TOP TEN TUESDAY: Book Titles That Are Complete Sentences

 Happy Tuesday!!!! Todays TTT prompt is book titles that are complete sentences. Fairly easy. 

1. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
3. The Qualities of Wood by Mary Vensel White
4. Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
5. Around the World in 80 Days by Marian Leighton
6. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
7. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
8. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
9. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
10. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Review: Stuffed by Liz Braswell

 

I would have never picked this book up on my own if it hadn't been for Rockstar Book Tours sending me the sequel. Reading the synopsis, I was intrigued and thought it would be a cute read. It definitely was and I listened to it on audiobook. I am going to be buying my own copy for my children to read because it also has DIY for your own stuffy and goes into detail about the type of stitches. 

This story is about a boy named Clark and he is 11. He is obsessed with his stuffed animals and it drives his mother crazy. She is constantly complaining about how he needs to grow up and get rid of them. His older sister tries to help him sometimes and his grandmother who is battling cancer continues to bring him little stuffed animals and homemade stuffies. One day, his father is acting really strange and lethargic. Clark doesn't know what is going on. His mother sets Clark up on a playdate with another boy who seems "normal". Little does Clark's mom know is that the boy, D.A., is into stuffed animals too. He is very impressed with Clarks collection and says that his stuffy army is amazing. This is when Clark learns about the monsters that the stuffed animals fight at night and what is actually happening to Clark's dad.

I really enjoyed this book. I ended up giving this a 4 out of 5. I really hated the mom and how she treated Clark and how she almost destroyed his childhood. The grandmother got major brownie points from me because she didn't give a rats ass about how the mom felt and she made Foon. (Foon is the stuffy on the book cover)

I will be picking up the sequel soon or during the Buzzword challenge. 

Review: Amulet #4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi *SPOILERS*

 

I found myself way more invested in this volume. I constantly had this on my mind since I finished the 3rd volume and that cliffhanger. I did not trust Max at the end and that feeling lasted throughout the whole of this one. I absolutely loved Cogsley's sarcasm and how he became an adoptive "mom" to a baby wyvern that hatched when he cracked the egg in the wyvern nest. The little baby wyvern is so freaking cute and he may be my new favorite and it definitely shoved Miskit into the number two spot. The back story of the stones and learning about the mother stone was amazing. Also the old council being controlled is very creepy. It wasn't a big surprise that the City of Cielis is being controlled and turned into stone by a certain someone who was seen as untrustworthy from the very beginning. 

The ending to this wasn't a cliffhanger but the artwork was freaking stunning and I loved the tribute to the fallen stonekeepers. 

Review: Neverhome by Laird Hunt

 

My second choice for the Buzzword reading challenge for this month and I did not enjoy my time reading it. I was bored, but it did make me want to research and find out more on women and their roles during the civil war. This is about a woman named Constance who leaves her husband to go fight with the Union Army during the civil war. She becomes a "household" name throughout the regiments because as she is pretending to be a man, she is gallant. Known as Gallant Ash, she helps women along the way and she gets herself out of messy situations. 

Eventually she gets captured and sent to a madhouse where her Colonel finds out that she is indeed a woman and she somehow finds her way out. While reading this, I just did not care at all about any of the characters. I was bored with how she was missing her husband Bartholomew. 

The ending was a total shock and I did not like it. I think the author just wanted a shock factor after writing this boring ass book that even he was like, "ok, need something spontaneous because I wasted so much time on this boring shit, the end will make it ok."

BLOG TOUR: AWESOME DOG 5000 VS. THE KITTY-CAT CYBER SQUAD BY Justin Dean

 

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the AWESOME DOG 5000 VS. THE KITTY-CAT CYBER SQUAD by Justin Dean Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About the Book:

Title: AWESOME DOG 5000 VS. THE KITTY-CAT CYBER SQUAD (Awesome Dog 5000 #3)

Author: Justin Dean

Pub. Date: May 4, 2021

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 224

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Heads up, DOG MAN lovers! Watch out, readers of BAD GUYS! Robotic dog AWESOME DOG 5000 is back in another action-packed adventure with some upgrades. . .just in time to battle a new supervillain!

Time to level up the awesomeness! Ever since discovering Awesome Dog 5000, life for gamers Marty, Ralph, and Skyler has been one epic adventure! But Awesome Dog's spectacular hero work has made front page news -- and Mayor Bossypants is not happy about it. The mayor makes a plan to take down that robot dog. . . and anyone else who stands in his way. Which means Marty, Ralph, and Skyler are about to have a real-life Bossypants battle!

Attention, readers! This is a wild action-comedy told through a mix of text and black-and-white illustrations, with a mystery to solve at the end. Can you handle the awesomeness?

Want to replay the first adventure? Check out the first book: Awesome Dog 5000!

Praise for the Awesome Dog Series:

"A silly sugar rush of a story."--Kirkus

PRAISE FOR AWESOME DOG 5000 (Book 1):

"An awesome ride! Go, dog, go!"--Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"This book will have kids barking for more adventures!" --Booki Vivat, New York Times bestselling author of Frazzled

"Made for fans of the zany humor of Andy Griffiths and Dav Pilkey."--School Library Journal

"Amplifying silliness to new heights."--Kirkus --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

Grab Books 1 & 2!

 

About Justin Dean:

Justin Dean is an award-winning writer of television commercials who has led national campaigns for brands such as South Park, Conan, and the Olympics. Now he writes bizarro and funny books for kids, too. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two kids. Unfortunately, they don't have any robot pets (yet). Visit him at justinwritesbooks.com. You can also find him on YouTube under Awesome Draw 5000 and on Instagram @jddean5000.

 

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a finished copy of AWESOME DOG 5000 VS. THE KITTY-CAT CYBER SQUAD, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

5/3/2021	Jill Piscitello	Excerpt
5/3/2021	jillpiscitellobooks	Instagram Post
5/4/2021	BookHounds Ya	Interview
5/4/2021	BookHounds	Instagram Post
5/5/2021	YA Books Central	Interview
5/5/2021	@bookshelfmomma	Spotlight
5/6/2021	Little Red Reads	Spotlight
5/6/2021	Little Red Readz	Instagram Post
5/7/2021	Kait Plus Books	Review
5/7/2021	Kait Plus Books	Instagram Post

Week Two:

5/10/2021	Lady Hawkeye	Excerpt
5/10/2021	Lady Hawkeye	Instagram Post
5/11/2021	She Just Loves Books	Review
5/11/2021	Nerdophiles	Review
5/12/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review
5/12/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Review
5/12/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Instagram Post
5/13/2021	Two Chicks on Books	Excerpt
5/13/2021	jaimerockstarbooktours	Instagram Post
5/14/2021	A Dream Within A Dream	Excerpt
5/14/2021	I'm Shelfish	Review

CONVINCE ME TO READ THESE BOOKS!

 

TOP TEN TUESDAY: NATURE COVERS

 

Today's TTT prompt is one of my favorites. I love beautiful covers and I love nature. Combine those two and you can have my money. Here are my ten favorite nature covers. The last one is my favorite because it has a swamp and the town I live in has about 10 different swamps. Gators and turtles galore.