Sara Reads Things

Title: Children of Blood and Bone By: Tomi Adeyemi Genre: Fantasy Pages: 544 Release Date: March 6th, 2018 Publisher:  Henry Holt Company Rating: ★★★☆☆ Summary from Goodreads:  They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her pow...

Title: Malice By: PinTip Dunn Genre: Urban Scifi Pages: 400 Release Date: February 4th, 2020 Publisher:  Entangled: Teen Rating: ★★★★★ Summary from Goodreads:  What I know:  a boy in my school will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus. What I don’t know:  who he is. In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out his identity, but I’ll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill him. Because I’m starting to realize no one is telling the truth. But how can I play chess with someone who already knows the outcome of my every move? Someone so filled with malice they’ve lost all hope in humanity? Well, I’ll just have to find a way—because now they’ve drawn a target on the only boy I’ve ever loved... Add on Goodreads Review:  The concept of this book sounded a little off the rocker, but that was why I picked it up. Sometimes a little out there is what a person needs. This book kept me ...

Title: The Help By: Kathryn Stockett Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 451 Release Date: February 10th, 2009 Publisher:  Amy Einhorn Books Rating: ★★★★☆ Summary from Goodreads: Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone. Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and per...

Title: Stuber Genre: Action/Comedy Release Date: July 12th, 2019 My Rating: ★★★★★☆ IMDB Rating: 601/10 Cast:  Dave Bautista ,  Kumail Nanjiani ,  Mira Sorvino Summary from IMDB:  A detective recruits his Uber driver into an unexpected night of adventure. IMDB Trailer Review: Sometimes you just need one of those stupid funny movies to end a stressful day. That's what this movie was.  The detective has his eyes dilated, but then he gets a lead on the guy that killed his partner. Of course he can't drive, so he calls an Uber. The poor Uber driver has to drive him all over town. There's a lot of action, shootouts crazy stuff. You know? The kind of things a cop movie is made of, but with hilarious oneliners stuffed in the middle. You really need to watch this movie. It will bring you out of that bad mood you're currently holding onto.  

Monday! We survived last week. It was a whirl wind of a mad house around here, more than normal. Surgeries, and a Holiday party, among the normal issues with the boys at school and a stressful work week. I'm glad for the reset and starting over this week. This weeks book is Malice by Pintip Dunn. It releases on February 4th which is right around the corner. I'm already into it and its a wonderful thriller/future mystery. You are going to love it. I can't wait to hear what you have to think. Let's get on with the menu this week. Enjoy! MENU Monday -  Sweet Potato and Sausage Stew Tuesday -  Savory Pork Noodle Soup Wednesday - Chicken Sausage & Spinach Ravioli   Thursday -  Garlic Dijon Steak Friday -  Chicken Quesadilla - Kids Night Saturday - Spring Roll Bowl Sunday -  Leftovers Night

It's Sunday and you know what that means. Confession time!!! What a week. The kids had Monday off and my husband and I took Friday off for some family medical stuff. Its been a very emotional week and I'm glad its over.  How was  your week? Did you read that book you wanted to read? I started The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow. The book is set in my back yard of Portland, Oregon and I'm excited to finish it. Do you enjoy books about your city or state? I sure do. Sunday Confessions #27 ~ Weekly Menu #335 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Godzilla ~ Book Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews ~ Book Review: Cries From the Lost Island by Kathleen O'Neal Gear ~ Book Review: Brother by Ania Ahlborn Weekly Menu #336 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Stuber ~ Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett ~ Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adetemi ~ Sunday Confessions # 29 ...

Title: Brother By: Ania Ahlborn Genre: Horror Pages: 319 Release Date: September 29th, 2015 Publisher:  Gallery Books Rating: ★★★★☆ Summary from Goodreads:  From the bestselling horror author of  Within These Walls  and  The Bird Eater  comes a terrifying novel that follows a teenager determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions. Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves, and it’s served them well so far. When girls go missing off the side of the highway, the cops don’t knock on their door. Which is a good thing, seeing as to what’s buried in the Morrows’ backyard. But nineteen-year-old Michael Morrow isn’t like the rest of his family. He doesn’t take pleasure in the screams that echo through the trees. Michael pines for normalcy, and he’s sure that someday he’ll see the world beyond West Virginia. When he meets Ali...

