Title: The Creeping Author: Alexandra Sirowy Publication Date: August 18, 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again. Now Stella is seventeen, and she’s over it. […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender Publication Date: August 25, 2015 Asylum meets Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, in this riveting tale of ghosts, secrets, and family, from master of suspense Katie Alender. Delia’s new house isn’t just a […]
//Thank you to Bookcase for providing a free box for review// A couple months ago I found out about Bookcase, a new subscription box that specializes in sending out hand-picked books to readers! I’ve always been wary of book subscription boxes since they’re never personalized and there’s no way of knowing what you might get, […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Authors I’ve Read The Most Books From This list might be a little surprising… I know it was to me! I don’t read many “adult” books these days. But when I was a teenager I binged series by authors I found and enjoyed. I don’t like change… Catherine Coulter Charlaine […]
Title: The Winner’s Crime (The Winner’s Trilogy #2) Author: Marie Rutkoski Narrator: Justine Eyre Publication Date: March 3, 2015 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 3 Book two of the dazzling Winner’s Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. The […]
My Super Exciting Life Well, this was a fairly calm week until yesterday when I got a Book Depository order in the mail. Yesterday was extremely annoying. Let me fill you in on my Book Depository drama. On July 11th I placed my first order through Book Depository for two Harry Potter books with UK […]
Title: The Mold Series Author: Jess (helpmenosleep, AlanPWtf, valnercupid) Posted on: July 2013 – present Location: Reddit I originally posted about this series last July as one of my very first Spine Tingling Saturdays! Since then the story has come to be known as The Mold and has continued to grow and gain something of a cult following […]
Okay, lady readers. Let’s talk about our fictional counterparts – the women who we spend inordinate amounts of time reading about. Over the last couple years I’ve come to understand that my entire enjoyment of a book is hinged upon my enjoyment of the characters. Annoying characters can completely ruin my reading experience! However, the […]
Title: Caught in Us (Lost #3) Author: Layla Hagen Publication Date: August 3, 2015 Publisher: Amazon Digital Services Pages: 256 Add to Goodreads I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. Dani Cohen knows Damon is trouble the second he walks in during senior year. He has bad boy written […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day Publication Date: August 11, 2015 From online entertainment mogul, actress, and “queen of the geeks” Felicia Day, a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet-stardom, and embracing […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Eight Retellings I. LOVE. Retellings! I love them! They’re probably my favorite kind of book to read. This week I’m including my top eight, five star retellings! All of these except Cinder have been read and reviewed on my blog! A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Cinder […]
Title: Of Dreams and Rust (Of Metal and Wishes #2) Author: Sarah Fine Publication Date: August 4, 2015 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Pages: 288 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. War erupts in this bittersweet sequel to Of Metal and […]
My Super Exciting Life This has been quite the interesting week! As you may know, my husband works away from home for long stretches. Because of that, I’m very used to spending a lot of time alone. I’m okay with that because I’m an introvert – I enjoy alone time more often than not. But […]
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 […]
Title: The Mirk and Midnight Hour Author: Jane Nickerson Narrator: Dorothy Dillingham Blue Publication Date: March 11, 2014 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Add to Goodreads A Southern girl. A wounded soldier. A chilling force deep in the forest. All collide at night’s darkest hour. Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Monster by C.J. Skuse Publication Date: September 24, 2015 At sixteen Nash thought that the fight to become Head Girl of prestigious boarding school Bathory would be the biggest battle she’d face. Until her brother’s disappearance leads to Nash being trapped at the […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds This week I went with a mix of books from middle grade to adult… because holy crap this was a hard topic. I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out why this was such a difficult topic to pick books for and honestly I’m not quite […]
All samples & prizing are provided by Disney-Hyperion! This is a book I have been super excited about since I featured it in a Waiting on Wednesday post back in January (before the cover was even confirmed)! I am so thrilled to be featuring this book and it’s creative team today along with hosting an […]
Title: Throne of Glass Author: Sarah J. Maas Publication Date: August 7, 2012Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 404 Add to Goodreads “Nothing is a coincidence. Everything has a purpose. You were meant to come to this castle, just as you were meant to be an assassin.” When magic has gone from the world, and a vicious king […]
My Super Exciting Life This has been the week of back-to-high-school obsession. In high school I had a couple major obsessions: The Lord of the Rings and (starting in 2004) The Phantom of the Opera. I have been totally re-hooked by The Phantom of the Opera. This began when I read Of Metal and Wishes […]
Author: _Illuminati_ Posted on: March 26, 2015 I first read this story back when it was originally posted on Reddit and have re-read it a couple times since then. As you probably know, I am a huge Disney nerd (HUGE)! At the same time, I love the “dark side” of Disney. The book by that title really […]
Every now and again we get wind of an author doing something awesome, and we just found out that Stormy Smith is celebrating Bound by Duty’s first birthday by making it FREE, which has never happened before! Bound by Duty only recently became available on all platforms, and that means that you should be able […]
Hi, my name is Tracy and I’m a book addict. Assuming most book bloggers have similar addictions, we all need to discuss something. The problem of lack of space. In the last year I’ve gone from having about one and a half full bookshelves (the other half being full of movies) to having three completely […]
Title: The Crossing Author: Mandy Hager Publication Date: January 8, 2013Publisher: Pyr Pages: 280Add to Goodreads The Crossing is the first book in a stunning new trilogy that follows the fate of Maryam and her unlikely companions – Joseph, Ruth and Lazarus. This is fast, suspenseful drama underpinned by a powerful and moving story about […]
