The Map Shop

First of all, I need to apologize for missing the last two Sunday uploads. I intended to do them while I was on vacation and it just never happened. Also, I've been in a bit of a slump which I think was caused by me trying to read 11 to 19 ARCs each month. So the month of June is going to be my relax and read whatever I feel like month. Which works out since it is also the busiest time at the library with summer reading (Plug for your local libraries: Check out the summer reading programs at your local library. The theme is A Universe of Stories. There should be programs for all ages. Please support your libraries.) Now on with the post. Here are my top 10 Bookish Pet Peeves. These are just the things that bug me and might not apply to all bookworms out there. Let me know if there are any that bother you in particular or if there are any that I've missed. 1. Series with no series number on the cover.   I love series. But if it's a long series and I need to know ...

  Special thanks to NetGalley for a copy. I am an affiliate with Z Publishing House. For more information, see the bottom of this post. Aurora Rising is the first book in a new series by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. Both authors wrote the Illuminae Files trilogy. Kristoff also wrote the Lifel1k3 series as well as the Nevernight Chronicles and the Lotus War series. Kaufman has written the Starbound sieries, the Unearthed series, and the Elementals series. Aurora Rising is published by Knopf Books for Young Adults and was made available on May 7th. This is a young adult science fiction adventure. First off, I need book 2 right now. Second, this is a Guardians of the Galaxy kind of story. Told in multiple perspectives, top student, Tyler Jones, is out flying in the Fold before graduation and picking members for his flight team when he discovers a damaged ship with one survivor. When Aurora awakens, it's revealed she's been in cryosleep for over two hundred year...