Book Haul – July 6 2012
Book Haul thingy, in which I show you…some books I found in my mailbox.
*gasp*
=D
So glad vacation is over! I didn’t realize how much I was missing my book “stuff” and my YouTube! So good to be back!
Here is a small haul of the books I have gotten over the last two weeks. Only four. I swear I will never agree to “no books and no YouTube” during vacation again. EVER. This was TORTURE!
Oh well, at least the books I did get were AWESOME!! haha!
Ad Nauseam by C. W. LaSart
Release Date: 2012-03-01
Exotic, Erotic, Gruesome and Gory!
What if your Muse really was a twisted bitch, and she lived in your spare bedroom? And how far would you go to improve your station in life?
In this premiere collection by C.W. LaSart, you will find 13 gruesome tales of the macabre, from a simpleton who forms an unnatural obsession with his own backyard to a lonely woman whose suitor is not heaven-sent. These stories, ranging from the supernatural to the darkness that lives within the human heart, are sure to send a chill down your spine and a flush to your face. Certain to disturb and delight, Ad Nauseam is a walk through the twisted imagination of one of horror’s rising stars.
NO OF PAGES: 204 | GENRE: Horror | BUY ON AMAZON 
Shadows of the Past by E Jensen
Release Date: 2012-03-26
Even in the shadow, her past haunts her.
In a small town in northern New Jersey someone (or something) has murdered a twenty year old ware- tiger by injecting liquid silver into her heart. It is one of a string of ghastly murders that are occurring around Grabenberg, NJ. OPIA, the Occult and Paranormal Investigation Agency, decides it’s time to call in their best agent. The only problem is Kirsa Heinrich has been living in a secluded town in Germany where her ancestors are from. There she is trying to rebuild her life after her parent’s murder and a grisly case brought her world tumbling down. Kirsa puts the clues left at the crime scene together and realizes her worst fear; a cult that has been targeting her family for years is now killing in her home town. The Church of Light, a radical cult that is against ware-animals, vampires, witches, the fae and anyone that associates with them. Kirsa decides they must be stopped and she is the one to do it. When the Vampire Council hears she is working on the case they assign her a Shadow, a highly trained vampire bodyguard and assassin. For reasons lost to the council, Kirsa’s family has been under the protection of the vampires since the council’s beginnings. Ayden O’Brian is one of the best Shadows and has been working on a case that is eerily similar to the events in New Jersey, investigating a group of young vampire delegates from the council that has gone missing. He has sworn to the Vampire Council that he will keep Kirsa safe and find out the truth, because the Church is after Kirsa. Kirsa and Ayden know that she will not be able to rest until the Church is taken down for good. As the investigation continues, Kirsa begins to realize that the person behind the deaths is the spy the Vampire Council is hunting. Not only is the traitor a vampire but he was also her parents’ former body guard, Lars. Lars was also assigned to protect her until Ayden arrived on the scene. Kirsa learns th
NO OF PAGES: 460 | GENRE: Thriller/Horror/Fantasty | BUY ON AMAZON
House On Butcher Harbor by Lisa Lewis Moon
Release Date: 2010-10-29
Claire Templeton thought she had escaped the horror of life on Butcher Harbor after graduation from high school. Now an upcoming fashion designer in New York City, Claire has to put her bright future on hold and return to Butcher Harbor when her mother attempts to take her own life.
Thrust back into the world she grew up in, her past catches up with her quicker than she hoped. As expected, the ghosts of Templeton House have been waiting for her return, refusing to let her escape their grasp. Claire reluctantly returns to the Harbor, setting off a series of events that throw the town into turmoil and could possibly cost Claire her life.
NO OF PAGES: 280 | GENRE: Paranormal | BUY ON AMAZON
World Religions: A Historical Approach by Solomon A. Nigosian
Release Date: 2007-07-07
**This is a borrowed book. I will be returning it once I have read it.
A concise, balanced, and reasonably priced introductory text, World Religions takes a historical approach to the ideological and cultural aspects of several religions. More than just a collection of facts about beliefs and mores, this unique text offers students a complex portrait of each religion, with scholarly viewpoints interspersed throughout.
NO OF PAGES: 576 | GENRE: Non-Fiction/Religion | BUY ON AMAZON
So how about you, what books did you pick up this week?