DNF Mini Review: East by Edith Pattou

Title: East (East #1)  Author: Edith Pattou Publication Date: September 1, 2003Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersPages: 507Add to Goodreads Rose has always been different. Since the day she was born, it was clear she had a special fate. Her superstitious mother keeps the unusual circumstances of Rose’s birth a secret, hoping to prevent her adventurous […]

5 Star Predictions & Giveaway

I’ve seen a few 5 star prediction posts around the blogosphere recently and decided to do one of my own! There are SO many books coming out in 2019 and so many of them look like they could be potentially amazing. Today I’m sharing some books I fully intend to absolutely LOVE and I’m giving […]

Audiobook Review: Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett

Title: Onyx and Ivory (Rime Chronicles #1) Author: Mindee Arnett Publication Date: May 15, 2018Publisher: Balzer + BrayPages: 500Add to Goodreads They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king years ago. Now Kate lives as an outcast, clinging to the fringes […]

Top Ten Tuesday #224: Recent TBR additions

Today’s Topic:  The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List Hi everyone! This week is such an easy topic and I’m here for it! My most recent ten additions are a combination of new releases and backlist books that I can’t wait to read. A few of these I was actually lucky enough to get […]

Weekly Recap: 1/20 – 1/26

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been wild! The candle shop has been super busy, which is great! I’ve been working towards something big that I can’t wait to share and it’s killing me not to be able to talk about it! Next week, for sure. Unfortunately, all of that excitement meant […]

Saturday Screen Time #28: Unpopular Opinions

Happy Saturday, everyone! It’s time for another edition of Saturday Screen Time! It has been a little while since I’ve done one of these and this week I’m actually including a TV series. I’m already ready for the boos since I definitely have some unpopular opinions to share about some loved movies this week.  THIS […]

How often do I actually read the books on my TBR lists: 7 months later

Last June I discussed the sad state of my TBR list and how I very rarely get to the books I want to read. This is why I never made TBR lists for reading challenges. I know I’ll never be able to complete them! But every season and sometimes more often, Top Ten Tuesday asks […]

Audiobook Review: The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorensen

Title: The Nightmare Room (The Messy Man #1)  Author: Chris Sorensen Publication Date: January 25, 2018 Publisher: Harmful Monkey Press Pages: 276Add to Goodreads A boy in a basement, a man in a booth and a darkness that threatens to swallow them both… New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to […]

Top Ten Tuesday #223: Books I forgot to read

Today’s Topic:  Books I Meant to Read  In 2018 but Didn’t Get To Hi everyone! This week I’m sharing ten of the books I fully intended to read in 2018, but just never found the time for. This is literally the story of my life. There were SO many good books in 2018 (and even […]

Weekly Recap: 1/13 – 1/19

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This reading week has been a bit of a disappointment. Not to say I haven’t read anything good! I just haven’t managed to finish anything. :/ I’m supposed to be going to a local book club at the end of next week so I’ve been listening to Onyx & […]

Book Review: Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano

Title: Perfect Ruin (The Internment Chronicles #1) Author: Lauren DeStefano Publication Date: October 1, 2013Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 356Add to Goodreads On the floating city, you can be anything you dream – a novelist or a singer, a florist or a factory worker… Your life is yours to embrace or to squander. […]

Down the TBR Hole #10

Hi everyone! Here we are again! I don’t THINK I added any books to my TBR this week… I wouldn’t swear to it though. This week I’m looking at a couple horror books and three retellings, which also happen to be two of my absolute favorite genres! The Down the TBR Hole meme was started […]

Top Ten Tuesday #222: New to me in 2018

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten New-to-Me  Authors I Read In 2018 Hi everyone! This week’s topic was pretty simple compared to some others. Although I didn’t have a TON of 5 star reads in 2018, I did read a lot of really good books by new to me authors!   Brigid Kemmerer | A Curse So Dark […]

ARC Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Title: A Curse So Dark and Lonely Author: Brigid Kemmerer Publication Date: January 29, 2019Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’sPages: 496Add to Goodreads Fall in love, break the curse. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew […]

Weekly Recap: 1/6 – 1/12

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! It has been a crazy week, but a productive one! I got a little reading done and started watching You on Netflix. I forgot how much I love Penn Badgley! I never did read the book and I’m honestly glad because I have no idea what’s happening. I got […]

Mini Book Review: The Anomaly by Michael Rutger

Title: The Anomaly (The Anomaly Files #1) Author: Michael Rutger Publication Date: June 19, 2018Publisher: Grand Central PublishingPages: 352Add to Goodreads Not all secrets are meant to be found. If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore — a rogue archaeologist hosting a documentary series […]

Down the TBR Hole #9

Hi everyone! Once again, I’ve accidentally added a ton of new books to my TBR. Can you blame me though? There are a TON of great books coming out in 2019! This week I dug through and pulled the next five books on my TBR, several of which I don’t even remember adding. Whoops! The […]

Top Ten Tuesday #221: Most anticipated January-June releases

Today’s Topic:  Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2019 Hi everyone! This year there are approximately a million amazing books I can’t wait to get! A few I’ve already been lucky enough to read. These are the ten that I am most looking forward to between now and June!  The Cold is in […]

ARC Review & Giveaway: Stain by A.G. Howard

Title: Stain Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 15, 2019 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 512 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// A high-fantasy gothic fairytale inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea. Once upon a nightmare, her fairy tale begins… After Lyra—a […]

Weekly Recap: 12/30 – 1/5

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! Can you believe it’s 2019? This week has been hectic, but good. I’ve been scrambling around preparing my company for some changes that are coming soon. I’ve also been spending way too much money on special editions of King of Scars. Whoops! I’m also super excited that I had […]

How out of control is your backlist?

This year I decided to sign up for the Backlist Reader Challenge. Each year I try really hard to only sign up for challenges that I think will actually present a challenge and, no joke, this might be the hardest yet! I am absolutely horrible about reading books I already own. WHERE DID THEY ALL […]

Blog Tour ARC Review: White Stag by Kara Barbieri

Title: White Stag (Permafrost #1) Author: Kara Barbieri Publication Date: January 8, 2019 Publisher: Wednesday Books Pages: 386 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters […]

ARC Review: The Wicked King by Holly Black

Title: The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2)Author: Holly Black Publication Date: January 8, 2019Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPages: 336Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself strong. After the jaw-dropping […]

Top Ten Tuesday #220: Favorites of 2018

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2018 Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to tackle 2019! If you want to check out my 2019 goals, you can find them here! For now, though, here are my top ten reads of 2018.  A Curse So […]