My Bookish Life

     Hello and how are you all doing? I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Mine was pretty good. My house exchanged gifts this morning and then the three of us went to my in-laws for lunch and another gift exchange . The food was really good and we all had fun. After that we came home and rested a little bit and my husband put a prime rib on the smoker for our Christmas dinner and the kiddo and I went to my mom's for a gift exchange. Pretty much my whole family came so that was fun! I ended the day by reading a Blue's Clues Christmas story to my kiddo which was really nice!      Now, the day is ending and I'm relaxing so I want to post a book review that I have been meaning to post for a few days now. I have me some almond milk and I want to talk books ! Let's do this! Title: Gwendy's Button Box Authors: Stephen King & Richard Chizmar Genre: YA Pages: 171 Rating: 5 stars! Synopsis: There are three ways up to Castle View from the town Castle Rock: Route 117, Ple

    Hello and how are you guys? I'm doing good I hope you all are too. I'm enjoying a day off from work so I want to get caught up on my blog and kiddo and I might go for a walk later because it looks like it's going to be a nice day. For now though, I want to talk about books some !  Title: Sleeping Beauties Authors : Stephen King and Owen King Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 128 Rating: 2.5 stars Synopsis: A bizarre sleeping sickness, known as Aurora, has fallen over the world, and the strangest thing of all is it's only affecting women. In the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; calling herself Eve and she leaves a trail of carnage behind her. More mysteriously, she is the only woman who can sleep and not get the sickness. My thoughts on the book: Surprisingly this isn't my favorite book I have read this month despite it being by my favorite author. I just wasn't really feeling it at all. That being said it was only 128 pages so

          Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all had a good day . Mine was pretty good. Kiddo and I had a bit of a day out. We went to the bookstore and we got a cookie. Then we picked out Christmas ornaments. It was all pretty fun ! Then we all went to my mother-in-laws for dinner and to a gas station called Buc-ee's . That place was huge it had at least 100 gas pumps! So I had a pretty fun day !      Now I want to work on my blog some before I have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm chilling out trying to relax and have fun for a bit . So let's do this !         Title: Preacher Book 6 : On Earth As It Is In Heaven  Author: Garth Ennis  Pages: 379 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: In this final installment of Preacher , Jesse Custer make amend with hi girlfriend Tulip. Then seeks revenge against his former friend Cassidy , He does this because of the things Cassidy did to Tulip when he thought Jesse was dead.  Most of the main characters from the story converge at The Alamo for

         Hello and how are you guys? I hope you are all having a good day! I'm having a pretty nice day off. Mostly, I have been resting at the house. We have just finished lunch and now I want to do some work on my blog for a minute.       So we are nearing the end of the year so it's time for a yearly reading stats post! I know it's not exactly the end of the year so I know these stats want be accurate for the whole year . Whatever I read between now and the 1st of January just really want count for anything except my goodreads challenge I guess. So let's breakdown my reading year!         Stats: Books Read: 36 Pages Read: 10,211 Genres Read: 9 Average Rating: 4.02 I think  Number of Books Read Per Genre: YA: 3 Graphic Novel:8 Horror: 9 Non-Fiction: 7 Fantasy: 5 Poetry: 1 Manga: 1 Fiction: 2 Children's (read for blog): 1 Goodreads Challenge: Not completed yet I'm at 36 out 40 .     That's it for this reading update! Feel free to share your stats in the com

     Hello ! How are you guys? I hope you are all doing good. My husband and I took our kiddo to the Christmas Parade last night and that was really fun. It was pretty cute! The kiddo had a really good rime! After that I read a Christmas story to my kiddo when we got home before going to bed!       I have to work today bur, before I go in I want to work on my blog some. I have had breakfast and I'm drinking my coffee so I'm ready to do this! Let's get started! Title: Preacher; Small Town Blues Book 5 Author: Garth Ennis Artist: Steve Dillon Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 364 Rating : 5 stars Synopsis:  Preacher Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God  , accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend  Tulip and Irish vampire buddy, continues as Jesse becomes the sheriff of a small but troubled Texas town. After doing some soul searching he decides it's time to continue his quest to find God and hold him accountable for his actions . But before he can continue down that path,

