Weekly Recap: 11/15 – 11/21

My Super Exciting Life  This week was the first full week at my new (at home) job! It was actually very successful and I’m honestly really excited about it working out! In addition, I spent some time at Diagon Alley at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and I also hung out at the Magic […]

Harry Potter Book Tag

1. An upcoming release you wish you could get your hands on right now. I am literally dying right now. I thought this one was being released in April (as that was when book one came out and, until recently, when Goodreads said this one would be published), so when I realized it wouldn’t come […]

TV Series Review: Outlander, Season 1

Title: Outlander, Season 1 Author: Diana Gabaldon  Creator: Ronald D. Moore Actors: Caitriona Balfe & Sam Heughan Release Date: August 9, 2014, & April 4, 2015 View on IMDB Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown […]

Waiting on Wednesday #76: Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan Publication Date: February 9, 2016 Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has […]

Top Ten Tuesday #70: quotes I love

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books  I Read In The Past Year Or So I’m going to be honest… I rarely ever pay attention to quotes. Luckily, the internet keeps a great stash of them and I was able to dig into my Goodreads authors to find some great ones. These are […]

Audiobook Review: Rogue by Julie Kagawa

Title: Rogue (Talon #2) Author: Julie Kagawa Narrator: Caitlin Davies, MacLeod Andrews, Chris Patton Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 and book 3 From the limitless imagination of bestselling author Julie Kagawa comes the next fantastic adventure in the Talon Saga. Deserter. Traitor. Rogue. Ember Hill left the […]

Weekly Recap: 11/7 – 11/14

My Super Exciting Life  This was the week I utterly failed at HoHoHoRAT. What can you do? This was also the week that I finished Outlander season one and became totally devastated. Book hangover? Try show hangover! Obviously, I immediately started listening to book two. I always said I’d never read the series because it […]

Disney for the weekend: my Disney-themed home

Welcome back to Disney for the Weekend! This feature is all about Disney and I’ll be posting things from Disney movie reviews to reviews of Disney restaurants. This week I want to share with all of you a revelation I’ve had: my home is unabashedly Disney-themed.  As you may know, I moved to Florida a […]

Heads up: B&N signed editions are coming!

This year I feel that it is my duty to alert all of my fellow bloggers to the existence of Barnes & Noble signed editions on Black Friday! No one told me last year and I just stumbled across the information at the very last minute. Maybe you already knew, but maybe you didn’t. Either […]

Waiting on Wednesday #75: The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Publication Date: February 2, 2016 Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters living in a small English market town in 1861. The girls’ father is a plant hunter, usually off adventuring through the jungles […]

Top Ten Tuesday #69: book to film adaptations

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Book To Movie  Adaptations I’m Looking Forward To I love this topic SO much!! I love movie adaptations, especially when they’re adaptations of books I adore! These are adaptations that are confirmed and rumored, and the links go to their respective IMDB pages.        The 5th Wave An Ember in the […]

Book Review: Darkthaw by Kate A. Boorman

Title: Darkthaw (Winterkill #2) Author: Kate A. Boorman Publication Date: October 13, 2015  Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 336 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// For as long as Emmeline can remember, she’s longed to leave the isolated world of the settlement and explore […]

Weekly Recap: 11/1 – 11/6

My Super Exciting Life  Aaaand we’ve made it through another week! While not uneventful, this week has been much less dramatic than last and I’m so, SO glad for that! I’ll admit to some pretty serious paranoia after the events of last week, but I’m working on it and I’m actually enjoying my new city […]

Spine-tingling Saturday and Interview #10: Correspondence

Title: Correspondence Author: Bloodstains Posted on: September 2011 – unknown Location: Reddit One of the first series I read on Reddit’s NoSleep was Correspondence by Bloodstains. This one is a true hair-raiser and is certainly not for the faint of heart! This story begins with a strange series of emails exchanged among friends and evolves into complete insanity […]

Reviewing ARCs: How early is too early?

(Most) Every book blogger loves ARCs! Paper ARCs, eARCS, bring on the advanced review copies! Netgalley is a beautiful thing! But what do you do when you receive an ARC that isn’t scheduled for release for months? Recently I’ve received ARCs that were five days from release and a couple that are several months away. […]

Waiting on Wednesday #74: The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski  Publication Date: March 1, 2016 War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He’s finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even […]

Top Ten Tuesday #68: amazing debuts

Today’s Topic:  Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me  Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel  This was actually kind of a hard topic for me! I guess I haven’t read as many recent debuts as I thought, so here are the debuts I’ve read over the last few years but still haven’t read the “sophomore” book! […]

Book Review: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Anthology

Title: Slasher Girls & Monster Boys Author: Multiple Publication Date: August 18, 2015Publisher: Dial Books Pages: 385 Add to Goodreads A host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers. Each story draws from a mix of literature, film, television, or even music to offer something […]

Weekly Recap: 10/24 – 10/31

My Super Exciting Life  Holy crap. You will not believe the weekend I’ve had. Yesterday we woke up on our first morning in Orlando and took our sweet time getting ready, finally deciding to head out for groceries in the afternoon. While we were out, my husband surprised me by taking me to Best Buy […]

A Defense of Found Footage Films

Hello. My name is Tracy and I am addicted to horror. As a child, I was incredibly sheltered. I saw my first real horror film, Darkness Falls, at the age of seventeen. My first horror film was about the Tooth Fairy and I was terrified. Don’t judge me. After that first taste of totally safe fear, I […]

Waiting on Wednesday #73: Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan Publication Date: January 19, 2016 Raisa was just a child when she was sold to work as a slave in the kingdom of Qilara. Despite her young age, her father was teaching her to read and write, […]

Top Ten Tuesday #67: scary books & movies

Today’s Topic:  Ten scary Halloween books & movies I really hate giving up on a book before I finish it, but sometimes it just happens. Life is too short to suffer through a book you don’t enjoy! Even more than DNFing a book, I hate giving up on a series, especially several books in. Out […]

ARC Review: The Rig by Joe Ducie

Title: The Rig (The Rig #1) Author: Joe Ducie Publication Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers  Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads //I received this book through Goodreads First Reads  in exchange for an honest review// Fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed […]

Weekly Recap: 10/18 – 10/24

My Super Exciting Life  I will be SO HAPPY when this move is over. My life is absolutely insane right now with preparing to move to Florida on two week’s notice. It’s madness. Don’t do it. But once it’s over I know it’ll be worth it. It has been a slow reading week (again). There’s […]