Have you ever read a book that you started thinking of the rating while you were reading it? I think we’ve all found ourselves doing this at one point. Actually, I find myself doing this with almost every book I read. I think it’ll be five stars but then I come across something and change […]
Caraval by Stephanie Garber Rating: 4/5 stars Published: January 31, 2017 by Flatiron Books Pages: 401 (hardcover) Series: First in a series Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Summary from Goodreads: Welcome, welcome to Caraval―Stephanie Garber’s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game. Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: books You’re Looking Forward to for the First Half of 2017. There are so many wonderful books coming out in 2017, it’s impossible to choose! Seriously, I could make a list of just anticipated releases for the […]
Everyone’s done it before. We’ve all started books then put them down just because we couldn’t keep going. I try to avoid DNFing books as much as possible. However, there are some times when I know that I just cannot keep reading a certain book. Even if I do DNF a book, I try to come back to it. […]
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater Rating: 4/5 stars Published: April 26, 2016 by Scholastic Press Pages: 438 (hardcover) Series: The Raven Cycle #4 Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy Summary from Goodreads: The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme/feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Top Ten New to Me Authors in 2016. I’ve discovered so many wonderful new authors this year, so it was hard to narrow this list down to just ten. I’ve only read one book by Ruta Sepetys […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Yipee, I have exciting news! *drumroll* I won my first ever NaNo! how exciting is that? And honestly I’m no where even near to finishing my novel, so I was really surprised that not even the first half turned out to be 50,000 words! I’m hoping to finish it in […]
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 […]
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 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 […]