Mad About the Hatter by Dakota Chase review

Mad About the Hatter by Dakota Chase

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I received this from NetGalley for an honest review. I found it cute and a quick read. This is the story of Alice's brother, who never believed she ever went to Wonderland. He ended up in Wonderland and meeting The Hatter and having feelings for him. As Henry and The Mad Hatter try to get back into the real world and face all the obstacles that is put in their path.



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His Wicked Desire (Vieux Carré Witch Sister, #2) by Dawn Chartier review

His Wicked Desire by Dawn Chartier

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I received this from NetGalley for an honest review. This was a paranormal romance and very good. Witches and Warlocks that kill each other. Warlocks are bad. Brye is half witch and half warlock with a Warlock wanting her to join him and the other Warlocks. He threatened her family and the love of her life. But she finds out more secrets about her family. Brye will do anything to protect those she loves.




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Here All Along by Crista McHugh review

Here All Along by Crista McHugh

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is an ARC I got from Netgalley to read for an honest review.

I really enjoyed getting to know Sarah and Gideon and watching their relationship grow. This read like a typical romance and already knew how it would end but I loved reading how they got to the end of the story. Gabe helping them along the way made it quite funny.

Sarah was a child star and had ruined her life and career with booze and drugs. Then an accident happened and woke her up. Now she wants nothing to do with being an actress. Can Gideon and Gabe change her mind?



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Crooked Little Lies by Barbara Taylor Sissel - review

Crooked Little Lies by Barbara Taylor Sissel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


received this from NetGalley for an honest review. I loved this book. It starts out with Lauren almost hitting Bo on the highway. Then he disappears not to long after that. Being a former drug addict and having a brain injury from a falling accident, makes her wonder what really happened. Lauren helps out Bo's sister with a search party.
Meanwhile at the same time, Lauren's husband Jeff, her sister and her boyfriend are at the family farm to see what needs to be done to sell it.
Once the weekend is over everyone is acting funny. Lauren's sister won't see her or talk to her. Jeff is acting weird and accusing Laura of doing drugs again which is making their kids mad and distrusting Lauren. Lauren keeps finding packets of oxys in the house but doesn't remember going and buying any.
So many secrets and lies in this book. I had an idea of what was going on but not to the extent that it all did. I highly recommend this book.



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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King review

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Wow, this book grabs you right from the beginning. A retired cop tries to solve a case he was on and ends up involving a teenager and a mentally disturbed adult. What they did together was awesome. Don't want to say to much without spoiling the story. I liked Hodges, Janey, Jerome and Holly. Great characters.



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Dream A Little Dream by Giovanna Fletcher review

Dream a Little Dream by Giovanna Fletcher

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I received this from NetGalley for an honest review and I loved it. Sarah has a great group of friends, including an ex boyfriend. He had dumped her several years ago for someone else and she was now also a part of the group. They meet weekly. Sarah also has a job she is not happy with and talks to her boss for a promotion, and he listens and tries to come up with a solution. Sarah also has been dreaming about a guy from her past and all of a sudden he is back in her life. This book had me mad at first and then laughing a lot.



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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

 This is my favorite book this year.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


OMG this is the best book that I have read in a long time!!! Thank you to 3 Book Tuber videos who recommended this book. If you like video games and things related to the 80's like music, movies and video games.

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.
   But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.



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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

3rd book of the Grisha Trilogy

This book was amazing. I loved all the characters except for The Darkling and I felt sympathy for him. I cried and I laughed and the ending was great. Not how I expected it to go but it was a good ending. Some of the characters did not end up the way I thought they would but everything was tied up. I love Alina, Mal and Nikolai.



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Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell review

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I listened to this on audio and loved it!! Set in the 80's, Eleanor and Park become friends and then romantic feelings happen. Eleanor comes from a troubled home which makes her hard to like at first but then you start feeling bad for her situation. Would have liked a little more closure with the end but it was good.



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February Books Read

What I read in February:
16. Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson - 4 stars
17. A Quest of Heroes (The Sorcerer's Ring #1) - Morgan Rice - e book - 5 stars
18. Animal Farm - George Orwell - e book - 3 stars
19. The Maze Runner - James Dashner - e book - 4 stars
20. Cress - Marissa Meyer - 5 stars
21. Braile House - James Wayne King - won this off of Goodreads- 4 stars
22. Fairest - Marissa Meyer - 5 stars
23. Witch and Wizard - James Patterson - 4 stars
24. The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black - 4 stars
25. A March of Kings ( The Sorcerer's Ring #2) - Morgan Rice - e book- 4 stars

February Book Haul

This was a huge month of book buying. I bought a lot through BookOutlet for the President's Day sale.

Splintered trilogy - A.G. Howard
Anna and the French Kiss Trilogy - Stephanie Perkins
Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard
Inherit Midnight - Kate Kae Meyers
Truth or Dare trilogy - Jacqueline Green
The Midnight Queen - Sylvia Izzo Hunter
The Bells - Richard Harvell
The Countess Captive (Book2) - Andrea Cefalo (my cousin-in-law)
If You Find Me - Emily Murdoch
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Siege and Storm - Leigh Bardugo
Glow - Amy Kathleen Ryan
Mystic City - Theo Lawrence
The Rithmatist - Brandon Sanderson
Chronicles of Nick books 1-5 - Sherrilyn Kenyon
A Wicked Thing - Rhiannon Thomas
The Sin Eater's Daughter - Melinda Salisbury

