Waiting on Wednesday #40: The Detour by S.A. Bodeen

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Detourby S.A. Bodeen Publication Date: October 6, 2015 On her way to a writer’s conference, a bestselling teenage author takes a detour that has been deliberately set up by her biggest fans—a mother and daughter who kidnap her. Livvy Flynn is a […]

Top Ten Tuesday #36: Best survival stories

Today’s Topic:   Ten Books For Readers  Who Like Survival Stories A good survival story is easily my favorite thing to read! I love dystopian survival stories, zombie survival stories, crazy people survival stories, shipwreck survival stories… I think you get the idea!          Angelfall by Susan Ee Ashfall by Mike Mullin Enclave by Ann Aguirre […]

Audiobook Review: Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre

Title: Mortal Danger (Immortal Game #1) Author: Ann Aguirre Publication Date: August 5, 2014 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads Revenge is a dish best served cold. Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four […]

Weekly Recap: 3/1 – 3/7

My Super Exciting Life  I do not have anymore snow to report this week, thank goodness! It did get really cold one day and they cancelled classes just in case it was too icy… Welcome to North Carolina! I’m super excited because this week was the last before Spring Break! All I have to do […]

Audiobook Review: Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

Title: Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time #6) Author: Robert Jordan Narrator: Kate Reading & Michael Kramer Publication Date: November 15, 1995Publisher: Tor Fantasy Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 5 & book 7 In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan’s extraordinarily rich, […]

Feature & Follow Friday #38: Furry friends

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:  Do you have any furry friends?  Share a picture! OMG!! This was my suggestion! 😛 And boy, do I have […]

Waiting on Wednesday #39: The V Girl by Mya Roberts

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The V Girlby Mya Roberts Publication Date: April 13, 2015 In post-apocalyptic North America, rape and sexual slavery are legal. Lila Velez, desperately wants to lose her virginity before the troops visit her town and can take it away by force. She makes […]

Top Ten Tuesday #35: All Time Favorites

Today’s Topic:   Top Ten Books You Would Classify As  ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS  from the past 5 years Wow. This is a super hard question. Why does this keep happening?! Well, anyway, these are my top ten favorites from the past five years! As of right now, at least…          Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon Ashfall by […]

Book Review: Angelfall by Susan Ee

Title: Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) Author: Susan Ee Publication Date: January 1, 2011 Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Pages: 326 Add to Goodreads Review for #2 It’s been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it. Only pockets of humanity remain. Savage street gangs rule the […]

Weekly Recap: 2/22 – 2/28

My Super Exciting Life  More Snow days!!!  Yep, we had even more snow this week! REAL snow this time! This is what the outside of my apartment complex looked like when I woke up Thursday morning:    Needless to say, the entire city completely shut down for two days. People in North Carolina freak out […]

Audiobook Mini Review: Torment by Lauren Kate

Title: Torment (Fallen #2) Author: Lauren Kate Publication Date: September 28, 2010 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 452 Add to Goodreads Review for Part 1 How many lives do you need to live before you find someone worth dying for? In the aftermath of what happened at Sword & Cross, Luce has been hidden away by […]

Feature & Follow Friday #37: Fire!

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:  Your house is burning down and you have time to select three books you own to  take with you. What three […]

Waiting on Wednesday #38: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Ink and Boneby Rachel Caine Publication Date: July 7, 2015 In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.… Ruthless and supremely […]

Top Ten Tuesday #34: Book Heroines

Today’s Topic:   Top Ten Nine Favorite  Heroines From Books Yay!! What a fun topic! There are so many great book heroines to choose from. I’m going to try really hard not to be too predictable, but I can’t help but to throw in some fan favorites!      Tris Prior from Divergent Egwene Al’vere from The […]

Book Blitz & Giveaway: The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase

Title: The Apollo Academy Author: Kimberly P. Chase Publication Date: February 22, 2015 Publisher: Escape, Harlequin Australia  Pages: 236 Add to Goodreads Take off with this dynamic, thrill-seeking, sexy New Adult Science Fiction series debut. Welcome to the exclusive Apollo Academy, where Aurora is about to discover that achieving her dream is only the first step towards her future. […]

Book Review: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Title: These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) Author: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Publication Date: December 10, 2013 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Pages: 374 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 2 & book 3 Luxury spaceliner Icarus suddenly plummets from hyperspace into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive — alone. Lilac is the daughter of the […]

Weekly Recap: 2/15 – 2/21

My Super Exciting Life  Snow days!!!  This week saw two days out of school, one class cut short, and a lot of late assignments due to feeling like crap. In case you aren’t from the south, let me tell you: snow in the forecast = days out of school. It was so nice to have […]

Let’s talk “grown up” books

As you probably know if you’re a regular reader of my blog, I’m a huge fan of most things YA. I love the simplicity of young adult fiction! I love that the romance, while sometimes a little overly dramatic, is usually accompanied by a super awesome story unlike a lot of adult fiction that focuses […]

Book Blitz & Two Giveaways: Sword by Amy Bai

Title: Sword Author: Amy Bai Publication Date: February 10, 2015 Publisher: Candlemark and Gleam Pages: 438 Add to Goodreads Sword shall guide the hands of men . . . For over a thousand years the kingdom of Lardan has been at peace: isolated from the world, safe from the wars of its neighbors, slowly forgetting […]

Feature & Follow Friday #36: Fantasy vs. Reality

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:  Do you like fantasy or realistic books? Most definitely fantasy (if everything other than realistic books can be called that…) […]

Waiting on Wednesday #37: End of Days by Susan Ee

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: End of Daysby Susan Ee Publication Date: May 12, 2015 End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re […]

Top Ten Tuesday #33: Book Related Problems

Today’s Topic:   Ten Five Book Related  Problems I Have I never knew I had any problems that were book-related. Not until I started blogging. I was so happy with my reading situation before I knew that people had book blogs. But I did start a blog. And now I have issues. I can’t stop buying […]

Book Review: Cress by Marissa Myer

Title: Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) Author: Marissa Meyer Publication Date: February 4, 2014 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Pages: 550 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1, book 2, book 3.5, & book 4 In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf […]

Weekly Recap: 2/8 – 2/14

My Super Exciting Life  This.week.was.madness. I haven’t shared much on the blog about my personal life, so allow me to give you a sneak peak. My husband is a Merchant Marine and works away from home for long stretches of time. This time he’s been gone since December 10th, moseying along the west coast between Oregon, […]