Monday, July 3, 2017

July TBR List

First of f I want to say I had a list of books but I can't find it, so I will be pulling book titles off the top of my head. I have no idea how many will wind up on this list or my wrap up list at the end of the month. I have multiple books started and I will probably finish those up and put on the wrap up list as well as the physical books. I thought I would post a little blurb for this list and then the blurb and author info will go on the wrap up list.



The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies  In this lush, atmospheric page-tuner, nineteen year old Gwendolyn Hooper has married Laurence, the seductively mysterious owner of a vast tea empire in colonial Ceylon, after a whirlwind romance in London. When she joins him at his faraway tea plantation, she's filled with hope for their life, eager to take on the role of mistress of the house, learn the tea business, and start a family. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbors and her new sister in law treacherous. Gwen finds herself drawn to a local Sinhalese man of questionable intentions and worries about her new husbands connection to a brash American businesswoman. But most troubling are the un answered questions surrounding Laurence's first marriage. Why won't anyone discuss the fate of his first wife? Whose buried in the unmarked grave in the forest? As the darkness of her husband's past emerges, Gwen is forced to make a devastating choice, one that could destroy their future and Gwen's chance at happiness.



                                                                              
Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts

Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family Maverick, but even he couldn't understand  his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. All he knew was that ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted and and obsessed  with it. So when the opportunity to buy the house comes up, Declan jumps at the chance to live out a dream.

Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house takes a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past, and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief-sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows.

Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina too has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall a connection that will help Declan uncover s secret that's been buried for a hundred years.



House of Furies By Madeleine Roux

Louisa Ditton has nowhere to go. Alone and afraid, she has just fled a brutal English boarding school where punishment was the lesson of the day. When she meets an old woman who offers her employment as a maid at a boardinghouse. Louisa thinks she has been saved.

But soon after her arrival at Coldthistle House, Louisa begins ton realize that the houses mysterious owner, Mr Morningside, is providing much more than lodging for his guests. Far from a place of rest, the house is a place of judgement, and Mr. Morningside and his staff are meant to execute their own brand  of dark justice on those who are past being saved.
 
Louisa begins to fear for a young man named Lee, who is not like the other guests. He is charismatic and kind, and Louisa knows that it may be up to her to save him from an untimely judgement. But in this house of distortions and lies, how can Louisa be sure whom to trust?

In this first book of Madeleine Roux's new gothic horror series, photographs and illustrations help bring to life a terrifying house you'll want to visit and escape from again and again.




A Court Of Wings and Ruins by Sarah J Maas

Feyre has returned to the spring court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit and one slip may spell doom not only for Freye, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Freye must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

In this thrilling third book of the Court of Thorns and Roses series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J Maas, the earth will be painted red as mighty armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy them all.






The Cabin by Natasha Preston

They think they're invincible. They think they can do and say whatever they want. They think there are no consequences. They've left me no choice. It's time for them to pay for their sins.

A weekend partying at a remote cabin is just what Mackenzie needs. She can't wait to let loose with her friends. But a crazy night of fun leaves two of them dead murdered.

With no signs of a forced entry or struggle, suspicion turns to the five survivors. Someone isn't telling the truth. And Mackenzie's first mistake? Assuming the killing is over....





Hie to the Hunters by Jesse Stuart

The Sparks family--salty old Peg Sparks, his wife Arn, and their sixteen year old son Sparkie-- live in the Plum Grove Hills in a one room cabin. They don't have a lot, but they would not turn a stray hound dog away from their door and certainly not a stray and certainly not a stray boy like pale, spindly Didway Hargis, who has run away from his wealthy home in town.

The boy from Greenwood, Did Hargis and the boy from the Plum Grove Hills, Sparkie, become good friends. Did learns to love the life of the hill people, as he becomes one of the sparks family. , he and Sparkie sleep in the hayloft, each with a hound dog for warmth.  At night they hunt foxes and possums, and Did learns the difference between the long, slow "trail bark" of the hounds, and the rapid, excited bark that means the hound has treed a possum. He learns how to shake a possum from a tree, and how to set traps. By the day the boys work on the farm. Did learns how to chop firewood, how to plow with mules, plant corn, and strip tobacco. The boys reminisce about last week's barn dance, and look forward to next week's moonlight cornshucking. As Did becomes accustomed to the world of Plum Grove, and as he comes to love the sparks family and their neighbors, who are generous and kind, he grows strong, brown, and happy.

But Did and Sparkie's Appalachian idyll is interrupted by a feud between the hill-folk and a group of townfolk, led by Did Hargis' father, who comes to take Did home. Events leading up to a gala midnight cornshucking that turns into a pitched battle in the Plum Grove Hills, and the battle's after math, all make fast-moving, exciting reading.




10 comments:

  1. I love the cover for House of Furies! Good luck with your reading list. I do a post like this every month called Platypire Read-Thon on my blog, but always have a hard time sticking to my list. - Katie

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    1. I have a feeling that I'm gonna have problems sticking to my list too especially since I can't read when my husband is home

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  2. ACOWAR is GREAT. I would still mark ACOMAF as my favorite of the series so far, but ACOWAR is love. So excited for book 4.

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    1. Right i love the series and I'll always remember chapter 54. ACOMAF is probably my fab too. I can't wait to read the rest of the series

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  3. I'm going to be watching to see if you follow through. You can do it - rah rah rah!

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  4. I might get a couple done if my husband could leave me along long enough to read

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  5. I have seen those covers for the "Court of Thorns and Roses" books by Sarah J. Maas like everywhere. I keep meaning to read the series, but I have not got around to it. Are they enjoyable?

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  6. The house of furies sounds pretty interesting, the court of wings and ruin still trying to see if I get to that series at some point and the cabin its harsh a little but a very beautiful story. The other ones I don't really know them, like your post it's a great idea.

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    1. Awesome thank you and yes I love Madeleine roux's work

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    2. The House of furries sounds interesting and I have been meaning to get hold of a Nora Robers in a while, just to see if I like her writing, however, dont really want a romance one.
      I read the Maas book when it came out, enjoy it, its a monster!

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