Stacking the Shelves - 11/14/2020

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Stacking The Shelves is a feature/weekly meme created by Tynga’s Reviews in which you share the books you are adding to your shelves, both physical and virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical stores or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Now, I already have a monthly post I do featuring the books I get in the mail (and it's a lot because I have a serious Goodreads First Reads giveaway addiction), and I'm posting my monthly Read-A-Thon posts again too, which covers the books I receive through Netgalley. So my STS post will feature all the books I've been one-clicking on Amazon. 

On that note, here are the books I picked up this week. All Goodreads First Reads ebook wins unless otherwise specified.

Mental Streams: Poems of the Heart and Soul by Henry Thomas

Rogue Vengeance: A British Special Ops Military Romance by Louise Rose-Innes

Stop for my Schoolbus...Or Else by Frank Racioppi

The Squawking Dead by Erin Johnson - I one-clicked this book for free (no longer free). 

Everything Changes by Catherine Bybee 

Fox Crossing by Melinda Metz

River Rule by Ameeta Davis

The Chateau of Illusions by Guy Hibbert

Conversations with my Kids by Dina Alexander

The SwiftPad Insurgency by Lee Barckmann

We Gather Together by Denise Kiernan

The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Malkranz - I one-clicked this book as a freebie (still free).

Once Upon a Time There Was a Pig... by Dani Jones - I one-clicked this as a freebie (still free).

Bloodgifted by Tima Maria Lacoba - I snagged this as a freebie (still free).

Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland by Lisa Schneidau

M-Boldened: Menopause Conversations we All Need to Have by Caroline Harris

The Canterbury Murders by E.M. Powell

Newer Testaments by Philip Brunetti

Deconstruction by A.W. Davidson

The Shadow War by Steven Cortinas

With Shield and Ink and Bone by Casey Bond - I one-clicked this book for 99 cents. 

So that's all the books that I've won or one-clicked this past week. What books have you been adding to your shelves this week? - Katie 

If you're stopping by from the linkup, leave a link to your post so I can see the new books you've been adding lately.

Down the TBR Hole #6 - 11/13/2020

Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia @ Lost in a Story that revolves around cleansing your TBR of all those books you’re never going to read and sort through it all to know what’s actually on there.

It works like this:

• Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
• Order on ascending date added.
• Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more if you're feeling adventurous) books. Of course if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
• Read the synopses of the books.
• Decide: Keep it or let it go?

So I made a comment the other day about wanting to be more active on the blog again, and so Joood, my arch-nemesis, bossed me into joining this meme. I'm just going to warn you that this is going to be an exercise in futility for me, because I add dozens of books to my to-read shelf on Goodreads every day as I enter literally all of the giveaways. But that is also going to add another element to my posts, because I refuse to completely break up with a giveaway win, at least for now. I may change my mind on that in the future. But also, since my shelf is so crazy out of control and only getting worse, I'm going to have to go through way more than ten books per post. So for now, my posts will be light on graphics, and I'm only going to explain the books I'm keeping. 

Let's go, shall we?

At the end of my last post, I'd managed to whittle my shelf down to 139,556 books. But once again, I've entered more giveaways. So this is where I'm starting out today.

Current To Read Count: 139,610

Honeymoon in Paris by Juliette Sobanet - Goodbye

Never Trust a Pirate by Anne Stuart - So long

Taunting the Dead by Mel Sherratt - See ya

Sin City Goddess (Fury Rising) by Barbra Annino - Adios

Edge of Darkness by J.T. Geissinger - Farewell

The Scribe by Antonio Garrido - Later

The Dead Man Vol 6 by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin - Auf wiedersehen

Postscripts to Darkness 4 by Sean Moreland - It's been unpublished, so out it goes

Something Radiates by Brenda Marie Smith - Hasta la vista

Rite of Passage by S.R. Thornton - Ciao (10)

