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

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

Wrap Up - April

40 Books Read + 2 Started

Novels

1. Fallen, Lauren Kate
2. Torment, Lauren Kate
3. Passion, Lauren Kate 
4. Chronicles of Crime and Criminals : The White Chapel Murders, The Wainwright Murder and Other Accounts of Ghastly Murder in the Eastend, Various Authors
5. Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher
6. Feed (News Flesh Trilogy), Mira Grant 
7. Hidden (Dragons Lands #1), Megg Jensen
8. Hunted (Dragon Lands #2), Megg Jensen 
9. Retribution (Dragon Lands #3), Megg Jensen
10. The Exorcist, William Peter Blatey
11. Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin

Short Stories 

1. A True Childhood Haunting, Diana Gomez
2. The Life of a Stripper, Romana Van Lissum 
3. They Don't Exist, JR Leckman
4. Enchanted Forest of Horror, Emileen Church

Graphic Novels (25)

1. Harley Quinn Volume 1 : Hot in the City, Amanda Conner
2. The Bates Motel : Jiao's Sketchbook, A&E
3. The Walking Dead Issue #1, Robert Kirkman
4. Starcraft : Kerrigan : Hope and Vengeance, Cameron Dayton
5.  Overwatch #1-#7 + #9&#10, Various Authors
6. Strawberry Shortcake, FCBD issue 
7. The Bone Saga (Prequel: Tall Tales + Rose + #1-9), Jeff Smith

Started

Dracula, Bram Stoker *reread
Deadline (Newsfeed Trilogy #2), Mira Grand
The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman

Top 5 Wednesday l April

April 5th: Top SFF Books on Your TBR *Booktube SFF Awards Babble Crossover Topic!*

1. The Martian, Andy Weir *I am waiting on the audiobook
2. The Host, Stephanie Meyer
3. Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffery *this is a reread but I was 9? when I read it the first time and it was way above my comprehension level still.
4. American Gods, Neil Gaiman
5. The Diabloic SJ Kincaid

April 12th: Books That Would Make Good Video Games

I am not really going to answer this question because I just can't think of anything and I'm not going to force it. My favourite video games recently that I think would make good books are.

1. Layers of Fear
2. Fabel (and I have been reading lots of novels that would fit in this mold)
3. Resident Evil
4. Evil Within
5. Silent Hill *would love to see books

April 19th: Favorite LGBTQ+ Reads

I only have two series for this list 1. The Mortal Instruments, Cassandra Clare (which has Alec and Magnus) and 2. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Libba Bray (which has Felicity and Pippa).

I tend to shy away from some of the books that are very very focused on this topic, while I think everyone should have a right to do whatever they want to in their private life I have found the movement has gotten pushy. I find the books can be "gimmicky" trying to ride the trend wave.
Personally, I don't think attention seeking surrounding these issues is healthy because we have people being dishonest for that attention. I don't think it should really be an opinionated topic because its something so internal, since this has been a "thing" i personally have had people question my own choices and have watched them question other peoples choices, with me that isn't a problem because I am very sure of where I stand; but I have this feeling that those kinds of words have swayed people and we have yet to know if that has a positive or negative effect.

April 26th: Authors You Want to Read More From

1. Marissa Meyer
2. Libba Bray
3. Tamora Piece *always always always 
4. Jeffery Deaver
5. Robert Ludlum 

These last two are like perpetual TBR books because there are So many and because I have to be in the right mood for this kind of book, I almost always get them on audiobook so theres that as well I need time to listen. 

Tome Topple Read-a-thon l Wrap Up

Ok so I already explained how I missed this (it was from April 7th- April 20th, and today is the 24th of April?) but it made me wonder how many 500+ pages books I have read and this is that list.

