waiting on sunday to drown: June 2011

Review Policy

I review books of all types, but my favorite genres are young adult, new adult, paranormal, urban fantasy, mysteries of all types, and horror. I also like memoir and some non-fiction. Please email me at rasberryswrlgirl (at) hotmail (dot) com if you have a proposal for a book review, guest post, interview or other type of promotional post for your book. My turn around time is anywhere from a week to a month depending on my class load. When you email me, I will let you know what kind of time frame I can work with at that time.

I accept books from the big publishing houses, indie, self published, etc. I accept print and ebook formats (kindle, smashwords, or pdf).

Friday, June 24, 2011

In My Mailbox

This week, my books came from Barnes & Nobles and Walmart. My finds for the week are:

Monday, June 13, 2011

Last Night's Dinner

Last night for dinner we had one of the best things my man knows how to make, sherried beef.

Ingredients:
2 pounds of beef steak, cut into cubes
1 large can of cream of mushroom soup
1 packet of Lipton Onion's soup mix
3/4 cup of Sherry

Instructions:
Preheat over to 325 degrees

In a deep casserole dish place the beef and the mushroom soup.

Sprinkle the meat mixture with the onion soup mix.

Add the sherry and stir everything together.

Cover and bake for 3 hours.

Serve with rice or egg noodles.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by One Person's Journey Through A World of Books. Each week I'll spotlight the books I'm reading, recently finished, and plan to read this work.

Finished:
"Just Kids" by Patti Smith 320 pages

"City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare 485 pages
"City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare 496 pages
"Midnight Alley" by Rachel Caine 256 pages

Reading:
"Smashed" by Koren Zailckas
"Feast of Fools" by Rachel Caine

Up Next:
"Virals" by Kathy Reichs
"Hot Six" by Janet Evanovich

Sunday, June 12, 2011

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare

Goodreads says:

"When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end."

My Rating:

***** 5 Stars

My review:

I absolutely love this book. In my opinion it's the best teen series since Harry Potter. The book has strong characters, a well written storyline that sucks you in, and before you know it you've finished the book.

Clary witnesses a murder while out at a dance club. From that moment on her life is never the same. This story is filled with demons, vampires, werewolves, faeries and those that hunt them.