My Story by Elizabeth Smart - Bye

Superfoods for Life: Chia by Lauri Boone - Sayonara

Kat McGee and the School of Christmas Spirit by Rebecca Munsterer - So long

The Confetti Killer by Chris Myers - Adios

101 Places to Get F*cked Up Before You Die by the Matador Network - Goodbye

Storylandia 7 by various authors - See ya later

Lingering Echoes by Erica Kiefer - Farewell

The Legend of the Firewalker by Steve Bevil - Auf wiedersehen

Gold: The Race for the World's Most Seductive Metal by Matthew Hart - Later

Cryonic by Travis Bradberry - This book is out of print, so out it goes (20)

Candy Crush Saga Advanced Guide by Tyler Davis and Emily Jackson - Hasta la vista

Ukranian and Russian Bride Guide by Walter Parchomenko - This is not a book I need

A Weak American in Russia and Ukraine by Walter Parchomenko - Ciao

DIY Dye: Bright and Funky Temporary Hair Coloring You do at Home Loren Lankford - Bye

SG - Suicide Game by Haidji - Sayonara

The Altarpiece by Sarah Kennedy - So long

My Name is Rapunzel by KC Hilton - I didn't win a copy of this one, but I love a good fairytale retelling, so it stays. 

My Destiny by Naya S - Adios

The Castaway Kids: And the Pirates of Zactrala Island by Jon Stremel - Goodbye

The Perfect Bible by Troy Clark, Ph.D. - See ya later (30)

8 Ways to Protect Children from Sexual Offenders by Troy Clark, Ph.D. - Auf widersehen

Undeath and the Detective by Jess Faraday - Farewell

Phantoms by M.A. Nilles - Hasta la vista

Dark Visions by Various Artists - Ciao

Monsters vs. Kittens by Dani Jones - Don't need this book.

Reggie the Veggie by Dale Mettam - Bye

Once Upon a Time There was a Pig... by Dani Jones - Sayonara

The Shadow Garden by Allen Houston - I didn't win a giveaway for this one, but it sounds really interesting, so it stays.

The Weathering by Joseph McGinnis - So long

The Vietnam War: The Best One-Hour History by Robert Freeman - Adios (40)

Sorrow's Point by Danielle DeVor - Goodbye

Guess What is at the Zoo by Nancy O'Neill - See ya later

Guess What is on Grandpa's Farm by Nancy O'Neill - Hasta la vista

The Demon Warrior's Light by R.G. Richards - Farewell

Ben Brown has Been Found by Steve Gritton - Ciao

The Hybrid and the Lost Tails of Mermirran by Suellen Drysdale - Bye

Jordan's War - 1861 by B.K. Birch - Sayonara

In Blog We Trust by Michael Infinito - This book seems to have been unpublished, so off it goes

Bloodgifted by Tima Maria Lacoba - Adios

Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve - So long (50)

Letters to a Prisoner by Connie D - Goodbye

Stare Me Down by Riley Murphy - See ya later

Of Royal Descent by Ember Shane - Ciao

The Spy's Little Zonbi by Cole Alpaugh - Farewell

World on a String by Larry Phifer - Hasta la vista

I Hear You by Donny Ebenstein - Sayonara

False Cape by Cecilee Linke - Bye

Real Beast by Brian Arthur Levene - Auf wiedersehen

Beneath the Surface by Miranda Rae Carter - Adios

Dream Caster by Najeev Raj Nadarajah - So long (60)

Model Citizens: Riding for a Fall by Henry Pepper - See ya later

Chasing Semolina by Pierro Manno - Ciao

The Trigger by L.J. Sellers - Goodbye

Winston - A Horse's Tale by Rita Lee Chapman - Farewell

Dixon Grace 1.9.7 Hamburg by Alexa Camouro - Sayonara

The Bicycle Teacher by Campbell Jefferys - Hasta la vista

The Prince She Never Knew by Kate Hewitt - Bye

Amulet of Power by Katie Lynn Johnson - Auf wiedersehen

Get that Gold by L.T. Downing - Adios

Derailed by Dave Jackson and Neta Jackson - Buh-bye (70)

