Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Creepingby Alexandra Sirowy Publication Date: August 18, 2015 Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again. Now Stella is seventeen, and she’s […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten (nine) Goals/Resolutions For 2015 — bookish, blogging or otherwise! Bookish Double the number of books read from 2014 Splurge on hard copies of books I’m excited about without buyer’s remorse But also start checking out books from the library again Blogging Host more events and giveaways Get an awesome new layout […]
In 2015 I will be hosting my first ever reading challenge! This is definitely new territory for me, but I loved doing a horror challenge last year and, with the blessing of Midnyte Reader (the host for the 2013 and 2014 horror reading challenges) this spooky challenge has been relocated to Cornerfolds. The horror genre is […]
Title: The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) Author: James Dashner Publication Date: October 12, 2010 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 360 Add to Goodreads Review for #1 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done […]
My Super Exciting Life I guess I should begin this recap with an apology for being so scarce lately. I went on an awesome vacation with my mom to Disney World last week and was totally missing from the blog even though I tried really hard not to be! This week has been almost equally […]
As my regular readers may know, I’m obsessed with my current office and future library (which I WILL have in the next few years). While I definitely love what I already have, my decor is kind of a combination of Disney art and Star Trek memorabilia. I mean, I’m not complaining – those are two […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: What books did you give other people this holiday season? I only have two other readers in my life, but […]
To end my first year as a book blogger I wanted to do something extra special so I was super excited when I found The Perpetual Page Turner’s 5th Annual End of Year Book Survey! Okay, so it’s not actually the end of the year, but it’s getting pretty close and I don’t foresee many […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: No Parking at the End Timesby Bryan Bliss Publication Date: February 25, 2015 Abigail’s parents have made mistake after mistake, and now they’ve lost everything. She’s left to decide: Does she still believe in them? Or is it time to believe in herself? […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Bringing This Year This Christmas is my first one as a book blogger. Yes, I’ve been a little scarce lately, but I love this blog!! After looking at my wish list my family things I’m obsessing. My mom says I have enough books (I don’t think […]
Title: The Elite (The Selection #2) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: April 23, 2013Publisher: Harper TeenPages: 336 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1, book 4, and book 5 The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon’s heart is fiercer than ever—and America […]
Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10 Happy Saturday, fellow book lovers! This is my very first wrap up for my very first yearly reading challenge! Hurray!! As you may know, this is my first year as a book blogger (and I have loved every minute of it!) and so all of these […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Heirby Kiera Cass Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect her Selection to […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Read In 2014 . Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon Bound By Duty by Stormy Smith (review) Eve by Anna Carey (review) The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (review) The Selection by Kiera Cass (review) The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn (review) Song of Achilles by Madeline […]
My Super Exciting Life Ohmygod. Finals. Are. OVER. There were honestly moments when I wasn’t sure it would ever end. But here we are, three weeks from another semester. I’m just so thankful that it’s my last. Graduation has been a very long time coming and I cannot wait to get a break! Okay, so […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: Do you have a favourite place to read? Not particularly. I do most of my reading in bed at night, […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Sacred Lives of Minnow Blyby Stephanie Oakes Publication Date: June 9, 2015 When seventeen-year-old Minnow stumbles out of the woods one winter morning, she is haunted and handless and covered in someone else’s blood. She has just escaped the strict religious commune […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2014 This year has brought me a lot of new. New experiences, new authors, new books, new friends, new lots of things. I started this blog in April as a hobby with no idea what I was doing or what would happen. It has grown into […]
Title: The Selection (The Selection #1) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: April 24, 2012 Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: 336Add to Goodreads Review for book 2, book 3, book 4, and book 5 For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept […]
My Super Exciting Life Ahhh finals week. Gross. That has been my week – studying for finals. And I can’t wait for this to be over! Wednesday was my last class of the semester, but I’ve spent the rest of the week attempting to study. Friday night I didn’t study, however! I went to a […]
Title: CompulsionAuthor: Martina Boone Publication Date: October 28, 2014Publisher: Simon PulsePages: 448Add to Goodreads Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse. All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. […]
Title: The Hobbit Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Publication Date: September 21, 1937 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (this edition) Pages: 385 Add to Goodreads In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: Do you decide in advance what you read for the coming week or month? Why / why not? Yay! A […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Neil Gaiman’s Stardust meets John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars in this groundbreaking fantasy about a girl caught between two worlds…two races…and two destinies. Aza Ray is drowning in thin air. Since […]
