In Finas Res: Sword of Armageddon

It's taken me about a week to get through Mathews last installment in the New Kid trilogy: Sword of Armageddon. I'm not sure why it is taking me so long. The other two books in the series took me approximately 2-3 days to complete.

 According to my Kindle, I have 93% of the book complete. This means I am reaching what I would consider the climax of the book, as well as the series' climax. Even though I recognize this, there is no force motivating me to finish the book. For example, I'm sitting here now, typing away ABOUT the text and my inability to produce inertia and finish the book rather than actually doing so. The connection I once felt for this book, that connection that propelled me to continue reading even after reading those negative reviews about Mathews writing style and the book's endorsement of provincial cliches, has been subdued by indolence and distraction: i'd rather do nothing than finish this text; i'd prefer to do anything else rather than sit down and read what I am anticipating to be a prolonged disappointment.

Am I getting tired of Mathew's writing style?

Has the illustrious New Kid, low-key demon hunter, Will Hunter, become boring and predictable?

I guess you'll find out in my upcoming review!

 P.S. Please forgive my Latin!

Breathing Genius into the Spectrum of Literary Excellence: George R. R. Martin Exhales

Artist: Bryan K. Stites

Winter is coming...
but fear only the stab of the stag's antler.
Ours is the Fury...
--

I recently begun reading Game of Thrones. As an avid fan of the HBO television series, I have been waiting to peel open the pages of the written tale and engulf myself in Martin's genius. 

I have only completed about 15% of the first book of the series, or so my Kindle says, and I can honestly state that Martin MUST be deemed one of the Greats of contemporary fiction. Before this literary adventure, there was just Tolkien and Rowling. Now, as the realms of Westeros and the Free Cities latch themselves to my heart, I find myself chanting: Tolkien, Rowling, Martin... Tolkien, Rowling, Martin...

May their words forever immortalize their worlds.

A Regretful Pause

The potential was great,
defined by fate:
if it had only been invoked,
this world I would have provoked.
--
C.A.D

When I had first launched this blog, I had hoped that I would remain vigilant in my literary endeavors and reviewing process.

Alas, I have not been: I have procrastinated, tossed punctuality out of the window, and allowed Caleb Alexander Deveraux to wither away and do the TomRiddle, all while countless new releases have been molested by minds other than my own a full year ahead of me. My persona as a literary guru has been nothing but a sham! 😩

Thus, you all must mark my words! This pattern of insolence and negligence shall continue no more!

A Reader's Cavern shall be explored once again:

The spun, white corners shall be dusted and examined for reading nooks;
crystallites buffed for vivid projections of heroes and dames! witches and wizards! high schools and cheerleaders! The spiders shall be welcomed to a new home as the classics are embraced close to my bosom!

My oil lamps are on and the noggin-wheels have been greased: the Darkness may creep in my cave no longer!

Prepare for the works factory, for its mechanics aim for maintenance and the undefined; overdue adventures pre-meditated by the greats are awaiting their 15-minutes of critique!.

A Brief Intermission

Hey Guys!

I have been such a slacker recently; I haven't blogged in two weeks!  For this, I apologize.  However,  I would like you guys to know that I have had an amazing past two weeks.  I will start my blogging up once more next week, with a review of The Near Witch, but as for now, I have to keep enjoying my summer!  It's almost over =[.

The Near Witch is Near!

The gap between now and the moment The Near Witch, by Victoria Schwab, gets downloaded to my Ipad is growing thinning! I have been eagerly anticipating this novel for quite some time, and it's almost mine. It's almost mine! I probably am not going to go to bed tonight at all tonight; I will be up gobblin'. I'll probably have it completed by tomorrow night, as well as my review. If you haven't heard of the piece as of yet, shame on you! But do not fear, I will give you the synopsis :).

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.

If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.
And there are no strangers in the town of Near.
These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.
But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.
The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him.
As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.

Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget.

Damned Giveaway

After reading the Wicked series by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, I fell completely in love with their writing.  I swore that I would read any and every book they ever published again.  And lucky me, they started a new series!  It's the Crusade series.  Unfortunately, I am just now finding out about it, so I haven't received the opportunity to bask in its glory; however, it has been downloaded, and it is waiting for me to tear through its pages!

On to more important matters though, there is a giveaway taking place right now to receive an ARC copy of the second installment in the series, Damned.  I need this book. I need to feel it's weight in my hands and the smell of its pages.  I tend to suffer from readers torture quite often.  You know, that torture readers get when they finish an amazing book and have to wait more than a week for the second book in the series.  Well, I get that really bad.  Really, really bad, so I need this book.  HOWEVER, it would be quite horrendous of me to hide this amazing offer from you guys.  Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie are both amazing authoresses, and everyone deserves the opportunity to experience their writing.  So, go buy the Wicked series if you haven't already, and allow Nancy and Debbie to caress your love for a good book.  Then, go download Crusade and experience, what I'm sure is beyond fantastic, the glory of all that is awesomeness.  THEN, enter the give away offered by Confessions of a Bookaholic and start the journey again.  It'll be well worth it; I promise ^_^.