Weekly Recap: 7/23 – 7/29

TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG This week the puppy’s training adventure continued. He learned a little, but the trainers are still having a bit of trouble because of his short attention span. We actually ended up at the vet for another issue and left with medication to help calm him down so he can focus. […]

ARC Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Title: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1)  Author: Mackenzi Lee  Publication Date: June 27, 2017Publisher: Katherine Tegen BooksPages: 513Add to Goodreads Review for book 2 Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the […]

Can’t-Wait Wednesday #7: The Glass Spare by Lauren Destefano

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Glass Spare by Lauren Destefano Publication Date: October 24, 2017 A banished princess. A deadly curse. A kingdom at war. Wil Heidle, the only daughter of the king of the world’s wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. Kept hidden from […]

Audiobook Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman

Title: The Magicians (The Magicians #1)  Author: Lev Grossman Publication Date: August 11, 2009Publisher: VikingPages: 402Add to Goodreads Like everyone else, precocious high school senior Quentin Coldwater assumes that magic isn’t real, until he finds himself admitted to a very secretive and exclusive college of magic in upstate New York. There he indulges in joys […]

Weekly Recap: 7/16-7/22

TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG The puppy has completed his first week of school!! He can walk on a leash like a normal dog, come when you call him (on leash), and sometimes he can lay down. That’s, um… that’s about it. His trainers want to keep him for an extra week since he has […]

Twilight Book Tag

Happy Friday, friends!! The week is ALMOST over and we can all breathe a sigh of relief! Today I’m bringing back a super old tag that I found on Youtube from way back in 2012. (Honestly, can you believe 2012 was five years ago?) I’ve been having a bit of an embarrassing Twilight movie binge […]

Audiobook Review: A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis

Title: A Madness So Discreet Author: Mindy McGinnis Publication Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: Katherine Tegen BooksPages: 376Add to Goodreads Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets. Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her […]

Can’t-Wait Wednesday #6: Origin by Dan Brown

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Origin by Dan Brown Publication Date: October 3, 2017 Bilbao, Spain  Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement—the unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face of science […]

ARC Review: The Library of Fates by Aditi Khorana

Title: The Library of Fates Author: Aditi Khorana Publication Date: July 18, 2017 Publisher: RazorbillPages: 354Add to Goodreads A romantic coming-of-age fantasy tale steeped in Indian folklore, perfect for fans of The Star-Touched Queen and The Wrath and the Dawn No one is entirely certain what brings the Emperor Sikander to Shalingar. Until now, the […]

Weekly Recap: 7/9 – 7/15

TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Before I start my actual recap, I’d like to ask everyone who has the time and inclination to fill out this super short, totally anonymous survey! Okay, now that’s out of the way. Thank you! My week has pretty much been the same old – mostly boring and uneventful. I […]

Audiobook Review: Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Title: Requiem (Delirium #3)  Author: Lauren Oliver Publication Date: March 5, 2013Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 392Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has transformed. The nascent rebellion that was underway in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center […]

Can’t-Wait Wednesday #5: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston Publication Date: October 3, 2017 Set in a near-future world where the British Empire never fell and the United States never rose, That Inevitable Victorian Thing is a novel of love, duty, and the small moments […]

Top Ten Tuesday #152: Books I Never Wrote a Review For

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Books I Loved But  Never Wrote A Review For Happy Tuesday! Since my favorite meme is officially on hiatus, I decided to take one from the vault that I didn’t have a chance to do! This week I’m sharing books I really enjoyed but didn’t get to review. Some of these […]

We’re looking for guest posts (and why guest posting is awesome)!

Happy Monday, everyone!! I hope your weekend was fantastic and that you’re having a great start to the week! (Okay, I’m just trying to hype up Mondays, but we know they all suck – go get yourself a cupcake!) WHAT WE’RE IN SEARCH OF I’m here to put out the call for guest posters for […]

Weekly Recap: 7/2 – 7/8

TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Happy Sunday, everyone!! I hope you all had a fantastic week and a great holiday to anyone who was celebrating. My week was fairly uneventful. I signed my pupper up for obedience school, which he’ll be starting in about a week (thankfully)! I can’t wait to send him off to […]

Mid-Year Freak-Out Tag!

Recently I saw a post over at Bookavid about why you should really be doing more tags on your blog! Her post (and the fact that I love book tags) inspired me to find more tags to take part in. I found this tag on Spines and Covers, but it was originally created by Booktubers […]

ARC Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Title: Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) Author: Laini Taylor Publication Date: May 28, 2017 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 532Add to Goodreads The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five […]

Can’t Wait Wednesday #4: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Publication Date: January 30, 2018 Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the […]

ARC Review: Now I Rise by Kiersten White

Title: Now I Rise (The Conqueror’s Saga  #2)  Author: Kiersten White Publication Date: June 27, 2017Publisher: Delacorte PressPages: 496Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 //I received this book from ALA in exchange for an honest review// Lada Dracul has no allies. No throne. All she has is what she’s always had: herself. After failing […]

Weekly(ish) recap: 6/11 – 7/1

TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi again, everyone! In case you didn’t notice, MC and I have been taking a break from Cornerfolds. Why did I leave for a few weeks? Well, mostly because I was feeling extremely overwhelmed with life in general. A lot of new things have been happening with buying a new […]