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Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I'm back for my August post of Birthstone Book Covers, which I spotted over on  Foxes and Fairy Tales .  If you're new to it,  here are the rules - they're pretty simple: 1. Mention the creator ( Leslie @ Books Are The New Black ).  2. Pick 5+ book covers that match the current month’s Birthstone. 3. HAVE FUN! 4. Nominate people if you want - if you'd like to do this, consider yourself nominated! August's birthstone is peridot which is a yellow-green/ olive green color.  In alphabetical order, here are some covers that fit this that I've really enjoyed that I haven't talked about much recently. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager Linger ( The Wolves of Mercy Falls  #2) by Maggie Stiefvater Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Shades of Earth ( Across the Universe  #3) by Beth Revis Splintered ( Splintered #1) by A.G. Howard Have your read any of these books?  What are your favorite peridot colored book covers?  ...

        On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Nevermore-athon  books,  The Midnight Game  by Cynthia Murphy .  This is my first book by this author and I'll have to admit this YA horror thriller sounds awfully tempting. Beginning: Sunday, Ju...

  Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Omnitopia: Dawn ( Omnitopia #1) Diane Duane Published: August 3, 2010 Genre: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 368 Where I Acquired It: Friends of the Library Book Warehouse Summary (From Goodreads): Created by Dev Logan, Omnitopia is the most popular and successful massive multiplayer online game ever. But now as Dev is about to roll out a major new expansion to Omnitopia, there are people preparing to play a different game-one that is meant to strike at the heart of Omnitopia and bring the entire system crashing down. Why Did I Add It? I love this author...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books Guaranteed To Put An End To Your Book Slump.  All of the books I'm featuring below are ones that absolutely hooked me and got five stars from me.  All of the books I've picked are also all under 5,000 ratings on Goodreads.  I can't recommend them enough and think they deserve more love and attention. Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley A Drop of Venom ( Venom #1) by Sajni Patel The Epic Crush of Genie Lo ( The Epic Crush of Genie Lo #1) by F.C. Yee The Girl with Ghost Eyes ( The Daoshi Chronicles #1) by M.H. Boroson Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King by Ashley Poston Night Owls by A.R. Vishny Les Normaux by Janine Janssen with S. Al Sabado Trail of Lightning ( The Sixth World #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse We Shall Be Monsters ( We Shall Be Monsters #1) by Ta...

    Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Welcome back again!  Today, I'm featuring a couple of soundscapes from Questcore Ambience .  These are nice fantasy themed pieces that really set an atmospheric stage.  Give a listen to Enchanted Forest Ambience  and Fairy Tale Summer : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Nevermore-athon books,  Mina and the Undead  ( Mina and the Undead  #1) by Amy McCaw .  I've been meaning to read this for ages so I'm glad this was one of the group books. Beginning: When I was about ...