Hi everyone! I’m back again with another edition of my TBR purge. I’ve made a tiny bit of progress, although I’ll admit I’ve accidentally added a few new books. Whoops! The Down the TBR Hole meme was started by Lost In a Story and it is the most perfect tool for cleaning off shelves that I’ve come […]
Title: Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) Author: Kerri Maniscalco Publication Date: September 18, 2018 Publisher: JIMMY Patterson Pages: 416Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 In this third installment in the #1 bestselling Stalking Jack the Ripper series, a luxurious ocean liner becomes a floating prison of scandal, madness, […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Scariest Villains Villains!! Today I realized that a lot of my favorite books don’t have clear cut villains. I tend to enjoy books with more morally gray characters. Eventually though, I did manage to find ten that I found to be genuinely scary or disturbing. Amarantha – A Court of Thorns […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Well, it has been another hectic week! First, a puppy update. He did well all week and then threw up on Friday, which immediately sent everyone into panic mode. His vet said we would try another treatment on Monday. BUT then my other dog also got sick. They didn’t eat anything […]
Happy Saturday, everyone! You may remember that I shared my Halloween movie watchlist a couple weeks ago. Well, not surprisingly, I haven’t stuck to it at all. Instead, I’ve been on a found footage horror kick! I’ve watched some great movies and some awful ones, but here they are! THIS WEEK IN SCREEN TIME Hell […]
Recently my brother asked me for book recommendations. He wanted a medieval inspired historical fiction or fantasy book, but specified that he really didn’t want to read YA. Of course, being the person that I am, I had a really hard time suggesting literally anything in the realm of adult fiction. This got me thinking, […]
Title: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings #2) Author: Mackenzi Lee Publication Date: October 2, 2018Publisher: Katherine Tegen BooksPages: 450Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Libraries and Bookstores I’d Love To Visit This week took a bit of digging! I had a couple in mind as soon as I saw this week’s prompt, but I honestly am not well traveled enough to know of all ten of these. Now I have a lot more places on my to-see […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week has been a bit less busy than the last few, but honestly I haven’t had such an anxiety-filled few days in awhile. Over the weekend my youngest dog (problem child) had been sick again. On Tuesday he went in to see his vet and on Thursday he […]
Title: Only Human (Themis Files #3) Author: Sylvain Neuvel Publication Date: May 1, 2018Publisher: Del ReyPages: 336Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 In her childhood, Rose Franklin accidentally discovered a giant metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota. As an adult, Dr. Rose Franklin led the team that […]
A couple years ago during Halloween month, I did a post about the horror movies that actually scared me, so I thought it would be fun to do the same with books! I’m actually hard to scare when it comes to books, which is unfortunate. I want a good horror book that will make me […]
Title: A Very Large Expanse of Sea Author: Tahereh Mafi Publication Date: October 16, 2018 Publisher: HarperTeenPages: 320Add to Goodreads It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Longest Books I’ve Ever Read This week I had to tweak my answers since most of my longest books were from the same few series (Wheel of Time, Harry Potter, and Dark Hunters). Instead of taking all the longest books, I took one from those series and then skipped to the next […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! Another busy week has passed and I’m hoping I can relax for a day or two. I made approximately one million candles getting ready for this month. I did get back to running over the last few days, which has been so nice! It’s crazy to realize the mental […]
Happy Saturday, everyone! IT’S HALLOWEEN MONTH! Today I’m bringing you a list of 20 scary movies I’m hoping to watch this October. Since it’s already October 6th and I’ve watched none of these so far, I’m going with 20 to have a better chance of getting through more of them. I’m including how I plan […]
Title: Unbroken Author: MultiplePublication Date: September 18, 2018 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 320Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// A YA Anthology of short stories featuring disabled teens, written by #OwnVoices disabled authors. The stories reflect a range of genres and disabilities; contributors include bestselling […]
Hi again everyone! This week I’m looking at ten books on my TBR instead of five. I seem to have been going through a mythology phase when most of these books were added, which isn’t a huge surprise if I’m being honest. It’s a lot of randomness and a lot of ugly covers. (Really, I’ve […]
Today’s Topic: Top Nine Authors I’m So Glad To Have Met I’m changing up today’s topic since I’ve already done a list of authors I’d love to meet last year! I haven’t gotten to meet a TON of authors, but these are the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting! I so wish more […]
Title: Dry Author: Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman Publication Date: October 2, 2018 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 352Add to Goodreads When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling […]
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 […]