       Hi you guys! I hope you had a good day! My day was pretty good . I did some cleaning but, other than that I mostly rested and did some reading and diamond painting. Yes, I love to do crafts too! However I did tell you guys I would be back with my December TBR so here we go!       Firstly , it being the end of the year I kinda just want to pick some easy reads. Partly because I recently read two roughly 500 page books. Also partly because I have some serious non-fiction reads planned for next month. So yeah I just want to chill for a minute and not read anything huge. In fact I'm mostly reading graphic novels this month.      So the following is my TBR for the coming month. 1. Title : Preacher Book Five: Small Town Blues Author: Garth Ennis Genre: Graphic Novel Pages : 366   I really want to finish my Preacher re-read this month . I love the comic series . It's just crazy fun and a blast to read. I almost have this one completely read and will probably post a review tomor

         Hello how have you guys been? I hope you all have been good. I know it's been a bit since I have talked to you all but, my work has been super crazy because of the holidays. So that's what's been happening there. I do hope to get a lot of work done on my blog soon though.        Now though, I have finally finished Little Heaven by Nick Cutter and I want to do a review on it . So, I'm doing that this morning. I have my coffee and I'm ready so lets do this! Title: Little Heaven Author: Nick Cutter Genre: Horror/Sci-fi Pages: 475 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman for a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew who may have been taken against his will to a backwoods New Mexico settlement called Little Heaven. Shortly after they arrive things turn ominous. Stirrings in the woods over the tree tops - the brooding shape of a monolith  known as the Black Rock casts a terrible pall. Paranoia and distrust grips

        Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are having a good day. My day was pretty good . My husband cooked something on the grill called Brown Sugar-Garlic rubbed Rib Eye Steaks. I really liked it ! You guys should try it sometime.      Now, I want to talk about books some before I go to bed . I have my egg nog and I'm just relaxing now . I think this will be a fun review! Title: The World's Most Haunted Places Author: Time Life Magazine  Genre: Horror/Paranormal Pages: 98 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Stories, info, and photos- Creepy , Ghostly, and Notorious Spots. The World's Most Haunted Places. My thoughts on the book I liked it. It's a decent read . My only complaint really is that I personally had already heard about a lot of the places mentioned because they are classics that always get mentioned when you talk about haunted places. For examples of what I mean think of like The Stanley Hotel, The Winchester House, and The Amityville House.       That being

        Hello and how are you all doing? I hope all of you had a good day. I had a pretty good day. My kiddo and I went to town and did some shopping and then we came home and I did some cleaning and reading. So yeah overall I had a good day ! Now, I want to work on my blog before I go to bed so lets do this! I think this is going to be a good review because I had some pretty strong feelings about this book.  Title: Billy Summers Author: Stephen King Genre: I think I would say Action actually. Pages: 528 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun.He's a killer for hire the best in the business. But he'll only do the job if the target is truly a bad guy. And now Billy wants out . But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after his job is done. So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything? My thoughts on the book: At first I didn't think I wa

             Hello and how are you guys doing tonight? I hope you all are having a good night. My day has been pretty good. My husband and I went and looked at new places to live and we found some that we liked. After that we went grocery shopping and I watched the new episode of Chucky which was pretty good.        Now, I want to do some work on my blog! I have finished reading Preacher and started reading Billy Summers by Stephen King. I realize it's been a minute since I posted on here but , my work schedule was pretty busy. I have some time now though, so I want to get a review out! Title: Preacher Book 4 Author: Garth Ennis Genre: Graphic Novel Pages : 368 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis: This title collects the story of Jesse Custer's ultimate battle with the Saint of Killers and the forces of Starr and it's catastrophic outcome.  My thoughts on the book: Ok I loved the humor in this one! Some of the stuff that happens with Arseface is hilarious! You do get his full store in

