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 […]
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 […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young Publication Date: November 6, 2015 Stay Tonight. Stay Forever. When Audrey Casella arrives for an unplanned stay at the grand Hotel Ruby, she’s grateful for the detour. Just months after their mother’s death, Audrey and her brother, Daniel, […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Books To Read If You Liked ACOTAR This topic was harder than the usual ones… I had to actually think about it! (the horror!) I decided that if you like ACOTAR then you’re a fan of fantasy and/or retellings, so here’s a mix of both! An Ember in the Ashes by […]
Title: Daughter of Deep Silence Author: Carrie Ryan Narrator: Karissa Vacker Publication Date: May 26, 2015Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Add to Goodreads I’m the daughter of murdered parents. I’m the friend of a dead girl. I’m the lover of my enemy. And I will have my revenge. In the wake of the devastating […]
My Super Exciting Life This week has been insane. INSANE. It began as most other weeks do, with a whole lot of nothing. But then things just went crazy. I found out my husband would be coming home sometime soon after 100 days at sea, although there was no guaranteed date. Because of this, I […]
Welcome to the third quarter update for the Dystopia Reading Challenge!! This is actually the first update to be posted here since the challenge moved to Cornerfolds, although the challenge started on January 1st. Which means… we’re three quarters of the way through the year and the challenge!! Make sure to link up all of your reviews! Here is […]
Title: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall Author: Katie Alender Publication Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: PointPages: 336 Add to Goodreads In this asylum, your mind plays tricks on you all the time… Delia’s new house isn’t just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females—an […]
Welcome to the third quarter update for the Horror Reading Challenge, which happens to be the first challenge I’ve ever hosted! But back on topic… We’re three quarters of the way through the year!! I’ve been LOVING most of the horror books I’ve read. How is everyone else doing? Make sure to link up all of your reviews! Here is […]
Title: The Ark Author: Laura Liddell Nolen Publication Date: March 26, 2015 Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 239 Add to Goodreads There’s a meteor headed for Earth, and there is only one way to survive. It’s the final days of earth, and sixteen-year-old Char is right where she belongs: in prison. With her criminal record, she doesn’t qualify for a place […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Wendy Darling by Colleen Oakes Publication Date: October 13, 2015 From the Best-Selling Author of Queen of Hearts comes a dark and mesmerizing twist on the beloved Children’s Classic, Peter Pan. Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR Ahhhh, Fall. Tis the season of horror stories and… HoHoHoRAT. So, yes, this is an eclectic list. I have a hard time sticking to my intended TBR list, so why not keep it interesting? A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis Blood and Salt by […]
Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author: Sarah J. Maas Narrator: Elizabeth Evans Publication Date: August 27, 2013Publisher: Bloomsbury Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 “A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend.” From the throne of […]
My Super Exciting Life Not much exciting happened this week, unfortunately. I spent much of the week job hunting, which is actually really difficult when you’re hunting for a job you can’t start in a town you won’t live in for a month and a half… but you know. I also booked accommodations for an […]
Welcome to a brand new, super random blog feature! I’m going to be trying something new for the next few weeks just to see what happens. This feature is all about Disney and it will alternate with Spine Tingling Saturdays, at least until I decide whether to keep that one around long-term. I’ll be posting […]
Welcome to Paper to Popcorn! Paper to Popcorn is not be your typical book vs. movie comparison. The focus is on retellings, although there will be some features of movie vs. the source material. Each chosen book/movie combo will battle it out in a showdown to prove which one is the best on its own […]
Today I want to discuss something near and dear to my heart: reading. (Shocking, I know.) I’ve talked about people who -never- read on the blog in the past. This is something that I will always have a hard time wrapping my mind around. And let’s be real. I don’t read the things that super […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor Publication Date: March 1, 2016 “Seventy-two hours, then we have to be back at the clearing. Sunrise on the third day.” Being “the homeschooled girl,” in a small town, Hope Walton’s crippling phobias and photographic memory […]
Today’s Topic: (Freebie) Ten Books That Almost Made Me Cry Here’s a little known fact about me: I never, ever cry over books or movies. The only movie I’ve ever cried over was My Dog Skip. It’s not that I don’t have emotions, it’s just that I don’t let them get the best of me […]
Title: We All Looked Up Author: Tommy Wallach Narrator: Hannah Dunne, Sarah Steele, Seth Numrich, Peter Vack Publication Date: March 24, 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Add to Goodreads Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels: The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything […]
My Super Exciting Life This week actually turned out to be much more eventful than expected! I spent the first few days of this week re-watching the entire Star Wars saga in anticipation of The Force Awakens. It was the first time I’ve watched them on blu-ray with all the new changes and I have […]
Welcome to Paper to Popcorn! Paper to Popcorn is not be your typical book vs. movie comparison. The focus is on retellings, although there will be some features of movie vs. the source material. Each chosen book/movie combo will battle it out in a showdown to prove which one is the best on its own […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Stone Field by Christy Lenzi Publication Date: March 29, 2016 In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Finished Series I Have YET to Finish Ashfall Series by Mike Mullin Blood of the Lamb by Mandy Hager Darkness before Dawn Trilogy by J.A. London Eve by Anna Carey The Maze Runner by James Dashner Partials Sequence by Dan Wells Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Revenants […]
