Title: The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) Author: Marie Lu Narrator: Carla Corvo, Lannon Killea Publication Date: October 7, 2014Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersAdd to Goodreads I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept […]
Happenings Off the Blog… There goes another uneventful week. Okay, mostly uneventful. I did get to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was incredible! I cannot wait to see it again! Other than that, I got a little Christmas shopping done, although I’m far from being finished. For whatever reason, I was […]
//Spoiler Free Review// Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Release Date: November 18, 2016 Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston Director: David Yates Runtime: 133 minutes Rated: PG-13View on IMDB The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in […]
Today’s Topic: Favorite (Weird) Movies From Childhood That I Really Want To Rewatch So… this ended up being kind of a weird blast from the past! Of course everyone loved the traditional Disney movies as a kid, but today I wanted to drag up some of the less well-known favorites. Some of these you’re still […]
Title: Flashfall (Flashfall #1) Author: Jenny Moyer Publication Date: November 15, 2016 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads //I received this book at ALA in exchange for an honest review// Orion is a Subpar, expected to mine the tunnels of Outpost Five, near the deadly flash curtain. For generations, her people have […]
//Applications are closed// I’m looking for a co-blogger! Blogging is a ton of fun and I LOVE it, but I know I’m going to have a lot on my plate through the next six months and things are going to get overwhelming quickly. I would love to have a partner to help keep things running […]
Happenings Off the Blog… This week has been… rough. For obvious reasons, I’m sure. Other than the obvious election stuff, not much happened other than work and my failing miserably at #HoHoHoRAT (yet again). This week I shared some awesome diverse reads, which I’d love to point you to if you haven’t seen them! And […]
I’ll start this post by admitting that I don’t read nearly enough diverse books. Part of that is simply because I don’t see as many that are as hyped as a lot of new releases I end up reading and part of it is just because I don’t take the time to search for them. […]
Okay, so here’s the embarrassing truth: I have signed up for this challenge for the last two years and failed miserable both times. But you know, if at first you don’t succeed… Against my better judgment I’m trying this again this year! However, I’m as bad at sticking to TBR lists as I am at […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Books I’ve Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately This week was super easy to put together! I just went to my Goodreads TBR and grabbed the most recent ten books I’d added. It ended up being a mix of new and old, fantasy, contemporary, and dystopia. I hope to read all of […]
Title: Heartless Author: Marissa Meyer Publication Date: November 8, 2016 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 464 Add to Goodreads Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who […]
Happenings Off the Blog… This week has been delightfully uneventful! I went to work, I came home, I watched Netflix or read… and it was amazing. The one thing of note that did happen this week was going to a used bookstore I’d heard about. That was not amazing. The bookstore had a very weird […]
Sometimes I look through my Goodreads history and I just stop to wonder what the heck all these books are even doing here. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my memory does strange things. I actually started this blog because I have a very strange ability to completely forget books and movies […]
Welcome to the first ever #ReadIndie challenge! This event was created to promote indie authors who we think are amazing! What is this challenge, you ask? #ReadIndie is a two week time span in December during which we will only be reviewing and promoting indie titles. My co-host for this event is Christina from Books […]
Welcome to month eleven of the 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge! IT’S ALMOST OVER! I hope everyone has met all their goals so far! If you’re new to the challenge, you can see the guidelines and sign up here! Link-up Rules Link up your book reviews under “Review Link-up” as follows: Name of book @ Your blog […]
Welcome to the eleventh month of the 2016 Horror Reading Challenge! I hope everyone is meeting their goals so far! Please share your horror book reviews for the month of November in the link-up below using the format Your Name @ Your Blog (Book Name). If you’re new to the challenge, you can see the […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books To Read If Your Book Club Likes Books With a Gothic Flair My go-to topic is usually retellings, but I decided to switch it up this week and feature my top ten favorite YA gothic novels (and a couple NA). These books span from contemporary to retelling to steampunk to horror, […]
Title: Timekeeper (Timekeeper #1) Author: Tara Sim Publication Date: November 8, 2016 Publisher: Sky Pony Press Pages: 368 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// Two o’clock was missing. In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time—and a destroyed one […]
Happenings Off the Blog… This week has been rough, but I got some reading done so yay! I ended up being sick for the entire week, but I’m finally feeling over it. I also had to work quite a bit this week, which didn’t help anything, but at least it made the time go by, […]
If you have been on Twitter in the last couple hours, chances are you’ve probably seen a lot of news and speculation regarding BEA as well as the distribution of advance reading copies. A lot of people are having a lot of feelings about this on Twitter, but that really isn’t my forte so I’m […]
Title: Coraline Author: Neil Gaiman Narrator: Neil Gaiman Publication Date: August 4, 2002 Publisher: HarperCollins Add to Goodreads Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house–a house so huge that other people live in it, too… round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers […]
With Halloween in just a few days I want to continue the horror of yesterday’s top scariest books by talking about some of my absolute favorite horror films! This topic could have gone a lot of ways. There are horror movies that are creepy, but not terrifying. There are movies that are more mind blowing […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Seven Halloween Reads I love Halloween, but I’m also really hard to please when it comes to horror books. Although I read quite a few, there aren’t many that I actually love. These are seven that blew me away for being super terrifying, having awesome twists, or just being really great […]
Title: Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publication Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 536 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 When you can’t beat the odds, change the game. Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think […]
