The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

It's the end of yet another month, which means it's time for a new Monthly Summary post. I've been lucky enough to both get my hands on a few books in addition to actually read a little bit. It's also soon finally autumn, which I'm looking forward to with all the pretty warm colours and cooler weather (an added bonus is all the interesting books that will be published). Some prefer the summer, I prefer the autumn. No matter what, here's the books I've read and gotten my hands on this month. Books I've Read The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Faceless by Amma Darko Bjørnejegerskens bekjennelser by Berit Hedemann Den polske bokseren by Eduardo Halfon The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara Høstlandskap i Havana by Leonardo Padura Godchild Volume 6 by Kaori Yuki Godchild Volume 7 by Kaori Yuki Godchild Volume 8 by Karoi Yuki Food Wars! Vol. 2 by Yuto Tsukuda Food Wars! Vol. 3 by Yuto Tsukuda Med mine øyne by Sheena Kamal Yo...

I am so excited that STEALING TRANQUILITY by J.L. Weil is available now and that I get to share the news! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author J.L. Weil, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 Amazon Gift Card, International, courtesy of J.L. and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. About the Book: Title:  STEALING TRANQUILITY Reverse Harem (Dragon Descendants Book 1) Author:  J.L. Weil Pub. Date:  August 30, 2018 Publisher:  Dark Magick Publishing, LLC Formats:  eBook Pages:  180 Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon Get ready to meet Jase, Kieran, Zade, and Issik, the last dragon descendants. Olivia Campbell’s life gets turned upside down when her mother suddenly passes away. Left with only a stepdad who despises her, she turns to the streets. Penniless and alone i...

BEHIND THE DOOR Kathy Ryan #1 by Mary SanGiovanni Genre: Horror Pub Date: 8/28/2018 Occult specialist Kathy Ryan returns in this thrilling novel of paranorm al horror from Mary SanGiovanni, the author of  Chills  . . . Some doors should never be opened . . . In the rural town of Zarepath, deep in the woods on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, stands the Door. No one knows where it came from, and no one knows where it leads. For generations, folks have come to the Door seeking solace or forgiveness. They deliver a handwritten letter asking for some emotional burden to be lifted, sealed with a mixture of wax and their own blood, and slide it beneath the Door. Three days later, their wish is answered—for better or worse. Kari is a single mother, grieving over the suicide of her teenage daughter. She made a terrible mistake, asking the powers beyond the Door to erase the memories of her lost child. And when she opened the Door t...

On Tour with Prism Book Tours Book Tour Grand Finale Queen of Iron and Blood By Melissa Wright We hope you enjoyed the tour! If you missed any of the stops you can see snippets, as well as the link to each full post, below: Launch - Note from the Author Welcome to the tour for Queen of Iron and Blood, book two in the Shattered Realms series! It was a thrill to continue the story of plucky heroine Mackenzie Scott, her younger brother Riley, and the complicated creatures who invaded their world... It's All About the Romance - Excerpt A black-winged bird slammed into the glass inches from Hannah’s face, the noise making her fingers tighten around the stock of her M4. She wanted to turn away from the window, from the disingenuousness of that promising sky, and cross the darkened room. But Hannah was on watch. She straightened, eyes narrowed against the light of a hidden sun, and another bird smacked into the glass with a dull thud. Thud. Thud, t...

With Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge, I ended up reading Circles of Hell by Dante (Italy). Today I'll post the review. Description from Goodreads 'I truly thought I'd never make it back.'  Ten of the most memorable and most terrifying cantos from Dante's Inferno. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.  Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Dante's works available in Penguin Classics are Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, The Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova. My Thou...

The Wolf of the Baskervilles Majanka Verstraete (The Adventures of Marisol Holmes, #3) Publication date: June 25th 2019 Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult Who is Marisol Holmes? She’s a teenager. Detective. Jaguar shifter. And don’t forget, she’s also the descendant of the great Sherlock Holmes. Our heroine had been in some pretty tight spots before, but now? She’s about to face her biggest challenge yet: a powerful shifter with a taste for blood. No one has faced down the deadly wolf of the Baskervilles and lived to tell the tale. Even so, Marisol Holmes plans to do just that. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Google Play / iBooks Author Bio: Author Majanka Verstraete has written more than twenty unique works of fiction. A native of Belgium, Majanka’s novels explore the true nature of monsters: the good, the bad, and just about every species in between. Her young adult books include the acclaimed Mirrorland (YA Dark Fantasy) and Angel o...

