November TBR

Happy Halloween! I hope you are enjoying lots of delicious candy. This month should be a little less hectic so I hope to get a little more reading done. I have a lot of books that might come in from the library so I will leave this pretty short.

The List
The Ninth Wife- Amy Stolls
Gone- Michael Grant (started-need to finish)
Iron's Prophecy- Julie Kagawa
Silent Harmony- Michele Scott
The Book Thief-Markus Zuzak (Re-Read)
This Song Will Save Your Life- Leila Sales

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jamie at The Broke and the Bookish.

I do not generally read a ton of creepy books because I do the most reading before I go to bed and usually I go to bed before my fiance so I hate freaking myself out, especially when he's not come but I did manage to locate some creepy books I have read.

1) The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman
2) Asylum- Madeleine Roux
3) The Coldest Girl in Coldtown- Holly Black
4) I Hunt Killers- Berry Lyga
5) Doll Bones- Holly Black
6) Ten- Gretchen McNeil
7) Anna Dressed in Blood- Kendare Blake
8) In The Shadow of Blackbirds- Cat Winters
10) The Madman's Daughter- Megan Sheppard

Stacking the Shelves (93)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

I have way to many books this week. I need to start reading the books I have because they are piling up not only in my house but also on my Kindle. What did you get?

Bought New (Kindle and Chapters)
Allegiant- Veronica Roth 
Slated- Teri Terry
A Little Too Far- Lisa Desrochers (Kindle)
Silent Harmony- Michele Scott (Kindle)
Iron's Prophecy- Julie Kagawa (Kindle-free)
The Program- Suzanne Young (Kindle)
The Fierce Reads Anthology- Multiple Authors (Free on Kindle)
The Fierce Reads Anthology: Volume 2- Multiple Authors (Free on Kindle)

Smoke- Ellen Hopkins

Title: Smoke
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Source: Borrowed from the library
Series: Yes
Rating: 4/5








Goodreads Summary:

Pattyn Von Stratten’s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated. Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life, but is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you’ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?

This is the newest book by Ellen Hopkins and like every single book she writes I really enjoyed it a whole lot. I read Burned quite awhile ago so somethings took me a bit to understand but she does a good job of making you able to understand the story without either reading the first book or not remembering all the details. 

This is a continuation from Burned and it brings back some of the characters from Burned but we are also introduced to new characters. The story starts with Pattyn on the run from her family and her past. When she leaves, her sister Jackie who is the only one that really knows what happened that night is left behind to deal with their mother. While Pattyn is trying to start over, Jackie is trying to survive without her sister feeling isolated. The story goes between Pattyn and Jackie's points of view.

Pattyn has been handed some pretty awful cards so far in life. First she lost Ethan, then the baby and now she is on the run away from her family and friends trying to make a new life for herself. She winds up at a farm where she finds work. Jackie is struggling to deal with what happened the night her dad died, she does not remember everything that happened and her mother is trying to forget what happened and make the family move on. 

The book went in a lot of different directions, the dark sides of side characters made an appearance and brought some pretty tragic scenes. This book main focus is on the abuse that Pattyn, Jackie and their mom had to deal with before Pattyn's father died. 

As always I really enjoyed this story even though it was bittersweet. I would recommend reading the first book first because it is good. If you skip Hopkins shows scenes from the first novel so you able to understand what is going on. It feels like their might be another book because of the ending but I do not think at this time that there is a definitive answer. I gave this a 4/5.

Stacking the Shelves (92)

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

This week is a Kindle haul. I am addicted to the Kindle daily deals, I check everyday and if there is anything that sounds I might like it even a little I buy it. This is a problem for my wallet but bonus my fiancee does not complain that I have too many books in the house so there is that.

Bought New (Kindle)
Nobody but Us- Kristin Halbrook
Arclight- Josin L. McQuein
Escape Theory- Margaux Froley
Forgive my Fins- Tera Lynn Childs
The Winter Prince- Elizabeth Wein

Gifted
Across A Star-Swept Sea- Diana Peterfreund

Borrowed from the library
Omens- Kelley Armstrong
Smoke- Ellen Hopkins
Were'd You Go Bernadette- Maria Semple