Five Kingdoms-Rogue Knight

Five Kingdoms-Rogue Knight By: Brandon Mull

The series continues with a lot more adventure's to be had, friends to be made, and new dangers in store. Cole and his friends head to the region of Elloweer to find Mira's sister Honor. They get more than what they bargained for when Cole learns the location of his best friend Dalton, acquiring a new friend and then having a run in with the Rogue Knight. This book has many twists and turns and jaw dropping moments. I am so excited to continue this series and find out what happens next to Cole and his friends.

Five Kingdoms-Sky Raiders

Five Kingdoms: Sky Raiders, By Brandon Mull

I really enjoy Brandon Mull's writing style and books. He has such a wild and amazing imagination. This book was another that did not disappoint. 

"Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level.

After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them - and ends up in The Outskirts.

The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It's an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds.

And once you come to the Outskirts, it's very hard to leave.

With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it's up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home...before his existence is forgotten."

Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies By Isaac Marion

Watching the movie actually got me interested in this book. I was curious how different the book is vs the movie.  I have an irrational fear of zombies so it sat on my shelf for awhile. I recently felt like its something I could handle. The overall story was rather interesting and I am actually happy that I waited so long. I was trying to remember the movie and couldn't so I stopped trying and just focused on the book. However this book has a huge flaw or downside for me. There are WAY to many F words. I found it hard to believe that these zombies couldn't talk well or even remember their name but could remember and and speak the word with no problems. I also found out that this is actually book 1 of a series. But I cant sit through another book that has that many F words.

Dead Mountain

Dead Mountain The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident BY: Donnie Eichar.

This book was AMAZING. I have been fascinated with this mystery since I had learned about it several years ago. So naturally when I found this book  I bought it immediately and was excited to read it. It did not disappoint.  The author tells of when he first learned about this mystery and how it fascinated him to the point of connecting with people surrounding this mystery. Friends and family members of the 9 hikers who mysteriously died during a mountaineering expedition in 1959, as well as the only surviving member of this fated group. I honestly was not sure  if this book was going to help answer some of my questions about this mystery; let alone the giant question that has loomed and plagued people since. "What really happened to those hikers and why/how did they die. " Not only did I have all my questions answered. But I felt that he was able help draw the picture. I feel like I have gotten to know these hikers through this author.

The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year

The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year BY Audible

This was a fun little Christmas gift that audible gave to all its members. They had all their narrators share memories of past Christmas's from the own lives. It was a lot of fun listening to all the different traditions and memories that the different narrators have that  helps them to get into the Christmas spirit and make this holiday so special for them.

The Christmas Hirelings

The Christmas Hirelings By; Mary Elizabeth Braddon

This was a book that I got last Christmas and I just had no real interest in reading it last year. Well this year after I had finished the 3rd DragonWatch I wanted a Christmas type book and remembered I had this book. I am so sad I did not read this last year. It is such a good book! Its a book set in old England and is about a widower father who allows his friend to "hire" and bring in 3 children to his country mansion for Christmas. In hopes of bringing the joy and sounds of Christmas back into the long ago silenced mansion. What conspires next is both heart warming, devastating, and nothing less than a Christmas miracle.

DragonWatch Book 3

DragonWatch Master of the Phantom Isle By: Brandon Mull

First off I would like to say I had NO idea that this was released a couple months ago. When I started this series I thought it was a complete series. NOPE! Now I have to wait 1 whole year for the new book to come out. AHHHH!
Well if you couldn't tell by my little rant I really loved this book and I am thoroughly enjoying this whole series, but I am sad that I have to wait a full year to find out what happens next. I'm sure it will be well worth the wait.

The adventures of Kendra and Seth continue as the dragon war wages on. Now parted, Kendra has an aching desire to find the unicorn Bracken and her kidnapped brother Seth. Meanwhile Seth has been taken to the Under Realm and with his identity and memories erased he has no clue if he is in the midst of friend or foe.