New Books In Case You Missed It Monday I discussed disagreeing without being rude The topic was best books of 2015 for Top Ten Tuesday I featured The Hidden Oracle for Waiting on Wednesday Thursday book review of Their Fractured Light On Friday I talked about the best and worst cover redesigns This Week I Read & Upcoming Review I’m linking up […]
If, by some amazing chance, you’ve missed out on the drama surrounding The Winner’s Kiss cover, allow me to fill you in. Last Friday, a post appeared on Twitter regarding The Winner’s Kiss, the final book in The Winner’s Curse trilogy. On this sad day, Fierce Reads announced that the entire series was being released […]
Title: Their Fractured Light (Starbound #3) Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date: December 1, 2015 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 432 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan Publication Date: May 3, 2016 How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2015 Well, there it is. The hardest thing I’ll do all year. This list was PAINFUL to create! There were just so many amazing books in 2015. I don’t know if any other year will ever compare! A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah […]
You may not have noticed the slight change in my blogging schedule, but today would usually be the day for reviewing super amazing (or not so amazing) books. I decided this week to switch things up instead and discuss a topic that has recently been brought to my attention. (Your regularly scheduled review will resume […]
My Super Exciting Life So this was quite an emotional week. On Monday, my husband and I went to a dermatologist, because my husband discovered he had melanoma. He caught it in time and had it removed, thank goodness, and should now be good to go, but it was still a very emotional experience. We […]
Until fairly recently (recently being the last two years or so, in this case) I did not read much young adult literature. As you may notice, that is basically all I read these days. When I first started reading YA I was keenly aware of the fact that parents very rarely made appearances in any […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell Publication Date: February 2, 2016 For as long as she can remember, Gwendolyn Allister has never had a place to call home—all because her mother believes that monsters are hunting them. Now these delusions have brought them to London, […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015 This was probably the hardest list I’ve had to come up with this year. There were SO many good books this year and many of them by authors I’d never read before! How can any year live up to 2015?! […]
Title: Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles #3.5) Author: Marissa Meyer Publication Date: January 27, 2015 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 220 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1, book 2, book 3, & book 4 In this stunning bridge book between Cress and Winter in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles, Queen Levana’s story is finally told. Mirror, mirror on […]
My Super Exciting Life This week has been yet another slow reading week. I finished up the last few chapters of Winter, read Fairest, and now I’m slowly making my way through Their Fractured Light. My brain just hasn’t been in it! With the holidays quickly approaching I have been very distracted. However, I’ve been […]
Way back in September I did my very first Disney for the Weekend post. The topic was under-appreciated films and I assured you that it was only part one of two. As I promised, I’m back with part two so let’s take this time to reminisce about some of the best (but under-loved) Disney movies […]
Title: Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) Author: Marissa Meyer Publication Date: November 10, 2015 Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Pages: 827 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1, book 2, book 3, & book 3.5 Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty […]
Welcome back to the Horror Reading Challenge! This year you will find a few changes to the challenge: First of all are the challenge badges, which you will win by completing the highest number of books for that level. For example, to receive the Running Scared badge, you will have to read and review 5 […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Stars Above by Marissa Meyer Publication Date: February 2, 2016 The enchantment continues…. The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten 2016 Debuts Novels I Am Looking Forward To Okay, so have you looked at all the AMAZING debuts for 2016?! There are so many! As always, I’m sure I won’t get to all of them. There just isn’t enough time! But these are the ten I’m most excited about. A […]
I know, I know! I do normally post reviews on Mondays! But this week I’m reviewing Winter and I need a few more days to wrap my brain around everything that happened, so look out for that later this week! Instead, I thought I’d get ready for my Winter review by doing the Lunar Chronicles […]
My Super Exciting Life What an absolutely crazy week this has been! Obviously, holidays are always hectic, but this one has been even more insane than normal. This Thanksgiving, since we have just moved away from the rest of the family, we decided to go to spend the holiday at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We had […]
Welcome back to the new and improved Dystopia Reading Challenge! Last year I picked up the challenge in the middle of the year with not much of a clue what I was doing. This year I am much more prepared, I assure you! I have an amazing new co-host, Claudia from My Soul Called Life, […]
Warning!! This post will contain spoilers for Mockingjay Part 2, so don’t read if you haven’t seen the movie (and/or haven’t read the books) and don’t want to spoil it for yourself! Now that that’s out of the way, I want to talk about Mockingjay Part 2. Let me preface all of this by saying […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date: December 1, 2015 A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Fairytales & Retellings I’m Most Thankful For As you probably know if you hang out around my blog (like, ever), I am totally obsessed with fairytale (and other great story) retellings! Obviously, without the originals, there could be no retellings and my life would just be a lot sadder in general. […]
Title: Black Ice Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Publication Date: October 7, 2014 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPages: 392 Add to Goodreads Sometimes danger is hard to see… until it’s too late. Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn’t prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, […]