Planning on doing the read-a-thon next year and will update the books I read in-between now and then that are 500+ pages & the read-a-thon books

This list was supposed to be from the least to the most amount of pages but I found so many authors repeating that I ended up changing that and it got totally mixed up and disorganized but the most pages is (1153pages  through to 502 pages) these all follow the rules of the read-a-thon which you can find HERE

1. Stephen King
1. The Stand,  (1153pages)
2. It,  (1093)
3. Under the Dome,  (1074)
4. The Tommy Knockers,  (979)
5. Nightmares and Dreamscapes,  (970)
6. Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower 5),  (931)
7. Four Past Midnight,  (930)
8. Insomnia,  (890)
9. Bag of Bones,  (736)
10. 11/22/63,  (849)
11. Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower 4),  (845)
12. Black House, (688)
13. Skeleton Crew, (612)
14. The Green Mile (592)
15. Desperation (547)
16. Song of Susannah (544)
17. Three Past Midnight (540)
18. Everythings Eventual (538)
19. Dr Sleep (531)
20. Finders Keepers (528)
2. Harry Potter, JK Rowling
1. Deathly Hallows  (784)
2. Goblet of Fire (734)
3. Order of the Pheonix  (870)
4. Half Blood Prince  (652)
3. (A Song of Ice and Fire), George RR Martin
1. A Game of Thrones (835)
2. A Clash of Kings (761)
4. Marisa Meyer
1. Winter (823) 
2. Cress  (550)
5. Gemma Doyle Libba Bray
1. The Sweet Far Thing (819)
2. Rebel Angels )(576)
6. Twilight,Stephanie Meyer
1. Breaking Dawn (756)
2. Eclipse (629)
3. New Moon (563)
7. Joe Hill
1. The Fireman, (753)
2. NOS4A2,  (686)
8. Archeron, Sherriyln Kenyon (728)
9. Robert Ludlum
1. The Bourne Supremacy (Book 2) (688),
2. The Bourne Identity (566)
10. Blade of Fire, Stuart Hill (640)
11. Inkspell,  (635) Inkheart (548) Cornelia Funk
12. The Return of the King (Book 3) JRR Tolkien (624)
13. Laini Taylor
1. Dreams of Gods and Monsters, (613)
2. Days of Blood and Starlight (517)
14. LA Meyer
1. Mississsippi Jack (book 5),  (611),
2. Wake of the Lorilei Lee (554)
3. Under the Jolly Roger (528)
4. In the Belly of the Blood Hound (528)  
5. Curse of the Blue Tattoo (504)
15. Feed (Newsflesh 1), Mira Grant (599)
16. Tamora Pierce
1. Mastiff (book 3)(596)
2. Terrier (book 1)  (584)
3. Blood Hound (554)
17. Crusader, Edward Bloor (591)
18. Cassandra Clare
1. Clockwork Princess (567)
2. City of Glass (541) 
3. Clockwork Prince (502)
19. Hannibal (Book 3), Thomas Harris (564)
20. Magyk (Septimus Heap #1) Angie Sage (564)
21. The Lost Hero (Book 1), Rick Riordan (557)
22. David Clement Davis
1. The Sight, (554)
2. Fell (523)
23. Crank, Ellen Hopkins (537)
24. Alexandra Bracken
1. In the Afterlight,  (535)
2. Neverfade (507)
25. Fifty Shades Darker, EL James (532)
26. Allegiant and Insurgant (526 & 525) Veronica Roth

Tome Topple Read-A-Thon l April 2017

Ok so I have yet to do a read-a-thon this year I just don't have any reading buddies right now because of how my schedule is and I'm not a big fan of groups with more than maybe 4 people. I find that you end up with variety of reading paces, which it totally ok but if I get ahead and have to put the novel down to wait, I drift off and end up reading other things and then have a hard time getting back into the book...so yeah that my reason for being a little antisocial.

I missed Tome Topple this year which was this month but I am seeing all the video's and social media posts for it now and I think that I will be doing it next year... hopefully

RULES

• Books must have more than 500 pages
• They cannot be bind-up's/omnibus's *there in an exception I will get too

CHALLENGES

• Read a tome that is part of a series
• Buddy read a tome
• If you mostly read YA read an adult novel and vice versa.
• Read a Graphic Novel *which is my exception to the bind-up rule

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Goodreads, YouTube @ OR # TomeTopple

Created by Sam @ Thoughts on Tomes

Check out Katrina aka.  the Little Book Owls Video on this Read-A-Thon HERE

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Links to all the Co-Hosts from 2017