Perfected by Girls by Alfred C. Martino - So long

The Case of Secrets by Alfred M. Struthers - Goodbye

White Wine and Wild Rides by Connie Cox - See ya later

Dr. Hugh Mann by Mark Tufo - Ciao

The End by Mark Tufo - Sayonara

A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo - TTFN

'Til Death Do Us Part by Mark Tufo - Farewell

The Crazy Christmas Caper by Andrew Guile - Hasta la vista

Sky Song by Sharon Sant - Auf wiedersehen

Summer of the Woods by Steven K. Smith - See ya (80)

Gray Ghost by C.L. Swinney - This book has been unpublished, so off the list it goes

Living the Life by David J. Rothman - So long

hymnandme by Barbara Buck - Buh-bye

The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah - Adios

The Vintage Club by Darin Gibby - Ciao

Moonkind by Sarah Prineas - Sayonara

For the Famished by Daniel Klawitter - This book is out of print, so away it goes

The Scorpions of Zahir by Christine Brodien-Jones - Bye

The Glass Puzzle by Christine Brodien-Jones - Farewell

Vertrauen im Investmentgeschaft by Collin Coel - I should not have entered this giveaway in the first place, so this book goes away. (90)

Back Roads: Trilogy by Trevor Firetog - Auf wiedersehen

Silent City by Alex Segura - Hasta la vista

The Monkey's Voyage by Alan de Queiroz - Goodbye

Hot Flashes and Cold Lemonade by Susan Flett Swiderski - TTFN

Hard Land to Rule by Anthony Whitt - See you later

Choices by Terri-Lynne Smiles - Ciao

Burn by Zoe Perdita - Buh-bye

The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin - Adios

The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic by Jonathan Rottenberg - TTFN

To Cure the Humans by Douglas Lewis - Farewell

Books removed: 98

Books kept: 2

Once again I've removed a lot of books from my list, but it still doesn't really seem like I've made much of a dent in my shelf. If I keep up at this rate, I will eventually get there though...even faster if I stopped entering giveaways, but like, that's not happening any time soon. 

Do any of these books sound intriguing to you based on title alone? - Katie 

Spotlight: Keeping Secrets by D.M. Earl - November 13 Release

Author: D.M. Earl

Published: November 13, 2020

Pages: 126

Goodreads

An honorable man: soldier, lover, father, and friend. How did this happen? When did the lies begin? How can one man be expected to keep them all straight, even knowing the consequences deep down to his soul if he doesn’t?

Lenny ‘Iron’ Fensley realizes each day is truly a gift in his world. Not only is his life but also the lives of the two most important people in the world, his baby girl and the woman he loves, are in constant danger? A danger he never saw coming when he was doing his duty serving his country. 

When Iron starts prospecting with the Grimm Wolves MÇ, he feels like he has found a safe haven with his club brothers and their families. As they open their hearts to not only him but to his daughter, Everly, and his baby momma, Joy, he feels a sense of security for the first time since all the lies began. That is until he is faced with a secret from not only one of the club’s member but their enforcer, who could put him six feet under. 

Realizing he is screwed, Iron finally confides in the one person he never thought he would. However, to prove he can keep secrets he has to reveal the one closest to his heart.

Amazon

USA Today Bestselling author D. M. Earl spins stories about real life situations with characters that are authentic, genuine and sincere. Each story allows the characters to come to life with each turn of the page while they try to find their HEA through much drama and angst.

When not writing, DM loves to read some of her favorite authors books. Also she loves to spend quality time with her hubby & family along with her 8 fur babies. When weather permits she likes to ride her Harley.

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Enjoy this Ride we call Life!!

Book Blogger Hop - 11/13/2020

 

We are on to a new week for the Book Blogger Hop hosted by the lovely folks over at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. This weeks questions is: 

What is your favorite social media and why? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews) 

Facebook. There are definitely aspects about being on Facebook that I don't enjoy at times, but it's the social media that makes the most sense to me as a user. I don't fully understand how to best use Instagram to promote stuff, and I'm way too wordy for Twitter, even with their expanded character limits. And honestly, I think I'm just too old for Snapchat and TikTok. 

What's your favorite social media? Any tips for my old ass to make TikTok make sense? - Katie 

Down the TBR Hole #5 - 11/12/2020

 

Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia @ Lost in a Story that revolves around cleansing your TBR of all those books you’re never going to read and sort through it all to know what’s actually on there.

