Here is where I stand with the challenges I have joined after the month of January (only challenges that I read books for this month are featured here):
Graphic Novels (1/12)
1. Kill My Mother by Jules Fieffer
Author Alphabet (9/26)
1. The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
2. Mameluke Bath by Andrew Asibong
3. WWW:Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
4. True Grit by Charles Portis
5. The Eye Unseen by Cynthia Tottleben
6. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
7. Kill My Mother by Jules Fieffer
8. Nature's Confession by J. L. Morin
9. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Stacking the Shelves: 1/25-1/31
The Keys of the Watchmen by Kathleen C. Perrin
Ask the Dark by Henry Turner
Rain by Cynthia Barnett
Bought on Amazon:
Race to Death by Leigh Russell
Received in a swap:
Mr. Monster by Dan Wells
The Satanic Verses
Author: Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: 9781461824060
ISBN: 9781461824060
Why Read?: For Fun
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Thoughts: I loved listening to this as Rushdie's word have some poetry to them. However, there were some parts that confused me as I did not understand all the religious nuances.
Rating: 3 stars
Elsewhere Online: January 2015
As you know from my Stacking the Shelves posts, I review for another website (bookloons.com). As I cannot post my reviews there and here, but I would still like to count the books I read for the challenges, I am going to have a post like this at the end of the every month listing the books I reviewed and what challenges the went towards.
Title: All the Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Title: All the Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Title: Kill My Mother
Author: Jules Fieffer
Challenges: Graphic Novel, Author Alphabet
Title: Nature's Confession
Author: J. L. Morin
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
The Eye Unseen
Author: Cynthia Tottleben
Publisher: JournalStone
ISBN: 9781940161105
ISBN: 9781940161105
Why Read?: Early Review
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Challenges: Author Alphabet
Thoughts: If V. C. Andrews wrote supernatural horror, this would be it. Some parts might be a little hard to stomach, but that adds to the horror.
Rating: 3 stars
Monday, January 26, 2015
In the Box: January 2015 Awesome Pack Big Kid Box
I loved last month's Awesome Pack Big Kid Pack, but I think this month's blew me out of the water! My box was literally stuffed with awesomeness. The subscription is $44.99 a month and you can choose the Big Kid option (for those without kids - like me), or the Family option. Their site does not have referral links set up yet, nor can you log into your account yet, but they do have a referral program, so if you do decide after reading my review to try it, I would very much appreciate if you told them you heard about it from me, rickimc [at] aol [dot] com.
Let's start with the bigger (ie more advanced) games. Both this month have a vampire theme, which is kinda cool, and both are entirely new to me. Vampire Empire (a $29.95 value) is a card game for two, which makes it perfect for couples. Night Eternal (a $30 value) is based on a game played on True Blood. I have never watched True Blood (I have read some Sookie Stackhouse shirts, though), so I am unfamiliar with this game, but it looks like a cool bluffing and intrigue game.
Next we have the smaller (ie more casual) games. Gubs (a $11.99 value) has been on my Amazon wishlist for years, so I was ecstatic to see it. GameWright makes fantastic games (in fact, I am hosting a GameWright themed game night for the St. Louis Sci-Fi and Fantasy Club in March). The Game of Balony (a $25.95 value) looks like a fun party game and my husband will totally get a kick out of the tin when he sees it.
Awesome Pack also includes some cool collectibles for Big Kids. This month I got a Neca Scalers featuring Cornelius from Plant of the Apes (a $4.95 value). These are fun figures that you can hang on cords and mine is going on my speaker cables. The other collectible I received is a Star Trek Skele-Treks blind foil pack (a $2.99 value). Inside is a Star Trek character done up Dia de Muertos-style.
For referrals, Awesome Pack throws in "Something Extra Special". And these items totally are! I received The Big Bang Theory 2 Decks of Playing Cards (a $4.99 value). Who couldn't use a few decks of cards - especially The Big Bang Theory ones? I also got Ruckus (a $12.99 value), which was a game they were having a promo for a few weeks ago.
All told, my January Awesome pack had an estimated retail value of $105.83 with out the Somethings Extra Special, $123.81 with them, and I got it all for $44.95, which included shipping. I'd say that is an totally awesome deal! If you would like to subscribe, once again, I ask that you say you heard it from me, rickimc [at] aol [dot] com. (Please note: as collectibles can vary in price based on demand, I tried to take the price from the manufacturers site whenever possible.)
Saturday, January 24, 2015
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