#OlympianChallenger #NetGalley

Title: Olympian Challenger

Author: Astrid Arditi

Publisher: Astrid Arditi 

Publish Day: July 3, 2018

Rating: 🥄🥄🥄🥄

Description:

A hero’s tournament. A defiant contender. Does one girl have the courage to take on Mount Olympus?

Hope’s world doesn’t have room for heroes. She barely has time for schoolwork, swim team, and taking care of her ailing mother. But when she’s invited to a mysterious tournament, the all-powerful hosts won’t take no for an answer.

Transported to Mount Olympus, Hope comes face to face with her new trainers—the pantheon of Greek gods. While other contenders train hard to gain a fighting edge, Hope searches for a way out. Instead, she finds a gorgeous shadow god who may just convince her to stay…

As each round unfolds, the ultimate prize draws closer—the granting of her heart’s deepest desire. If she survives the final challenge, her mother’s cure would be within reach…but only if Hope can ignore the tournament’s dark purpose.

Olympian Challenger is the first book in a bold YA urban fantasy trilogy. If you like Greek mythology, forbidden romance, and feats of courage, then you’ll love Astrid Arditi’s heroic coming-of-age tale.

My Review: Enjoyable YA that involves Greek mythology. Downloaded from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Can be purchased: BN | Amazon | Indie If you have Kindle Unlimited it's available through that as well.

#TheEndOfAllStories #NetGalley

Title: The End of All Stories

Author: Julia Rosenthal

Publisher:  Less Than Three Press

Publish Day: Jun 27, 2018

On a quest for truths that his books can't provide, Vael leaves the golden spires of his safe home to travel north, to the territories of the tribes there. But he gets far more than he bargains for when he is bound to Kayan, a chieftan's son, in a mating ritual performed by a mysterious priestess.

According to her, it is their destiny to save all of Badal'Shari from a terrible cataclysm. And though Vael has serious doubts about fate, and even more doubts about Kayan, he agrees to embark on a so-called journey to save their world...






















My review: Good quality story. This is a first in a series so there will be more! Downloaded freely on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks.

#HullmetalGirls #NetGalley

Title: Hullmetal Girls

Author: Emily Skrutskie

Publisher: Random House Children

Publish Day: July 17, 2018
Rating:🥄🥄🥄

Description:

Aisha Un-Haad would do anything for her family. When her brother contracts a plague, she knows her janitor's salary isn't enough to fund his treatment. So she volunteers to become a Scela, a mechanically enhanced soldier sworn to protect and serve the governing body of the Fleet, the collective of starships they call home. If Aisha can survive the harrowing modifications and earn an elite place in the Scela ranks, she may be able to save her brother.

Key Tanaka awakens in a Scela body with only hazy memories of her life before. She knows she's from the privileged end of the Fleet, but she has no recollection of why she chose to give up a life of luxury to become a hulking cyborg soldier. If she can make it through the training, she might have a shot at recovering her missing past.

In a unit of new recruits vying for top placement, Aisha's and Key's paths collide, and the two must learn to work together--a tall order for girls from opposite ends of the Fleet. But a rebellion is stirring, pitting those who yearn for independence from the Fleet against a government struggling to maintian unity.

With violence brewing and dark secrets surfacing, Aisha and Key find themselves questioning their loyalties. They will have to put aside their differences, though, if they want to keep humanity from tearing itself apart.

My review: Compared to The Abyss Surrounds Us -- this wasn't a go-to read like the first one of her books that I read. I try not to compare books but sometimes it's really hard not to do since I was hyped up about her previous work. I was hoping for the same feeling as I read this but it wasn't there.

It's still an interesting read to go into but not something I had imagined it should/would be.

Downloaded from Netgalley for free in exchange for an honest review.

#SpoonsNbooks: 2018 a Book of a Year

It's the second day of the new year. Tomorrow I go back to work and fantasy about the next vacation time we have. Don't get me wrong -- I love my job and what I do but I love not doing anything even more.

The first half of 2018 I was giving up on becoming a teacher. I graduated in December of 2016 and wasn't gainfully employed like almost everyone I knew was. It was frustrating.

So, I decided to join Netgalley and start blogging more about the books I'm reading. I was already book blogging and reading book blogs but this time I was going to go full in.

Plus, I had no job so there wasn't a whole lot I was doing anyway.

July came around we decided to move out of the house. I was worried because once again -- I was the only person in this relationship not employed. My boyfriend's job was heavy on the work hours and it happened. Love that we've moved. I love having my own place so far no regrets.

The start of August I interviewed for a position that would start in like a few days. I had a feeling  I was not going to get it -- I mean, I've been interviewing since 2016 and no one wanted me. But I am now in my second semester at this job -- it has its challenges due to the students and my medical problems but I'm still survivin'

ANYWAY TO THE BOOKS!!

Since I was unemployed for most of 2018 I had a LOT of time to read books. I didn't meet my 125 goal for the reading challenge on Goodreads. BUT I forgot to drop down the book count to match how many books I did make it through. Many consider that cheating but I'm just challenging myself so why does it matter?

My goal was to read a lot and remember most of them. I usually read through things so fast that by the end of the year I'm like.. I read that?? Me??? Are you sure?? So, the reviews help keep them in memory.

BOOKS THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVED:

by HAILEY EDWARDS:

Bayou Born 
Bone Driven

by NNEDI OKORAFOR

Binti

by ELLERY A. KANE

Daddy Darkest 

by EMILY SKRUTSKIE
The Abyss Surrounds Us

BOOKS THAT I'M GLAD I READ:

by TF Lince

Room 119

by KELLEY ARMSTRONG

Rough Justice

There's definitely more books but if we went through that..this would be a forever long blog entry. I have read a variety of books in 2018 and I'm glad it happened. I've found so many cute, educational children books to the fun, bizarre books for adults.