about the author:
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres

book synopsis:In 1888 Lord and Lady Clayton sail from England but to West Africa and perish on a remote island. When their infant son is adopted by fanged, great anthropoid apes, he is Tarzan of the Apes. His intelligence and caring mother raise him to be king. Self-educated by his parents’ library, Tarzan rescues genteel Jane Porter from the perils of his jungle
my rating: 3 and half stars
challenges I use it for:
2016 Choose Your Own Challenge Challenge
read a classic that was published in 1912

Around The Year In 52 Books
. A book set in a different continent
The Life of a Book Addict
Reading Group Challenge 2016
12+4 alternates books

what did I think of it:
just finished it between reading it and listening to it on audio book at loyalbooks.com, it took some time to get in to it but I did like it , so I'll be reading book 2 when I can since I already own books 2-8 , have to rebuy this one since I kind of deleted by mistake .

about the author:
Meghan Ciana Doidge is an award-winning writer based out of Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. She has a penchant for bloody love stories, superheroes, and the supernatural. She also has a thing for chocolate, potatoes, and sock yarn.
Novels: (in order of release) After The Virus; Spirit Binder; Time Walker; Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1); Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser 2); Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic (Dowser 3); and I See Me (Oracle 1); Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic (Dowser 4); Maps, Artifacts, and Other Arcane Magic (Dowser 5). Coming in 2015: Oracle 2. Coming in 2016: Dowser 6 & Oracle 3.
Novellas/Shorts: Love Lies Bleeding and The Graveyard Kiss

book synopsis
If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it.

That’s what twenty-three years in the magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled … except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.

my rating: five stars
challenges I used this book for:
#TBRTakedown 3.0 2016
January 4th (12:00 AM) - January 10th (11:59 PM)
1. Read a book from your most recent book haul

what did I think of the book cover: what's not to love about a photo of a cupcake

what did I think of the main character: OMG I loved her

what did I think of the book:
This was actually the first book of this author that I've read, and I'm glade that I picked it up to read, loved how the characters inter acted with one other, loved how there was different types of magic in it , and of course loved the hot guys that were in it. what else can I say but I just found me a new series to pick up

book synopsis:
A burnt and half-eaten megalodon shark corpse is found beached. A priest commits suicide. A previously unknown volcano rises from the China Sea and brings about a tsunami that destroys Shanghai. Yellowstone erupts after 640,000 years of silence. A pit in Nicaragua known as the "mouth of hell" begins violently spewing lava.
When Reporter Mick Cathcart and Marine Biologist Agnes Brach set out looking for answers, they never expected to stumble upon the biblical end times. Yet with sharks made of lava shooting from volcanoes to devour anyone in their way, how could anyone deny it?
With the help of a beleaguered priest and a billionaire industrialist, Mick and Agnes scramble to shutter the volcanoes and put down the lava sharks before the whole world burns to a cinder

my rating: five stars
challenges I used this book for:
Around the Year in 52 Books
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list

#TBRTakedown 3.0 2016
January 4th (12:00 AM) - January 10th (11:59 PM)
6. Read a FIRE color book (Fire colours such as shades of red, pink, purple, lilac, burgundy.) Lucky Colors for 2016

what did I think of the book cover: it what me want to pick it up and read it.

what did I think of the main character:
there was at first a love hate with the main character Mick Cathcart , I just didn't like how he acted some times at the begin of the book but the more I read the more his character grow on me, and he became one of the characters I actually grow to really like and love,

what did I think of the book:
This was actually the first book of this author that I've read, what made me pick it up was the cover , I didn't even read the synopsisof it all I need to know was that I loved the cover and any thing with such a beautiful cover had to be good ,of course in the past that wasn't always true but in this case it was, because there's just something about this story that grabbed me and won't let go, I loved how it was so much better then I thought it was as well as it been totally different take on apocalypses, loved how it has a tough of syfi to it, I can actually see this as a movie if they would do it right and not make it cheesy like they do some of the syfi movies they make today,

about the author:
Anette Darbyshire was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and now lives in Kent, England with her husband, three children and two cats.
Her debut novel, Love In The Wrong Dimension, is a love story told from the perspective of a ghost and written in the style of popular romance. She is currently working on the first installment of a series about a haunted dress shop.
Anette has always been fascinated by ghosts, having had her own paranormal experiences as a child, and now loves writing about them. What Is A Ghost? is a blog she has written on her website which explores a possible scientific explanation of ghosts.

book synopsis:
Welcome to Gowns Of The Haunted, an emporium of mystery and secrets, where even the ghosts aren’t what they seem.

