• Asking for It, Kate Harding
• Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin

April 2018 l Sexual Assualt Awareness Month

The month of April is Sexual Assault awareness month. The 20th is the official day. 

I am choosing a very big topic to address.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Top 5 Wednesday l January

January 3rd: 2018 Reading Resolutions

1. Finish at least 5 series that I started
2. Read a book every week (52 books this year)
3. Read at 5 classics I haven't read before and 5 classics I have. 
4. Read at least 10 non-fiction novels
5. Read the unread books on my shelf (10 books)

January 10th: Books You Didn't Get to In 2017 

1. Kelan Patrick Burke Books
2. UnRead Stephen Kings
3. Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard
4. Fathomless, Grieg Beck 
5. Jaws, Peter Blanchey

January 17th: Forgettable Books (That you liked) 

1. Kelley Armstrong Books - I almost always love her books, but they don't really leave any impression
2. Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher - considering how sensational this was and that I read it twice, I have the general gist obviously, but any and all detail is gone. 
3. Bad Girls Don't Die, Katie Alender
4. Jane Austen Books
5. The Darkest Minds, Alexandra Bracken 

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January 24th: Books You Disliked but Love to Discuss 
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January 31st: Hidden Gems in Your Favorite Genre 

Horror

1. HP Lovecraft - he totally has a cult following but considering how popular horror is you don't hear too much about him
2. Kin, Kelan Patrick Burke - He took this most obvious idea ever (mash together horror cliches and tell a horror book in horror movie style), wrote an incredible story and you never hear about it or any of his other books really
3. Off Season, Jack Ketchum 

I know have a much bigger TBR thanks to this question and a little bit of googling but I still only have 3 answers...