Title: Cries From The Lost Island By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear Genre: Fiction  Pages: 320 Release Date: March 10th, 2020 Publisher:  Daw Books Rating: ★★★☆☆ Summary from Goodreads:  This standalone fantasy brings an ancient Egyptian mystery to life against a modern background, in a tale expertly crafted by a seasoned anthropologist Set against the glory and tragedy of ancient Roman Egypt, this novel brings to bring to life the greatest love story of all time. Sixteen-year-old Hal Stevens is a budding historical scholar from a small town in Colorado. A virtual outcast at high school, he has only two friends: Roberto the Biker Witch and Cleo Mallawi. Cleo claims to be the reincarnation of Queen Cleopatra. She also believes she's being stalked by an ancient Egyptian demon, Ammut, the Devourer of the Dead. But when Hal and Roberto find Cleo murdered in the forest near her home, it appears she may have been telling the truth. Her last reque...

Title: Women Talking By: Miriam Toews Genre: Fiction Pages: 216 Release Date: April, 2nd 2019 Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing Rating: ★★★☆☆ Summary from Goodreads:  One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins. Now that the women have learned they were in fact drugged and attacked by a group of men from their own community, they are determined to protect themselves and their daughters from future harm. While the men of the colony are off in the city, attempting to raise enough money to bail out the rapists and bring them home, these women—all illiterate, without any knowledge of the world outside their community and unable even to speak the language of the country they live in—have very little time to make a choice: Should th...

Title:  Godzilla - King of the Monsters Genre: Thriller - Scifi Release Date: May 31st, 2019 My Rating: ★★★★☆ IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 Cast:  Kyle Chandler , Vera Farmiga , Millie Bobby Brown Summary from IMDB:  The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. IMDB Trailer Review:  OMG! Have you seen this movie? I love how Godzilla is the most wonderful monster on planet earth. He has come to save us all from the wiener  Ghidorah. There was so much action in this movie, but a wonderful story line, something which this kind of movie often lacks in. The only reason I gave this movie four stars is because my nerves were a little on edge from the nonstop action by the end of the movie.  Godzilla!!!! Watch it!!!! ...

Its Monday and a holiday... but I have to tell you, it is not a holiday for me. I always have Mondays off and this time the kids are out of school, so it kind of messes up my schedule. I had to grocery shop yesterday, so I didn't have to drag the boys to the story (because we all know how that goes). On top of that, shopping on a Sunday with the after church crowd is well... crowded. Sigh... On top of today being a holiday, last week was insane. There was the threat of snow all week, except for Friday, which happened to be the one day it snowed. It wasn't like real snow though. I woke up to the ground covered in white, but by the time I had to leave for work at 6:30, it was pretty slushy. Of course, halfway to work, the bosses that be sent out a mass text saying work would open one hour late... I was already on my way... Again, Sigh... I know I don't ask this of you ever, but this coming Friday is going to be rough for my husbands side of the family. His father is ha...

Hello book lovers. Welcome back to the end of the week confessions. I hope you read everything you were hoping to read, but if you are anything like me... You didn't... lol. Sunday Confessions #26 ~ Weekly Menu #334 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Brightburn ~ Book Review: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt ~ Movie Review: Little Women ~ Book Review: The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre Weekly Menu #335 And The Book Of The Week ~ Movie Review: Godzilla ~ Book Review: Women Talking by Miriam Toews ~ Book Review: Cries From the Lost Island by Kathleen O'Neal Gear ~ Book Review: Brother by Ania Ahlborn ~ Sunday Confessions #28 I have many new books to read this week. Several of them are review books so stay tuned for that. I look forward to next week and all the new books I get to dive into.  What are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments below.

Title: The Third Mrs. Durst By: Ann Aguirre Genre: Mystery/Thriller Pages: 312 Release Date: August 8th, 2018 Publisher:  Midnight Ink Rating: ★★★☆☆ Summary from Goodreads:  Some people just need killing. Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband’s shadow. He controls her every move—what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she’s allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are… consequences. And he has all the power, so nobody would believe her. Her Cinderella story has been well-documented and it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she’s allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script. And gets away with murder… Add on Goodreads Review:  This book was dark and disturbing. It spea...

Title: Little Women Genre: Historical Release Date: December 25th, 2019 My Rating: ★★★★★ IMDB Rating: 8.3/10 Cast:    Saoirse Ronan ,  Emma Watson ,  Florence Pugh Summary from IMDB:  Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women each determined to live life on their own terms. IMDB Trailer Review: My sisters, mom and I are huge Little Women fans. It is tradition in my family to watch Little Women every Christmas. We know the movie front and back. Of course, we went to see this little diddy on Sunday night.  I actually loved this version of the classic Luisa May Alcott story. The cinematic we well done and the story was pretty spot on. Yes, there were some things that were added into the original story as my baby sister had to point out, but I thought the adds really enhanced the  story instead of taking away from it. Of course, my sister was too stuck on how ...