Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Narrator: Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne Publication Date: April 22, 2014Publisher: Broadway BooksAdd to Goodreads On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. […]
My Super Exciting Life Well, this has been an unexpectedly busy week. My brother left on Monday and I expected a fairly relaxed few days, but it was not to be. Instead, my husband and I decided to start house hunting and everything has been a whirlwind ever since! Luckily, I think some of the […]
Blogging and reading are two of my favorite things. To be honest, they’re kind of my life to the point that it’s sometimes a little embarrassing. Anyone: “What are you good at? What are your hobbies? What do you do all day?” Me: *blank stare* I like books. Nothing makes me sadder than life getting […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Five Books Set In Space I’m not quite sure why, but “space” immediately came to mind when I saw today’s topic. I actually don’t read that many sci-fi books, so it was pretty easy to put together my top five! All of these have a setting of different ships or planets […]
Title: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) Author: Sabaa Tahir Publication Date: August 30, 2016 Publisher: Razorbill Pages: 464 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 and book 3 A Torch Against the Night takes readers into the heart of the Empire as Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate […]
My Super Exciting Life My brother visited this week and I accomplished basically nothing as far as my bookish life is concerned… whoops! I started reading a couple books and am currently working my way through Stalking Jack the Ripper. I had to put The Beauty of Darkness down for awhile when it started to […]
Title: Jane Steele Author: Lyndsay Faye Publication Date: March 22, 2016 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: 416Add to Goodreads “Reader, I murdered him.” A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones Publication Date: February 7, 2017 Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the […]
Today’s Topic: Ten books I wish I read as a kid I actually did read a lot as a kid, but there were some that I never got around to that I wish I had! Redwall, for example, always looked interesting, but I was intimidated by the length of the series. Some of these I […]
Title: My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) Author: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows Publication Date: June 7, 2016Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: 491 Add to Goodreads The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind fantasy […]
My Super Exciting Life My week began celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! Gee at Books and a Cup of Coffee did a recap of the event for anyone who’s interested! I was the only one in our group who wore my Hogwarts robes, but I can assure you there was […]
You know what I love? An incredible, original new book! There’s nothing quite like reading something new and finding it completely unlike anything else you’ve ever read. Obviously there are common tropes that make appearances in a lot of YA fiction, but as long as they’re done well and the author puts his or her […]
Title: The Architect of Song (Haunted Hearts Legacy #1) Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: August 15, 2016 Publisher: Golden Orb Press Pages: 425Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 & book 3 //I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review// A lady imprisoned by deafness, an architect imprisoned by his past, and […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Five Foreign Editions I’d Buy Right This Second If Someone Handed Me A Fully Loaded Gift Card I decided to take today’s topic in a slightly different direction and share five books I’d like to have in their foreign editions. I already have (2 out of 3 of) the German Grisha books […]
//DISCLAIMER: JK Rowling is no longer reviewed or promoted by Cornerfolds.com following her repeated transphobia// Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter #8) Author: J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, & Jack Thorne Publication Date: July 31, 2016 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Pages: 320Add to Goodreads Based on an original new story by J.K. […]
Welcome to month eight of the 2016 Dystopia Reading Challenge! 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 name, Goodreads, Shelfari, […]
Welcome to the eighth 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 August 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 […]
Fun fact about me: I love audiobooks! I have loved them for years and can be found listening to audiobooks pretty much any time I don’t have the TV on. I listen to audiobooks in the car, while cooking, and getting ready for bed. I listen to audiobooks while walking around theme parks and while […]
My Super Exciting Life This week started low and ended on a high note! I had jury duty on Monday and didn’t end up getting picked. I ended up reading and playing online for seven hours and I guess I’ll get paid $15 later… For the rest of the week I worked and watched Breaking […]
Title: Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publication Date: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Henry Holt and CompanyPages: 465Add to Goodreads Review for book 2 Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz […]
So… as you may know, I’m absolutely TERRIBLE at read-a-thons, but I’m going to try to do better and I think this time I will. Why? Because I kind of have to. I was super lucky in getting to go to ALA this year, but I came away with a ton of ARCs I need […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Five Books That Made Me Want to Know More I have a horrible time reading books with factual information inside because I’m constantly running to Google to learn more! The worst books are historical fiction and books about natural disasters. These are five of the books that I’ve had to take a break […]
Welcome to Paper to Popcorn! Paper to Popcorn is not be your typical book vs. movie comparison. The focus is on retellings, although there will be some features of movie vs. the source material. Each chosen book/movie combo will battle it out in a showdown to prove which one is the best on its own […]
My Super Exciting Life First, the blog has gotten a makeover this week! It has been a long time coming and I played around with my old design a lot before finally taking the plunge. If you have my button displayed on your blog (I love you!!) please change it to the new one if […]
