Waiting on Wednesday #78: Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Stars Above by Marissa Meyer Publication Date: February 2, 2016 The enchantment continues…. The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from […]

Top Ten Tuesday #72: 2016 debuts

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten 2016 Debuts Novels  I Am Looking Forward To Okay, so have you looked at all the AMAZING debuts for 2016?! There are so many! As always, I’m sure I won’t get to all of them. There just isn’t enough time! But these are the ten I’m most excited about.          A […]

Lunar Chronicles Book Tag

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 […]

Weekly Recap: 11/22 – 11/28

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 […]

2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge

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, […]

On the issues: Mockingjay Part 2

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 […]

Waiting on Wednesday #77: Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

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 […]

Top Ten Tuesday #71: fairytales & retellings I’m thankful for

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. […]

Book Review: Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

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, […]

Weekly Recap: 11/15 – 11/21

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 […]

Harry Potter Book Tag

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 […]

TV Series Review: Outlander, Season 1

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 […]

Waiting on Wednesday #76: Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

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 […]

Top Ten Tuesday #70: quotes I love

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 […]

Audiobook Review: Rogue by Julie Kagawa

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 […]

Weekly Recap: 11/7 – 11/14

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 […]

Disney for the weekend: my Disney-themed home

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 […]

Heads up: B&N signed editions are coming!

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 […]

Waiting on Wednesday #75: The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller

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 […]

Top Ten Tuesday #69: book to film adaptations

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 […]

Book Review: Darkthaw by Kate A. Boorman

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 […]

Weekly Recap: 11/1 – 11/6

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 […]

Spine-tingling Saturday and Interview #10: Correspondence

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 […]

Reviewing ARCs: How early is too early?

(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. […]