By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day today. It’s been a semi-lazy week for me. I’ve been going back to playing a little more video games, all work and no play right? I’ve also been catching up on some edits of my novel. I’ve got a deadline to catch up on here.
But anyway, check out my new reading list.
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #76”
Suspenseful and masterfully engineered, Stalking Jack the Ripper delves into the titillating mystery of who was Jack the Ripper. Continue reading Review of ‘Stalking Jack the Ripper’
By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week. My sleep schedule is so out of whack, but then again, when you work both mornings and nights, it’s bound to happen. At least I can use those sleepless nights to catch up on my reading and writing. Oh and my editing.
But in other news, check out this week’s reading list and happy reading!
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #75”
By Cynthia Ayala
Here you have it, readers. Many books were listed but there could only be one winner, and by slim numbers, our winner this month is Lifeblood by Gena Showalter, the second in her Everlife series, the first of which also won last year’s book of the month! Let’s give a round of applause to Gena! Check out what this book is all about and stay tuned for a featured review right here on Cyn’s Workshop. You can already find a review of the first novel, Firstlife, here too. Happy reading!
Oh, and stay tuned for March’s selection of books.
Continue reading “Book of the Month – February 2017”
By Cynthia Ayala
Dinah is the Princess of Wonderland and the future Queen of Hearts. But that future is threatened when an enchanting stranger enters winning her father’s hearts and the hearts of her people. Soon her life begins to unravel as evil plots begin to seep from the shadows and. And if Dinah’s not clever enough she will lose more than her throne.
Published May 3, 2016 by HarperTeen, Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes is the first in her young adult fantasy Queen of Hearts Saga that takes a dark look at the world of Wonderland.
Continue reading “A Fight for Survival | Review of ‘Queen of Hearts’”
By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers. I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day today. January is coming to a c-lose. How bizarre how fast time flies. I’ve had some extra time lately to work on my novel and catch up on my reading. I love having some of this extra time. I’m still so tired a lot of time though, working at a movie theater is no easy feat, but at least my current boss and coworkers are great. Hours may never be perfect, but when you’re working a job you enjoy, you take what you can get.
Anyway, check out this week’s reading list. Happy reading!
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #74”
By Cynthia Ayala
Hey there avid readers I hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend. For me it has been a calmer week, I’ve had some time to edit my novel and catch up on some of my reading. I injured my hand though. I either have a pinched nerve in my center of both my palms or I have tendonitis. Plus, my anemia isn’t doing too great. Oh well, such is life. At least I have my books so check out what’s on the table this week.
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #73”
By Cynthia Ayala
Stars Above explores the past and the present in nine short stories about Cinder and her comrades. How Cinder arrive in New Beijing, how Wolf became Wolf, and how Scarlet’s grandmother came into possession of Cinder. Together they tell enchanting stories in the world of Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles
Published on February 2, 2016, by Feiwel & Friends, Stars Above by Marissa Meyer is a young adult short story collection with nine stories that bridge the past and the present together.
Continue reading “A Masterful Collection of Short Stories | Review of ‘Stars Above’ (The Lunar Chronicles #4.5)”
By Cynthia Ayala
The Firebird allows people to cross over into alternate dimensions. Because of her parents’ invention and the fact that Marguerite can go between dimensions unharmed, she has caught the attention of enemies across the multiverse, enemies that have now attacked her boyfriend Paul, splintering his consciousness, sending it across the multiverse. Now Marguerite has no choice but to search for each splinter of Paul’s soul, sending her through dimensions, forcing her to see different sides of him which makes her question the destiny she thought they shared.
Published on November 3, 2015, by HarperTeen, Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray is the second novel on her young adult sci-fi Firebird trilogy.
Continue reading “Addictive & Amazing | Review of ‘Ten Thousand Skies Above You’ (Firebird #2)”
By Cynthia Ayala
Hello there avid readers! So I finally got my Christmas present from my fiancé. What is it? I’m typing on it. It’s a new LAPTOP! And let me just say it works like a charm, I’m not yelling at my laptop to open up my files anymore. It’s a beauty. And I was able to visit my family in Illinois. My god it was cold there. But it was bunches of fun and I love my family. And we had tons of Mexican food. It was a lot of fun being with my family. And I was able to get a lot of reading done.
Which brings me to this! Check out my latest weekly reading list and see what’s up for me.
Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #72”
