A Defense of Found Footage Films

Hello. My name is Tracy and I am addicted to horror. As a child, I was incredibly sheltered. I saw my first real horror film, Darkness Falls, at the age of seventeen. My first horror film was about the Tooth Fairy and I was terrified. Don’t judge me. After that first taste of totally safe fear, I […]

Waiting on Wednesday #73: Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan Publication Date: January 19, 2016 Raisa was just a child when she was sold to work as a slave in the kingdom of Qilara. Despite her young age, her father was teaching her to read and write, […]

Top Ten Tuesday #67: scary books & movies

Today’s Topic:  Ten scary Halloween books & movies I really hate giving up on a book before I finish it, but sometimes it just happens. Life is too short to suffer through a book you don’t enjoy! Even more than DNFing a book, I hate giving up on a series, especially several books in. Out […]

ARC Review: The Rig by Joe Ducie

Title: The Rig (The Rig #1) Author: Joe Ducie Publication Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers  Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads //I received this book through Goodreads First Reads  in exchange for an honest review// Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed […]

Weekly Recap: 10/18 – 10/24

My Super Exciting Life  I will be SO HAPPY when this move is over. My life is absolutely insane right now with preparing to move to Florida on two week’s notice. It’s madness. Don’t do it. But once it’s over I know it’ll be worth it. It has been a slow reading week (again). There’s […]

HoHoHo Read-a-Thon

Last year, HoHoHoRAT became my first ever read-a-thon. I loved every single second of it, although I didn’t meet my initial goal. This year I’m super excited to get another chance to try my hand at this Christmas read-a-thon! I think I’ll have much better luck this go round (fingers crossed)! Once again, this read-a-thon […]

Waiting on Wednesday #72: The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine Publication Date: February 23, 2016 Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs […]

Top Ten Tuesday #66: book wishes

Today’s Topic:  10 Wishes I’d Ask The  Book Genie To Grant Me Ooooh! What a fun topic! I’m splitting today into two categories: general book-related wishes and really amazing, expensive, rare books I’d love to own! Five Book-Related Wishes I’d wish for more time in the day for reading.  I’d wish for a super amazing […]

Audiobook Review: Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

Title: Lost Stars Author: Claudia Gray Narrator: Pierce Cravens Publication Date: September 4, 2015Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press Add to Goodreads Star Wars meets Romeo and Juliet in this epic YA novel that follows two best friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the war between the Empire and the Rebellion. This thrilling YA novel […]

Weekly Recap: 10/11 – 10/17

My Super Exciting Life  This week has been a little better than last week was. I’m still quite fatigued, but overall I definitely feel a little more normal, so that’s something! Towards the end of the week, I was also been able to read on more of a normal level. I spent this week slowly […]

Authors who can’t let go

We all have a favorite author – a favorite series – that we just don’t want to ever stop. I totally understand the feels that come when a series is over and a new one begins. Maybe it won’t be as good, you think. And sometimes you’re right! I’ve been really unimpressed by a couple […]

Waiting on Wednesday #71: Bound by Prophecy by Stormy Smith

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Bound by Prophecy by Stormy Smith Publication Date: November 12, 2015 Amelia Bradbury is finally free from Queen Julia and Cresthaven, but she isn’t safe yet. The Keeper power runs rampant inside her and it will take an ultimate act of selflessness to […]

Top Ten Tuesday #65: author duos

Today’s Topic:   Top Ten Five Author Duos You’d  LOVE To See Write A Book Together So… this is a really hard one. I haven’t read many books written by multiple authors, but the ones I have read have been great! I have no clue what I’m doing, but I’m going to try really hard to […]

ARC Review: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Title: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) Author: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Publication Date: October 20, 2015Publisher: Knopf Books for Young ReadersPages: 608 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 & book 3 //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the […]

Weekly Recap: 10/4 – 10/10

My Super Exciting Life  It has been a hectic two weeks! I was out of town last Friday through Monday, but got stranded in Florida because of flooding and couldn’t come home until this Wednesday. I found an (amazing) apartment in Orlando that I can’t wait to move into and spent a couple unexpected days […]

Disney for the weekend: stranded

Welcome back to Disney for the Weekend! This feature is all about Disney and I’ll be posting things from Disney movie reviews to reviews of Disney restaurants. Today I’m sharing a mini-trip report from a partially impromptu Disney trip I ended up taking earlier this week! For those of you who don’t know, I’m getting […]

Feature & Follow Friday #57: A hated book

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:  Name a book you hated.  How interesting that this fell in the same week as the top ten & series […]

Waiting on Wednesday #70: Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto Publication Date: February 2, 2016 The two-bit town of Rogue City is a lawless place, full of dark magic and saloon brawls, monsters and six-shooters. But it’s perfect for seventeen-year-old Westie, the notorious adopted daughter of […]

Top Ten Tuesday #64: books & series I gave up on

Today’s Topic:  Ten Books & Series I’ve  Given Up On This Year I really hate giving up on a book before I finish it, but sometimes it just happens. Life is too short to suffer through a book you don’t enjoy! Even more than DNFing a book, I hate giving up on a series, especially […]

Book Review: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Title: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Author: April Genevieve Tucholke Publication Date: August 15, 2013 Publisher: Dial Pages: 360 Add to Goodreads You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand… Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house […]

The Scorch Trials: a failed adaptation?

I love movie adaptations. I.Love.Them. In fact, I have an entire blog feature devoted to movie adaptations of amazing books! But every now and then I see a movie that has been adapted from a popular book and I just think, “What?” That was basically my experience with The Scorch Trials. Check out the trailer […]

Audiobook Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Title: The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Narrator: Claire Danes Publication Date: January 1, 1985 Publisher: McClelland & StewartAdd to Goodreads Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead […]