Today’s Topic: Ten (Kind Of) “Beach Reads” For People Who Hate Beach Reads Here’s the thing: I don’t even know what a “beach read” is. I don’t read a lot of what people might consider beach reads, actually. Instead, for my fellow beach read haters, I’ve picked ten of my favorite books that are either light […]
Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline Narrator: Wil Wheaton Publication Date: November 16, 2011 Publisher: Broadway Books Add to Goodreads It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual […]
My Super Exciting Life THIS HAS BEEN THE WEEK OF INCREDIBLE BOOK MAIL! Seriously, a friend gave me a copy of Gemina, another friend let me borrow her copy of A Torch Against the Night, I got The Crown’s Game via a super awesome promotion on Audible, and then the library delivered books to my […]
Title: This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein #1) Author: Kenneth Oppel Publication Date: August 23, 2011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 298 Add to Goodreads Bravery, danger, and intense passion. How does obsession begin? Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein. They are nearly inseparable. Growing up, their lives […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Kingdom of Ash and Briars by Hannah West Publication Date: September 15, 2016 Bristal, an orphaned kitchen maid, lands in a gritty fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she is an elicromancer with a knack for shape-shifting. An ancient breed of immortal […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Books I’m Not Sure I’d Love After Time Has Passed I read A LOT of not-so-popular books way back when before I was a blogger. Back then I loved almost everything I read! Now I’ve read so many incredible books that I’m not positive I’d feel the same way if I went back […]
Title: The Crown (The Selection #5) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: May 3, 2016Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 279 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1, book 2, book 3, & book 4 When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of […]
My Super Exciting Life I have not had a book hangover like this for probably a year. I read A Court of Mist and Fury last week and this week I was totally unable to finish reading anything. I’ve started three different books and put them all back down. On Friday I made a trip […]
Recently Dan Brown announced that he would be re-releasing his 2003 bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, but this time it would be adapted for a young adult audience. This unleashed a maelstrom of nasty comments on Twitter and elsewhere, not only bashing Brown for insinuating that his book needed to be dumbed down for YA […]
Title: Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) Author: Beth Revis Narrators: Lauren Ambrose & Carlos Santos Publication Date: January 11, 2011 Publisher: Razorbill Add to Goodreads A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Books I Picked Up On A Whim Most of the time I pick my next book to read based on the recommendations of other book bloggers or Goodreads friends. But every now and then I’ll pick up a book on a whim that I haven’t seen around or don’t know anything about. […]
Title: A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2) Author: Sarah J. Maas Publication Date: May 3, 2016 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Pages: 624 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, […]
My Super Exciting Life This was one of the busiest weeks of my life, but not in a bad way. I didn’t have to work a crazy amount, but my husband wanted to do something every day! On Monday I went to see Civil War again with a friend and then we got Ben and […]
I wouldn’t say I’m new to fantasy, but I’m a new fantasy lover, if that makes sense. As an avid reader I have, of course, dabbled in fantasy for years, but in the last year or two I’ve started reading it as one of my favorite genres. Something that I’ve picked up on is that […]
So book tags aren’t something I participate in a lot on the blog (Instagram is another story), but when The Literary Huntress tagged me in a Civil War themed tag (created by Jennifer @ Wonderland Review) I couldn’t say no! I mean, hello? I’ve seen this movie twice already and will probably see it again […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill Publication Date: December 27, 2016 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 the King […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Five Non-Bookish Websites That I Visit Almost Daily Well this topic is… unusual. I honestly had a hard time because most of the time the websites I’m visiting are book-related, whether they’re Goodreads, blogs, etc. So the truth is I don’t often visit non-bookish sites, but these are the ones I spend the […]
Title: The Neverland Wars Author: Audrey Greathouse Publication Date: May 9, 2016 Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing Pages: 302 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review// Magic can do a lot—give you flight, show you mermaids, help you taste the stars, and… solve the budget crisis? That’s […]
My Super Exciting Life This was the week of CIVIL WAR!! Seriously though, I saw Civil War on opening night and it was incredible. I’m planning to see it again next week and I can hardly wait! I also spent Friday afternoon at Animal Kingdom and got totally soaked on Kali River Rapids. The poncho […]
Title: Wink Poppy Midnight Author: April Genevieve Tucholke Narrators: Michael Crouch, Alicyn Packard, Caitlin Davies Publication Date: March 22, 2016Publisher: Dial Books Add to Goodreads Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain. Every story needs a secret. Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the […]
It’s going to be a ranty day. Spoilers are the bane of the average geek’s existence. They are potentially lurking around every corner, sometimes making it necessary to avoid entire corners of the internet after a huge reveal in any book, movie, or TV show – and sometimes these formats overlap, which makes it even […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Teenage Characters I’d Love To Revisit In 10 Years or So This week I actually had a hard time narrowing it down to ten, but I worked it out! There are a lot of characters who have already had epilogues and novellas set in the future, but these are ten who I’d […]
Title: Prisoner of Night and Fog (Prisoner of Night and Fog #1) Author: Anne Blankman Publication Date: April 22, 2014Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: 401 Add to Goodreads In 1930s Munich, danger lurks behind dark corners, and secrets are buried deep within the city. But Gretchen Müller, who grew up in the National Socialist Party […]
Welcome to month FIVE 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 May book reviews under “Review Link-up” as follows: Name of book @ Your blog name, Goodreads, […]
