HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This has been a busy and honestly kind of stressful week. I had a bit of an overuse injury in one leg from running and had to take four days off, which was awful. This is hilarious to me from 6 months ago who HATED running, but I feel […]
A few years ago I posted on the blog about how frustrating it is to realize authors don’t take the time to read review policies before sending requests (you can find that post here). In the time since then, I’ve realized that expecting an author to look at a review policy is a fantasy and […]
Title: The Boneless MerciesAuthor: April Genevieve Tucholke Publication Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 384Add to Goodreads A dark and gorgeously drawn standalone YA fantasy about a band of mercenary girls in search of female glory. Won in a major six-house auction! Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies—girls […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read or Can’t Wait to Get My Hands On Today’s topic was actually a challenge for me, mostly because when a favorite author releases a new book I usually read it immediately… which means I don’t have many TBR books from my faves. […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This has been a super busy week but not a bad one! I did some dog sitting, ran a few miles, listened to a few audiobooks, and even found time to go to the Food and Wine Festival again for a couple hours. I’m also diving back into candle […]
Have you ever seen a book that was just so ugly you had no desire to pick it up? I have readily admitted several times that I judge books by their covers. I know, I know. We shouldn’t do it, but I can’t help it! Sometimes these hideous books are lucky enough to get new […]
Title: Black Wings Beating (Skybound #1) Author: Alex London Publication Date: September 25, 2018Publisher: Farrar Straus GirouxPages: 432Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// The people of Uztar have long looked to the sky with hope and wonder. Nothing in their world is more revered than the […]
Hi again! This week I’m back with five more books from my ever growing TBR list. Perhaps not surprisingly, there’s another Disney book in the bunch, but my YA preferences are slowly becoming more apparent at this point in my TBR. It’s interesting to see how my reading preferences changed as my TBR grew! The […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My Fall 2018 TBR It’s that time of year again when I get to share the Fall releases I’m excited to read! There are so many good books coming out that it was hard to pick just ten! Perhaps not surprisingly, the fantasy binge continues. Authors, please write dystopian […]
Title: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Author: Kiersten White Publication Date: September 25, 2018 Publisher: Delacorte PressPages: 304Add to Goodreads Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her “caregiver,” and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! First of all, I hope everyone in the path of the hurricane this week is safe and has air conditioning! I’ve spent a few days following the storm and talking to family members who were affected. Luckily so far, so good! This week I completed my Platform 9 3/4k […]
Happy Saturday, everyone! I haven’t been in much of a movie mood lately, so this week I’m coming at you with one movie and a TV series! Both are sufficiently spooky for getting into the Halloween mood (because Halloween starts September 1st). THIS WEEK IN SCREEN TIME Beetlejuice – I hadn’t seen this movie in […]
Do you ever finish a book and immediately wish someone would adapt it for television or as a film? Some would definitely work better as TV series – mostly the ones that have enough material to make a fantastic series without dragging or relying on filler episodes. Not surprisingly, I think fantasy series would be […]
Title: The Dead & The Gone (The Last Survivors #2)Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Narrator: Robertson Dean Publication Date: June 1, 2008Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersLength: 8 hours, 50 minutesAdd to Goodreads Review for book 1 Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Hidden Gems I feel like this topic is so open ended. What is a hidden gem, really? Just because I had never heard of a book doesn’t mean everyone else and their mother hadn’t. For this week I decided to go with the top ten books I loved that have under […]
Title: A Blade So Black Author: L.L. McKinney Publication Date: September 25, 2018Publisher: ImprintPages: 384Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been pretty low key overall and I’m not complaining! On Wednesday I had the chance to go to the Food and Wine Festival for the first time in 2018 and it was awesome! I had hummus, a cronut (which totally didn’t work out because the top […]
Welcome back to another week of Down the TBR Hole, where each week I dive into the really embarrassing and strange books I thought I wanted to read five years ago. This week I’m looking at some really disturbing horror books that definitely show what kind of a reading mood I was in at the […]
Title: Life as We Knew It (Last Survivors #1) Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Narrator: Emily Bauer Publication Date: October 1, 2006 Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersLength: 9 hours, 2 minutes Add to Goodreads Review for book 2 Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. […]
I have had some major ups and downs in my blogging life. There have been months when I’ve gotten more comments than I can keep up with, and other months when I feel like no one ever stopped by. When I first started out, I’d make a post and sit back to wait for people […]
Title: Not Even Bones Author: Rebecca Schaeffer Publication Date: September 4, 2018 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 368Add to Goodreads Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed. Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Fifteen Bingeworthy TV Shows YAY! I was so excited when I saw this week’s topic because I love bingeable TV shows! There’s nothing better than finding a TV series that you just can’t stop thinking about. Instead of narrowing it down to ten, I split my post into three categories: shows I’ve […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week was hectic, but I got a lot accomplished! On Tuesday I picked up my dress for my friend’s wedding and then stopped at City Walk for literally THE best Cold Stone location I’ve ever been to. Seriously, the only one I’ve ever been to that’s never out […]
