Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme started by the Broke and the Bookish.  Each week they chose a new meme and bloggers pick their Top Ten Books, TV Shows, Movies, etc that fit that theme. This week the theme is: Halloween Freebies: Favorite Halloween Movies!

American Werewolf in London

I saw this movie for the first time at the drive during a Halloween Double Feature, and it's been one of go to Halloween movies ever since. 

Hocus Pocus

Is any Halloween complete without the Sanderson Sisters?!

Hellraiser

Ugh, Clive Baker has been making me sleep with the lights on for years! The Hellraiser movies are one of my favorite late night Halloween movies.

 The Crow

To be honest I can watch this movie anytime of the either, because hello Brandon Lee. But, this is my favorite time of year to pull out my graphic novel and my movie.

 Halloween

The original Scream Queen herself! I'll be curling up to watch this one on Tuesday while I wait to pass out candy!

 Halloweentown

When I was a kid I watched it every Halloween on the Disney Channel, now as an adult I do the exact same thing. This year I'm going to introduce it to my Flatmate whose never seen it!

 Sleepy Hollow

I love this book, and I love this movie version! Fall, and Haloween, is my favorite time to curl up and do a re-watch and a re-read!

 Beetlejuice

This is another movie I have to watch in October! It's been one of my favorite for a long, long, time. I even watched the cartoon version on Saturday mornings when I was nothing but a wee little thing. 

 Poltergeist

To this day, this movie still scared the ever loving crap out of me. Which means I watch every single Halloween.

 Nightmare on Elm Street

Last, but never least, my favorite Wes Craven creation is Nightmare on Elm Street. I own the box set of all the movies, and watch them right at the start of October! My ringtone is all the nursery rhyme from the series as well.

Hope everyone a safe and cozy Halloween!

Happy Ready!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY - Tortall: A Spy's Guide

Series: Tortall Series

Author: Tamora Pierce

Pages: 320

As Tortall’s spymaster, George Cooper has sensitive documents from all corners of the realm. When Alanna sends him a surprising letter, he cleans out his office and discovers letters from when King Jonathan and Queen Thayet first ascended the throne, notes on creating the Shadow Service of spies, threat-level profiles on favorite characters, Daine’s notes on immortals, as well as family papers, such as Aly’s first report as a young spy and Neal’s lessons with the Lioness. This rich guide also includes the first official timeline of Tortallan events from when it became a sovereign nation to the year Aly gives birth to triplets. Part history, part spy training manual, and entirely fascinating, this beautiful guide makes a perfect gift and is ideal for anyone who loves Alanna, King Jonathan, Queen Thayet, Kel, Neal, Aly, Thom, Daine, Numair, and the unforgettable world of Tortall!

I have been reading Tamora Pierce's books since I was a little! They were one of those books shoved in a far corner of the library that I uncovered, and I kept reading through my adult years. Now she's back with a new series about George Cooper's years as Tortall's spymaster, and I've ready reserved a copy from my local bookstore!!

HAPPY READING!!

Can't Wait Wednesday

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about what we have yet to read. Generally they are books that have yet to be released, but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine. 

Release Date: November 14th, 2017

Author: Andy Weir

Genre: Science Fiction

Pages: 384

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. 

Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.

Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she's stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.

Why I'm Waiting: Artemis sounds right up my alley: smuggling, the "perfect crime", and badass female main characters living the moon. Yup, I'm there!

HAPPY READING!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY! - One Thousand Monsters

Author: Kim Newman

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 400

Japan, 1899. A party of vampires – exiled from Britain by Prince Dracula – seeks refuge in Tokyo and are confined to Yokai Town, a ghetto where the Meiji Emperor keeps the country’s vampires – bizarre creatures as different from European nosferatu as they are from living humans. Dr Geneviève Dieudonné, Kostaki, a soldier, Daniel Dravot, a spy, and Christina Light, a revolutionary princess, try to survive in Yokai Town as forces within and outside its walls threaten to destroy the newcomers and the long-time residents. What secret lies under the Temple of One Thousand Monsters?

Kim Newman is one my favorite authors, and this is probably one of my favorite series that he's created! It's just the thing to take me out of my reading slump. Good thing I work next to a bookstore tomorrow!

