My Bookish Life

        Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are having a good afternoon. I have had a pretty calm Sunday myself! We all stayed at home which was peaceful!     So I have a few reading updates for you guys and more than one book review this time! I hope you guys enjoy reading this article because it is going to be a pretty long one. With that being said, let's get started! Title: The Nightmare Before Christmas : The Battle For Pumpkin King Author: Dan Conner Genre: Manga Pages: 128 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Years ago, Jack and Oogie Boogie were close friends. Both eager to prove themselves, they poured all of their passion into their fantastical projects to earn their rightful place as the scariest duo in town! But there could only be one Pumpkin King! What could have turned to such great friends into bitter rivals? My thoughts on the book: This book was ok . It's illustrations are really good and the story is decent. It was nice to be reading a manga ...

      Hello and how have you been doing? I hope you have all been good. I know it's been a little bit since I've posted but that's because I have been sick. Mostly it's just been a sinus infection followed by a really sever inner ear infection. I'm finally starting to get better but, I still haven't got all of my hearing back.      I have actually finished my whole February TBR list now I just have to get the reviews wrote. So I'm going to start knocking that out tonight! I'm unwinding with a glass of milk and I want to talk about Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn. So, let's do this! Title: Paper Girls Book 1 Author: Brian K. Vaughn Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 320 Rating: 5stars Synopsis: In the early hours of Halloween 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this story about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.  My thoughts on th...

      Hello and how are you all doing ? I hope you are all doing really good. I've had a crazy day. Thankfully not as crazy as the day I wrecked but it's been a mixed bag type of day. I did get to end it with a really good dinner though so there is that . My husband cooked some Rib-eye's on the grill for his birthday and they turned out amazingly !  Dinner is over now and we are all just relaxing so I want to finally post my May TBR! I hope you enjoy it . I think this one is going to be a good one ! Title: Happy & You Know It Author : Laura Hankin Genre: Comedy   I have already started reading this one . It's ok so far . It's a comedy about a group of young moms and you just kinda follow them around while a mix of drama and comedy happens. It's been a pretty fun and relaxing read ! Title : The Annotated Sandman Volume 1 Author : Neil Gaiman Genre: Graphic Novel I know this has been on my TBR list for months ! I really want to read it and I hope I can get to ...

         Hello everybody and good evening to you all. I hope you all have had a good few days. I have had a little bit of a rough time recently. I had a car wreck yesterday but, thankfully my kiddo wasn't in the car too. I'm ok today just sore and upset that the whole thing happened. Hopefully it will all be over and settled here soon. On a positive note I started my course to become a certified personal trainer today so that's awesome.      Now I want to talk about books ! It's been awhile since I have done this and I'm actually a little bit behind on my posting. That being said I will have a lot of posts coming up because I have a lot to talk about . I have two book reviews I need to post and a May TBR I need to post ! So, let's get started!  Title: Dio: Holy Diver  Author: Steve Niles and Scot Hampton Genre: Graphic Novel Pages : 124 Synopsis: The Holy Diver graphic novel is an original storyline inspired by one of heavy metals most i...

    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...

       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 co...

      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 ti...

        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...

                     Hello you guys and gals ! How are all of you doing? I'm doing pretty good . I had a fun day out with my kiddo . We did some shopping for a trip and got lunch . It was a fun day.        Now, I want to do some writing for my blog . Which by the way I'm sorry it's taking me longer to get reviews up but, that's because I got a job recently. However, I'm using the money to do things I want to do with my life so there is that. Preacher is one of my favorite comics so hopefully this will be a good review for you guys. With all that being said let's get to this review!   Title: Preacher Book Two: Proud American's Author: Garth Ennis Artist: Steve Dillon Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 368 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: In this volume Jesse Custer, along with his girlfriend Tulip and their Irish vampire friend Cassidy, head west to a party of Babylonian proportions. Then Jesse flies to France to rescue Ca...

