Waiting on Wednesday #92: Alight by Scott Sigler

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Alight by Scott Sigler Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Alight is the second installment in the YA sci-fi adventure trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler, hot on the heels of Alive. Alight reveals to readers the further adventures of Em, […]

Top Ten Tuesday #86: Popular characters I can’t stand

Today’s Topic:  Ten Characters Everyone  Loves But I Just Don’t Get If there’s one thing I hate, it’s dumb characters – in books and in real life. While a lot of people find dumb characters endearing, I just can’t stand them. The other thing I can’t deal with is male characters who are total jerks on […]

Book Review: Confess by Colleen Hoover

Title: Confess Author: Colleen Hoover Publication Date: March 10, 2015 Publisher: Atria Books Pages: 306 Add to Goodreads Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to […]

Weekly Recap: 2/28 – 3/5

My Super Exciting Life  This was the week that I finally met Kylo Ren!! I’ve been wanting to meet him forever, but he was in a top secret location where only Disney credit card holders could be in his presence until very recently. Unfortunately, I only made this discovery after having been out in 80+ […]

Audiobook Review: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Title: Red Queen (Red Queen #1)  Author: Victoria Aveyard Narrator: Amanda Dolan Publication Date: February 10, 2015 Publisher: HarperTeen  Add to Goodreads Review for book 2 This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, […]

Collector Corps Deadpool Unboxing

Happy Thursday, fellow book bloggers!! The weekend is sooooo close! Just hang in there a little bit longer! Today, I am here to share with you my very first Collector Corps subscription box unboxing. Collector Corps is the official Marvel subscription box by Funko. Unlike other subscription boxes, this one is only sent every two […]

Waiting on Wednesday #91: Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Publication Date: October 18, 2016 Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed. Hanna […]

Dystopia Reading Challenge: March review & discussion link-up

Welcome to the third month 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 March book reviews under “Review Link-up” and link up your discussion post under “Discussion Prompt […]

Horror Reading Challenge: March Link-up

Welcome to the THIRD month of the 2016 Horror Reading Challenge! Can you believe we’re already 1/4 of the way through?? Are you meeting your goals so far? Please share your horror book reviews the month of February in the link-up below using the format Your Name @ Your Blog (Book Name). If you’re new […]

Top Ten Tuesday #85: Books for when you’re feeling fantasy

Today’s Topic:  Ten Books To Read If You Are In  The Mood For Super Awesome Fantasy Lately it has come to my attention that my favorite YA genre may be fantasy… As such, I am sharing with you my top ten favorite fantasy books (with no regard to series order, sorry)!           A Court of Thorns and Roses […]

Mini Book Reviews: Enshadowed & Oblivion by Kelly Creagh

Title: Enshadowed (Nevermore #2) Author: Kelly Creagh Publication Date: August 28, 2012Publisher: Atheneum BooksPages: 429Add to Goodreads Review for book 1  True love takes a twisted turn in the second book of this modern gothic romance trilogy channeling the dark brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe. Varen Nethers is trapped in a perilous dreamworld—a treacherous and […]

Weekly Recap: 2/21 – 2/27

My Super Exciting Life  This was a super weird week for me. Nothing bad happened and I wasn’t sick or anything, I just felt kind of… meh about things in general. For most of the week I was (very impatiently) waiting for my very late Deadpool Collector Corps box to arrive. It finally showed up […]

On review requests that ignore review policies…

Here’s something I haven’t talked about on my blog before: review policies. Back when I started my blog I did a LOT of stalking. I scoured the interwebs for awesome book blogs and spent hours reading review policies and slowly building my own. I’ll admit, I still don’t know what the heck I’m doing sometimes, […]

Audiobook Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) Author: Tahereh Mafi Narrator: Kate Simses Publication Date: February 5, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 tick tick tick tick tick it’s almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also […]

Waiting on Wednesday #90: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd Publication Date: October 11, 2016 There are winged horses that live in the mirrors of Briar Hill hospital. In the mirrors that line its grand hallways, which once belonged to a princess. In those […]

Top Ten Tuesday #84: TBR books that aren’t my typical genre

Today’s Topic:  Ten Book I Want To Read  That Aren’t My Typical Genre When I started digging through my TBR shelf on Goodreads for today’s topic, I quickly realized that I really don’t read books that aren’t my typical genre(s)… With no material to work with I decided to switch things a little. Here are […]

Book Tour Review & Giveaway: After the Woods by Kim Savage

Title: After the Woods Author: Kim Savage Publication Date: February 23, 2016 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads  //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// Would you risk your life to save your best friend? Julia did. When a paroled predator attacked Liv in the woods, […]

Weekly Recap: 2/14 – 2/20

My Super Exciting Life  Okay, first question, and this is serious: is everyone going to survive the Deadpool madness?? It seems like the entire world has totally lost their minds and I’m just over here trying to figure out what I’m missing! As a rule, I don’t go to see movies during opening week (unless […]

Book Review: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

Title: Nevermore (Nevermore #1) Author: Kelly Creagh Publication Date: August 31, 2010Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPages: 543 Add to Goodreads Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued, Varen makes […]

Audiobook Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) Author: Tahereh Mafi Narrator: Kate Simses Publication Date: November 15, 2011 Publisher: Harper CollinsAdd to Goodreads Review for book 2 Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why […]

Waiting on Wednesday #89: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton Publication Date: March 8, 2016 She’s more gunpowder than girl—and the fate of the desert lies in her hands. Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, […]

Top Ten Tuesday #83: Bookish playlists

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Nine Bookish Playlists Officially this week was supposed to be about books that need theme songs or songs that should be books. However… I am not a musically inclined person in that I don’t really pay attention. At all. I could not tell you what music was popular right now if you paid […]

Book Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Title: Ruin and Rising (The Grisha #3) Author: Leigh Bardugo Publication Date: June 17, 2014 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 422 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a […]

Weekly Recap: 2/7 – 2/13

My Super Exciting Life  It’s actually very (extremely) rare, but this week was incredibly busy! The puppy business has been picking up big time and this week consisted of multiple dog walks every day. I am definitely not complaining! I’m just not used to actually being busy! I also started rewatching The Tudors complete series […]