Love triangles, we all love to hate them, but is it possible that sometimes they actually (rarely) work? I’ll admit, when a love triangle is extremely well-written, I actually can enjoy them. Sadly, that hardly ever happens. Most of the time love triangles are written into YA books as garbage plot devices that don’t make […]
Title: King’s Cage (Red Queen #3) Author: Victoria Aveyard Publication Date: February 7, 2017 Publisher: HarperTeenPages: Way too Many 507Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, […]
Today’s Topic: Frequently Used Words in YA Fantasy Today’s post actually took some digging! When I started noticing trends in the fantasy books I have shelved as read or to-read on Goodreads, I realized a common theme between them. Now I’m wondering what this says about the people who write and read these books… xD […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! This has been a busy, but fun week! My mom was here for the whole week visiting for my birthday and she watched Harry Potter all the way through for the first time (after ten years of trying to talk her into it)! On Tuesday we went to […]
Title: Bookish Boyfriends (Bookish Boyfriends #1)Author: Tiffany Schmidt Publication Date: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Amulet BooksPages: 400Add to Goodreads Boys are so much better in books. At least according to Merrilee Campbell, 15, who thinks real-life chivalry is dead and there’d be nothing more romantic than having a guy woo her like the heroes in […]
I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. There was a point that I went through a stage where I would only read horse books, but thankfully I got introduced to YA novels. While I read a ton of books as a kid here are a few that have really stuck with me […]
Title: The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) Author: Rin Chupeco Publication Date: March 7, 2017 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: 432 Add to Goodreads In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series for readers of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price… Let […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Covers My Mom Hates For today’s freebie I decided to talk about things I hate instead of things I love. Then I started looking at covers and was struck with inspiration! Since my mom is visiting, I got her to look through Goodreads and find ten covers she hated with absolutely […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Yesterday was my birthday!! I think I might be officially old now, but I’m honestly not sure. I spent this cleaning and getting my guest room ready for my mom to visit and she’ll be here for about a week. I didn’t have time for much outside of that! I […]
Title: Winter Glass (Spindle Fire #2) Author: Lexa Hillyer Publication Date: April 10, 2018 Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// A curse comes undone. A kingdom shatters. But some bonds can’t be broken. Princess Aurora, torn from […]
One of the questions I hear most as a book blogger is, “How do you get ARCs?” In the last few weeks, I’ve noticed a lot of people discussing ARCs more (and in a different way) than normal. Convention season is upon us and, with ALA Midwinter and TLA just behind us and several others […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books I Loved and MIGHT Re-read Today’s topic, if done as stated, would have literally been a list of my top ten books because I never re-read books. Instead, I decided to do the top ten books I loved and actually might re-read! A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! It has been a busy, stressful week here, but not a bad one! I did a bit of dog sitting while also working to get our April candle box ready to ship. We also posted our rep search this week and there’s a blogiversary giveaway happening here on […]
Here we are again! It’s kind of amazing how fast time goes by. It seems like I was just posting about my third blogiversary a few months ago, but here I am talking about my blog turning four! I honestly can’t imagine my life without this blog and all of you amazing people. Every year […]
Title: The Valiant (The Valiant #1)Author: Lesley Livingston Publication Date: February 14, 2017Publisher: RazorbillPages: 372 Add to Goodreads Princess. Captive. Gladiator. Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king, the sister of the legendary warrior Sorcha, and the sworn enemy of Julius Caesar. When Fallon was a child, Caesar’s armies invaded her homeland, and […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Eight Characters I Liked From Books I Disliked I wasn’t quite sure which way to go with this week’s topic but I decided to share characters I still liked when I didn’t enjoy a book. As it turns out, if I dislike a book, I usually don’t like any of the characters, so […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This week was pretty uneventful, which means I don’t have much to report. I discovered the show Girls this week (a few years late) and have absolutely been binge watching for a few days. I love it so much! I started watching for Kylo Ren and got hooked. […]
Well, this week was… weird. I didn’t watch much, but what I did watch was an experience! I had never heard of The Room so I got to experience it in reverse by watching the movie about the movie first, which is honestly how I recommend doing it if you’re interested and you’ve never seen […]
Title: In Her Skin Author: Kim Savage Publication Date: April 17, 2018 Publisher: FSG Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// Sixteen-year-old con artist Jo Chastain is about to take on the biggest heist of her life: impersonating a missing girl. Life on the […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books That Take Place In Another Country As someone who primarily reads fantasy, this topic was SO HARD! I really had to dig deep for this one! Perhaps not surprisingly, most of my picks were set in England. Any suggestions for more books set in non-European countries? And I Darken by […]
TRACY’S HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! This was another absolutely crazy week, but I expect the next few days to be wonderfully low key. I spent the week dog sitting and then attempted a Disney trip but quickly bailed because of the absolutely insane crowds. I did watch The Greatest Showman for the second […]
Today is going to be a change of pace! Instead of talking about books or movies, let’s talk about podcasts! These are the reason I’ve fallen behind on my audiobook listening lately. As soon as I’m done listening to one, another pops up on my feed! I listen to a few others, but today I’m […]
Title: Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) Author: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Publication Date: March 13, 2018Publisher: Knopf Books for Young ReadersPages: 615Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR Hi everyone! These are my topics to do because my TBR list is never ending, which makes it easy! XD These are my top ten Spring 2018 releases, not counting the ones I’ve already read and loved! I hope I can get some of them soon!! […]
