Month: November 2016

Five Shops For the YA Lover in Your Life

Posted November 29, 2016 by Adalyn in Top Ten Tuesday / 10 Comments
Five Shops For the YA Lover in Your Life

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is:  Holiday Gift Guide. So, I’m going to share five bookish shops full of items to get for the YA lover in your life! I thought this would be a fun list to compile, even though everyone here is […]

Fall Favorites

Posted November 27, 2016 by Adalyn in Lists / 2 Comments
Fall Favorites

Okay, okay, I know that fall isn’t officially over until next month, but once mid-November comes, it’s basically winter. These past few months have been pretty good for me. The highlights have to be when my family got our puppy, Aussie “Bean”, an Australian Cattle Dog, and then when I got my kitten, Mittens, a week […]

The Rose and the Dagger // Almost as Hauntingly Beautiful as the First

Posted November 25, 2016 by Adalyn in Fantasy / 0 Comments
The Rose and the Dagger // Almost as Hauntingly Beautiful as the First

The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh Rating: 4/5 stars Published: April 26, 2016 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Pages: 416 (hardcover) Series: Second in a duology Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Retelling Summary from Goodreads: The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved […]

Nine Authors I’m Thankful For

Posted November 22, 2016 by Adalyn in Top Ten Tuesday / 7 Comments
Nine Authors I’m Thankful For

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is:  Thanksgiving freebie. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought that for this Top Ten Tuesday I would share the ten authors I’m grateful for! There are so many wonderful authors, but for this list I’ve narrowed […]

Books With Wonderful Sibling Relationships

Posted November 20, 2016 by Adalyn in Lists / 5 Comments
Books With Wonderful Sibling Relationships

My sister and I are super close. And I never really realized this until recently. Before I thought our relationship was normal, but it turns out we are actually closer than most sisters are. I love my little sister so so much, and I’m so glad that she’s always there for me, so I’ve decided […]

Heartless // A Delicious Treat of a Book

Posted November 18, 2016 by Adalyn in Fantasy / 1 Comment
Heartless // A Delicious Treat of a Book

Heartless by Marissa Meyer Rating: 5/5 stars Published: November 8, 2016 by Feiwel & Friends Pages: 464 (hardcover) Series: Stand alone Genre: Young Adult Retelling Summary from Goodreads: Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But […]

My Ten All-Time Favorite Movies

Posted November 15, 2016 by Adalyn in Top Ten Tuesday / 4 Comments
My Ten All-Time Favorite Movies

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Movie Freebie! I decided to do my ten favorite movies (at least so far in my life). I love watching movies, but I feel like I don’t watch/know enough of them. Usually I just end up watching […]

Something in Between // A Spectacular Eye-Opening Read

Posted November 11, 2016 by Adalyn in Contemporary / 1 Comment
Something in Between // A Spectacular Eye-Opening Read

Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz Rating: 4/5 stars Published: October 04, 2016 by Harlequin Teen Pages: 432 (hardcover) Series: Stand alone Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Summary from Goodreads: It feels like there’s no ground beneath me, like everything I’ve ever done has been a lie. Like I’m breaking apart, shattering. Who am I? Where do I belong? Jasmine de los Santos has […]

October Wrap Up

Posted November 6, 2016 by Adalyn in Books, Hauls & Wrap-Ups / 2 Comments
October Wrap Up

October, October, October. For the most part, October was actually pretty great. Some stuff happened that really sucked, but I had a great month full of binging Gilmore Girls and working away at my Corpse Bride Halloween costume. On the downside, I only read four books, which only one of them really blew me away. […]