Sam - http://youtube.com/user/thoughtsontomes
Adriana - http://youtube.com/user/perpetualpages
Sarah-Jane - http://youtube.com/channel/UCzd1fvyEb...
Sheema - IG: dreamthiefs & http://inejs.tumblr.com
Caz - http://youtube.com/user/littlebookowl
Bethany - http://bibliophilicwitch.tumblr.com
Emma - http://aeduan.tumblr.com

Wrap Up - January to April 2016

Sorry that my 2016 has been sadly lacking thus far. Despite not having a chance to update my blog I have done quite a bit of reading in the past four months. I got through 45 novels which includes; rereading 3 old favorites, completing the Lunar Chronicles, reading The Strain Trilogy start to finish, reading an 8 book box set, reading 18 books out of the 50+ novels in the Dark-Hunterverse and starting the Odd Thomas Series.

My top 4 are:

The complete list of books I read is down below.
*I have done complete reviews for many of the books but will not be doing reviews for all of them

Top 5 Wednesday - April 2016

April 6th - Rainy Day Reads

Not only do these novels have the right quiet, mellow, low key kind of feelings, they are also short reads so you could finish them in a day if you really weren't doing much else. 

1. Misery, Stephen King
2. Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz
3. A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay
4. Broken Monsters, Lauren Beukes
5. Wintergirls, Laurie Anderson Halse

April 13th - Books with "Hard" Topics (ie mental health, sexual assault, illness, etc)I have read lots of "hard topic" non fiction novels, which would fit this question really well. I am going to try and name at least one fiction novel and have my non fiction novels cover a different main topic for each. 

1. The Fireman, Joe Hill *cult behaviour, mental illness
2. My Sisters Keeper, Jodi Picoult *I will mention the Fault in our Stars here because it is the YA version of this novel.

1. The Saddest Girl in the World, Cathy Glass *mental abuse,
2.  Not Without My Sister, Kristina Jones *A Children Of God Cult survivor 
3. Sickened : The memoir of a munchausen by proxy childhood, Julie Gregory

April 20th - Book You're Intimidated ByMost classics for me are a challenge, and there are always a number of them on my TBR, I find them such slow reads that I often leave them until something really pushes me into reading one. The other reasons why I leave these books are page count or reputation

1. A Song of Fire and Ice, George RR Martin * The series is over 7000 pages long through the 7 novels
2. The Dark Tower 7, Stephen King *1000 Pages
3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child * I really don't want to ruin my opinion of Harry Potter and JK Rowling, its a script not a novel. I might see if I can watch the play first. Really unsure about this.
4. The Sword of Truth, Terry Goodkind *I read one of these novels and enjoyed it again just the size 15 books with a prequel in the making I think about 400-500 pages a book.
5. Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead *how many people love this series, I am worried that I will not love it as much and that the over hype will make it a disappointment

April 27th - Favorite Mothers/Maternal Figures 

1. Mrs. Copper, Georges Mother, Tortal Series,Tamora Pierce
2. Natalie Prior, Tris's mother, Divergent, Veronica Roth
3. Molly Weasly, Harry Potter, JK Rowling
4. Harper Greyson, The Fireman, Joe Hill
5. Apolymi, Dark Hunters, Sherrilyn Kenyon

Top 5 Wednesay - Favourite Series Endings

Top 5 Wednesday 

 Favorite Series Endings 

April 29 2015

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
2. The Last Olympian, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan
3. Song of the Lioness, Tamora Pierce
4. The Shinning, Dr Sleep, Stephen King
5. The Singing, Books of Pellinor, Allison Croggon

Top 5 Wednesday - Books that Feature Traveling

Top 5 Wednesday

Books That Feature Traveling 

April 22 2015

1. 11/22/63, Stephen King *Time Travel
2. Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer *Traveling USA
3. Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs *Dimensional Travel
4. The Doorkeepers, Graham Masterson * Dimensional Travel
5. Inkheart, Cornelia Funk *Travel in and out of book, 

Top 5 Wednesday - Most Frustrating Characters

Top 5 Wednesday

Most Frustrating Characters

April 15 2015

1. Bobbie Anderson, The TommyKnockers, Stephen King
2. Bella, Twilight, Stephanie Meyer
3. Sansa, Game of Thrones, George R Martin
4. Davy, The Girl Next Door, Jack Ketchum
5. Ever Davies, Skinny, Donna Cooner