Top Ten Tuesday - : Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven't Talked About Enough/In A While

If I Stay - Gayle Forman

Hell's Horizon - D.B.Shan

A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness

An Abundance Of Katherines - John Green

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

The One Thing - Marci Lyn Curtis

Geek Girl All That Glitters - Holly Smale

The Dean Machine - Dylan Lee Peters

Memphis Hoodoo Murders - Kathryn Rogers

Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon

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Top Ten Tuesday - Best Books I Read In 2015

Most books I have read this year have been the best, but here are 10 off the top of my head.

 Geek Girl Picture Perfect - Holly Smale

Geek Girl All That Glitters- Holly Smale

Geek Girl Geek Drama - Holly Smale

Geek Girl Model Misfit - Model Misfit

All I Know Now - Carrie Hope Fletcher

The One Thing - Marci Lyn Curtis

Everyday - David Levithan

Come Sit By Me - Thomas Hoobler

Memphis Hoodoo Murders - Kathryn Rogers

Outspoken - Lora Richardson

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Top Ten Tuesday - New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015

Well this topic isn't hard for me, I just could only find reasons for 5 authors, But I will say I've enjoyed the works of all of the authors works that I have read this year in one way or another and that there is nothing against you that left your name off the list I just didn't want to repeat my reasons over and over. There have been many new authors I've read works of in 2015 that I've thoroughly enjoyed and I will hopefully stay up to date with those authors way into 2016.

1. Holly Smale - Even though I only begun reading her books in 2015 I don't regret it and I have an overwhelming sense of love for the woman. She's such a wonderful author and human being. I cant wait for more of her work to well, work its way to my shelves.

2. David Levithan - Everyday had been sitting on my shelf for a long time and I hadn't had time to read it until 2015 when I fully started to stay regular with my posts on this blog. I would often find myself in book stores staring at his work but then realising I cant afford to binge buy book. (ooh look alliteration.) But hopefully in 2016 I will get to read more of his work.

3.Kathryn Rogers - Memphis Hoodoo Murders was such a great read I would really love to read more of her work when she has any. I think I've fallen in love with Memphis Hoodoo Murders, that much so I may revisit it before the end of the year.

4.Lora Richardson - Lora is a very realistic situation author. Outspoken was very relatable with me when it came to it. I hope that she has a new book in the works that I can enjoy some time in the future.

5. Peter Monn - Even though I read Peters work the end of 2014 I wanted to add him to this list. He is a great author and a very great human, his work kicked off this blog and I cant thank him enough. I cant wait for Peters new work in 2016.


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Top Ten Tuesday - Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past Year Or So

Who doesn't love a good book quote? I LOVE THEM WITH ALL MY HEART.

"Just don’t trip. Whatever you do, don’t trip, Addie.
The limb from the fallen tree did not hear my inner monologue, because my foot caught on the log and slung me onto the sidewalk." - This quote is taken from the first page of Memphis Hoodoo Murders written by Kathryn Rogers, I love it because its what would happen to me, tell myself not to trip, trips up in the most embarrassing way.

“You know, I've worked out that if I lived on Mercury I'd be sixty-six years old tomorrow. I'd be twenty-six on Venus, and half a year old on Saturn. I'm only sixteen because I'm on this planet.”  This quote is taken from Geek Girl Picture Perfect - Holly Smale. I just love the fact that Harriet Manners knows how old she is on other planets, it kind of makes me think of how old I am on other planets.

"That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let it affect the outcome.”   This is from The Before Now And After Then by Peter Monn, I love it because its truthful in many cases. I love many quotes from this book but I chose this because I just relate to it a little.

"I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.”- This is from Everyday by David Levithan, I love how I can relate to it, I always think of the day before inducing the pain of knowing it was yesterday.

“The world moves fast, changing everything around us with each new day. Photography is a gift that can keep us in a moment forever, blissfully eternal.” This is from The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak, I love that its true, photos can keep us in a moment forever and I think we kind of forget that sometimes.

“God gave men both a brain and a penis and only enough blood to use one at a time,” he replied matter-of-factly.” This is from Confessions of a queen B* by Crista McHugh. I don't love it as a quote I just like it because it made me giggle. I don't want the quote to offend anyone.