It works like this:

• Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
• Order on ascending date added.
• Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more if you're feeling adventurous) books. Of course if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
• Read the synopses of the books.
• Decide: Keep it or let it go?

So I made a comment the other day about wanting to be more active on the blog again, and so Joood, my arch-nemesis, bossed me into joining this meme. I'm just going to warn you that this is going to be an exercise in futility for me, because I add dozens of books to my to-read shelf on Goodreads every day as I enter literally all of the giveaways. But that is also going to add another element to my posts, because I refuse to completely break up with a giveaway win, at least for now. I may change my mind on that in the future. But also, since my shelf is so crazy out of control and only getting worse, I'm going to have to go through way more than ten books per post. So for now, my posts will be light on graphics, and I'm only going to explain the books I'm keeping. 

Let's go, shall we?

At the end of my last post I'd managed to whittle my to-read list down to 139,603. But as per usual, I've entered more giveaways, so this is where we are starting for today. 

Current To Read Count: 139,655

The Living End by Robert Leleux - Goodbye

Artful Attractions by S.K. Logsdon - This book has been unpublished, so bye

Anatomy by Simon Travers - So long

When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart by Joel Young and Christine Adamec - Farewell

Citrene Stories by Jacob Lindaman - See ya

The 1990s Coloring Book by James Grange - Adios

Stranger on Stranger by GB Hope - Auf wiedersehen

At Any Price by Brenna Aubrey - Ciao

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage - Sayonara

Kahtar Warrior of the Ages by S.R. Karfelt - Bye now (10)

Kellie at Come-Alive Cottage by Wendy Unsworth - See ya later

Lunen: Triblood by Ahmed Al-Sheikh - Goodbye

Crazy Ex-Ghoulfriend by Angela Roquet - TTFN

Catching Serenity by JoAnn Durgin - So long

The Dragon Within by Cindy Lyle - See ya

The Book of Duels by Michael Garriga - Farewell

Dr. Frank Einstein by Eric Berg - Adios

The Wishnik by Kurt Newton - Seems to have been unpublished, so bye bye

Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks - Auf wiedersehen

Song of the Sirens by Kaylie Austen - Out of print, so it's going away (20)

The Lord of Shadows by E.E. Ewer - Ciao

The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell - Hasta la vista

Drunk Dialing the Divine by Amber Koneval - See ya later

Sharing Works! by Petra Ortiz - TTFN

Plain Murder by Emma Miller - Goodbye

The Yanks are Starving by Glen Craney - Sayonara

Afterparty by Ann Redisch Stampler - Farewell

The Book of Death by Ramy Tadros - Adios

Secret of Omordion by Nande Orcel - Bye for now

Born of the Grave by Danny Cantrell - See ya (30)

Dear Me by Anthony Henry Joseph Maria - Auf wiedersehen 

Scattered Magic by S.A. Archer and S. Ravynheart - This book is out of print, so away it goes.

Beginnings by Aneta Krpekyan - So long

13 Quick Shivers by James Frederick Leach - Goodbye

Dear Mr. President by Jason Saltoun-Ebin - Hasta la vista

Fear the Light by William Massa - TTFN

The Debt of Tamar by Nicole Dweck - Ciao

Jack! by Tova Dian Dean - I won a copy of this book, so it stays.

The Apprentice Journals by J. Michael Shell - Buh-bye

Charmed by Erica Ridley - This appears to maybe have been unpublished, so I shall say farewell (40)

Rising by Wade Hanna - See ya

Shubian's Rift by Joseph M. Dwyer - Goodbye

The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston - TTFN

25 Ways to Communicate Respect to Your Husband by Jennifer Flanders - Don't need that!

The Night Before Christmas (Now With Cats) by Melissa Haas - Sayonara

The Devil Brigade by Toni Odell - So long

Tales From Dark Places by various authors - Goodbye

Desolate Pages: Careful What You Wish For by E.M. Elizondo - Later

Dark One Rising by Leandra Martin - Auf wiedersehen

Discoveries in Bible Prophecy by Michael D. Fortner - See ya later (50)

