Chuckles Cover Love #103-Extinction Trials

If there is one thing that makes a great book even better, it is when it has a cover that we love! The cover design is what catches the eye as we browse through a bookstore shelf or check out the Amazon or Goodreads recommendations. The right cover makes me look closer at a book, to read the blurb and maybe make a purchase. A poor cover might mean I never look at the blurb at all.

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I am so excited at the cover reveal for the third book so it was a good excuse to admire how gorgeous the covers are for the whole series! I just love them! They are even prettier in real life as they have a reptile skin effect to them that you don't quite see here.

Blogmas-Best Non Fiction 2018

Today's topic is best erotic but I'd never read it even if I was paid, so I'm looking at the best Non Fiction I read this year. 

To be honest I didn't read that many and I'll be reading a lot more next year. I read a couple of good political memoirs but the rest were political cartoon books covering the last few years and a cartoon humour book! What good non fiction have you read this year?

 

Blogmas-Best YA of 2018

Sophie over at http://bewareofthereader.com/ is hosting Blogmas 2018 and would love everyone to take part! The idea is that you post on each topic through the month (or as many as you can manage) on Wordpress, Twitter, Instagram etc using the hashtag #BestBooksof2018
It's the first day of Blogmas and the topic is Best YA of 2018. I'm not a huge reader of YA but I did get a few good ones looked at this year. 

1) Simone Pond-Beyond Sight (Coastview Prophecies #2) 

As horrifying as the future is, she sees it all.
Sibyl Forsyth doesn't know which is harder: navigating the supernatural realm or staying afloat at Hillside University. After all, she can't seem to register for classes.

When she receives a terrifying vision of a sacrifice happening at the next Blood Moon, Sibyl is hellbent on tracking down the demon who's initiating the gruesome ritual. But solving this mystery is harder than she imagined. Teaming up again with her reliable sidekick, Vago, and other allies in her fight against evil, Sibyl vows to save the innocent victims before they're sacrificed. Can she save the town before it falls prey to evil's reign?

2) SM Wilson-The Extinction Trials (Extinction Trials #1) 

Betrayal. Sacrifice. Survival.
Welcome to the Extinction Trials.

In Stormchaser and Lincoln's ruined world, the only way to survive is to risk everything. To face a contest more dangerous than anyone can imagine. And they will do anything to win.

But in a land full of monsters - human and reptilian - they can't afford to trust anyone. Perhaps not even each other...

3) SM Wilson-Exile (Extinction Trials #2) 

Betrayal. Sacrifice. Survival.
Welcome to the Extinction Trials.

After surviving on Piloria once, Storm and Lincoln are the obvious candidates to return to the dinosaur continent to test the new virus that should clear the way for human settlement. But they have their own priorities – finding a cure for the plague that’s sweeping Earthasia, and keeping themselves alive.

Ryan Graudin-Wolf by Wolf

Over ten years since the Nazis won the war, 18 yr old Yael has one mission: to kill Hitler - a captivating second novel from Walled City author, Ryan Graudin.

Once upon a different time, there was a girl who lived in a kingdom of death. Wolves howled up her arm. A whole pack of them-made of tattoo ink and pain, memory and loss. It was the only thing about her that ever stayed the same.Her story begins on a train.

Germania, 1956. Over ten years since the Nazis won the war. 18-year-old Yael is part of the resistance, and she has just one mission: to kill Hitler. But first she's got to get close enough to him to do it.

Experimented on during her time at Auschwitz, Yael has the unique ability to change her appearance at will. The only part of her which always remains are the five tattooed wolves on her arm; one for each of the people she's lost. Using her abilities, she must transform into Adele Wolfe, Germany's most famous female rider and winner of the legendary Axis Tour; an epic long distance motorcycle race from Berlin to Tokyo, where only the strongest (and wiliest) riders survive. If she can win this, she will be able to get close enough to kill the Fuhrer and change history forever.

But with other riders sabotaging her chances at every turn, Yael's mission won't be easy. . .

5) Elizabeth Briggs-Future Shock trilogy 

What do you do when the future is too late, and the present is counting down to an inevitable moment?

Elena Martinez has street smarts, the ability for perfect recall, and a deadline: if she doesn’t find a job before she turns eighteen, she’ll be homeless. But then she gets an unexpected offer from Aether Corporation, the powerful Los Angeles tech giant. Along with four other recruits—Adam, Chris, Trent, and Zoe—Elena is being sent on a secret mission to bring back data from the future. All they have to do is get Aether the information they need, and the five of them will be set for life. It’s an offer Elena can’t refuse.

But something goes wrong when the time travelers arrive in the future. And they are forced to break the only rule they were given—not to look into their own fates. Now they have twenty-four hours to get back to the present and find a way to stop a seemingly inevitable future—and a murder—from happening. But changing the timeline has deadly consequences too. Who can Elena trust as she fights to save her life?

6) Ernest Cline-Ready Player One

In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.

December Reads

This month I'm planning to read a few more Scifi books to extend what I didn't get to last month, a few thrillers to ease the pressure on that bookcase shelf and squeeze in a few other bits and pieces! I'm not setting a huge target this time as it puts too much pressure on me so this is the basic plan and if I get these read and get some TV watched, I'll be pretty happy!

The one thing these books all have in common is that they are paperbacks. I've went for books with mixed reviews on Goodreads or that I bought in two minds because they were cheap but I'm not sure I'll like, in the hope of a few DNFs and gaining back some bookshelf space!