January Books read

I read:
1. The More the Merrier - K.R. Whitaker   - ebook - 5 stars
2. It's Time We Talked - K.R. Whitaker -e book - 5 stars
3. A Shade of Vampire #3:Castle Of Sand - Bella Forrest - e book - 4 stars
4. A Shade of Vampire #4: A Shadow of  Light - Bella Forrest - e book -4 stars
5. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - e book - 5 stars (LOVED IT)
6. Cinder -Marissa Meyer - e book - 5 stars (LOVED IT)
7.  A Shade of Vampire #5:A Blaze of Sun - Bella Forrest - e book - 4 stars
8.  A Shade of Vampire #6:A Gate of Night - Bella Forrest - e book - 2 stars
9. Rushed - Brian Harmon - e book - 5 stars
10.Scarlet - Marissa Meyer - 5 stars
11.Finding Cinderella - Colleen Hoover - e book - 3 stars
12.Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead - e book- 4 stars
13. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin - ebook - 4 stars
14. The Chocolate Book Bandit - JoAnna Carl - 4 stars
15. The Chocolate Clown Corpse - JoAnna Carl - 4 stars

January Book Haul

These are:
Scarlet -  Marissa Meyer
Cress- Marissa Meyer
Fairest- Marissa Meyer
The Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
Shatter Me series- Tahereh Mafi
Ruby Red Trilogy - Kerstin Gier
Cruel Beauty - Rosamun Hodge
The Book of Ivy - Amy Engel
The Selection trilogy - Kiera Cass

I bought a bunch of ebooks but not listing those

Reading

I haven't stitched much this year but I have been reading ALOT!!!  So I am going to play catch up with all the books that I have bought and read so far. So give me a couple of days to do that and I changed my blog name back to Shelleen's musings instead of Queen Stitcher as not much stitching is going on. I will post progress pics though, when I do stitch.

Day 15

This is the last day of the 15 in 15 Mirabilia's/Nora Corbett's. I started 14 new ones and one WIP. This is Mirabilia Winter Queen which I will continue to stitch on til it is finished. The last week of every month I will take a break and stitch on Halloween.

28 ct white evenweave

I watched 4 episodes of this season's Supernatural. I had DVRd them all and just now watching them. It also was renewed for next season , which is season 11.

Tonight I will read more of Shade of Vampires series. This is #6.

Day 14

Nora Corbett Faerie Winters Dream from the Cross Stitch & Needlework January 2013 issue.

28 ct Molino Silkweaver solo

I watched a little bit of Something's Gotta Give. 

The rest of tonight I will read the 5th book of The Shade of Vampire series by Bella Forrest, I am about 1/2 way through the book.

It has been below 0 last night and tonight. I unburied my car, which had almost a foot of snow on it since I haven't moved it in 2 weeks. I had planned on going to the library to pick up a bunch of audiobooks. It took me 20 minutes to unbury my car and my windshield still was not defrosted or the windows inside my car. I was also frozen and my face hurt. So I decided I was done. Came in and took a shower and put on flannel pjs lol. The library is closed on Thursdays so I will go on Friday.

Days 12 & 13

Day 12 - Mirabilia Giggles in the Snow - Boy

28 ct cream Monaco

Day 13 - Mirabilia Giggles In The Snow - Girl

28 ct cream Monaco

Not much else going on. I didn't watch any TV yesterday. Tonight I watched Hoarders and Pretty Little Liars.

I am still reading A Shade of Vampire Book #5 by Bella Forrest.

My puppy had more shots today and last visit she weighed 9.5 lbs and today she weighs 16.1 lbs. She is growing really well.

Day 11

Today's stitching piece is Mirabilia Fairy Roses.

28 ct cashel linen Silkweaver Pixie Dust

While I was stitching I watched:

Galavant

Resurrection

Revenge

I read an awesome book today as well. Cinder by Marissa Meyer. It is the first book of the Lunar Chronicles Trilogy. I rated it 5 stars.  A forbidden romance. A deadly plague. Earth's fate hinges on one girl . . . CINDER, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg.

 

 

 

Days 8, 9, & 10

I was reading a really good book that I put off posting in here.

Day 8 - Mirabilia Shimmering Mermaid

32 ct Wexford Linen - Silkweaver solo

I stitched on it while watching The Chew and General Hospital. Then I started reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and I read until I had to go to bed. The book was so good.

DAY 9 - Mirabilia July Amethyst Fairy

28 ct cashel linen silkweaver solo

I stitched on this while watching The Chew and General Hospital and then I pulled out the book.

Well actually I pulled out my Tablet since I was reading Ready Player One on that. I finished it and gave it 5 stars. I LOVED this book. It was amazing. If you think the world of virtual gaming is awesome, even if you don't play games, and you like the 80's music, movies and video games then you would like this book. I highly recommend it. It is one of the best books that I have read in a long time.

DAY 10 - Mirabilia August Peridot Fairy

Not sure what the fabric is, I can't remember

I stitched on this while watching a Hallmark movie on my DVR, A Royal Christmas, which I enjoyed.

My plans for the rest of the evening are to watch some You tube (book tube ) videos and play sims4.

7th day

January 7- So today's new start is Nora Corbett Arezzo 2014.

32 ct belfast linen - Silkweaver solo

I only watched The Chew and General Hospital today. I was in a reading mood and finished reading A Castle of Sand by Bella Forrest and then also read the next book A Shadow of Light by Bella Forrest. The books keep getting better. There are 4 more in this series. 

We have had a wind chill advisory all day through tomorrow morning. Right now it is -3 with a wind chill at -19. I am staying warm in my fleece pjs but is really cold when I have to take the puppy out. She seems to like it and doesn't want to come back in but wants to play in the snow. 

Since I have been home I have read a lot and not played sims4. I will probably find time over the weekend to play the game.