Book Review: All I Want For Christmas by Jennifer Gracen

Title: All I Want For ChristmasAuthor: Jennifer GracenPublication Date: November 11, 2014 Publisher: Tule Publishing Pages: Unknown Add to Goodreads I received this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Cassandra Baines almost has it all: a flourishing career as one of the youngest English Lit assistant professors at NYU, […]

Weekly Recap: 11/3 – 11/8

My Super Exciting Life  Thus ends another insanely stressful week. I will be so happy when this semester finally ends so I can finally breathe for five minutes. College students in your teens and early twenties without husbands, bills, and responsibilities: enjoy it! Seriously. My reading time prior to Wednesday night was completely taken over […]

HoHoHoRAT Update #1

Well, it’s day three of the Ho Ho Ho Read-A-Thon and I thought I should post a quick update to share my progress! I’ve been laying around with my sweet puppies, sipping on hot chocolate (possibly with Godiva liqueur), and nomming Ghirardelli dark chocolate bark. I have to admit, it hasn’t been a bad couple […]

Feature & Follow Friday #23: What would you do for an ARC?

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:  Craziest thing you’d be willing to do for an ARC you are dying to read (aka what would you doooo-ooo […]

Disney Halloween Trip Report: Day 3

Click for days 1 & 2!  Day Three(again, I’ve included links for locations, rides, and events) On our third day of Disney we slept in a little later, not rolling out of bed until 9am. We needed our beauty rest because… tonight was Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party!! We ate some cereal and headed […]

Waiting on Wednesday #22: The Cage by Megan Shepherd

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  The Cage by Megan Shepherd Publication Date: May 26, 2015 When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments–tundra next to desert, farm next […]

Top Ten Tuesday #18: Must (re)reads

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Books I Want To Reread Well, last week’s topic was a fun detour into movies, but let’s get back to the books! I have very rarely reread any book, but some fall into that list for sure. I’m going to share the top books I have reread already as well as […]

Mini Reviews: Once by Anna Carey & Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

Title: Once (Eve #2) Author: Anna Carey Publication Date: July 3, 2012 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 354 Add to Goodreads Review for 1 When you’re being hunted, who can you trust? For the first time since she escaped from her school many months ago, Eve can sleep soundly. She’s living in Califia, a haven for […]

Weekly Recap: 10/27 – 11/1

My Super Exciting Life  So, I’ve decided this is going to be a thing now! Weekly recaps – hurray! If we’re being completely honest with each other… this week has been absolutely insane and has left me dying to be finished school. First I had a paper due on Monday, followed by an advising appointment […]

Ho-Ho-Ho Holiday Read-a-Thon

This holiday season I will be participating in my very first read-a-thon! Hurray! The Ho-Ho-Ho Holiday Read-a-Thon is being hosted by Bookshelfery and The Caffeinated Book Reviewer and runs from November 6th through November 11th. I have no idea what a Twitter Party is, but I’m totally on board to figure it out! Books I’m […]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Author Interview: Imaginary Jack by Kimmi Mc

Title: Imaginary Jack Author: Kimmi MC Publication Date: Early 2015 The stories of Imaginary Jack have been terrifying me for over a year now. Imaginary Jack is based on true events and is about a little boy’s imaginary friend and how it changes from harmless to a terrifying force that threatens Kimmi’s entire family. This story […]

Feature & Follow Friday #22: Best YA Dystopian

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 would you give to newbies in your favorite genre? Well, my favorite genre would definitely have to be […]

Waiting on Wednesday #21: The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Russell Brand

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:   The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Russell Brand Publication Date: November 11, 2014 With this first book in Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales series, the famed comedian, actor, and bestselling author delivers a hilarious retelling of an old fairytale favorite that will appeal to […]

Top Ten Tuesday #17: Getting in the Halloween Spirit

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Movies To Watch  To Get In The Halloween Spirit As Above So Below Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city […]

Book Review: The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Title: The Merciless Author: Danielle VegaPublication Date: June 12, 2014 Publisher: Razorbill Pages: 279 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 3 & book 4 Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned. Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s […]

Feature & Follow Friday #21

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:  Characters, sometimes our favorites, die during books. If you’d get to choose, who would you bring back? SPOILER ALERT!! Allegiant: […]

Blog Tour & Giveaway: Master Over You by Cerys du Lys & Ethan Winters

Warning: Adult Content! Title: Master Over You Author: Cerys du Lys & Ethan Winters  Publication Date: October 20, 2014 Publisher: Cherrylily & Winters Edge Pages: 506  Add to Goodreads There’s a monster in every closet, and I’m in yours. My name is Noah. I’m not a nice person. This isn’t cupcakes and candyland, love. I’ll […]

Waiting on Wednesday #20: Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  Earth & Sky by Megan Crewe Publication Date: October 28, 2014 Seventeen-year-old Skylar has been haunted for as long as she can remember by fleeting yet powerful sensations that something is horribly wrong. But despite the panic attacks tormenting her, nothing ever happens, […]

Top Ten Tuesday #16: New Series to Start

Today’s Topic:  Top New Series I Want To Start  (New..let’s say within the last year or two) Asylum by Madeleine Roux For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it’s a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer […]

Book Review: Gabriel’s Sacrifice by Noah Fregger

Title: Gabriel’s Sacrifice (The Scrapman Trilogy #2) Author: Noah Fregger Publication Date: September 19, 2014 Publisher: T-16 Publishing Pages: 236 Add to Goodreads I received this book from the author  in exchange for an honest review. It’s been only weeks since the war ended, since those things came down to offer humanity a second chance […]

Feature & Follow Friday #20

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:  Share the song you can’t stop listening to. Well, here’s where the weird comes out. The truth is, I don’t […]

Disney Halloween Trip Report: Days 1 & 2

Hello, dear readers! This report was originally written with other Disney World junkies (also known as pixie dust snorters) in mind. I have tried to accommodate people who are less familiar by using links and trying to define terms a little more fully. If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the […]

Book Blitz & Giveaway: Dead New World by Ryan Hill

Title: Dead New World Author: Ryan Hill Publication Date: October 13th 2014 Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press Pages: Unknown Add to Goodreads Zombies aren’t mindless anymore. Before the world fell into chaos, the undead existed only in the imagination. Now, more of them walk the earth than living. Zombies move about freely, while humans entomb themselves […]

Waiting on Wednesday #19: Save Me by Jenny Elliott

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is:  Save Me by Jenny Elliott Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Something strange is going on in the tiny coastal town of Liberty, Oregon. Cara has never seen a whale swim close enough for her to touch it—let alone knock her into the freezing […]