Confessions of a Bibliovore

I'll admit it - I have a love/hate relationship with Stephen King's books.  Some of them I love (The Stand and The Shining!), and others not so much (Tommyknockers).   But when I saw the cover reveal for his new book - The Outsider -  on EW I was completely hooked!  Then I read the summary, and I was hooked more.   I now have it pre-ordered.   Here's the cover The summary: An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and th...

A Stranger in the House by Sheri Lapena Synopsis: Karen and Tom Krupp are happy—they’ve got a lovely home in upstate New York, they’re practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished—her car’s gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse—complete with phone and ID—behind. There's a knock on the door—the police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town. The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes. Still, she’s mostly okay—except that she can’t remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good.  Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something’s been moved. Something’s not quit...

Title: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick Series: N/A Genre: Nonfiction - Autobiography Publication:  November 15th 2016 by Touchstone Books Format: Audiobook Source : Library Rating : ★★★ Synopsis: Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually small, weird, and “10 percent defiant.” At the ripe age of thirteen, she had already resolved to “keep the crazy inside my head where it belonged. Forever. But here’s the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out.” In Scrappy Little Nobody, she invites readers inside her brain, sharing extraordinary and charmingly ordinary stories with candor and winningly wry observations. With her razor-sharp wit, Anna recounts the absurdities she’s experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture as only she can—from her unusual path to the performing arts (Vanilla Ice and baggy neon pants may have played a role) to he...

Today I'm very excited to participate in a book blast for Ellie, Engineer by Jackson Pearce hosted by Jean Book Nerd.  I love the idea of this book because it gives young girls a great role model and exposes them to a job or area they might now always know about. To find out more check out the tour page HERE . Synopsis   The hilarious and smart start of a series about a girl who loves to build—STEM-powered, creative fun for girls. Ellie is an engineer. With a tool belt strapped over her favorite skirt (who says you can’t wear a dress and have two kinds of screwdrivers handy, just in case?), she invents and builds amazing creations in her backyard workshop. Together with her best friend Kit, Ellie can make anything. As Kit’s birthday nears, Ellie doesn’t know what gift to make until the girls overhear Kit’s mom talking about her present—the dog Kit always wanted! Ellie plans to make an amazing doghouse, but her plans grow so elaborate that she has to enlist help from the neighb...

Title : Let It Snow  by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle Series : N/A Genre : YA - Contemporary/Holiday Publication : October 2nd 2008 by Speak Format : Paperback Source : Purchased Rating : ★★★ Synopsis:   Sparkling white snowdrifts, beautiful presents wrapped in ribbons, and multicolored lights glittering in the night through the falling snow. A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks.  Thoughts: This was a cute read, to be honest. I didn't have high expectations because I am not big on anthologies, so I wasn't re...

I'm a reader.  Always have been always will be.  And my passion is to get others reading as well.  For me that starts at birth.  When my three kiddos were little that had so many books! We had them everywhere.  I feel its so very important to introduce the youngest of kids to books and reading.   So when I was offered a sample of Bookroo for review I jumped at the chance.  What is Bookroo you ask?  It's a book subscription box for children.  Each month they send you 2 or 3 books depending on your subsciption.  These are books that are choosen in a fantastic way.  This his how Bookroo puts it, "As book explorers, Bookroo discovers the hidden gems not already on your shelves and brings them straight to your door. With help from a panel of approximately 12 families attending Stanford University who read the books with their own children and rate them, Bookroo uses those ratings to help select the best books in each box every month...

Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens Synopsis: Determined to hunt down her very own hero, one who will sweep her off her feet and into wedded bliss, and despairing of finding him in London's staid ballrooms, Heather Cynster steps out of her safe world and boldly attends a racy soiree. But her promising hunt is ruined by the supremely interfering Viscount Breckenridge, who whisks her out of scandal-and straight into danger when a mysterious enemy seizes her, bundles her into a coach, and conveys her out of London. Now it's up to the notorious Breckenridge to prove himself the hero she's been searching for all along... Quick Thoughts:  I'd been meaning to read this one for years, but when I finally got around to it, I was extremely disappointed with how boring and long it felt for such a tiny paperback. The premise was promising, with a kidnapping and a hero and an escape from captors, but the "mystery" was dull, the sexy scenes just as ...

It's already a few days into the new year, what the heck?! I can't believe this year came by so quickly. 2017 didn't go by super fast, but the end of the year sort of sped up and now it's a few days into 2018 and I am just sitting down to write my goals. I am going to make this a quick one, because other than random and extremely ambitious goals, I don't have too many "new goals" for the new year. It's mostly repeats or rollovers from previous years. Reading Goals - Read books that I own: I tried this last year, and didn't do so well. - Read all the Netgalley ARC's I have: I've talked about this already. - Read the Stephen King books I have planned to: I have a list. - Read 100 books: I've done 52 books these last couple of years and really want to challenge myself this year. - Limit book buying to 1 or 2 books a month, max: Because honestly, I can't not buy books. Blogging Goals: - Blog once a week: Trying this again. - Catch up on...

Today I'm participating in a blog tour for Speed of Life organized by Smith Publicity.   First about the book Sofia wonders if 14 might be the worst possible age to lose your mom. Talking with her dad about puberty and s-e-x is super-awkward (even though he is a gynecologist). And when she wants to talk about her mom, her friends don't know what to say and her dad gets sad. When Sofia discovers Dear Kate, an advice columnist from Fifteen magazine, she’s grateful to have someone to confide in about everything from crushes to mourning—someone who is completely, wonderfully anonymous. It feels ideal—until Sofia’s dad introduces her to his new girlfriend, Katherine Baird, a.k.a., Dear Kate… About the Author Carol Weston has been the Dear Carol advice columnist at Girls’ Life since 1994. Her sixteen books include Ava and Pip, Ava and Taco Cat, Ava XOX, The Diary of Melanie Martin, and Girltalk: All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You, which came out in a dozen languages. Weston ha...

I've had a ton of books on Netgalley that I got accepted for review that I never read. I know. Shame. But I have slowly made some progress. My goal this year is to read ALL of the books I got accepted for and review them. There is only 19 on this list and that's not too many, really. I will updating this list as I get these read and the year progresses.