New book release!

I don't know about you but I'm really excited to see this new series by David Estes - Brew!  It's being released October 1.  Be on the lookout onTwitter with the hashtag #Brewrelease for great giveaways!

David is the prolific author of several series and Brew is the latest.  Here's the synopsis from Goodreads:

"Salem’s Revenge strikes without warning or mercy, ravaging the powerless human race under the forces of united gangs of witches, wizards, and warlocks. During the slaughter, Rhett Carter's foster parents and sister are killed, and his best friend and girlfriend are abducted by a gang of witches calling themselves the Necromancers, who deal in the dark magic of raising the dead. Rhett’s sword-wielding neighbor with a mysterious past saves Rhett from becoming another casualty of the massacre and teaches him the skills he needs to survive in this new world.

Rhett is broken, his normal high school life of book blogging and football playing shoved in a witch-apocalyptic blender. The only thing he has left is his burning desire for revenge. Armed with his new witch hunting skills and a loyal, magic powered dog named Hex, he sets out into the unknown with one mission: hunt and destroy those who took away everyone he ever loved.

But Rhett isn’t just a witch hunter; he has secrets of his own that he has yet to discover, secrets that his enemies will stop at nothing to keep him from.

And discovering the truth about himself is the human race’s only hope."

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Housekeeping and Giveaways

Most of the time I only publish reviews here - the reason for that is that I have a BookTube account where I talk about books. Although I started as a blogger with other subjects - house, sewing, etc., I spend most of my time these days making videos.  But not always. Every now and again I'll be putting up a post where I just yammer on about things. For example, telling you about giveaways that are happening and books I'm reading.

 Currently, I'm working my way through The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Fantasy is not my genre of choice, unless you count the fairytales written by all the New Adult authors. Those fantasy men . . . but I digress. Name of the Wind has captured my attention, but it's a long book. 19 hours of listening time on audio, but hey - it's Nick Podehl and he can do no wrong as a narrator. I'm interspersing that with some NA romance and Children's Classics. Matilda by Roald Dahl, The Darkest Part by Trisha Wolfe (which doubles as a self-published book on my list), and The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding in print. That's a lot to have going on at once, but I do like to have a balance. One romance, one self-published, one children's, and one other that's different from the rest. 

Some books I have on tap: A re-read of The 5th Wave followed by the recently released Infinite Sea, both by Rick Yancey and both on audio. Heir of Fire, the third in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Unbound, the sequel to The Archived by Victoria Schwab. And a couple of NA romances on audio as I find them.

 Here's a giveaway you should enter - it's an entire box of books! It's being hosted by Once Upon a Twilight, and you can enter via Instagram here: http://instagram.com/p/siwq71hnHC You can also enter the giveaway via Twitter and Facebook. Now that's worth a re-post and a tweet!

 I'll be back with more giveaways, some my own, and some news about authors I love. David Estes is one and he has a new series coming out - I'll tell you more about that later. So enter that giveaway and feel free to comment on the books I'm reading - have you read them? Any thoughts? And join me on BookTube at Today in Jen's Library there.