White Christmas

Title: White Christmas
Author: Rebecca York
Rating: 4/5
Reviewed for NG

Description: The snow is coming down so fast, Amelia Parsons doesn't see the speeding car until it's too late. One moment she’s crossing an ice-rutted street in St. Stephens, Maryland. In the next, she's flying into the air, and the world goes black. She wakes, confused, in what appears to be Santa’s workshop during the holiday rush. If that’s not strange enough, a hunky FBI agent named Daniel is there, demanding to know why she’s involved in a plot to ruin Christmas. Can she convince him she's not the villain and then work with him to find the real saboteur?


My Short Review: A jolly short story about danger, xmas, and love. Wish it was longer but alas short stories love to get me into the story and then end it! At least it ended in a good note :)

Furthermore

Title: Furthermore
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Rating: 4/5
#RockMyTBR Dec 2016

Description:
Inspired by her childhood love of books like The Secret Garden and The Chronicles of Narnia, bestselling author Tahereh Mafi crafts a spellbinding new world where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places.

There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she’s about to embark on one to find the other.

But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. It will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.


My Short Review:

	What a good book! Would have gotten 5 stars but the end was rushed quite a bit!

Dec 2016 NG Fails

Dec 2016 NG Fails: The following are titles I couldn't get into to read them or changed my mind and they weren't book I would even read... Or I got overwhelmed- of course my fault! His Substitute Wife Dorothy Clark
A Love for Leah Emma Miller
Wed by Necessity Karen Kirst
Cavanaugh in the Rough Marie Ferrarella  The Newcomer Suxanne Woods Fisher     Starkiller J Alex McCarthy     Chaos In The Starless Nights J Alex McCarthy     Skyeater Rewake J Alex McCarthy     Leo Loves Aries Anyta Sunday     Selected Evelyn Lederman

Diary of a Wimpy Zombie

Title: Diary of a Wimpy Zombie
Author: MCSTEVE
Rating: 4/5

Description: When monsters celebrate Christmas it's time to wreck the halls...

It's Christmas – time to party, and fun-loving young zombie Z is not about to disappoint! Z, monster friends Trevor, Bonnie and human boy Steve are ready to cut loose, have fun and feast on loads of pizza. Z isn't completely off the clock though, his classmates are waiting for his next piece in the school newspaper, and Z isn't about to disappoint them either.

From learning how to ice skate, to sledding, to a festive New Year's party, there's fun around every corner for Z and his buddies. Even Z's moody older brother R seems to be in the spirit of things, and there's still one last bash waiting for the the young friends!

What Christmas adventures are waiting for Z and the crew? Time will tell when you read “Monster Christmas”

Non-stop adventure and fun, “Monster Christmas” is the perfect holiday pick for your little human.
My Short Review: A really cute christmas story about a band of friends... 'monsters' plus a human So many parties and cheer in this story. Thankz for letting me read this book and review it I know its a short review but all I can say is have a merry holiday time and read this story! Very nice!

Gilded Cage

Title: Gilded Cage
Author: Vic James
Rating: 4/5
NetGalley Review

Description: Not all are free. Not all are equal. Not all will be saved.

Our world belongs to the Equals — aristocrats with magical gifts — and all commoners must serve them for ten years. But behind the gates of England's grandest estate lies a power that could break the world.

A girl thirsts for love and knowledge.

Abi is a servant to England's most powerful family, but her spirit is free. So when she falls for one of the noble-born sons, Abi faces a terrible choice. Uncovering the family's secrets might win her liberty, but will her heart pay the price?

A boy dreams of revolution.

Abi's brother, Luke, is enslaved in a brutal factory town. Far from his family and cruelly oppressed, he makes friends whose ideals could cost him everything. Now Luke has discovered there may be a power even greater than magic: revolution.

And an aristocrat will remake the world with his dark gifts.

He is a shadow in the glittering world of the Equals, with mysterious powers no one else understands. But will he liberate—or destroy?
My Short Review: All and all I liked the story and characters. At first it was hard to get into but towards the middle things really started to move. I hope there is a next book because DAMN! So yup good book and off to read the next!

NG past fails, part 3

The following are titles I couldn't get into to read them or changed my mind and they weren't book I would even read... Or I got overwhelmed- of course my fault! Mistletoe Mysteries Charlotte MacLeod   Pony Express Christmas Bride Rhonda Gibson   Love is...Winter Romance Skye Jones, Jayelle Morgan, Fionn Jamison, Ani Gonzalez, Melisse Aires, Lori Whyte, Mima, Megan Matthews, Christa Maurice, Amy Quinton, Lyn Brittan, Patty MacFarlane, ReGina Welling & Erin Lynn   Chasing Shadows Karen Harper   The Heiress and the Hothead Sabrina Jeffries   An Aspen Creek Christmas Roxanne Rustand   A Texas Cowboy's Christmas Cathy Gillen Thacker       Bitter Moon Alexandra Sokoloff   Faithful Alice Hoffman   The Most Wonderful Time Fern Michaels; Stacy Finz; Sarah Title; Shirlee McCoy     Night Watch Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen     Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter Nikki Jefford   Hunter Sarai Henderson   The Witchling Apprentice B. Kristin McMichael   SNEAK PEEK: An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir

NG past fails, part 2

The following are titles I couldn't get into to read them or changed my mind and they weren't book I would even read... back then when I first got Netgalley I didn't think about if I would read them- and I look now and at the date and I say I probody won't! The Dead Boyfriend R. L. Stine   Small Great Things Jodi Picoult   My Seductive Highlander Maeve Greyson   Moon Chosen P. C. Cast   Buzz Books 2016: Young Adult Fall/Winter Publishers Lunch   Family Sins Sharon Sala   Vicarious (Preview Excerpt) Paula Stokes     Summerlong Peter S. Beagle   The Circlet Treasury of Erotic Wonderland J. Blackmore       SNEAK PEEK: Wolf Hollow Lauren Wolk   Leave Me Gayle Forman   Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen   Catseye Andre Norton   Danger, Sweetheart MaryJanice Davidson   Edge of Surrender Laura Griffin   At the Edge Laura Griffin   Seraphina (CHAPTER SAMPLE) Rachel Hartman   Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong Kelley Armstrong