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for a new Top Ten Tuesday post, courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl . The theme of the week was a back to school/learning freebie, so I decided to write a top ten list of books with a school setting. Note that some of the books have the school setting part of the time, but some of the setting is at a school nontheless. My picks are;  Spinner by Michael J. Bowler Tompkin's School for the Extraordinarily Talented by Tabi Slick RoseBlood by A. G. Howard Night School by C. J. Daughterty Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Fifteen Seconds of Normal by Alex Marestaing Death by Diploma by Kelley Kaye Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

The Witch's Touch by Rosie Wylor-Owen Genre: Urban Fantasy Criminals are going missing. Felons or not, Detective Meeks is duty-bound to find them, with little to go on but a suspicious encounter between the latest missing person and a local business owner. As the case unravels, Meeks struggles to make sense of a world he thought he understood. Yet this twist of fate could be his chance to truly making a difference to the community he holds dear. Amanda Solanke is used to making waves, but never with the police. The last person to see the latest missing criminal, she is dragged to the heart of a police investigation. A small business owner in the eyes of the community, behind closed doors Amanda and her partner Leona guard a magical secret. The closer they are watched, the closer Amanda and Leona come to facing the ultimate danger: exposure. Goodreads * Amazon Rosie Wylor-Owen was born in Worcester, England at the height of baggy jeans an...

I picked up The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen due to Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge (England) and today I'll post the review of the book. Description from Goodreads 'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings - featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and babies biting off their mothers' fingers...  Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas tha...

With both Literary Voyage Around the World Challenge (Angola) and Library Love Challenge in the back of my mind, I ended up borrowing The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa at the library. Today, I'll post the review of this novella. Description from Goodreads The narrator of this novel is a rather charming lizard. He lives on Felix Ventura's living-room wall, Felix, the lizard's friend and hero of the story, is a man who sells pasts - if you don't like yours, he can come up with an new one for you, a new past - full of better memories, with a complete lineage, photos and all." My Thoughts on the Book The Book of Chameleons is a quirky little book, but quite enjoyable. Even if the book is a quick read, it also has a bit of depth.

It's Friday, which means it's time for a new Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of  Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer . The question of the week was "Where do you post your reviews besides your blog? Please list them all so perhaps we can find some new sites." Book Blogger Hop If I post any reviews outside of my blog, it's mostly on either Goodreads or Netgallery. If anyone wants to add me as a friend on  Goodreads , feel free to do so.

Due to Platypire Diversity challenge and this month's theme of mental health awareness, I decided to read Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Archer. And just for the record before I continue; I do not support his actions in terms of sexual harassment etc. Description from Goodreads You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and first love – who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice explains there are thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why. All through the night, Clay keeps listening – and what he discovers changes his life... forever. My Thoughts On The Novel Even though the book somehow manages to portray the snowball effect of various incidents that makes Hannah comm...

Rise of The Witch: A Circus of Shifters Novel Rebecca Ethington (The Phoenix's Ashes, #1) Publication date: September 21st 2018 Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult Phoenix Shifters are rare. They also hold the key to eternal life. No wonder the Dragon King wants the last one on earth for himself. My entire life has been spent tucked away in a traveling circus, concealed by the powerful spell of an old witch. It would be just my luck that a streak of rebellion would land me in the hands of three sexy dragon shifters. I am in so much trouble. Dragons aren’t supposed to know I exist, let alone make me feel this… warm. Turns out that these three might be the only ones who can protect me from the Dragon King. We are playing a dangerous game, and if we don’t get our act together and defeat the tyrant who is hunting me I am going to lose more than the three Dragon Gods that have claimed my heart, and my soul. Rise of The Witch is a full-length Shifter Reverse Ha...