New Orlean ALA {American Library Association}

I was lucky enough to go to New Orleans this year. It was so much fun and got ton of books. Still on mini vacation for two weeks. Will try keeping blog updated as much as I can. Just in Michigan now visiting family. Little Snowball from Rick and Morty been a big help with New Orleans pictures. Here my book Haul for the weekend. Will do a better picture of everything with Bella, when I get home.

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Happy Reading.

It was nice seeing Nikole and Stacy from Acourtofcoffeeandbooks over the weekend.

The Fandom by Anna Day

Book Summary:

Cosplay ready, Violet and her friends are at Comic-Con.

They can’t wait to meet the fandom of mega movie, The Gallows Dance. What they’re not expecting is to be catapulted by freak accident into their favourite world – for real. Fuelled by love, guilt and fear, can the friends put the plot back on track and get out? The fate of the story is in their hands …

My Review:

I really enjoyed this book. This is the perfect read for anyone who has ever attended Comic-Con or a similar convention.

Everything about this book spoke to me and I loved it. Love the idea of the characters getting trapped inside their favorite movie/book.

I liked Violet in the book. She is willing to do whatever it takes to get back home. Will she be able to get everyone home safely in the end?

The book was action pack, and a fun read. You get a glance what’s it really like being in The Gallows.

Are you ready to get suck into The Gallows?

Happy Reading!

TBR Road Trip

So in a couple days heading to ALA (American Library Association). That’s in New Orleans and road tripping there. That’s why I been so quiet on blog. Will try my best keeping it active while I am away. Here at my books coming along for the ride.

Sea Witch

Undead Girls Gang

Save The Date

Legendary

The little dog on top is little Snowball from Rick and Morty Show. He is coming with me to help out. Since Bella will be on two week vacation home. So happy to see my co-editor again. Sorry for any grammer mistakes on my blog. I try my best myself.

Here is me and Stacy from Acourtofcoffeeandbooks at book con this year.

Will keep my readers posted as much as I can. You can follow me on Instagram at Jenneh_Penneh for tons of pictures.

Happy Reading!!!

Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett

Book Summary:

They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king years ago. Now Kate lives as an outcast, clinging to the fringes of society as a member of the Relay, the imperial courier service. Only those most skilled in riding and bow hunting ride for the Relay; and only the fastest survive, for when dark falls, the nightdrakes—deadly flightless dragons—come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: she is a wilder, born with magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals. But it’s this magic that she needs to keep hidden, as being a wilder is forbidden, punishable by death or exile. And it’s this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by nightdrakes in broad daylight—the only survivor her childhood friend, her first love, the boy she swore to forget, the boy who broke her heart.

The high king’s second son, Corwin Tormane, never asked to lead. Even as he waits for the uror—the once-in-a-generation ritual to decide which of the king’s children will succeed him—he knows it’s always been his brother who will assume the throne. And that’s fine by him. He’d rather spend his days away from the palace, away from the sight of his father, broken with sickness from the attempt on his life. But the peacekeeping tour Corwin is on has given him too much time to reflect upon the night he saved his father’s life—the night he condemned the would-be killer to death and lost the girl he loved. Which is why he takes it on himself to investigate rumors of unrest in one of the remote city-states, only for his caravan to be attacked—and for him to be saved by Kate.

With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin have to put the past behind them. The threat of drakes who attack in the daylight is only the beginning of a darker menace stirring in the kingdom—one whose origins have dire implications for Kate’s father’s attack upon the king and will thrust them into the middle of a brewing civil war in the kingdom of Rime.

My Review:

This book was alright for me. I liked the story itself. Some of the characters I did enjoy.

Kate, I liked her in the book. Pretty neat she has powers to control horses. I do love horses. She is very skilled in almost everything. Can’t wait to see how her powers grow more in book two.

Corwin, the crown prince. He sometimes struggles to do what’s right. Has to choose between his duty as a prince and his heart at times. Could his childhood crush with Kate, get in the way of him becoming a king?

The summary gives most of the book away. It switches between point of views between Kate and Corwin. If you like slow burn fantasy, you might enjoy this book. The ending made me want to know what happens next.

Happy Reading!!!!

Bella Bloopers

Hello my readers,

Sorry it been a slow here on my blog with reviews and everything. I’m only one person on this blog. Been busy with work lately. Also been to book con. Now getting ready for ALA (American Library Association) in New Orleans.