  Hello and how are you all doing this evening? I hope you all are having a good day . I had the day off and it was a pretty good day. My husband and I went out to eat and did some Christmas shopping for the kiddo. Then when we got home I had popcorn and watched the first episode in the new Chucky tv series. So yeah it was a nice day!    Now I want to work on my blog some though . I hope this review comes out good because I have a few different feelings about this book. So with that being said lets get to talking books.  Title: Horrorstor Author: Grady Hendrix Genre: Horror Pages: 243 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture super store in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets and smashed Liripipe wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking.  To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a from dusk to dawn shift

         Hellos and how are you guys doing? I hope all of you are having a good day . Mine has been ok . I do want to write some reviews now though so lets do this!            Title: The Adventure of Little Bean  Author: Ageno H. Monica Genre: Children's Rating: 4 stars Synopsis: Little Bean is an adorable bean stalk looking for a new home. With a little help from his friends, will he be able to find a safe place to live? Lets find out. My thoughts on the book: So my kiddo and I read this book together for a story time.  This was a good read and we had lots of fun . The story is adorable and it teaches a good lesson about the environment .  I also thought the characters looked adorable . This is a really cute kids book and parents will enjoy it too. I like and appreciate how it talks about the environment . It encourages kids not to litter and that's a very good thing.  Most importantly, I'm positive little kids will love this book! My two and a half year old was hooked ! I

       Hello and how are you guys doing? I'm super tired because kiddo kept us up a lot of the night and then I had to go into work today. So yeah I'm exhausted and running on caffeine. That being said I want to get this TBR up because I have been planning it for awhile.       All of that being said, no Bookopolly this month and maybe no Bookopolly next month. I wanted to pick out just spooky books for the fall season and that's pretty much what I have done. Also, this TBR list is for both this month and next month most likely because what I don't finish this month I'm going to keep reading next month. So now lets get to the book list! 1. The Adventures of Little Bean by Ageno H. Monica  This is a children's book and it was given to me by the author to review. My kiddo and I are going to make a story time out of it tomorrow and I should have a review up either tomorrow afternoon or Thursday morning something like that. I hope it's good, it looks adorable!  2

          Hello and how are you all doing ? I hope all of you are having a good day. I had a pretty good day at work. I ended up having to work over so I'm only going to be able to post my Reading Wrap Up today but, that's fine I can debut my October TBR tomorrow. I will say there are some books on it I have been wanting to read for a very long time!          I will say I think September was one of my better reading months so far this year. It feels like I actually got a lot of reading done. With that being said lets start talking about the books because I have several to cover this time!  1. Title: Blood Moon Author: Joseph Battaglia Genre: Mystery/Horror Page: 220  Rating: 3 stars My Thoughts On The Book: This book was a good kick off for the spooky season . It was a quick read and easy to get into. It's a mystery involving werewolves and some murders that happen and it's an ok read. I do however think somethings were rushed but that's the biggest flaw the book ha

    Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are doing good ! I have had an ok day. Kiddo and I picked out our Halloween costumes today. He is going to be a baby vampire and I'm going to be female Chucky . We are going to have so much fun this year ! I can't wait! Now I want to talk books though so let's get this review started! Title: Code of Conduct Author: Brad Thor  Genre: Thriller Pages: 360 Rating: 4 Synopsis:  Hidden deep within one of the world's most powerful organizations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda. It's members are afforded incredible protections- considered elites, untouchables. But, when four seconds of video is captured halfway around the world and anonymously transmitted to D.C. covert wheels are set in motion , and counter-terrorism operative Scot Harvath is tapped to undertake the most deadly assignment of his career. My thoughts on the book: I liked this one . It was one of the better books I read last month .  The story was

       Hello everybody! How are all you guys? I'm pretty good I'm just waking up though. My kiddo and I went to the Hwy 411 Yard Sale yesterday and we had lots of fun. I will post the book haul I got from the yard sale later. Right now I want to get this book review posted before I have to go into work.  I have my coffee and I'm ready to go !  Title: A Child Called It Author: Dave Pelzer Genre: True Crime Format: Audio Rating: 5 stars!! Synopsis: This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It's the story of Dave Pelzer , who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable , alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games- games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "It." Dave's bed was an old army cot in the base

      Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are having a good day. Mine has been good but, busy . Now, I have some down time and I want to talk books for a bit ! So let's get this review started! Title : The Waking : Dreams End Author: Raven Gregory Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 88 Rating: 2.5 Synopsis: Murder has became practically extinct in a world armed with knowledge that those that are murdered will return from the dead to take the life of the person that murdered them... but within a new world comes a new type of killer.  And he must be stopped! My thoughts on the book: It's just alright . I don't hate that I read it but, the story didn't grab my attention to much. There are horror comics that are way better than this one. I do wonder if I would feel any differently if I would have read Volume 1 first? I do sort of want to check out the first one to see if the story is any better that after reading that one. At the same time I question it being worth the time

        Hello and how are you guys? I have had an eye infection so it's taken me way longer than it should have to finish this book but, the good news is I'm fully recovered! So that's a good thing. I've had a really busy day because I had house cleaning I had to do and stuff . Now, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day off ! I have a cold coffee and I want to talk books so lets do this!  Title: Preacher Book Three Author: Garth Ennis Artist : Steve Dillon Genre: Graphic Novel Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: Jesse Custer continues his dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy . In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head down south in hopes of recovering from their encounter with The Grail . But during their planned down time Jesse must face off against an enraged Arseface, who seeks to ave

             Hello and good morning! How are you all doing ? I hope you are having a good morning. Mine has been good so far but, I have a very busy day ahead of me . It's a work day and I have cleaning I have to do plus we are going to my in laws later for dinner which should be fun.  All that being said for now I want to talk about books! I have some coffee fixed so lets get this review started! Title: Blood Moon Author: Joseph J. Battaglia  Genre: Mystery/Horror Page:  220 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Simon , a young brash FBI agent receives his first assignment . Small town murders, is it a cult , a serial killer or something much worse ? From being attacked early on, once on the scene of the crime, to meeting his fellow adopted brother in town back packing the country . Is Samuel there with his past history of drug and alcohol addiction to help or hinder or is it just a strange coincidence?  Clan leader Xavier watches over not only his small flock of followers but, also the small

          Hello everyone! How have you all been! I hope you all have had a good day. I have had a fun day with my family . We mostly stayed at the house because we wanted to rest but, my husband went and got pizza, cheesy bread, and a desert pizza and we ate that and pop corn and watched The Jay and Silent Bob reboot . It was a very fun time and nice day!      While I have the chance I want to post my September TBR. Which I think it will be an interesting one . So let's get to the discussion of books shall we?    First up on my TBR list we have Blood Moon by Joseph Battaglia. This is Mr. Battaglia's first book and he sent it to me to review on the blog. It sounds really interesting and it involves murders, dog men, and the FBI. I have already started reading it and a review will be up in a few more days.        Second on my TBR list is Preacher Book Three by Garth Ennis. This is obviously a continuation of my Preacher series spotlight. I really enjoy this series every time I re

     Hello and how are you guys? I'm doing pretty good. It was a busy work day but now I'm chilling out at the house.  I have fixed me some of the Some Beach Ole Smokey Moonshine that I bought while on vacation and now I'm kicking back and I want to write my reading wrap up for last month. So lets get to this !  #1. Title : The Light Fantastic Author: Terry Pratchett Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3.5 stars Pages: 270 My thoughts on the book: I thought this book was a decent read . I did like it and I love Terry Pretchett's sense of humor. However, I didn't think it was as good as the first book in the series and that's why I gave it 3.5 stars. I still want to check out the rest of the series though because this story is really funny and so strange ! #2. Title: Preacher Volume 2 : Until The End of The World Author: Garth Ennis Artist: Steve Dillon Pages: 258 Genre: Graphic Novel Rating: 5 stars My thoughts on this book: As I have said previously this is a series reread

     Hello and how are you guys? I hope you are all having a good morning . Mine has been good but, it's going to get busy later. It's a work day and I also have a ton of stuff I have to do. For now, I have my coffee and I want to get this review posted so lets get to it! Title: We Have Always Lived In The Castle Author: Shirley Jackson Genre: YA/Horror Pages: 146 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am 18 years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I have . I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagnet, and Amanita Phalloides , the death cap mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead. My thoughts on the book: This was a fast and easy read and I actually really liked this one. I can see why it's a classic! Thi