Tales with Nicole

There are only 4 months left to 2016, and there are still some amazing books to look forward to before obsessing over my already lengthy 2017 list!     The list below is my most anticipated fall releases, in order by release date. I have included their synopsis from goodreads :       1. Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi       There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn't miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it's been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she's about to embark on one to find the other. But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she'll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, whe...

I recently finished binge watching Netflix's new original series Stranger Things, and basically I've become obsessed. I started looking for books that I could read that have a similar creepy and/or sci-fi feel to hold my addiction until Season 2!         This is a list of books I have put together (which are in no special order), each synop sis was found on goodreads :       1. 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil     Josie Byrne's life is spiraling out of control. Her parents are divorcing, her boyfriend Nick has grown distant, and her physics teacher has it in for her. When she's betrayed by the two people she trusts most, Josie thinks things can't get worse. Until she starts having dreams about a girl named Jo. Every night at the same time—3:59 a.m. Jo's life is everything Josie wants: she's popular, her parents are happily married, and Nick adores her. It all seems real, but they're just dreams, right? Josie thinks s...

Are you a Watcher  or  Player ?   "Watchers pay to watch, players play to win."   High school student Vee is not the kind of girl who would ever try out for the online game Nerve. Living in the shadows of her fabulous best friend and even working behind set of the school play, Vee doesn't do anything dangerous... except the accident. Vee gets caught up with all Nerves amazing giveaway prizes for her simple dares. But when the dares become more dangerous the prizes also get sweeter and soon Vee and her teammate Ian are playing for the grand finale prize, and their lives.     After reading the prologue, I felt instantly nervous. Going through the game with Vee and Ian seemed risky, but I couldn't stop thinking "how will this get worse". Since first meeting Ian I was skeptical of him, from the way he acted to the prizes he won that he deeply desired. I loved Vee. We didn't really share common interests but I felt her constant anxiety...