Star Wars Trilogy Giveaway!

I'm giving away the William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy for the Midsummer's Eve Giveaway hop.  The books are: Verily, a New Hope; The Empire Striketh Back; and, to be released next month, The Jedi Doth Return. After entering my giveaway, scroll down and enter some other bloggers giveaways. And, good news, you can come back to enter again tomorrow!

The books were sent to me in exchange for an honest review by Quirk Books. Shakespeare isn't my thing but that's not to say he isn't yours! The first two books were delicately read by me and the third one came straight from the publisher. Thanks, Quirk!

For those of you who do not win (sadly, there can only be one winner) click on the links above to buy the books from Amazon (buying through those links gives me monies, too).
Enter here for William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy Giveaway

Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR list

I had a blast looking through my Goodreads "to-read" list for this Top Ten Tuesday! Below are ten books that I can't wait to read this summer, though I know I won't get to all of them (because I'm a genius and have the fourth and fifth books in the series).

-The Inner Temple of Witchcraft--A book I'm looking forward to. I just got a call from Books Inc that my order came in!


-Lesbianism Made Easy--A hilarious book I found at a second-hand bookstore, just in time for me to start dating.

-The Dead Run--a book I found at the library I work. Zombies. That's all that needs to be said.



-Quantum Creativity: Think Quantum, Be Creative--I found this book at a local metaphysical bookstore and requested it from a publisher. This is one of those books that is either going to inspire me or be so boring I wish I didn't have to read it.


-Ex-heroes--I won the fourth book in this series in a giveaway. Because I'm a genius I didn't realize it was later on in the series so it's going to be a while before I work my way to this book by Peter Clines.

-Fiddlehead--Like the book above, I made a mistake when I requested it from Tor. I thought it was the second book in the series by Cherie Priest when it was actually the fifth. So really, I should have put down "Dreadnought" (#2 in The Clockwork Century).

-Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book--Small, quick picture book full of grumpy cat and his grumpy memes. This is one of those books I'll check out from the library and wish I had purchased instead. Of course, by the time I realize I should have bought it I'll have already read it and be on the next book I am going to read. 

-Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink: Learn to Write Stories, Spells and Other Magickal Works--Another book that I want to read for this site, something I don't think I'm likely to see in other book review blogs. It's my goal to run a blog that can expose people to books they wouldn't ordinarily consider. 

-Sex at Dawn--I found this when I visited the local Good Vibrations shop (they sell books, too!). It's a non-fiction book about sex and relationships.

-Candle Magic by Cooper, Phillip-- Sometimes it's nice to think that we have a bit more control over our lives than we thought we did before becoming exposed to things like magick. From what little exposure I have to candle magic I have gotten a sense of fulfillment; the feeling that I did all that I could for something to go well. 

TTT: Top Ten Books I've Read this Year

The first book on this list has got to be Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

#2 is 50 Shades of Kink (oh my gosh, I just wrote "Grey" instead of "Kink"). I'm a sucker for self-help and sex-positive information and a fangirl of Tristan Taormino, a famous sex educator.

Now these books are in no particular order.

#3: Opening up, a book on non-monogamy. It explains the different types of relationships and the back is stock-full of resources, which is a huge plus. Honestly, it's better than The Ethical Slut.

#4 is a book I'm currently reading: Tarot for Life. I'm slowly working my way through it, pulling out my own Tarot cards as each one is analyzed.

#5 is Diary of a Submissive. It's exactly how it sounds. A memoir of a woman who is a sub.

#6 is Hollow City, the second book in Miss Peregrine's Home series. Less creepy than the first but still as catching.

#7 The 100, the book behind my favorite TV show of the summer. I was so happy to learn that it was first a book. Books can go more in depth with characters in ways the screen cannot.

#8 Joe Ledger: Special Ops is part of the Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry who wrote the zombie series, Rot and Ruin (I actually used that book in my thesis on zombie literature). This book is a collection of short stories from the same universe, just much earlier than Rot and Ruin.

#9 Slave Girls. I decided not to review erotica on this blog to keep it family friendly but I can't not name this book (I'll compromise by naming it but not reviewing it). It's a BDSM erotica, tales of the submissives.

#10 Lean in: For Graduates. I have mixed feelings about this book. My review of it will be up soon so you'll find out why. (Here's a hint: white privilege.)