HAPPY READING!!

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme started by the Broke and the Bookish.  Each week they chose a new meme and bloggers pick their Top Ten Books, TV Shows, Movies, etc that fit that theme. This week the theme is: Unique Book Titles. 

1. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

1. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
2. Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
3. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 

1. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 
2. Little Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes
3. The Girl Who Circumvented Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

1. Island of the Sequined Loved Nun by Christopher Moore

HAPPY READING!!

HAPPY RELEASE DAY - Strange Weather

Author: Joe Hill

Genre: Short Stories

Pages: 448

“Snapshot” is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by “The Phoenician,” a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap.

A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump. . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling vapor that seems animated by a mind of its own in “Aloft.”

On a seemingly ordinary day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails—splinters of bright crystal that shred the skin of anyone not safely under cover. “Rain” explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as the deluge of nails spreads out across the country and around the world.

In “Loaded,” a mall security guard in a coastal Florida town courageously stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun rights movement. But under the glare of the spotlights, his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it. When an out-of-control summer blaze approaches the town, he will reach for the gun again and embark on one last day of reckoning.

Joe Hill is one of the authors that has always managed to freak me out every time I read his books, but I always end coming back for more. They're just that good!

HAPPY READING!!

Can't Wait Wednesday

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about what we have yet to read. Generally they are books that have yet to be released, but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine.

Release Date: November 21st, 2017

Author: Kim Newman

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 133

It is 1895, Count Dracula is Prince Regent and undisputed ruler of the British Empire, his power is supreme and unchecked. The curse of vampirism has spread far and wide through all levels of society and through all ranks of the British government. Now, on the verge of Dracula's 10th Anniversary of rule, anti-Dracula forces in the guise of the Council of the Seven Days are gathering. The Council - a secret cabal of free radicals, made up of vampires and humans alike have sworn to overthrow the Crown Prince of Darkness at any cost. They plan to sabotage the Jubilee with a devastating bomb attack. Now vampire journalist Kate Reed must uncover the truth and unmask the true conspirators behind the sinister plot or risk plunging both human and vampire kind into ruin and disaster from which no side will recover... 

Why I'm Waiting: The Anno Dracula series is one of my favorites! I'm very excited to get my paws on entire volume of these comics!!

HAPPY READING!!

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme started by the Broke and the Bookish.  Each week they chose a new meme and bloggers pick their Top Ten Books, TV Shows, Movies, etc that fit that theme. This week the theme is: Favorite Cookbooks. Which I'm super excited about! One of my other passions besides reading is cooking. So, I split my list in two parts: cookbooks I've read and used with ones I'm eager to add to my ever growing collection.

Cookbooks I've Read & Tested:

1. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book - So this book is a right of passage in our house. Once we move out of the house, this is one of the housewarming gifts we receive. When I moved across the country, it was what I got from my Mim. All of us have a different edition.
2. The Kansas Cookbook - This is one I inherited from my Great Grandma when she downsized a few years ago. I grew up a lot of the recipes inside. 
3. Ultimate Cake Mix Book - Mim and I share a love for dessert. I've made some pretty taste things out of this one!

1. Pioneer Women Cooks - This one got lost between one move to another after we moved to the PWN.
2. The Tillamook Cheese Cookbook - The first cookbook I bought after our move, the mac'n'cheese recipe is my favorite!
3. EverDayCook - Definitly one of the jewels in my collection, more because it's signed. That however hasn't stopped me from using it

Cookbooks on my TBR:

1. The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook - Mystery is one of my favorite genres to read, and I've been dying to get my hands on this book to some of the recipes from my favorites authors!
2. The Geeky Chef Cookbook - As a Geek Girl myself I feel I need this in my collection to try foods from of favorite geeky things!
3. The Red Rooster Cookbook - Marcus Samuelsson is one of my favorite Chef's! I'd love to add this to my collection!

1. Hot Mess Kitchen - I'm always about cooking on a budget. While it's usually just me I need to feed, occasionally I host my friends and it'll be nice add some new recipes to those nights.

HAPPY READING!!