The Secret Dinosaur: Giants Awake by NS Blackman - Adios

The Thorndike Legacy by Gabriel Madison - Bye

BirthCONTROL: A Husband's Honest Account of Pregnancy by James Vavasour - Boy bye

Gliders of Enlil by Jeffrey Carl - Hasta la vista

Magenta Rave by Janna Zonder - Farewell

Survive! Inside the Human Body Vol 1 by Gomdori Co and Hyun-Dong Han - Ciao

The Witches' Sleep by Kaitlyn Deann - TTFN

The Twible by Jana Riess - So long

The Covenant of Malta by G. Dalentini - Sayonara

Legends of the New Worlds by Shelly Katheryn - See ya (60)

Over the Rainbow by Brian Rowe - Goodbye

The Dragondain by Richard Due - Adios

The Moon Coin by Richard Due - Auf wiedersehen

The Teddy Bear Conspiracy by Duane Gundrum - See ya later

The Ultimate Tree House Project by Gary Nelson - Sayonara

Awakening by Christy Dorrity - Hasta la vista

Damselfly by Jennie Bates Bozic - Bye

The Called it Moosicide by Lisa Hall Deckert - TTFN

100 Doors to Madness by various authors - Ciao

Beware the Dark by Paul Fry - Goodbye (70)

Bad Elephant Far Stream by Samuel Hawley - See ya

Sorrow of the Dragon Gods by Pam McElprang - Farewell

First World by Jaymin Eve - Adios

Aliens in the Gift Shop by D.E. Morris - Goodbye

Firehearted by Sabrina Chase - Auf Wiedersehen

Last Chance by Michelle O'Leary - Later

Here There be Dragons by Michelle O'Leary - So long

The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Malkranz - Sayonara

Guess What is at the North Pole by Nancy O'Neill - Hasta la vista

The King's Marauder by Dewey Lambdin - Bye (80)

Life Class by Ann Charney - TTFN

Hunt for the Hydra by Jason Fry - See ya later

Palace of Dreams by Adam Jay Epstein - Bye

Gifts of the Blood by Vicki Keire - Farewell

Darkness in the Blood by Vicki Keire - Goodbye

Blood Redemption by Vicki Keire - Adios

The Cleansing by Sam Kates - Auf wiedersehen

Soulless by Toni Hofman - Later

Star Road by Matthew Costello and Rick Hautala - Sayonara

The Enlightening by Adrianne James - Goodbye (90)

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - So long

Into the Fire by Jodi McIsaac - Hasta la vista

Vigilante by Kerry Wilkinson - See ya

Copper Heart by Leena Lehtolainen - Farewell

All Through the Night by Connie Brockway - TTFN

Promise Me Heaven by Connie Brockway - Adios

The Orphan's Promise by Pierre Grimbert - Bye

A Watershed Year by Susan Schoenberger - Later

The Magpies by Mark Edwards - Sayonara

A Day at the Office by Matt Dunn - Auf wiedersehen

Books removed: 99

Books kept: 1

Guys! I only kept ONE book from this list of 100 books, and that one because I won a copy of it through a giveaway. This feels huge for me. If I can have more lists like this, I'll get my to-read shelf pared down in about 4 years (and I wish that was a joke). 

I'll be back tomorrow with another big list. - Katie 

Down the TBR Hole #4 - 11/11/2020

Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia @ Lost in a Story that revolves around cleansing your TBR of all those books you’re never going to read and sort through it all to know what’s actually on there.

It works like this:

• Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
• Order on ascending date added.
• Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more if you're feeling adventurous) books. Of course if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
• Read the synopses of the books.
• Decide: Keep it or let it go?

So I made a comment the other day about wanting to be more active on the blog again, and so Joood, my arch-nemesis, bossed me into joining this meme. I'm just going to warn you that this is going to be an exercise in futility for me, because I add dozens of books to my to-read shelf on Goodreads every day as I enter literally all of the giveaways. But that is also going to add another element to my posts, because I refuse to completely break up with a giveaway win, at least for now. I may change my mind on that in the future. But also, since my shelf is so crazy out of control and only getting worse, I'm going to have to go through way more than ten books per post. So for now, my posts will be light on graphics, and I'm only going to explain the books I'm keeping. 

