Title: The Amityville Horror Author: Jay Anson Publication Date: August 1, 1977 Publisher: Pocket Star Books Pages: 256 Add to Goodreads The shocking true story of an American dream that turned into a nightmare beyond imagining… In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz […]
Title: Hydro Author: A.C. Waltower Publication Date: September 19, 2014 Publisher: Waltower PublishingPages: 302 Add to Goodreads The year is 2091. 75 years ago, a nuclear war desolated Earth. The top 2% of the world fled to Hydro, a compound on the Moon. The rest of the population were left trying to survive on 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: Do you own any doubles of your books? What led to getting that second…or third or fourth…copy? There is only […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Sweetby Emmy Laybourne Publication Date: June 2015 *People would kill to be thin.* Solu’s luxurious celebrity-filled “Cruise to Lose” is billed as “the biggest cruise since the Titanic,” and if the new diet sweetener works as promised—dropping five percent of a person’s body […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten 2014 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To This topic was by far the hardest to narrow down to ten. While I totally love the blogging world for keeping me up to date with new books, it’s kind of disheartening to see all of the amazing ones you know […]
Title: Ensnared (Splintered #3) Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1, book 2, and book 3.5 After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she […]
My Super Exciting Life This was the week that I went back to jail… err… school. The new semester (and my last!) began on Wednesday. I got a chance to sample all five of this semester’s classes and I don’t think they’ll be as terrible as some I’ve taken. That being said, most of my […]
Christmas 2014 was a good one. I spent it with my parents and brother and I gave and received some awesome gifts (which I shared a couple weeks ago)! Unfortunately though, I didn’t receive any books at all, even with several on my Christmas list. So when I found out about the Book Outlet Boxing […]
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 fun collections (other than books)? Why yes. Yes, I do. I know you’re expecting something Disney-related […]
I have a confession to make, since we’re friends and all. Before I started this blog (since I became a semi-serious reader in high school, really) I read mostly “adult” fiction. When I volunteered at any of several libraries over the years, I never stepped for in the young adult section. Thinking back on it, […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: Even When You Lie to Meby Jessica Alcott Publication Date: June 9, 2015 Charlie, a senior, isn’t looking forward to her last year of high school. Another year of living in the shadow of her best friend, Lila. Another year of hiding behind […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Most Anticipated Debut Novels For 2015 There are a lot of books I’m excited about this year! Some of these I’ve even surprised myself with (Even When You Lie to Me)… Either way, these debut novels are definitely at the top of my list for this year! A Wicked […]
Title: Broken Skies Author: Theresa Kay Publication Date: January 13, 2015 Publisher: Skyscape Pages: 372 Add to Goodreads I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. In seventeen-year-old Jax Mitchell’s world, humans are nearly extinct and alien settlers have arrived. Until recently, the E’rikon have remained segregated in their city […]
My Super Exciting Life This.Week.Was.Miserable. There, I said it. It sucked. In my recap for last week I’d said I hadn’t been feeling well. That was probably because I had the flu. Even though I actually got my flu shot this year, which I hadn’t done in the three years prior. Such is life. I […]
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: Happy New Year!!!! What was your favorite book of 2014 – or books if you can’t name just one? I’m […]
So it begins – my first full year as a book blogger… Since I get to start from the beginning this year I decided to sign up for some new, interesting challenges. And this year there will be quite a few! Today I’m sharing each challenge and some of my perspective reads, though they’re not […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Creepingby Alexandra Sirowy Publication Date: August 18, 2015 Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again. Now Stella is seventeen, and she’s […]
In 2015 I will be hosting my first ever reading challenge! This is definitely new territory for me, but I loved doing a horror challenge last year and, with the blessing of Midnyte Reader (the host for the 2013 and 2014 horror reading challenges) this spooky challenge has been relocated to Cornerfolds. The horror genre is […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten (nine) Goals/Resolutions For 2015 — bookish, blogging or otherwise! Bookish Double the number of books read from 2014 Splurge on hard copies of books I’m excited about without buyer’s remorse But also start checking out books from the library again Blogging Host more events and giveaways Get an awesome new layout […]
Title: The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) Author: James Dashner Publication Date: October 12, 2010 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 360 Add to Goodreads Review for #1 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done […]
My Super Exciting Life I guess I should begin this recap with an apology for being so scarce lately. I went on an awesome vacation with my mom to Disney World last week and was totally missing from the blog even though I tried really hard not to be! This week has been almost equally […]
As my regular readers may know, I’m obsessed with my current office and future library (which I WILL have in the next few years). While I definitely love what I already have, my decor is kind of a combination of Disney art and Star Trek memorabilia. I mean, I’m not complaining – those are two […]
To end my first year as a book blogger I wanted to do something extra special so I was super excited when I found The Perpetual Page Turner’s 5th Annual End of Year Book Survey! Okay, so it’s not actually the end of the year, but it’s getting pretty close and I don’t foresee many […]
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: What books did you give other people this holiday season? I only have two other readers in my life, but […]
