Today’s Topic: Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To (But TOTALLY plan to) This was a surprisingly difficult list to put together! As it turns out, I read almost everything I wanted to get to in 2016, although I did miss a few. This list mostly consists of books in […]
Title: Reign of Shadows (Reign of Shadows #1) Author: Sophie Jordan Narrator: Phoebe Strole, James Fouhey Publication Date: February 9, 2016 Publisher: Harper TeenAdd to Goodreads Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, […]
Tracy’s Happenings Off the Blog This week my brother went back home to North Carolina and I saw Rogue One twice. Excellent movie, by the way. I enjoyed it much more than The Force Awakens! I was able to get a little reading done and finally started on the Falling Kingdoms series, which I am […]
Welcome to the first link-up of the 2017 Dystopia Reading Challenge! I hope everyone had a great New Year and is excited for some awesome dystopian books! Each month we will be posting a link-up for all of your Dystopia Challenge reviews as a way to keep up with your challenge as well as to […]
Although books are one of the great loves of my life, movies rank right up next to them. I really couldn’t say which I would miss more… One of the best things ever is when a really great book BECOMES a really great movie! Even better, when you realize a favorite movie was a book […]
Title: The Bear and the Nightingale Author: Katherine Arden Publication Date: January 10, 2017Publisher: Del Rey Pages: 336Add to Goodreads At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten 2017 Debuts I’m Excited For I’m so excited for so many debuts in 2017! I’ve already had the chance to read a couple of these that totally blew me away, so I’m hoping for the same luck with the rest! I can already say I HIGHLY recommend Caraval and Wintersong! Of […]
Title: Stranded Author: Bracken MacLeod Publication Date: October 4, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review// In the spirit of John Carpenter’s The Thing and Jacob’s Ladder comes a terrifying, icebound thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. Badly […]
Tracy’s Happenings Off the Blog Obviously, Christmas started the week! I spent the holidays with my family in North Carolina – my first trip home since the same time last year. I was absolutely NOT productive and didn’t get much reading done, but I’m giving myself a pass this week. On Tuesday my brother and […]
Something you guys MIGHT know about me is that I am obsessed with retellings. I love them. I think they’re the greatest genre (is it a genre?) ever to be written. I have very rarely met a retelling I didn’t love and these are the top ten that I’m really hoping I get to in […]
Title: Ever the Hunted (Clash of Kingdoms #1) Author: Erin Summerill Publication Date: December 27, 2016Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersPages: 400 Add to Goodreads Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, the legendary bounty hunter for […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2016 Although I thought nothing could beat 2015 in books, this year did it! I definitely had my fair share of disappointment, but overall I had a great reading year! All of these were five star amazing reads that I will most definitely be reading again […]
Title: RoseBlood Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 432 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review// In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to […]
What’s this? Not a Weekly Recap? It may be the first I’ve ever missed… But today is Christmas! Since I’m sure a lot of people are spending today with families and not reading blogs (& MC and I are both off the blog today) I thought I’d post a bit of Disney fun instead. Merry […]
Number Of Books You Read: 103 (as of today) Number of Re-Reads: 2 Genre You Read The Most From: YA Fantasy 1. Best Book Top 3 Books You Read In 2016? Shadow and Bone, A Court of Mist and Fury, Caraval 2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But […]
Title: Replica (Replica #1) Author: Lauren Oliver Publication Date: October 4, 2016Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 520 Add to Goodreads Lyra From a distance, the Haven Institute, tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida, looks serene and even beautiful. But up close the locked doors, military guards, and biohazard suits tell a different […]
Congratulations on completing the 2016 Horror Reading Challenge! I hope you had fun this year and met all your goals! My goal for 2016 was Horror Hound and I was able to just make it! This post contains my personal wrap up, challenge badges for your blog, and the end of year giveaway! WHAT I […]
Congratulations on completing the 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge! In this post you’ll find my personal wrap-up, badges to grab for your blog, and the end of year giveaway! My goal this year was Leader and I was able to meet my goals! I hope you were too! WHAT I READ 4.5 – 5 Star Books […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree Fun fact: I only tend to buy books I’ve already read. I also really love collecting foreign editions of my favorite books! All but three of these books fit into the “already read” and/or “foreign edition” categories and all were taken directly off […]
Title: Under Rose-Tainted Skies Author: Louise Gornall Publication Date: January 3, 2017 Publisher: Clarion Books Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he […]
Tracy’s Happenings Off the Blog Can you believe Christmas is in a week?! Just in case you aren’t panicking, I’m doing enough for both of us! I’m trying to finish up last minute shopping and wrapping and general preparations for Christmas with my family… but I’m also excited! Other than preparing for Christmas it has […]
Title: Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) Author: Zoraida Córdova Publication Date: September 6, 2016Publisher: Sourcebooks FirePages: 336Add to Goodreads Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. I fall to my knees. Shattered glass, melted candles and the outline of scorched feathers are all that surround me. Every single person who was […]
It’s time to wrap up the first annual (because I do believe this is going to become an annual event) #ReadIndie challenge! I hope all of you who participated had as much fun as I did! For those of you who don’t know, #ReadIndie was a challenge to review as many indie books as possible […]
Title: Floor 21 (The Tower Legacy #1) Author: Jason Luthor Publication Date: June 2, 2015 Publisher: Kindle Press Pages: 234Add to Goodreads As humanity lives out the remainder of its existence at the top of an isolated apartment tower, young Jackie dares to question Tower Authority and their ban on traveling into the tower’s depths. […]