I have not been reading much lately. All update on my review. Just need to read more. Will be gone for two weeks. So will keep blog active as much as I can. Enough being all serious. I know you are all here for Bella. Bella turned 8 years old yesterday.

Kat and Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza

Book Summary:

For fans of Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, Emery Lord’s When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Anna Priemaza’s debut novel is a heartwarming and achingly real story of finding a friend, being a fan, and defining your place in a difficult world.

Kat and Meg couldn’t be more different. Kat’s anxiety makes it hard for her to talk to people. Meg hates being alone, but her ADHD keeps pushing people away. But when the two girls are thrown together for a year-long science project, they discover they do have one thing in common: They’re both obsessed with the same online gaming star and his hilarious videos.

It might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship—if they don’t kill each other first.

My Review:

This book was such an fun read. I enjoy everything about it. The characters I adore to the storyline I love.

Kat and Meg could not be any different from each other. Meg is out going and have AHAD. While is Kat is shy and afraid of everything, thanks to her anxiety disorder.

When force to work together at school, what’s the worse can happen?

For the love of video game fans, and comic con nerds out there. This book might be for you. It’s fresh and pretty fun read about friends bonding and getting to know each other better.

Happy Reading!!

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde

Book summary:

A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde’s quirky and utterly relatable novel.

As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. But there’s nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital and her girlfriend in jail, she’s branded the latest tabloid train wreck.

Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life. She knows hooking up with a band member is exactly the kind of trouble she should be avoiding, and yet Emmy and Alfie Just. Keep. Kissing.

Will the inevitable fallout turn her into a clickbait scandal (again)? Or will she find the strength to stand on her own?

My Review:

The book was an alright read for me. You get an look inside a rock star life. The plot of the story is simple and did like some of the characters in the book.

Get a look into the life of Emmy King. She is a out of control rock star and take after her folks party ways. She nearly get self kill one night, will that be her wake up call to get life back on track?

They theme deal with mature issues like drugs and alcohol use. If you into the rock star life and want to know what it takes to be in a band. This book will be for you.

Are you ready to rock??

The Belles By Dhonielle Clayton

Book Summary:

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful.

But it’s not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite—the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land. But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favorite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that the very essence of her existence is a lie—that her powers are far greater, and could be more dangerous, than she ever imagined. And when the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the ailing princess by using Belle powers in unintended ways, Camellia now faces an impossible decision.

With the future of Orléans and its people at stake, Camellia must decide—save herself and her sisters and the way of the Belles—or resuscitate the princess, risk her own life, and change the ways of her world forever.

My Review:

I really enjoy the story idea of the book and some of the characters in the book. It was an eye opener on what it takes to be a Belles.

Camellia, was raised with magic of the Belles. Taught how to make people pretty. She dreams of becoming of a favorite and work with the royals. Soon she learns being a Belle is not as it seems. Everything she learn, while growing up was lies. What dark faith do the Belles suffer through?

Book was edge of you seat, action packed. Little more mature theme with abuse and suffering. Being a Belle does comes with a cost.

Are you ready to become a Belles?

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Book Summary:

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever.

The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good—But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind’s greatest enemy?

My Review:

Really enjoy the book. Love retellings so much. It was a nice stand alone fantasy book. Enjoy the characters and the storyline very much.

Lira, the villain of the story. She is a killer of princes of the sea. For disobeying her mother she becomes human and must capture Elian heart. Will her human side get in the away her killing again?

Elian, a prince who hunt sirens and love the call of the sea. He is hunting for the killer of princes of the sea. It good see an prince getting his hand dirty, then just sitting on the thorne. Will he be able to kill Lira, if he finds out who she is?

Be warn thid book is bloody. Lots of killing in it. Love the how the point of views switch between Lira and Eilan in the story. Can humans and sirens ever find peace with each other?

Will you dive under the sea and find out for yourself.

Happy Reading!

WWW Wednesday- Library Hauls

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Finish Reading:

Th art of Loosing by Lizzy Mason. It comes out Jan. 2019. Really love this book and would reread again. Have to review it closer to release date.

Currently Reading and Reading Next:

My three library books hope to finish and return this weekend.

What you guys reading?