Broke, lonely and desperate, Kate Hardy can’t believe her luck when a stranger inadvertently hands her a lifeline. This leads her to Gowns Of The Haunted, a mysterious, quirky emporium of fashion ranging from modern day goth outfits to vintage dresses and accessories. She’s overjoyed when Jenny, the pale and enigmatic owner of the shop, offers her a job and free accommodation in the small flat above the shop.

But, it’s not called Gowns Of The Haunted for nothing and Kate soon realises that something isn’t quite right. Strange noises, flickering lights and creepy shadows keep her awake at night and, when she learns that Jenny’s sister was recently murdered in the shop, her apprehension turns to very real, and justified, fear.

Traumatised by her night terrors, Kate seeks comfort from her new friends Jenny, Lucy, her eccentric young colleague, and Josh, the attractive customer who takes a fancy to her.

But at Gowns Of The Haunted, nothing is quite what it seems and, as her safety is increasingly threatened, Kate no longer knows who to trust; the living or the dead.
my rating: five stars
challenges I used it for :
Around The Year In 52 Books 2016
6. The highest rated on your TBR

2016 Lets Turn Pages Challenge
January 1-December 31, 2016

WACKY READING CHALLENGES
Yearly Challenges > 2016 Bucket List
January's Book

January's ( 4th -10th) # TBRTakedown 3.0
2. Read a book on your TBR Shelf over a year (or longest )

what did I think of the book cover: it what me want to pick it up and read it.

what did I think of the main character:
I loved Kate , loved how there was time she felt like nothing was going right and she thought about just going home , but then she would stay and fight for what she wanted.

what did I think of the book:
First I want to say it the first time I've ever read anything by this author , can't believe it took me a year to pick it up and read it , what can I say I loved it, loved how it was in a some what mysterious, quirky emporium of fashion ranging from modern day goth outfits to vintage dresses and accessories store that was and is haunted, loved how the character's inter acted with each other even the ghosts. will be checking out more of her books when I can.

Anette Darbyshire was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and now lives in Kent, England with her husband, three children and two cats.
Her debut novel, Love In The Wrong Dimension, is a love story told from the perspective of a ghost and written in the style of popular romance. She is currently working on the first installment of a series about a haunted dress shop.
Anette has always been fascinated by ghosts, having had her own paranormal experiences as a child, and now loves writing about them. What Is A Ghost? is a blog she has written on her website which explores a possible scientific explanation of ghosts.

book synopsis:
Welcome to Gowns Of The Haunted, an emporium of mystery and secrets, where even the ghosts aren’t what they seem.

Broke, lonely and desperate, Kate Hardy can’t believe her luck when a stranger inadvertently hands her a lifeline. This leads her to Gowns Of The Haunted, a mysterious, quirky emporium of fashion ranging from modern day goth outfits to vintage dresses and accessories. She’s overjoyed when Jenny, the pale and enigmatic owner of the shop, offers her a job and free accommodation in the small flat above the shop.

But, it’s not called Gowns Of The Haunted for nothing and Kate soon realises that something isn’t quite right. Strange noises, flickering lights and creepy shadows keep her awake at night and, when she learns that Jenny’s sister was recently murdered in the shop, her apprehension turns to very real, and justified, fear.

Traumatised by her night terrors, Kate seeks comfort from her new friends Jenny, Lucy, her eccentric young colleague, and Josh, the attractive customer who takes a fancy to her.

But at Gowns Of The Haunted, nothing is quite what it seems and, as her safety is increasingly threatened, Kate no longer knows who to trust; the living or the dead.
my rating: five stars
challenges I used it for :
Around The Year In 52 Books 2016
6. The highest rated on your TBR

2016 Lets Turn Pages Challenge
January 1-December 31, 2016

WACKY READING CHALLENGES
Yearly Challenges > 2016 Bucket List
January's Book

January's ( 4th -10th) # TBRTakedown 3.0
2. Read a book on your TBR Shelf over a year (or longest )

what did I think of the book cover: it what me want to pick it up and read it.

what did I think of the main character:
I loved Kate , loved how there was time she felt like nothing was going right and she thought about just going home , but then she would stay and fight for what she wanted.

what did I think of the book:
First I want to say it the first time I've ever read anything by this author , can't believe it took me a year to pick it up and read it , what can I say I loved it, loved how it was in a some what mysterious, quirky emporium of fashion ranging from modern day goth outfits to vintage dresses and accessories store that was and is haunted, loved how the character's inter acted with each other even the ghosts. will be checking out more of her books when I can.