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My Bookish Life Book Review: Preacher Volume 4

             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 Arse...

My Bookish Life Book Review: Horrorstor

  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...

My Bookish Life Book Review: The Adventure of Little Bean

         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 ...

My Bookish Life : October TBR

       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 lo...

My Bookish Life: September Reading Wrap Up

          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 ...

My Bookish Life Book Review: Code of Conduct

    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 ...

My Bookish Life Book Review: A Child Called It

       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...