“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.” This is from Looking For Alaska by John Green, I love many quotes by John Green but this one is one of my favourites.

So I didn't want to use all book quotes, and I didn't want to use more than one quote from a book so I have added three quotes that I have found in the last year than I love.

"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it." Benjamin Mee, We Bought A Zoo.

"So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers."- Jorge Luis Borges.

"I've had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I cant quite make out what it is. It takes time." - Charles Bukowski.


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Memphis Hoodoo Murders - Kathryn Rogers

Title: Memphis Hoodoo Murders
Author: Kathryn Rogers
Publication Date: August 15th 2015
Publisher: Sartoris Literary Group
Available Editions: Paperbook, EBook


Book Synopsis:

People have been hunting down Addie Jackson's family her entire life. Now the people who have targeted her grandparents, Pop and Grandma, have their sights on her. The Memphis police have been unable to stop them because they have been bewitched to stay away by practitioners of a virulent strain of Memphis Hoodoo.

In her predictive dreams, Addie regularly sees future events which disturb her, but to her dismay, she has never been able to stop them from coming true. She often dreams of a dark character, who she is later shocked to discover is a devil from hoodoo legend known simply as the man.

Finally, knowing their deaths are imminent, Grandma makes a deal with the hoodoo devil to take care of Addie. After their murders, John, a family friend, steps in to help Addie, and she soon realises he knows more about her family's tainted past than she ever has. Addie begins receiving cryptic letters from her deceased grandmother, which reveal a shocking family history revolving around slavery, time travel and black magic.

If Addie can survive jail, her cousins abduction, threats from a menacing urban street gang named the Skullbangerz, corrupt law enforcement, and hoodooed attacks, maybe she can finally dream of a future where she will be safe and free.

Review:

I was contacted via email asking if I would like to review this book, of course I said yes and within two weeks I received a complimentary copy through the post. I was really excited to be getting this book and I'm not sure why. I guess it was down to the fact I wondered what it has in store for me.

Addie is 20 years old and living with her grandparents Pap and Grandma and she knows they have secrets and she wants to know them all but they're are reluctant to share them with her for now. Addie also has these dreams that predict the future, and its soon revealed why she has these dreams, but the contents of her dreams always come true with very creepy precision. Pap and Grandma are the sort of grandparents I'd love to have, well beside the hoodoo stuff, they're very wise and caring when it comes to Addie and they always protect her no matter the cost. John is much like her grandparents even though he hasn't know her before the day they meet, he has her do everything he says knowing its the only way to keep her safe but after an event leaves both of them in jail Addie finally meets the dark man in her Dream, The Man. Without spoiling it he is man I'd love to have in my life, caring and honest, and what I like, mysterious. Addie has a best friend called Keisha who is always there to support her and has done since they were young after saving Addie from kidnappers. The pair share and unbreakable bond as Keisha is the only person to know how weird Addie's grandparents really are but once they die the friendship begins to become strained due to a lack of communication and the relationship is tested.

I was excited to read this book, the mention of Hoodoo had me interested straight away, its always been something I loved to think about alongside voodoo. I was excited when I begun reading it, I was simply unable to put it down and even when I did I was itching to pick it up again. For some reason I loved the feel of the cover and maybe that was part of the reason I was barely able to put the book down.

My one point I have to say about this book is that towards the end it seemed to all come at once, throughout the book its all dragged out for a perfect time but in the last 43 pages or so everything just seemed to happen one after another, continuously and I was barely able to keep my head wrapped around it all but it all played out perfectly and I came to not really mind about it much as it all seemed to be necessarily rushed, it needed to be as fast paced as it was and it was thoroughly enjoyable.

I can honestly say I recommend this book to anyone and I mean anyone 16+ no matter what genre you're into because I'm mostly known for reading YA all of the time but this book really got me so maybe it will interest you, after all it does cast a spell on you. I have to rate this book a 4.7/5 just down to the fact of I'm recovering from a fast paced final 43 pages.

Thoroughly great read and I'm thankful for having the opportunity to read and review such a book. I really wish Kathryn success with this novel and any future work.