March 14 Weekend Wrap Up

Happy Monday everyone! How did everyone's weekend go? It was so nice here, so I ended up spending a lot of time outside, training my dog to go out without a leash! She's doing amazing staying by me and not running around! (We don't have a fenced in yard by the way) That being said, I didn't do a whole lot of reading!

Here's what I read this weekend:

1. Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
2. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (270 pgs read before)
3. The Forest Bull by Terry Maggert (13 pgs read before)
4. Black Beast by Nenia Campbell
5. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (263 pgs read before)

And my daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read all 177 pages of Midnight Predator, 45 pages of Lady Midnight, and 40 pages of The Forest Bull. My total was 1 book finished, and 262 pages read.
• On Saturday, I read all 159 pages of Black Beast, and 10 pages of Glass Sword. My total was 1 book finished, and 169 pages read.
• On Sunday, I only read 140 pages of Lady Midnight.

Overall Total: 2 books finished, 571 pages read

As always, check out my YouTube video HERE for full details!

February Wrap Up

Here are the books I read in February and their star ratings!

I read:

1. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer ~ 5/5 stars
2. Oblivion by Jennifer L Armentrout ~ 5/5 stars
3. The Rose Society by Marie Lu ~ 5/5 stars
4. City of Legends by Cheyanne Young ~ 2/5 stars
5. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
6. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken ~ 5/5 stars
7. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi ~ 5/5 stars
8. Destroy Me by Tehereh Mafi ~ 5/5 stars
9. Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi ~ 5/5 stars
10. Evernight by Claudia Gray ~ 4/5 stars
11. Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate ~ 4/5 stars
12. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
13. Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet ~ 4/5 stars
14. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
15. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
16. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera ~ 5/5 stars
17. Bloodrealms by Aurora Whittet ~ 5/5 stars
18. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars

As always, check out my wrap up videos for my full review:

Part One

Part Two

February 7 Weekend Wrap Up

Happy Monday everyone! Here's how I did this weekend! As always, check out my YouTube video HERE for details!

I read:

1. Becoming Darkness by Lindsay Francis Brambles (60 pgs read before)
2. Stargazer by Claudia Gray
3. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
4. After You by Jojo Moyes (Ebook, 20 pgs read before)

And my daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read 60 pages of Becoming Darkness, before DNFing it at 120 pages. I also read 31 pages of Stargazer, for a total of 91 pages.
• On Saturday, I read the last 298 pages of Stargazer, and 80 pages of Hush, Hush. I also read 50 pages of After You, for a total of 1 book finished and 428 pages read.
• On Sunday, I read 135 pages of Hush, Hush.

OVERALL TOTAL: 1 book finished, 654 pages read

I ended up finishing Hush, Hush on Monday!

Please note, I am not counting Becoming Darkness towards books finished, as it was a DNF!

BOOK REVIEW ~ Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Thanks to Penguin First to Read and my friend Kristi for the ability to read an ARC of Rebel of the Sands! My review is fully honest!

Check out my YouTube Review HERE for more explanation of my thoughts!

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton comes out on March 8, and is 320 pages long. You can get it in hardcover or on Kindle and Nook. Links will be at the end!

GOODREADS DESCRIPTION:
She’s more gunpowder than girl—and the fate of the desert lies in her hands.
Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from. 
Destined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani’s counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her out of Dustwalk. When she meets Jin, a mysterious and devastatingly handsome foreigner, in a shooting contest, she figures he’s the perfect escape route. But in all her years spent dreaming of leaving home, she never imagined she'd gallop away on a mythical horse, fleeing the murderous Sultan's army, with a fugitive who's wanted for treason. And she'd never have predicted she'd fall in love with him...or that he'd help her unlock the powerful truth of who she really is.

REVIEW:

• The beginning was pretty interesting
• I instantly loved Amani
• I enjoyed the action at the start of this, and throughout
• There was very nice world building
• I enjoyed the character development too
• The explanation of the rebel prince was interesting, and fairly different
• I do feel like her escape was a bit too drawn out, but everything else in this book made up for that
• The escape itself was definitely crazy, and kept me on the edge of my seat.
• I absolutely loved the author's writing style!
• There was amazing detailing!
• Amani was a pretty big badass in this book
• I really enjoyed the backstory in this, and the way it flowed in with the plot
• So much craziness happened around 2/3 into this book, and it was so enjoyable
• I loved Jin. The author did so well developing his character.
• I really enjoyed finding out who Amani was, and seeing her training
• I really liked Amani and Jin's relationship, and the buildup of it
• The ending was absolutely crazy, and left me wanting more!
• Overall, this was an amazing book, and I can't wait to read more by Alwyn Hamilton!
• I gave Rebel of the Sands 5/5 stars!

FIND THE BOOK:

Amazon - $18.99 for hardcover, $10.99 for kindle

Barnes & Noble - same prices for hardcover and nook

Top 5 Wednesday ~ Biggest Book Hangovers

Sorry this post is so late, I honestly forgot about it!!

This week's topic was biggest book hangovers. As I said in my video (found HERE) I don't really get them! But here's 5 books that could have easily given me a hangover!

1. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
2. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
3. Winter by Marissa Meyer
4. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy
5. Lux Opposition by Jennifer L Armentrout

Let me know down below what books you would have chosen!!

March 2016 TBR

Here is what I plan to read in March!

You can see my YouTube video showing these books HERE!

Without further ado:

1. Outpost by Ann Aguirre
2. Horde by Ann Aguirre
3. Wicked by Gregory MaGuire
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5. Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes
6. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
7. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (ARC)
8. Black Beast by Nenia Campbell
9. The Taming of the Drew by Stephanie Kate Strohm (ARC)
10. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
11. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
12. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith
13. The Martian by Andy Weir
14. Banshee by Terry Maggert
15. The Forest Bull by Terry Maggert
16. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
17. Everwild by Neal Shusterman
18. Everfound by Neal Shusterman
19. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
20. The Progeny by Tosca Lee (ARC)

#CasualReadathonF and Weekend Wrap Up

Hey guys! How'd everyone do during CasualReadathonF? I think I did pretty good!

Here's what I read these four days:

1. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (300 pages read before!)
2. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
3. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (eBook version)
4. Bloodrealms by Aurora Whittet (eBook version, 124 pages read before)
5. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (137 pages read before)
6. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

And my daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read the last 268 pages of Clockwork Princess, 152 pages of The Bane Chronicles, and 5 pages of More Happy Than Not. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 425 pages read.
• On Saturday, I read 101 pages of The Bane Chronicles, and 154 pages of More Happy Than Not. My total for this day was 255 pages read.
• On Sunday, I read the last 254 pages of The Bane Chronicles, the last 134 pages of More Happy Than Not, the last 276 pages of Bloodrealms, and 63 pages of Glass Sword. My total for this day was 3 books finished and 727 pages read, more than doubling my total page count!
• On Monday, I accidentally the whole readathon by reading all 725 pages of City of Heavenly Fire. As I said to Meg, yes seriously! So obviously my total for this day was 1 book finished and 725 pages read.

Overall Total: 5 books finished, 2132 pages read

And as always, check out my YouTube wrap up HERE!