Welcome to the third quarter update for the Horror Reading Challenge, which happens to be the first challenge I’ve ever hosted! But back on topic… We’re three quarters of the way through the year!! I’ve been LOVING most of the horror books I’ve read. How is everyone else doing? Make sure to link up all of your reviews! Here is […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Wendy Darling by Colleen Oakes Publication Date: October 13, 2015 From the Best-Selling Author of Queen of Hearts comes a dark and mesmerizing twist on the beloved Children’s Classic, Peter Pan. Wendy Darling has a perfectly agreeable life with her parents and brothers […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR Ahhhh, Fall. Tis the season of horror stories and… HoHoHoRAT. So, yes, this is an eclectic list. I have a hard time sticking to my intended TBR list, so why not keep it interesting? A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis Blood and Salt by […]
Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author: Sarah J. Maas Narrator: Elizabeth Evans Publication Date: August 27, 2013Publisher: Bloomsbury Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 “A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend.” From the throne of […]
My Super Exciting Life Not much exciting happened this week, unfortunately. I spent much of the week job hunting, which is actually really difficult when you’re hunting for a job you can’t start in a town you won’t live in for a month and a half… but you know. I also booked accommodations for an […]
Welcome to a brand new, super random blog feature! I’m going to be trying something new for the next few weeks just to see what happens. This feature is all about Disney and it will alternate with Spine Tingling Saturdays, at least until I decide whether to keep that one around long-term. I’ll be posting […]
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 […]
Today I want to discuss something near and dear to my heart: reading. (Shocking, I know.) I’ve talked about people who -never- read on the blog in the past. This is something that I will always have a hard time wrapping my mind around. And let’s be real. I don’t read the things that super […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor Publication Date: March 1, 2016 “Seventy-two hours, then we have to be back at the clearing. Sunrise on the third day.” Being “the homeschooled girl,” in a small town, Hope Walton’s crippling phobias and photographic memory […]
Today’s Topic: (Freebie) Ten Books That Almost Made Me Cry Here’s a little known fact about me: I never, ever cry over books or movies. The only movie I’ve ever cried over was My Dog Skip. It’s not that I don’t have emotions, it’s just that I don’t let them get the best of me […]
Title: We All Looked Up Author: Tommy Wallach Narrator: Hannah Dunne, Sarah Steele, Seth Numrich, Peter Vack Publication Date: March 24, 2015 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Add to Goodreads Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels: The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything […]
My Super Exciting Life This week actually turned out to be much more eventful than expected! I spent the first few days of this week re-watching the entire Star Wars saga in anticipation of The Force Awakens. It was the first time I’ve watched them on blu-ray with all the new changes and I have […]
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 […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Stone Field by Christy Lenzi Publication Date: March 29, 2016 In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Finished Series I Have YET to Finish Ashfall Series by Mike Mullin Blood of the Lamb by Mandy Hager Darkness before Dawn Trilogy by J.A. London Eve by Anna Carey The Maze Runner by James Dashner Partials Sequence by Dan Wells Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan Revenants […]
Title: Return to the Dark House (Dark House #2) Author: Laurie Faria Stolarz Publication Date: July 21, 2015 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 368 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1 Ivy Jensen survived the Dark House once, but can she make it out a second time? Two months have passed since Ivy narrowly escaped the Nightmare […]
My Super Exciting Life Man, what a weird week! It’s always so strange when you come home from vacation and have to reenter the real world. I’ve spend the entire week moping around my apartment and watching crap TV. I have no excuse for myself! Haha! I started reading several books this week, but have […]
Welcome back to my Disney World trip report! Make sure to catch up with days 1 & 2 if you haven’t already! Day Three On day three I slept in a little later and didn’t make it to the Magic Kingdom until 12:30! But that’s half the fun of vacation, right? Getting to sleep in! As […]
Several weeks ago I started reading the Harry Potter series for the second time as part of my Paper to Popcorn feature. You can check out my reviews of The Philosopher’s Stone and The Chamber of Secrets if you’re interested! When I started this time I decided to read in conjunction with Pottermore. The site […]
Title: Alive Author: Scott Sigler Narrator: Emma Galvin Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Publisher: Del Rey Add to Goodreads From New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler comes something utterly new: a gripping sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner. A group of young adults awake in […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson Publication Date: September 22, 2015 In LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, Jenny Lawson baffled readers with stories about growing up the daughter of a taxidermist. In her new book, FURIOUSLY HAPPY, Jenny explores her lifelong battle with mental […]
Today’s Topic: Ten Characters You Just Didn’t Click With (images link to goodreads; titles link to reviews) Fair warning: all of these characters come from books I gave 1 or 2 star ratings (and even a couple DNFs). Sometimes you just meet characters you can’t stand. At all. These are mine. I’ve also included -why- […]
Title: Everything, Everything Author: Nicola Yoon Publication Date: September 1, 2015 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads //I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review// This innovative, heartfelt debut novel tells the story of a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world. When a new […]
My Super Exciting Life This has been a pretty fantastic week, if I’m being honest! As you may know, it began with a long, 9 hour drive to Disney World on Sunday. I was there for three days, driving home on Thursday, and had a fantastic time! You can read about the first two days […]
