Today’s Topic: Top Ten Five Futuristic Societies I’d Love to Visit I learned a thing this week. The thing that I learned is that most futuristic societies I’ve read about are not happy places that I would want to visit. This fact made my choices this week kind of hard, so I chose to do my top […]
Welcome to the second month of the 2016 Horror Reading Challenge! Please share your horror book reviews the month of February in the link-up below using the format Your Name @ Your Blog (Book Name). If you’re new to the challenge, you can see the guidelines and sign up here! February Review Link-up ‘);
Welcome to the second month of the 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge! I hope everyone has met all their January goals! If you’re new to the challenge, you can see the guidelines and sign up here! Link-up Rules Link up your February book reviews under “Review Link-up” and link up your discussion post under “Discussion Prompt Link-up” […]
Title: Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) Author: Leigh Bardugo Narrator: Lauren Fortgang Publication Date: June 5, 2012 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 and book 3 Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness […]
My Super Exciting Life This week was, thankfully, mostly uneventful. I walked a few puppies, which was honestly so much fun. If I could walk dogs every day forever and get paid for it, I think I’d be happy. On Monday I headed over to Epcot for the afternoon and had lunch in Paris. After […]
It has recently come to my attention that either I am really confused about what qualifies as “dystopia” or a lot of other people are. Here’s what I think of when I picture dystopian fiction: Each of these books is sci-fi(ish), about people in the future dealing with crazy governments and dire situations, which is […]
Title: The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) Author: Mary E. Pearson Publication Date: July 8, 2014 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 489 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 & book 3 Checlie’s Review A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Publication Date: March 22, 2016 Reader, I murdered him. A darkly brilliant Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre from the Edgar-nominated author of The Gods of Gotham. Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten YA Fantasies I REALLY need to read If you stop by my blog often, you may have noticed I’ve been on kind of a fantasy binge… But there are just SO MANY more out there that I need to read!! Here are the ten I want to get to first! […]
Title: The House Author: Christina Lauren Publication Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 384 Add to Goodreads Gavin tells Delilah he’s hers—completely—but whatever lives inside that house with him disagrees. After seven years tucked away at an East coast boarding school, Delilah Blue returns to her small Kansas hometown to […]
My Super Exciting Life Well, this has been an interesting week! I walked some dogs this week and that was super fun! I’m still in training at this new job, but I feel like I’m going to fit in just fine. I get to hang out with dogs! They get me. In other news, I […]
Happy Saturday, fellow book bloggers!! Today I’m doing something a little unusual on the blog and I’m pretty darned excited about it! I am unboxing my first ever Smuggler’s Bounty subscription box. If you don’t know anything Smuggler’s Bounty, it’s the official Star Wars subscription box by Funko. Unlike other subscription boxes, this one is […]
Last year I discovered something about myself: I am a polygamist reader. Yes, I’ll admit it. No, I’m not ashamed. I love to read multiple books at once. Sometimes I’ll read a hardcover book, an ebook, and listen to an audiobook, all at the same time. (Okay, well not at the exact same time, but […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Publication Date: May 3, 2016 Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court–but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I’ve Recently Added To My TBR So this was perhaps the easiest top ten topic I’ve ever had! For this week, I literally went to Goodreads and clicked on the most recent ten books I added to my “to read” list. I’ve switched them to alphabetical order, but here they are! […]
Title: Anyone? Author: Angela Scott Narrator: Elizabeth Phillips Publication Date: December 1, 2014 Publisher: Evolved Publishing Add to Goodreads The end of the world? That’s the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters and deep philosophical exercises in school. No need to sweat it. So when sixteen-year-old Tess’s doomsday-dad builds a bomb shelter in their suburban backyard, everyone […]
My Super Exciting Life Wow. What an emotional week this has been! The beginning of the week started off slowly, although I got some new puppy sitting business, so that’s pretty amazing! I also had an interview with a pet sitting company and have training on Monday, so wish me luck! It has been quite […]
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 a topic that is near and dear to my heart: deciding what to read and review. I know this might seem like a total non-issue to some, but hear me out. We book bloggers know that if we want to bring in traffic and encourage discussion on reviews, we need […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Firstlife by Gena Showalter Publication Date: February 23, 2016 ONE CHOICE. TWO REALMS. NO SECOND CHANCE. Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t 2015 was a year of super amazing new releases! There were just way too many to possibly ever get to! For me, at least. Of my top ten, I actually own three already. I just haven’t gotten around to reading them! Maybe you […]
Title: Legacy of Kings (Blood of Gods and Royals #1) Author: Eleanor Herman Publication Date: August 18, 2015 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review// Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when […]
My Super Exciting Life This week has been one long, boring bunch of nothing. The most exciting things in my life this week was binging Gossip Girl season 1 on Netflix (again) and finally getting my Christmas/Boxing Day book orders in the mail! Because I couldn’t find the illustrated Sorcerer’s Stone anywhere, I went straight […]
Welcome back to Disney for the Weekend, one of my very favorite blog features! We’ve talked about under-appreciated films not once, but twice. Disney movies are amazing!! Today I wanted to take it down a notch. Instead of talking about Disney movies that we have loved on the big screen, I’m talking about the most […]
