Today’s Topic: Ten Five Bookish Facts About Me 1) I didn’t start reading YA… until I was 25 because I didn’t really know it existed. I read a lot of Phillipa Gregory, Anne Rice, and Charlaine Harris. 2) Three years before I started blogging… I won some random ARCs on Goodreads. I had no idea how Goodreads […]
Title: Burnt Offerings Author: Robert Marasco Narrator: R.C. Bray Publication Date: 1973 Publisher: Valancourt Books Add to Goodreads Ben and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire summer for only $900, […]
My Super Exciting Life Okay, first of all, can we talk about the fact that it’s July 10th? It’s true what they say about time going faster the older you get! Not too much has happened this week, which is totally fine with me. I got my signed pre-order of And I Darken, which is […]
Welcome to month seven of the 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge! I hope everyone has met all their goals so far! If you’re new to the challenge, you can see the guidelines and sign up here! Link-up Rules Link up your May book reviews under “Review Link-up” as follows: Name of book @ Your blog name, Goodreads, […]
Welcome back to Disney for the Weekend! I’ve spent a couple topics talking about Disney movies in the last several months. I shared my favorite Disney Channel movies and top underrated Disney movies! Today I want to go in a different direction: sequels. I feel like sequels are something that a lot of people avoid because […]
Title: Serafina and the Twisted Staff (Serafina #2) Author: Robert Beatty Publication Date: July 12, 2016 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 //This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review// Serafina’s defeat of the Man in the Black Cloak has brought her out of the […]
Title: The Legend of Tarzan Release Date: July 1, 2016 Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson Director: David Yates Runtime: 110 minutes Rated: PG-13 View on IMDb It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton […]
Welcome to the seventh month of the 2016 Horror Reading Challenge! I hope everyone is meeting their goals so far! Please share your horror book reviews for the month of July 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 […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Publication Date: September 27, 2016 Strange the Dreamer is the story of: the aftermath of a war between gods and men a mysterious city stripped of its name a mythic hero with blood on his hands a […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Enjoyed That Have Under 2000 Ratings On Goodreads I always love getting a chance to talk about my favorite books that haven’t gotten enough love. I’m arranging these by number of ratings and you should definitely check them out! Insylum by Z. Rider – 40 ratings (review) Stone […]
Title: Change Places With me Author: Lois Metzger Publication Date: June 14, 2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayPages: 224 Add to Goodreads //This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review// Rose has changed. She still lives in the same neighborhood with her stepmother and goes to the same high school with the same group of kids, but when […]
My Super Exciting Life Well, the week started out awesome and it was downhill from there. Okay, so it wasn’t actually a bad week. But here’s what happened. I went to ALA on Sunday and Monday, which was AWESOME and then it was over so it was less awesome. I got some great books at […]
Title: Soldier (Talon #3) Author: Julie Kagawa Narrator: Caitlin Davies, MacLeod Andrews, Chris Patton, Tristan Morris Publication Date: April 26, 2016 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 and book 2 The price of freedom is everything. When forced to choose between safety with the dragon organization Talon and being hunted forever […]
Title: Change Places With me Author: Lois Metzger Publication Date: June 14, 2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayPages: 224 Add to Goodreads Rose has changed. She still lives in the same neighborhood with her stepmother and goes to the same high school with the same group of kids, but when she woke up today, something was just […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten ARCs I Can’t WaitTo Read From ALA Over the weekend I attended ALA in Orlando and IT WAS AWESOME! After missing YALLFest, YALLWEST, and BEA, I was so excited to finally go to something! I received a ton of ARCs as well as some finished copies, but these are the ten […]
Title: And I Darken (The Conquerors Saga #1) Author: Kiersten White Publication Date: June 27, 2016 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 496 Add to Goodreads Review for book 2 //This book was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. […]
My Super Exciting Life So… I may have missed BEA this year, but I got to go to ALA and that’ll do! Yesterday was the first day of three and I’m so happy with what I got! I’m also super exhausted, so this will have to be brief. Unfortunately I missed the Heartless giveaway by […]
It has been way too long since I’ve done a Disney feature on this blog, but never fear! I’m back with all the Disney goodness. Specifically, Disney dessert goodness. Oh yes, friends. Today I’m going to review two Disney World dessert parties and tell you which one I liked more and why. You should probably […]
Title: The Conjuring 2 Release Date: June 10, 2016 Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga Director: James WanRuntime: 134 minutes Rated: R View on IMDB Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up In the Air,” TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the “Insidious” films), star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Architect of Song by A.G. Howard Publication Date: August 15, 2016 A lady imprisoned by deafness, an architect imprisoned by his past, and a ghost imprisoned within the petals of a flower – intertwine in this love story that transcends life and […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Five Favorite 2016 Releases So Far This Year 2016 has been a year of amazing releases and the rest of the year looks just as amazing! Although I haven’t loved every new release I’ve gotten a chance to read, these are five of my favorites so far! A Court of Mist […]
Title: The Hunt (The Cage #2) Author: Megan Shepherd Publication Date: May 24, 2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayPages: 368Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 3 They’ve left the cage—but they’re not free yet. After their failed escape attempt, Cora, Lucky, and Mali have been demoted to the lowest level of human captives and placed […]
My Super Exciting Life What a week! My husband and I were incredibly busy this week doing tons of fun things! We saw Warcraft and The Conjuring 2 over the last few days and today we’re seeing Finding Dory. We also went to TWO dessert parties at Disney World! The first was the Illuminations Sparkling […]
You can find the 3rd quarter update HERE! Welcome to the halfway point of the 2016 Dystopia Challenge! I hope you’re well on your way to meeting your goals for this year! I’m excited to report that I’m almost to 100% already! Let me know how you’re doing! If you aren’t familiar with this challenge, […]
