Jax Reviews Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire

Publisher: DAW
Format Read: paperback
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: March 3,2015
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Blurb from goodreads:

Alexander Price has survived gorgons, basilisks, and his own family—no small feat, considering that his family includes two telepaths, a reanimated corpse, and a colony of talking, pantheistic mice. Still, he’s starting to feel like he’s got the hang of things…at least until his girlfriend, Shelby Tanner, shows up asking pointed questions about werewolves and the state of his passport. From there, it’s just a hop, skip, and a jump to Australia, a continent filled with new challenges, new dangers, and yes, rival cryptozoologists who don’t like their “visiting expert” very much.

Australia is a cryptozoologist’s dream, filled with unique species and unique challenges. Unfortunately, it’s also filled with Shelby’s family, who aren’t delighted by the length of her stay in America. And then there are the werewolves to consider: infected killing machines who would like nothing more than to claim the continent as their own. The continent which currently includes Alex.
Survival is hard enough when you’re on familiar ground. Alex Price is very far from home, but there’s one thing he knows for sure: he’s not going down without a fight.

Top Ten All-Time Favorite Authors

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly discussion feature and meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I won't be participating every week, just when I have the time and can make time to answer the question. This week's topic is the Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Author. I'm not sure if I can keep this at 10 bet I'll try. Also, the list is subject to change; some authors have been faves for years while others come and go. Authors who would have made the list a few months or years ago have shifted and moved out of the top. Thus, a few months from now, this list might look different.

In no particular order, because this is hard enough as is:

Review and Quote-Tastic: The Dead Play On by Heather Graham

Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
Series: Cafferty & Quinn #3
Format Read: eGalley
Challenges: NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: March 31, 2015
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Blurb from goodreads:

Play a song for me…

Musicians are being murdered in New Orleans. But Arnie Watson apparently died by his own hand. When Tyler Anderson plays the saxophone he inherited from Arnie, a soldier and musician who died soon after his return, he believes he sees visions of his friend's life—and death. He becomes convinced Arnie was murdered and that the instrument had something to do with whatever happened, and with whatever's happening all over the city…

Tyler knows his theory sounds crazy to the police, so he approaches Danni Cafferty, hoping she and Michael Quinn will find out what the cops couldn't. Or wouldn't. After all, Cafferty and Quinn have become famous for solving unusual crimes.

They're partners in their personal lives, too. Quinn's a private investigator and Danni works with him. When they look into the case, they discover a secret lover of Arnie's and a history of jealousies and old hatreds that leads them back to the band Arnie once played with—and Tyler plays with now.

They discover that sometimes, for some people, the line between passion and obsession is hard to draw. Only in uncovering the truth can they hope to save others—and themselves—from the deadly hands of a killer.

Sunday Book Share #137

 

 I'm participating in The Sunday Post, hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer; Showcase Sunday hosted by Books, Biscuits and Tea; Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews; and Bought Borrowed and Bagged, hosted by TalkSupe. All of these memes are about sharing the print and digital books received and/or posts and events on the blog.

Last week got off to a good start. I enjoyed my birthday celebration with my friends, then midweek life went kablooey. This week will be mop up so the blog may be quiet. Or I may hide from the real world and busy myself with the blog. We'll see.

 

Bea Reviews The Dreidel That Wouldn't Spin by Martha Seif Simpson, Illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard

Publisher: Wisdom Tales 
Format Read: eGalley
Source: the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Challenge: NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge
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Blurb from goodreads:

This dreidel doesn t work! the father had cried. What do you mean? How can a dreidel not work? the shopkeeper asked. It was certainly the most beautiful spinning top the shopkeeper had ever seen, with magical golden letters on its sides. But it just would not spin for two spoiled children who insisted on owning it! Later, the shopkeeper decides to try it one last time: would it spin for another child, one who carried the true spirit of Hanukkah in his heart? In this beautiful holiday story by award-winning author Martha Simpson, and brought to life by the imaginative illustrations of award-winning illustrator D. Yael Bernhard, the happiness and joy of the Hanukkah miracle will warm the heart of young and old alike with its simple message: wonders still occur for those who are ready for them. Included is a useful appendix that explains Hanukkah, and an explanation on how to play the dreidel game." 

The Friday 56: Mightier Than The Sword by Jeffrey Archer

This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join in the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

I'm reading an historical saga, "Mighter Than the Sword", by Jeffrey Archer. The quote is from page 56  in the large print hardcover.

"What could be bigger than the possible sinking of the Buckingham by the IRA on its maiden voyage?"

Bea Reviews Tempest's Fury by Nicole Peeler

Publisher: Orbit
Series: Jane True #5
Format Read: paperback
Source: purchased
Challenges:  Finishing the Series;  What An Animal
Release Date: June 26, 2012
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Blurb from goodreads:

Jane's not happy. She's been packed off to England to fight in a war when she'd much rather be snogging Anyan. Unfortunately, Jane's enemies have been busy stirring up some major trouble -- the kind that attracts a lot of attention. In other words, they're not making it easy for Jane to get any alone time with the barghest, or to indulge in her penchant for stinky cheese.

Praying she can pull of a Joan of Arc without the whole martyrdom thing, Jane must lead Alfar and halflings alike in a desperate battle to combat an ancient evil. Catapulted into the role of Most Unlikely Hero Ever, Jane also has to fight her own insecurities as well as the doubts of those who don't think she can live up to her new role as Champion.

Along the way, Jane learns that some heroes are born. Some are made. And some are bribed with promises of food and sex.