The Stand: Graphic Novel Vol. 1

This post is fitting with Free Comic Day approaching. I have had this graphic novel on my bookcase for a while now. Today I finally sat down and read it. I enjoyed readying the first installment of this story. I enjoyed it so much I went onto Amazon and ordered the next two books. I don't think I could read this as a book, but as a graphic novel I found it very interesting.
I am just starting to read more graphic novels. So I took a couple down off my shelf to read them. I liked the art and they way the story is told. I do really like that the comic book companies are doing novels into these visual stunning versions. I will be looking for more novels like this in the future.

Written in Red and the Murder of Crows

I recently finished one of my new favorite books. I got Written in Red by Anne Bishop at my local library. In February my library was doing an awesome display. They had wrapped books in brown paper with single lines on them. They were setting up "Blind Dates" with books. So I got this one. It took me a little bit to get into the book. I wasn't reading it fast enough, so I decided to return it and buy the book. I tried it again once I bought it and once I got about a quarter of the way through I was hooked. I sometimes have trouble getting into Fantasy books. I tend to have better luck with the Urban Fantasy, so I am always on the lookout for those.

I really liked how vivid and easy to remember her world building is. Bishop bases her world on an alternate version of ours, which for me made it easier to follow. I also really liked her characters. They are well developed and likable. Her main character, Meg, is spunky and intelligent. This makes her journey engrossing.

It is not very often that I finish a book and feel completely obsessed with it. Which is why once I was finished I downloaded the second one, which had just been released! I also put this book as my Secret Santa category in the 25 book challenge. 

The Murder of Crows is the second book in The Others series. Anne Bishop does a great job with this one too! It starts up shortly where we left off in the first book. We continue with her world building and get more character development. This book builds towards what was started in the first one. They almost felt the one book. How it progresses and carries on a lot of the issues and questions from the first book. You have to read these in order. Sometimes you can skip around in a series, and this is not one of them.

I fell even more in love with the characters and we got a lot more info on the secondary characters and they nicely fit into the ensemble she is creating. The third book, unfortunately , is not being released until next March. I don't know how I am going to wait a whole year for this! I am not sure how many books the author is planning on writing for this series, but I hope there are a few more books coming in the future. I put this book as my Fantasy book in my 25 book challenge. 

Judging a Book by Its Lover

                                    

This post is about the book Judging a Book by Its Lover by Lauren Leto. I received this book in the Book Riot second Quarterly box. While I do recommend that service, it is amazing. I was not thrilled with this selection. It is something I would not have picked up on my own, so I was happy for the chance to get a chance to try something different. I really wanted to love this book. But I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. I didn't find it very humorous. I am usually not a huge fan of humor books, which may have also been why I had some problem with it. But it was about books so I hoped that would balance it out. I was happy to have a book to check off my humor box in the 25 book challenge.

I got another book in the Quarterly box and am excited to check that one out. I loved my box and can't wait until June to get the third one. You should go to bookriot.com and check out their Quarterly box.

A Rogue by Any Other Name and Oyster

I have finish quite a few book since my last post, so I will be posting reviews and pictures over the next couple weeks. I am going to start back by telling you about the last book I finished. I read A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean. This is actually the first book I have read by this author and was absolutely delighted. I loved how she created characters I cared about very quickly. It was a fast paced read and I was so hooked I finished it in two days. The story is believable and you can't help but fall in love with all the characters. This is the first book in a series of four books. What first grabbed my attention was the loevly cover of this book.

The story revolves around a Lord who has lost everything. He earns his riches back by being one of the owners of gaming hell. But he still wants the land he lost to a trusted guardian in a card game. When a childhood friend has the land added to her dowry he decides to take action. I highly recommend this book.

I also just subscribed to Oyster Books. It is fantastic. I had been hearing about it on the Book Riot podcast for a few months and last week finally decided to check it out. It is amazing. There are a lot of different types of books. It has award winners and past New York Times Bestsellers. I was very excited about all the different romance novels and fiction that was available. It is only $9.95 a month and you can read as many books as you want.