THRILLER
1) Sue Fortin-Sister Sister
2) Benjamin Percy-The Dark Net
3) Tom Harper-Zodiac Station

APOCALYPSE
1) G Michael Hopf-The End
2) James Wesley Rawles-Patriots
3) William H Weber-Last Stand

SCIFI
1) Amie Kaufman-Illuminae

HISTORICAL
1) LD Goffigan-The Beast Of London
2) Valerie Anand-The House of Lanyon

URBAN FANTASY 
1) ML Brennan-Generation V

Chuckles Weekend Roundup

Welcome to my feature Chuckles Weekend Roundup where I will be looking at what books I've received, anything interesting I've done or bought or watched and other random stuff. I'll be taking a look back at what happened in my blogging world too, sort of like The Sunday Post that some of you do! 

Please note that I'll be visiting your STS/SP as normal, but I don't follow or leave comments on blogs run by Google Plus, or DISQUS as I refuse to join something just to leave comments, and I won't allow DISQUS to follow new people, update my profile or post tweets 'on my behalf'. I am the only one who does that on my social media! I won't comment on any blog that makes me sign in using another account. Sometimes, I have problems leaving messages on blogs hosted by Wordpress-they try to block me because I deleted my account with them but I will persevere as it only happens the odd time!

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 The end of November eh? Seems like no time at all since that summer heatwave but now I'm looking forward to winter nights of reading, films and dvd boxsets! I have a ton of stuff to get watched and I need to get motivated to do it now. I might add one boxset to each month of reading and see if that gets me started! Next month I start reading the books on my shelves that either got poor reviews or I bought to make up the numbers in special offers. It sounds strange that I'm hoping for lots of DNFs next month as that will kickstart my tbr reduction! I am hoping not to like these books which is weird, I know! 

The book ban. Well I haven't bought any paperbacks or hardbacks since last week and the last of my Amazon packages are coming in this weekend so that has been a success. Trouble is, there is one I REALLY want so I'm asking Santa to bring it as I'm allowed freebies and gifts! But I do confess to buying two 99p Kindle books!The first one I bought forgetting the book ban at all but it was 99p and I forgave myself. The second is a reduced price copy of a new series I wanted to buy so I got it. Maybe I should start the book ban tomorrow with it being the start of the month and do it for December instead! Or at least until the boxing day sales...oh I'm pathetic! I'm useless at book bans!

The books appearing today were all bought before the book ban was considered so they are all legal, so to speak! 

DOWNLOADS

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42619107-serpent-son 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42399472-the-highfire-crown 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8529844-ancestor 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7980210-the-cabin-in-the-woods 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41729832-the-longest-night---a-post-apocalyptic-emp-survivalist-story 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41643764-dark-horizon 

GIFTED!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26795359-gamescape 

Chuckles Blogging World
 I've kept up mostly on the blog this week and got a few things done. I'm taking part in Blogmas for a bit of fun so there will be a post about that most days in December. I'm already working on getting a few posts ready to get me started but getting a few book reviews prepared so it'll be a busy week online!

Book Reviews

MP Johnson-Lake Lurkers
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/book-review-lake-lurkers-by-mp-johnson.html 

Hunter Shea-Megalodon in Paradise
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/book-review-megalodon-in-paradise-by.html 

Regular Posts
I went Around the Blogs as usual. Cover Love featured Donna Galanti, Top Ten Tuesday was Platonic Relationships, Can't Wait Wednesday was The Extinction Trials Rebel, Books From The Backlog was the Dreg City series and Prepping With Chuckles looked at Food Storage.

Chuckles Cover Love
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/chuckles-cover-love-102-donna-galanti.html  

Around The Blogs With Chuckles
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/around-blogs-with-chuckles_26.html

Top Ten Tuesday
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/top-ten-tuesday-platonic-relationships.html

Can't Wait Wednesday
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/cant-wait-wednesday-extinction-trials.html 

Books From The Backlog
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-from-backlog-dreg-city.html 

Prepping With Chuckles
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/prepping-with-chuckles-food-storage.html

Discussion Posts

How Do You Solve A Problem Like A TBR?
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/how-do-you-solve-problem-like-tbr.html 

The Breakdown of my TBR
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-breakdown-of-my-tbr.html

Book Review Backlog
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/book-review-backlog.html 

Film & TV Reviews 
My digital TV box is about to go terminal so I've been trying to clear all the docs and TV episodes off it all week which has prevented me doing much else! I've been watching Ant Middleton on Everest-good but needed to be a mini series rather than one episode, a few true crime things, Masterchef The Professionals, Coronation Street and films for my dad.

Special Posts 

 Blogmas 2018
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/blogmas-2018.html

Scifi Month Films Final Update
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/scifi-month-films-final-update.html

Scifi Month Final Update
http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.com/2018/11/scifi-month-final-update.html

Book Tags/Blog Awards
none this week

Currently Reading/Up Next 
 I've been disappointed in my lack of reading over these last two months and I've missed out on the fun of Horror Month and Scifi Month for the most part. Next month is Delete the Shelves December where I'm intending to tackle books with mixed reviews or those I'm less keen on reading. I'm only picking ten books as my reading has been so bad recently and hopefully this will kick start me, ready for a brand new reading year! These are my first books to be tackled and I'm actually hoping I DNF them to free some shelf space quickly!

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