Let's go, shall we?

At the end of my last post, I'd gotten my to-read shelf down to 139,632, but once again, I've entered two days worth of giveaways and therefore added more books to the shelf. This is where we're starting now. 

Current To Read Count: 139,690

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson - Goodbye

Exodus by Leon Uris - This one gets to remain for now

Carrie by Stephen King - So long

Firestarter by Stephen King - Farewell

Nightshift by Stephen King - Adios

The Dark Half by Stephen King - Buh-bye

Bag of Bones by Stephen King - Auf wiedersehen

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King - Bye

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King - Ciao

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson - This one stays. And maybe I'll finally get around to reading it soonish. 

Gerald's Game by Stephen King - Goodbye

Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King - Farewell

Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King - TTFN

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King - See ya later

Duma Key by Stephen King - So long

The Green Mile by Stephen King - Bye now

The Mist by Stephen King - Adios

Coraline by Neil Gaiman - I absolutely love the movie and am far too interested in seeing what that left out, so this stays. 

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King - Auf wiedersehen

Just After Sunset by Stephen King - Ciao 

Lisey's Story by Stephen King - See ya

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) - Goodbye

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King - Fare thee well

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - Bye for now

The Bachman Books - When searched on Amazon, I just got a list of King's novels, so I guess this was just a collection that isn't available for purchase. It's gone now. 

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King - Adios

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - See ya later

The Running Man by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) - Goodbye

The Mummy by Anne Rice - Auf wiedersehen

Danse Macabre by Stephen King - Boy bye 

Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) - Ciao

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - Farewell

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling - TTFN

What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank - Being from Kansas and really not understanding how small-town America can care so little for other people, this book is staying on my list.

On Writing by Stephen King - Adios

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe - So long

Marley and Me by John Grogan - Buh-bye

Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - This one stays for now

The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Sayonara

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama - I'm keeping this one for now. 

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safron Foer - Bye now

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger - Farewell

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - This one stays, if only so I can maybe understand why conservatives think liberals are communists.

Sh*t my Dad Says by Justin Halpern - Goodbye

I Am America by Stephen Colbert - Bye for now

America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy by Jon Stewart - Also bye

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes - Marking as read because it was years ago for book club. 

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray - Auf wiedersehen

He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo - See ya

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - TTFN 

The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton - Ciao

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - Girl bye

Sphere by Michael Crichton - Farewell

Contact by Carl Sagan - Goodbye

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams - Adios

I Am Number Four by Pitticus Lore - Sayonara

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson - Buh-bye

Congo by Michael Crichton - So long

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville - Bye for now

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares - Auf wiedersehen 

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - Bye

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - Adios

Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan - Ciao

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - Goodbye for now

The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman - This is a keeper because it's a Holocaust survivor story.

Treblinka Survivor by Mark S. Smith - This one also stays, for the same reason as above.

Death in the City of Light by David King - Even though this takes place in Nazi occupied Paris, it's going bye bye.

Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible by Bart D. Ehrman - Farewell

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar - So long

If You Ask Me by Betty White - How could I remove this from my list? It stays. 

The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight by R.L. Stine - Goodbye

Shadowed Memories by Magen McMinimy - Sadly, so long

Dark Soul by Magen McMinimy - Also goodbye

Immortal Craving by Magen McMinimy - Farewell

Primal Hunger by Magen McMinimy - Bye

Echoes of Silence by Magen McMinimy - Adios

Half-Blood Princess Box Set 1 by Magen McMinimy - Auf wiedersehen

Bound by Destiny by Magen McMinimy - Ciao

Paranormal Anthology with a Twist - Collected by Cynthia Shepp - It's not available on Amazon anymore, so bye. 

