🏅Top Shelf Tuesday 🏅

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Just spent most of the day getting my blog back online. 😵 Had an update issue occur and took me forever to figure it out.  But I got it resolved thanks to the help of Hostgator support!  Whew, back in business and on with the show. 

This week’s pick is:

The Host
The Host Book 1
by Stephanie Meyer
Science Fiction, Aliens, New Adult
Paperback
Published by Little Brown and Company, May 2008

I first read this book on vacation in Bora Bora. The Pic of it in my garden is a sad substitute. Whenever I think about it, I am drawn back to that beautiful paradise.
I picked my copy up at a thrift store, I really enjoyed the movie.  Seeing how thick it was I knew there had to have so much more to it than what the movie included.  
As a normal rule, I like to watch the movie first then read the book.  For me, this works out as I love watching movies too. I find that if I read a great book, love it, and then watch the movie, I am usually disappointed.  However, if I watch the movie, love it, then read the book, it’s even better but I still love the movie.  Win, win. 😁

Synopsis:
The Earth has been invaded by an alien species, they not only invaded Earth but they take over human bodies as well.  Melanie Stryder won’t go without a fight when Wanderer takes over her body.  As Wanderer is flooded with all Melanie’s memories she is compelled to find the family and the love that was left behind and still in hiding.  However, when they find the them, Melanie’s family is not so thrilled that an alien has invaded her. 
There is so much more to this story that I don’t want to give away the best parts if you haven’t read it or watched the movie.  It’s a mix of Sci-Fi, Thriller, and romance.

Just a little view from Bora Bora!
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Spring is Finally Here

Happy Spring everyone!  My tulips are blooming!

Well I had some unexpected technical issues at work this week that caused me to be unable to do my job.  Silver lining, I was able to get a little caught up on my reading.  My life has been so crazy lately with work and the reptiles that I have not been able to do much of any reading.  By the time I settle down for the night my brain is fried and all I can do is veg.  Which is why I only managed to read one audiobook in March. 
This week I was able to FINALLY finish Little Heaven (which was awesome!) and Duchess If You Dare!  Reviews still to coming.  I wanted to get to it before the pub date but life happens and I am glad that it was still close.  I also chose this one for 2021 Genre Reading Challenge, March was Historical Fiction.

Duchess If You Dare
Maidens of Mayhem Book 1
Anabelle Bryant
Publishing Date:  3/30/21
Historical Fiction, Regency Romance, Mystery

Scarlett, a member of the Maidens of Mayhem, a group of four women who fight to protect women in a society ruled by men. 
When Scarlett’s seamstress suddenly goes missing, she knows that foul play must be involved.  While Scarlett investigates, the clues bring her to an up scale brothel where she learns some girls have also gone missing from.  Ambrose, Duke of Aylesford, is investigating this same brothel as well, a mess his impetuous younger brother got him mixed up in. 
After Scarlett and Ambrose’s path cross and they discover they’re looking into same thing and decide to work together. 
From opposites backgrounds and lifestyles, they don’t have much in common but the chemistry is unavoidable.

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