Top Ten Tuesday #47: Anticipated 2015 releases

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Most Anticipated  Releases For the Rest of 2015           A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett Darkthaw by Kate A. Boorman The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff          Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine Reawakened by Colleen Houck Six of […]

#TBRTakedown read-a-thon wrap up

Yay!! I made it through the #TBRTakedown read-a-thon (see my initial post here)!! This is only the third read-a-thon I’ve ever participated in and I’m happy to report I was mostly successful. I did cheat a tiny bit by buying one of my books to read during the challenge… but it was on my Goodreads […]

Book Review: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Title: An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Publication Date: April 28, 2015Publisher: RazorbillPages: 446 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 and book 3 Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to […]

Book blitz & giveaway: Secret of the Sevens by Lynn Lindquist

Title: Secret of the Sevens Author: Lynn Lindquist Publication Date: June 8, 2015 Publisher: Flux Pages: 408 Add to Goodreads Amazon | Barnes & Noble Everyone at Singer, a boarding school for underprivileged kids, knows the urban legend of the Society of Seven. Decades ago, the original members of the secret guild for elite students murdered the school’s founder and then perished in […]

Weekly Recap: 5/31 – 6/6

My Super Exciting Life  Well, vacation is definitely officially really over because this week I have been back to normal, boring life. On Sunday I took the dogs and we visited my parents so they could play with their aunt Chloe (who is a Chihuahua) for the day. I met up with a friend on […]

5 reasons I buy books online

When I first started blogging last April I was what you might call a moderate reader. I averaged a book a week or less and bought nearly all of them on my Nook (or Kindle – I ended up with both eventually). I made most of my physical book purchases at used bookstores and would […]

F&F Friday #50: Movie Pitch

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 would you pitch to the biz to make  your favorite book into a movie?  Hmm… this is not my favorite […]

Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass

Title: The Heir (The Selection #4) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: 368 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1, book 2, book 3, and book 5 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 […]

Waiting on Wednesday #52: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Six of CrowsLeigh Bardugo Publication Date: September 29, 2015 Game of Thrones meets Ocean’s Eleven in this brand-new book in the world of the Grisha by New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be […]

Top Ten Tuesday #46: Page to Screen

Today’s Topic:   Top Ten Book Series I’d Love  To See As Tv Shows I have been waiting all my life for this topic!! Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic. But here’s the thing: I love TV. Almost as much as reading, I love getting lost in a new TV show. I also happen to think […]

Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Title: A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR #1) Author: Sarah J. Maas Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children Pages: 416 Add to Goodreads A thrilling, seductive new series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending Beauty and the Beast with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf […]