We live in one of the best times to get books ever. There are millions of copies printed every day, and of course publishers have to do something to give people the incentive to buy their books. So every once in a while publishers will create a “special” or “collectors” edition of a book. Each […]
Title: Furyborn (Empirium #1) Author: Claire Legrand Publication Date: May 22, 2018 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: 512 Add to Goodreads Follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world…or doom it. When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Dystopian Worlds I’d Never Want to Live In This topic has made me realize how badly I need to get back into dystopian books! I have been on a fantasy kick for the last year and I miss all of these absolutely terrible worlds so much! These are the top ten […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Happy long weekend, everyone! I hope everyone who’s celebrating has good people to share it with (or at least good food)! My week has been pretty busy between candle making and dog sitting, which led to a slow read around the blog. :/ My husband and I finally bought a […]
Title: The Accidental Bad Girl Author: Maxine Kaplan Publication Date: May 15, 2018Publisher: Amulet BooksPages: 384Add to Goodreads After getting caught hooking up with her best friend’s ex on the last day of junior year, Kendall starts senior year friendless and ostracized. She plans to keep her head down until she graduates. But after discovering her […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love receiving books, reading them and then posting reviews, but lately I’ve been feeling the pressure. I got so many ARCs last year at BookCon and Yallfest, plus a bunch through trades and a few from publishers and authors. You can see how this kind of snowballed. I had so […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Best Weirdest Character Names So. I can’t remember character names to save my life. Literally two days after I finish a book I’ll have to look it up to remember names. Let’s be honest – weird sticks in the brain better than good, and that’s how I ended up listing the top ten […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been extremely… rainy. We’ve had flood warnings, it looks like the Magic Kingdom keeps getting partially flooded, and it just won’t stop! The forecast shows another solid ten days of rain, so hopefully we don’t go under! Other than that, things have been uneventful. I’ve […]
Another slow movie week, especially considering I didn’t even watch the second half of the first one. I actually spent most of the week finishing up Supernatural season 12, in anticipation of season 13 coming to Netflix very soon! But we’re here to talk movies, so without further ado… THIS WEEK IN SCREEN TIME The […]
Title: Lair of Dreams (The Diviners #2) Author: Libba Bray Publication Date: August 25, 2015Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 613Add to Goodreads The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O’Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. With her uncanny […]
I did my first anti-haul post for Fall 2017 and kind of forgot about them after that… whoops! Today I’m catching up. The idea is to share the books that I will NOT be purchasing instead of the books I’m excited to read. Here’s my anti-haul for Winter 2017/2018 and Spring 2018! ACE OF SHADES […]
Title: Legendary (Caraval #1) Author: Stephanie Garber Publication Date: May 29, 2018Publisher: Flatiron BooksPages: 416Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win. After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Hated but Am Really Glad I Read (Because They Gave Me a Chance to Rant) You guys. Little known fact: I love to rant. Of course, I hate reading books that suck, but the one good thing that comes out of them is that they give me the opportunity […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! I actually read some books this week! Shocking, I know. On Tuesday I picked my husband up from a business trip, so we’ve been hopping around to all our favorite spots so he can catch up on some things he’s missed… like Infinity War! Spoilers: it’s just as […]
Title: Sky in the Deep Author: Adrienne Young Publication Date: April 24, 2018Publisher: Wednesday BooksPages: 352Add to Goodreads OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she […]
Title: The Diviners (The Diviners #1) Author: Libba Bray Publication Date: September 18, 2012Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 578Add to Goodreads Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with […]
I’ve been blogging for about 2 1/2 years now and, man, have I had some woes. Not only was it a bit hard to start a blog – choosing a theme for the background of my blog was almost impossible – but it’s hard to maintain one as well. Here are a couple of the […]
Today’s Topic: Books With My Favorite Color On the Cover I think today might reveal some interesting results considering I’ve had fights with my friends over what color things are before. I see purple, maybe you see blue! Either way, these are some of my favorite books that I THINK are purple! And I Darken by […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been hectic, but in a good way! I’ve been hard at work making candles to get ready for the beginning of the month shipment and I’m so excited to share them! Not a ton of reading has been done this week, but I’ve decided to […]
This week was much slower than the last one, with only two movies watched! I actually liked them the exact opposite amount of most people who rated them, hating the one I was supposed to love and loving the one I was supposed to hate. What can I say? I try to keep it interesting. […]
Title: 99 Days (99 Days #1) Author: Katie Cotugno Publication Date: April 21, 2015Publisher: Balzer + BrayPages: 384Add to Goodreads Day 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and that’s how I know everyone still remembers everything—how I destroyed my relationship with Patrick the night everything happened with his brother, […]
I have been to a few book conventions, festivals and author signings in the past couple years. It’s definitely not enough to make me an expert, but I can say that I do know a thing or two about attending them. If you ever find yourself wanting to experience a mass of book lovers and […]
Title: A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) Author: V.E. Schwab Publication Date: February 24, 2015 Publisher: Tor Books Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised […]
Today’s Topic: Books I’d Slay a Lion to Get Early I feel like there’s a color scheme happening in most of these books, especially the last row! There are SO MANY books I would love to read early, but these are ten that I am super excited to and have not had access to. Fingers […]
