Here at Spooky's House Of Books your find a mixture of different type of books , because I love to just about anything that has to do with James Rollings and Clive Cussler,paranormal romance,science-fiction,dystopian,young adult,LGBT(gay and ménage- romance),historical romance,history,mysteres,suspense,thrillers,horror,true crime,literature classes, mythology. And theses are badges that I got from NetGalley.
Changes to my blog
Monthly TBRs listed
Goodreads Goal update
Book recommendations
Podcast : what I'm listing to
what I'm reading
Book reviews ( only on the ones I liked )
Questions:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2018.The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2018. The Crooked Staircase
Dean Koontz
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. Indianapolis
Lynn Vincent; Sara Vladic
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. Haunted World War II
Matthew L. Swayne
5. Biggest disappointment. White Houses
Amy Bloom
6. Biggest surprise.My Cousin Rachel
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush. Connor Keene, the only son of North American Central Pack Apex Gabriel Keene, Wild Hunger
Chloe Neill
9. Newest favourite character. Dewey “Mac” McKenzie from The Chuckwagon Trail
William W. Johnstone; J.A. Johnstone
10. Book that made you cry. Coffin, Scarcely Used
Colin Watson (DNF the series )
11. Book that made you happy.Survive the Night
Katie Ruggle
12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year. Haven't seen any as of yet
13. Favourite review you've written this year.Creature From The Crevasse
Michael Cole
(Booktube version: Favourite video you have done so far in this year) Don't make videos
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? the rest of my 2018 Reading Log if I can get to rest of them
37/52 Done
✔1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title:The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ( a must read)
✔2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list:Inquisition by David Gibbins
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
✔5. A book about or inspired by real events:The Marines' Lost Squadron The Odyssey of VMF-422 by Mark Carlson ( a must read)
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
✔7. A gothic novel:( might change)The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
✔8. An "own voices" book*Submerging Inferno by Brandon Witt
✔9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc);Blood Demons by Richard Jeffries
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction:( might change)
12. A book set in Africa or South America
✔13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)::The Blood Gospel by James Rollins ( must read series)
✔14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire :Poseidon's Arrow by Clive Cussler ( must read series)
✔15. A book with an unique format/writing structure:Inherit the Dead
✔16. A narrative nonfiction :On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
✔18. A book with a location in the title: Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders by Beverly Lowry
✔19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors):The Morgue and Me
✔20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends:Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
21. A book written in first person perspective
✔22. A book you have high expectations or hope for:Last Night by Kerry Wilkinson
✔23. A medical or legal thriller:The Devil's Grin by Annelie Wendeberg
✔24. A book with a map::Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West ( must read)
✔25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view:I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
26. A book with a text only cover
✔27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc):Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home by Sally M. Walker ( must read )
✔28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water: Devil's Gate by Clive Cussler ( must read series)
✔29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench):Mark of the Dagger by Stella Rae
30. A short book
✔31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to: Ancient Egypt Secrets Explained!: The Influences Behind Egyptian History, Mythology & The Impact On World Civilization by Jeffrey Houston
✔32. An alternate history book: White Houses by Amy Bloom
✔33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)"Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard
✔34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) Ture Crime : SIDETRACKED: The Betrayal And Murder Of Anna Kithcart ( must read)
✔35. A book featuring a murder:The Hunger ( this one is strange )
✔36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before:Her Last Lie by Amanda Brittany
✔37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)Wild card : A Book you read for free:The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
✔38. A science book or a science fiction book:Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
✔41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials:The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler
✔42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater:Creature From The Crevasse by Michael Cole
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
✔44. A ghost story:Trail of Terror: The Black Monk of Pontefract, Cripple Creek Jail, Firehouse Phantom, and Other True Hauntings by Richard Estep
✔45. A book that intimidates/ scares you:My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
✔46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air:Shock Wave by Clive Cussler
✔47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own:The Dolocherby European P. Douglas
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
✔49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link):The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
✔50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer):Survive the Night by Katie Ruggle
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
✔52. A book published in 2018:The Bookworm by Mitch Silver
book covers:
YESTERDAY MY 2018 Challenge said 108/237 books read ,Now it says 0/237 books reads not only that but once again Goodreads made me re verify my email,HAD the same problem with having to re verify my email like 6 times before they fixed the problem. Looks like goodreads is going down the drain.
1 DNF 100% and deleted of my May Netgalley ARC list
date:5/4/18
rating: DNF 100 %
note: Why or why did I even request this book, ok so it was the cove but even after I started reading it I went back to Goodreads to see what the book synopsis was and it didn't seem to make any sense at all: my message to Netgalley was this: it didn't make any make sense , it seemed to jump from one thing to next, it was also hard to follow what was going on , like the translation of what he was trying to say was lost
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title:The Evil Trance
by Mark Dysan
genre: thriller ( at least I think it was to have been)
book synopsis :
A seemingly innocuous adult film grabs the attention of a young lad. But the store owner, who also finds himself drawn to it, pays the price for it, with his life.
Enter Dr Mitra, a man of science. He finds his very basic grounding in science threatened, as uncanny events around him propel him to question what he has learned and held onto so far.
Gopi, his junior, and Shukla, a private detective, hop onto the scene even as Feroz, an inspector, is busy chasing the many suspicious events from the purview of the law. Murky waters must be charted to understand the myriad ramifications of what they have stumbled upon.
And this is no mean adventure. It is, but an Evil Trance