Title: Snow Like Ashes Author: Sara Raasch Narrator: Kate Rudd Publication Date: October 14, 2014 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Add to Goodreads A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ […]
My Super Exciting Life So… another pretty boring week. BUT! But… I saw Jurassic World two more times. Yeah. That’s a total of three times. Because it’s awesome. I also got a new couch and sold my old one so… yay new couch! And tomorrow is Father’s day so I’ll be doing things with my […]
A few weeks ago I saw a graphic from Book Likes that lays out different types of readers. I thought it would be fun to break down my reading style so I’ve had it tucked away for a rainy day. Wouldn’t you know it’s been raining for three days straight? Seriously though, what a fun […]
Title: Crimson Bound Author: Rosamund Hodge Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: 448 Add to Goodreads When Rachelle was fifteen, she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless— straying from the forest path in search of a way […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: If you have a tattoo, share a picture and its meaning. Well, I never thought I’d be showing off tattoos […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Survive the Night Danielle Vega Publication Date: July 7, 2015 We’re all gonna die down here. . . . Julie lies dead and disemboweled in a dank, black subway tunnel, red-eyed rats nibbling at her fingers. Her friends think she’s just off with […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My (Physical) TBR For Summer 2015 This topic seems really redundant after last week’s Top Ten (and the one two weeks ago) so I’ve decided to change it up and share my list of TBR books that I currently have sitting on my bookshelves! Daughter of Smoke and […]
Title: The Cage (The Cage #1) Author: Megan Shepherd Narrator: Barrie Kreinik Publication Date: May 26, 2015 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 & book 3 The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this gripping new series about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From […]
My Super Exciting Life This week has been another slow one in real life, but the blog has been crazy!! I’ve had multiple posts a day, which isn’t normal at all, but things should be back to normal next week! I might be a little absent for the next few days. I just found out […]
Surprise!! The Dystopia reading challenge is moving (has moved) to Cornerfolds! In the past this challenge was hosted by Blog of Erised. Unfortunately, the challenge was unable to continue at its former home due to personal reasons, but I have been given the go-ahead to take over from here. If anyone is interested in co-hosting […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: If you could step into one characters shoes and be them for a day who would it be and why? […]
Title: Serafina and the Black Cloak Author: Robert Beatty Publication Date: July 14, 2015Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads I received this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. A spooky mystery-thriller about an unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate. “Never go into the deep parts […]
Title: Fabled Author: Vanessa K. Eccles Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Bound and Brewed Pages: 263 Add to Goodreads Amazon | Barnes & Noble Rowena thinks the Grimm’s infamous podcasts are simply another teen fad until she finds herself trapped in a land of nightmarish storybook characters. She tries desperately to flee Mezzanine and return home, but Dresdem, Mezzanine’s wicked monarch, plans […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Winter Marissa Meyer Publication Date: November 10, 2015 Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, […]
Yay!! I made it through the #TBRTakedown read-a-thon (see my initial post here)!! This is only the third read-a-thon I’ve ever participated in and I’m happy to report I was mostly successful. I did cheat a tiny bit by buying one of my books to read during the challenge… but it was on my Goodreads […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For the Rest of 2015 A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett Darkthaw by Kate A. Boorman The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine Reawakened by Colleen Houck Six of […]
Title: Secret of the Sevens Author: Lynn Lindquist Publication Date: June 8, 2015 Publisher: Flux Pages: 408 Add to Goodreads Amazon | Barnes & Noble Everyone at Singer, a boarding school for underprivileged kids, knows the urban legend of the Society of Seven. Decades ago, the original members of the secret guild for elite students murdered the school’s founder and then perished in […]
Title: An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Publication Date: April 28, 2015Publisher: RazorbillPages: 446 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 and book 3 Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to […]
My Super Exciting Life Well, vacation is definitely officially really over because this week I have been back to normal, boring life. On Sunday I took the dogs and we visited my parents so they could play with their aunt Chloe (who is a Chihuahua) for the day. I met up with a friend on […]
When I first started blogging last April I was what you might call a moderate reader. I averaged a book a week or less and bought nearly all of them on my Nook (or Kindle – I ended up with both eventually). I made most of my physical book purchases at used bookstores and would […]
Title: The Heir (The Selection #4) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: 368 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1, book 2, book 3, and book 5 Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: How would you pitch to the biz to make your favorite book into a movie? Hmm… this is not my favorite […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Six of CrowsLeigh Bardugo Publication Date: September 29, 2015 Game of Thrones meets Ocean’s Eleven in this brand-new book in the world of the Grisha by New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Book Series I’d Love To See As Tv Shows I have been waiting all my life for this topic!! Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic. But here’s the thing: I love TV. Almost as much as reading, I love getting lost in a new TV show. I also happen to think […]