A Witch's Mark by Magen McMinimy - Sayonara 

Last Surrender by Magen McMinimy - Goodbye

Primal Calling by Magen McMinimy - TTFN

Half-Blood Princess Box Set 2 by Magen McMinimy - So long

Don't Let Go by Michelle Lynn - Buh-bye

Girls' Night Out by Susan Arden - See ya later

King Sized Beds and Happy Trails by Cassie Mae and Tessa Marie - Adios

The Scriptlings by Sorin Suciu - This one stays because I won a copy of it in a giveaway.

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - This one stays because I really like The Shining and definitely need to read this.

Allegiant by Veronica Roth - Bye for now

Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters - Auf Wiedersehen 

Vendetta by Autumn Karr - See ya

Gideon's Spear by Darby Karchut - TTFN

Dark Legacy: Trinity by Domenico Italo Composto-Hart - Bye

The Fisherman's Wife: The Gospel According to St. Peter's Spouse by Kathleen Glavich - Later

Sammy the Sea Cow Makes a New Friend by DeAnna Kinney - Buh-bye

Raven's Blood by Deborah Cannon - Adios

Fall by A.K. Morgen - See ya later

School Spirit Day by Alshia Moyez - This book is no longer on Amazon, so bye

Copy, Right...? by Tom Henry - This one stays because I won a copy of it through Goodreads. I'm pretty sure it was even signed in crayon at my request. 

Deadly to Love by Mia Hoddell - Looks like this has been unpublished, so bye 

Books removed: 87

Books kept: 13

I made this list longer because I skipped a day of posting. I've finally gotten into the books that were added because I was entering Goodreads giveaways but I've still got almost 7 years worth of giveaway entries to get through to narrow this list down. So buckle up because we're going to be at this for a while. 

Did I make any poor judgements in books that I decided to toss? - Katie 

Top Ten Tuesday - Book Titles that Would Make Good Song Titles 11/10/2020

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Joood - Hooligan of Platypire reviews bossed me into doing this, so I guess this is a thing I do now. 

This week’s theme is Book Titles that Would Make Good Song Titles. Let's see what kinds of songs I can find on my shelves, shall we? To be clear, these are all going to be books that are actually physically sitting on my bookshelves next to me. 

Island Affair - I picture Jimmy Buffet or Uncle Kracker singing the song with this title. It's got a bit of an island reggae vibe and makes you want to drink Mai Tai's. 

The Undying - Clearly a new emo hit from My Chemical Romance. It's the perfect song to listen to when you just want to wallow in self-pity.

Only Mostly Devastated - Another emo hit, but this one is from Fallout Boy or The All American Rejects. It's a bit more upbeat than The Undying, but 16 year old me can totes relate to what they're saying. 

The Unanswered Letter - This is clearly a country song, and I picture someone like Blake Shelton or Jimmy Wayne singing it. It's a bit of a ballad like song, kind of like Shelton's Austin. 

Boot Straps & Bra Straps - This is an upbeat, girl power country song, sung by someone like Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, or The Chicks. 

Lies and Lullabies - This is either 2009 Taylor Swift country about a boy who broke her heart, or another emo hit from a band like Panic! at the Disco. Maybe it's both, 2009 Taylor Swift with an emo cover done by Panic! 

Feels like Falling - This is definitely a boy band song, and it doesn't even matter which boy band, because in the end, they're pretty interchangeable. 

The Dirty South - This is an upbeat country song by someone like Trace Adkins or Luke Bryan. Almost like the honky tonk will put a boot in your ass kind of song. 

Onansburg, Iowa - After the success of Ellsworth, Rascal Flatts has decided to sing about another small midwestern town. Unfortunately for them, this one was a flop. 

Unfollow - This is a girl power Top 40 hit sung by someone like Meghan Trainor, Ariana Grande, or Lizzo. Seriously, boy bye. 

Honorable Mentions

Don't Turn Around - I feel like someone did this one already...LOL

The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr - Otherwise known as "Dear Theodosia" from the Hamilton soundtrack.

So what do you think of my selections? Do you think there are better categories for any of my song titles, or maybe just better musical artists than I selected for them? 

If you're stopping by from the linkup, please leave a link to your post below so I can be sure to check out your post for this week. - Katie