Bookish Bingo Challenge: Fall

Bookish Bingo Challenge
Fall: October to December 2014
hosted by Great Imaginations
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Just joined the next edition of this book challenge!

The Rules:

Sign-ups close on October 15 here

Read read read! You have all of October, November and December to cover as many squares as possible.

One book per square. So while Shutter has a creature on the cover and is a autumn release, it can only count for one square

There will be a giveaway at the end of December. Each bingo earned gets you extra points! To enter, write up a wrap up post with links to your books read and plug it into the Rafflecopter.

*Books do not have to be reviewed*

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Books read:

Square - Mystery
Danse Macabre by Cristelle Comby
my review

Square - Steampunk
Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
my review

Square - Set at Christmas Time
An Unexpected Kiss by Cindy Roland Anderson
my review

Square - Snow on Cover
Feels Like Love by Jeanette Lewis
my review

Square - Serial Killers
Hunting in Bruges by E.J. Stevens
my review

Square - Historical
Whip Smart: Lola Montez Starts a Revolution by Kit Brennan
my review

Square - Green Cover
Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs
my review

Square - Birds on Cover
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
my review

Square - Set in Autumn
The Secret Journal of Ichabod Crane
my review

Square - Horror
Horrorstor: A Novel by Grady Hendrix
my review

Square - Set on Halloween
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
illustrated by Yuyi Marales
my review

Square - Frost in title
Frostbitten by Heather Beck
my review

Square - Creature on Cover -chimpanzee
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
my review

Square - Red cover
Drowning by Jassy de Jong
my review

Square - Black cover
The Bodies We Wear by Jeyn Roberts
my review

Square - Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
my review

Square - Romance
The Sharp Hook of Love by Sherry Jones
my review

Square - Orange cover
Deadly Odds by Allen Wyler
my review

Square - Fall release
Of Monsters and Madness
by Jessica Verday
my review

Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday

Of Monsters and Madness
by Jessica Verday

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Just released: September 9, 2014
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Genre: Edgar Allan Poe theme, Horror, YA
Hardback: 288 pages
Rating: 4

A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author.

Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional upbringing makes her repugnant to her angry, secretive father.

Annabel becomes infatuated with her father's assistant Allan, who dabbles in writing when he's not helping with medical advancements. But in darker hours, when she's not to be roaming the house, she encounters the devilish assistant Edgar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Allan, and who others insist doesn't exist.

A rash of murders across Philadelphia, coupled with her father's strange behavior, leads Annabel to satisfy her curiosity and uncover a terrible truth: Edgar and Allan are two halves of the same person - and they are about to make the crimes detailed in Allan's stories come to life. Unless Annabel stops them.

My two-bits:

Got a good dose of a dark gothic Poe-like vibe with this read.

I liked how the Annabel character was portrayed as a smart tough cookie for her time period.

I was mostly kept engaged to this story because I wanted to find out what the deal was with Edgar and Allan which turned out to be very interesting.

Kinda left me hanging at the end. So, wondering if a book two is in the works.

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* review copy courtesy of edelweiss

Stacking the Shelves - 4.19.14

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Bought:

Stag's Leap: Poems
by Sharon Olds
Got this Pulitzer Prize winner (2013) in celebration of National Poetry month. Are you reading poetry this month? If so, by whom?

For Review:

Kissed
The Thorn Chronicles book 1
by Kimberly Loth
-paranormal, YA
courtesy of author
Thanks Kimberly!

Of Monsters and Madness
by Jessica Verday
-Edgar Allan Poe theme, horror, YA
courtesy of publisher
Thanks!

The Falconer
by Elizabeth May
-fantasy, YA
courtesy of publisher
Thanks Lara!Received a second copy, so stay tuned for a giveaway of this in May.

Library:

Colleges That Change Lives
40 Schools that will change the way you
think about colleges
by Loren Rope
-referenceDefinitely a good read for those thinking of colleges and for parents who are helping their children with college preparations.

Siege and Storm
The Grisha trilogy book 2
by Leigh Bardugo
-fantasy, steampunk, YACouldn't wait and just had to pickup book 2 to continue. And, listening to the audio version this time around. So far, soooo good :-)

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* some of these may be offered as giveaways within the next two months

* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

* per usual, check out the sidebar for my current giveaways offers