        Hello how are you all doing? I hope you all are having a good day! I'm having a good one myself ! I have been really busy today. I did some reading early this morning and I went to the gym and got a good workout. Then I came home and did some cleaning and hung out with the kiddo. Now that I have got all of that done I want to do this book review before I go cook dinner. Title: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger 3 : The Little Sisters of Eluria Authors: Stephen King, Robin Furth Artist: Luke Ross & Richard Isanove Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 168 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis: Near death from an attack by Slow Mutants, Roland Deschain is taken by a group of Sisters who specialize in anything but the healing arts.  My thoughts on the book: I've been loving this adaptation of The Dark Tower Series and this was an excellent continuation of the series. This part of the story is very creepy! I can't say much about it without spoiling a ton of stuff but, I loved it! ...

         Hello everybody! I hope you all have had a good day so far. I have got all my other work done and now I'm back with my November Reading Wrap Up. I didn't get very many different books read this month but, I hope you guys enjoy it anyway.      1. Title: Pooh's Heffalump Movie         Author: Disney         Genre: Children's         Pages: 46         Rating: 2.5 stars       My thoughts on the book: This is one I read to my kiddo. We had fun reading it together but, I really didn't like the story. I thought it felt shallow. If you want a heartfelt children's story pick a different one.                     2. Title : The Dark Tower The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins                Author: Stephen King, Robin Furth             ...

        How are you guys this morning? I hope you all are doing good . I'm going to have a busy day today but for right now I want to work on my blog for a bit. So I'm back with another Graphic Novel Spotlight! Also, just so you all know I finished reading The Last Dinner on The Titanic last night so I will be back with a review of it tomorrow. With that being said lets get started on this review.  Title: The Dark Tower : The Fall of Gilead Authors: Stephen King , Robin Furth, Peter David Art: Richard Isanove Lettering: Chris Eliopoulos Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 208 Rating: 5 stars Synopsis: A horrified Steven Deschain learns that the deadly seeing sphere called Maerlyn's Grapefruit has been stolen from his chamber. Far worse, when he enters his wife's room to arrest her for theft his son Roland is standing over her with a gun in his hands. My thoughts on the book: This one has to be my favorite out of the graphic novels for the series that I have read so far ...

     Hello how are you all? I know it's been awhile since I have posted but I have been pretty busy recently. I hope you are all doing good though. My kiddo is asleep so while I have a few minutes I want to get this book review knocked out.  Title: The Dark Tower: Treachery Authors: Stephen King, Robin Furth, Peter David Art: Jae Lee & Richard Isanove Lettering: Chris Eliopoulos Genre: Graphic Novel Pages: 176 Rating: 4 stars   Summary: The ka-tet of Roland , Alain, and Cuthbert have returned safely to their home of Gilead . Roland has kept the evil Maerlyn's Grapefruit and has become obsessed with peering into it's pinkish depths despite the toll it has taken on his health. And what the young gunslinger sees brings him the darkest of nightmares . Meanwhile, Roland's father has led a pose in search of those who threatened his sons life in Hambry, John Farson and The Big Coffin Hunters. Also in this encounter Steven Deschain's life may be forfeit. My thoughts...

        Hello once again everybody! How are all of you doing ? I hope you all have a very good day . I know mine is going to be really busy because I have house stuff and errands I have to do. Since I have a few quite minutes this morning though ,  I wanted to start the graphic novel spotlight I told you guys I wanted to do, While there will usually only be one book covered for this kick off edition there is going to be two. Also, these are going to be like all my other book reviews. That being said lets get started!               Title: Stephen King's Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born Authors: Stephen King, Robin Furth, and Peter David Artists: Jae Lee & Richard Isanove Lettering: Chris Eliopoulos Genre: Graphic Novel  Pages : 106  Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis: Bringing the dramatic history of Roland into chronological order- as originally published in the novels The Gunslinger and Wizard & Glass- The Gunsli...