I know, I know! I do normally post reviews on Mondays! But this week I’m reviewing Winter and I need a few more days to wrap my brain around everything that happened, so look out for that later this week! Instead, I thought I’d get ready for my Winter review by doing the Lunar Chronicles […]
My Super Exciting Life What an absolutely crazy week this has been! Obviously, holidays are always hectic, but this one has been even more insane than normal. This Thanksgiving, since we have just moved away from the rest of the family, we decided to go to spend the holiday at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We had […]
Welcome back to the new and improved Dystopia Reading Challenge! Last year I picked up the challenge in the middle of the year with not much of a clue what I was doing. This year I am much more prepared, I assure you! I have an amazing new co-host, Claudia from My Soul Called Life, […]
Warning!! This post will contain spoilers for Mockingjay Part 2, so don’t read if you haven’t seen the movie (and/or haven’t read the books) and don’t want to spoil it for yourself! Now that that’s out of the way, I want to talk about Mockingjay Part 2. Let me preface all of this by saying […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date: December 1, 2015 A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Fairytales & Retellings I’m Most Thankful For As you probably know if you hang out around my blog (like, ever), I am totally obsessed with fairytale (and other great story) retellings! Obviously, without the originals, there could be no retellings and my life would just be a lot sadder in general. […]
Title: Black Ice Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Publication Date: October 7, 2014 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 392 Add to Goodreads Sometimes danger is hard to see… until it’s too late. Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn’t prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, […]
My Super Exciting Life This week was the first full week at my new (at home) job! It was actually very successful and I’m honestly really excited about it working out! In addition, I spent some time at Diagon Alley at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and I also hung out at the Magic […]
1. An upcoming release you wish you could get your hands on right now. I am literally dying right now. I thought this one was being released in April (as that was when book one came out and, until recently, when Goodreads said this one would be published), so when I realized it wouldn’t come […]
Title: Outlander, Season 1 Author: Diana Gabaldon Creator: Ronald D. Moore Actors: Caitriona Balfe & Sam Heughan Release Date: August 9, 2014, & April 4, 2015 View on IMDB Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan Publication Date: February 9, 2016 Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books I Read In The Past Year Or So I’m going to be honest… I rarely ever pay attention to quotes. Luckily, the internet keeps a great stash of them and I was able to dig into my Goodreads authors to find some great ones. These are […]
Title: Rogue (Talon #2) Author: Julie Kagawa Narrator: Caitlin Davies, MacLeod Andrews, Chris Patton Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 and book 3 From the limitless imagination of bestselling author Julie Kagawa comes the next fantastic adventure in the Talon Saga. Deserter. Traitor. Rogue. Ember Hill left the […]
My Super Exciting Life This was the week I utterly failed at HoHoHoRAT. What can you do? This was also the week that I finished Outlander season one and became totally devastated. Book hangover? Try show hangover! Obviously, I immediately started listening to book two. I always said I’d never read the series because it […]
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. This week I want to share with all of you a revelation I’ve had: my home is unabashedly Disney-themed. As you may know, I moved to Florida a […]
This year I feel that it is my duty to alert all of my fellow bloggers to the existence of Barnes & Noble signed editions on Black Friday! No one told me last year and I just stumbled across the information at the very last minute. Maybe you already knew, but maybe you didn’t. Either […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Publication Date: February 2, 2016 Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters living in a small English market town in 1861. The girls’ father is a plant hunter, usually off adventuring through the jungles […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Book To Movie Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To I love this topic SO much!! I love movie adaptations, especially when they’re adaptations of books I adore! These are adaptations that are confirmed and rumored, and the links go to their respective IMDB pages. The 5th Wave An Ember in the […]
Title: Darkthaw (Winterkill #2) Author: Kate A. Boorman Publication Date: October 13, 2015 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 336 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// For as long as Emmeline can remember, she’s longed to leave the isolated world of the settlement and explore […]
My Super Exciting Life Aaaand we’ve made it through another week! While not uneventful, this week has been much less dramatic than last and I’m so, SO glad for that! I’ll admit to some pretty serious paranoia after the events of last week, but I’m working on it and I’m actually enjoying my new city […]
Title: Correspondence Author: Bloodstains Posted on: September 2011 – unknown Location: Reddit One of the first series I read on Reddit’s NoSleep was Correspondence by Bloodstains. This one is a true hair-raiser and is certainly not for the faint of heart! This story begins with a strange series of emails exchanged among friends and evolves into complete insanity […]
(Most) Every book blogger loves ARCs! Paper ARCs, eARCS, bring on the advanced review copies! Netgalley is a beautiful thing! But what do you do when you receive an ARC that isn’t scheduled for release for months? Recently I’ve received ARCs that were five days from release and a couple that are several months away. […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski Publication Date: March 1, 2016 War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He’s finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel This was actually kind of a hard topic for me! I guess I haven’t read as many recent debuts as I thought, so here are the debuts I’ve read over the last few years but still haven’t read the “sophomore” book! […]
