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: How do you cure a reading slump? Today I’m going to do something a little out of the ordinary. Instead […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Shadow RevolutionClay Griffith & Susan Griffith Publication Date: June 2, 2015 A thrilling new Victorian-era urban fantasy for fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the Sherlock Holmes movies featuring Robert Downey, Jr. They are the […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books Which Feature Characters Who Have Mad Fighting Skills It’s no secret that I love a good dystopian or survival story, but when it comes right down to it I really just love any story with a badass hero or heroine! These are some of my favorites that have mad fighting […]
Title: Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman’s Daughter #2) Author: Megan Shepherd Publication Date: January 28, 2014 Publisher: Balzer+Bray Pages: 420 Add to Goodreads Review for books 1 & 3 To defeat the darkness, she must first embrace it. Months have passed since Juliet Moreau returned to civilization after escaping her father’s island—and the secrets she left behind. […]
Holy crap! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already! I really can’t express how grateful I am that all of you wonderful people have allowed me to become a part of your book blogging universe! I feel like I’ve learned so much about SO MUCH in the short time I’ve been here. I’m […]
Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir Publication Date: February 11, 2014 Publisher: Crown Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him & forces his […]
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: How did you come up with your blog title and address? Does it have a special meaning for you? Well… I guess […]
Title: Wolf’s-own:Ghost Author: Carole Cummings Publication Date: November 4th 2014 Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 350 Add to Goodreads Dwelling in the land of Ada and defending magic users called the Jin, Fen Jacin-rei is a trained assassin and an Untouchable, one whose mind hosts the Voices of the Ancestors, spirits of long-dead magicians. His fate should be one of madness […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: UndertowMichael Buckley Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Five ALL TIME Favorite (New Adult Romance) Authors This weeks topic actually felt a little repetitive… I feel like we’ve had this talk before. Not to worry! I’ve slightly tweaked this week’s prompt in an attempt to make it not exactly the same as everyone else’s post! No Rowling here this week!! […]
Title: This Shattered World (Starbound #2) Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date: December 23, 2014 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 390 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 3 The second installment in the epic Starbound trilogy introduces a new pair of star-crossed lovers on two sides of a bloody war. Jubilee Chase and Flynn […]
My Super Exciting Life This week was back to the super boring. I went to class and came home. Rinse and repeat! Okay, that’s not entirely true. On Thursday night my husband bought us tickets to an event at our local science museum called Cocktails and Cosmos. We tried a ton of great drinks (one […]
A couple weeks ago I posted what has become one of my most popular discussions to date: YA Shaming. What I discovered is that this is not just an issue at my university. There are readers around the world and spanning age groups who feel embarrassed because of their enjoyment of YA books. This week […]
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: Here is $100,000. Buy something. Anything at all! What would be the first thing you choose, and why? I’m sure […]
Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publication Date: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. With her criminal record, sixteen-year-old Char is never going to get a place on an Ark, one of the five massive bioships designed to protect Earth’s […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Secret BrotherV.C. Andrews Publication Date: May 26, 2015 The most unexpected Dollanganger story of them all, new from the author of Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind—both now major Lifetime movie events. A young boy suffers amnesia from a trauma […]
Title: Inhuman Interest Author: Eric Turowski Publication Date: April 8, 2015 Publisher: Booktrope Pages: 204 Add to Goodreads Thirteen words in a want-ad turn Tess Cooper’s world upside down after she signs on as a paranormal research assistant to the mysterious Davin Egypt. He reveals a world of grave robbing, clockworks artifacts in blue amber, antique revolvers that fire strange ammo, […]
Title: The Raft Author: S.A. Bodeen Publication Date: August 21, 2012 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 231 Add to Goodreads Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a […]
My Super Exciting Life Well… this week my husband came home!! He’s been away for four months at work so it has been awesome to have him back! Because my birthday is coming up soon and I had two days off school, we spent Wednesday birthday shopping. I got a few new outfits, a new […]
Happy Saturday, fellow book bloggers! I know I’ve only been part of your world for a little under a year, but here I am offering my humble opinion on how you can acquire what I would call mad commenting skills. I’ve noticed over the last several months that there is a marked difference in commenting […]
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: Have you ever read a book you thought you’d hate but loved? Or vice versa? I can’t say I’ve read […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: DarkthawKate A. Boorman Publication Date: October 13, 2015 For as long as Emmeline can remember, she’s longed to leave the isolated world of the settlement and explore the wilderness that calls to her in her dreams. And now that the Brotherhood has fallen, […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Characters You’d Like To Check In With. For anyone wondering, this is the clarification that was given for today’s prompt: The book or series is over and you so just wish you could peek in on the “life” you imagine they are leading years down the line after the story ends. […]
Title: Asylum Author: Madeleine Roux Publication Date: August 20, 2013 Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: 313 Add to Goodreads 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 before college. But […]
