Book #14: The Mine (Northwest Passage Book 1)

*I received this ebook from the author in exchange for an honest review.*

Title: The Mine
Author: John A. Heldt
Publisher: Self-Published
Page Count: 291
Genre: Historical Fiction/Time Travel Fiction

Book #13: Journey into the Whirlwind

Title: Journey into the Whirlwind
Author: Eugenia Ginzburg
Publisher: Harvest Books (Harcourt, Inc)
Publication Date: November 4, 2002 (Originally published in 1967)
Page Count: 418
Genre: Non-Fiction, Autobiography/Memoir
Why: Recommended by Kinneret @ kinneretstern 

Book #12: The Passenger

Thanks to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for granting me access to an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The Passenger
Author: Lisa Lutz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Page Count: 320
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Why: The description on Net Galley. It looked like an interesting read (which it was).

You are my… Sunshine Blogger Award!

A huge thank you to Misty Lemma at The Bikini Bookworm for the nomination! Her blog effortlessly combines two of the most important things in life: fitness and reading. If you’re seeking inspiration to kick off your fitness journey for the New Year (like me), her blog is fantastic 🙂

The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to those who are inspiring and bring sunshine into the lives of their readers and fellow bloggers (copied from frugal on the prairie). So thrilled to receive it!

Book #11: An Ember in the Ashes

Title: An Ember in the Ashes
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Page Count: 446
Genre: Young Adult- Fantasy
Why: Have you seen the cover? And the hype of course.

Book #10: A Monster Calls

Title: A Monster Calls
Author: Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
Illustrator: Jim Kay
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Page Count: 216
Genre: Fantasy Novel
Why: Recommended by Alyssa @ The Ultimate Book Geek 

Book#9: The Summer Before the War

Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for granting me access to my first eARC!

Title: The Summer Before the War
Author: Helen Simonson
Publisher: Random House
Page Count: 496
Genre: Historical Fiction
Why: Requested on Net Galley

Poirot’s at the door: Liebster Award Post!

A huge thank you to Debra from Cultivating Time for nominating me, it’s an honor!! I’m so excited, and I had a lot of fun answering your questions!!

A little bit about the Liebster award (from Cultivating Time):

The idea of the award is to is to recognize and promote new up and coming blogs of a good standard with less than 200 followers (on WordPress).

And, to the questions!!

Book #8: We Were Liars

Title: We Were Liars
Author: E. Lockhart
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Why: Recommended by my sister, and was the winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fiction 2014

Book #7: And Then There Were None

Title: And Then There Were None
Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery
Why: I bought this gem on a book run for $1!! Happy dance 🙂 Also, Cultivating Time recommended the BBC adaptation.