Weekend Review December 21

Vlogmas Day 18 - Christmas Shopping With Mom!!

Vlogmas Day 17

Vlogmas Day 16

Top 5 Wednesday - Books to Read by the Fire

Vlogmas Day 14

Weekend Review December 14

Vlogmas Day 8 - Lots of library books and Vlog Channel!

Vlogmas Day 7 - Quick update

Weekend Review - December 7

Vlogmas Day 6 - I haven't read!

Vlogmas Day 5 - Shopping!

November 2015 Wrap Up

I read a TON during November! Here's a list with my star ratings for each book! Check out the wrap up videos for full thoughts! Links to the Goodreads for each book as always :)

Read:

1. The Tailor (The Grisha Trilogy 1.5) - Leigh Bardugo ~ 4/5 stars
2. City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments 1) - Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
3. City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments 2) - Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
4. City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments 3) - Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
5. What You Left Behind - Jessica Verdi ~ 5/5 stars
6. The Queen - Kiera Cass ~ 5/5 stars
7. Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli ~ 5/5 stars
8. The Prince - Kiera Cass ~ 5/5 stars
9. The Guard - Kiera Cass ~ 5/5 stars
10. The Favorite - Kiera Cass ~ 5/5 stars
11. Happily Ever After - Kiera Cass ~ 5/5 stars
12. Winter - Marissa Meyer ~ 5/5 stars
13. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton ~ 5/5 stars
14. Little Knife (Grisha Trilogy 2.6) - Leigh Bardugo ~ 5/5 stars
15. Everlost (Skinjacker 1) - Neal Shusterman ~ 4/5 stars
16. People of Sparks - Jeanne DuPrau ~ 4/5 stars
17. Dreams of Gods & Monsters - Laini Taylor ~ 4/5 stars
18. Ruby Red - Kerstin Gier ~ 4/5 stars
19. Illuminae - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ~ 5/5 stars
20. The Boy Who Lit Up The Sky - J Naomi Ay ~ 3/5 stars

November 2015 Book Haul List

Hey there everyone! Here's the books I bought or received in November! Links are to the book's Goodreads as always!

1. Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda (ebook) - Becky Albertalli ~ Read
2. The Bane Chronicles - Cassandra Clare ~ TBR for Dec
3. Winter - Marissa Meyer (And it is so gorgeous!) ~ Read
4. ARC of Bloodmark (Netgalley) - Aurora Whittet ~ TBR for Dec
5. Illuminae - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ~ Read
6. Happily Ever After - Kiera Cass ~ Read
7. These Broken Stars (ebook) - Amie Kaufman ~ TBR for Dec
8. Venom - Fiona Paul ~ in TBR jar
9. Mad Dogs - Robert Muchamore ~ in TBR jar
10. ARC of Seven Ways We Lie (Netgalley) - Riley Redgate ~ Reading in Feb
11. Fangirl (ebook) - Rainbow Rowell ~ Current Read

November 23 Weekend Review

REVIEW ~ Winter by Marissa Meyer

So very early Monday morning, I finished what has to be one of my top 5 books of this year! This book, of course, is Winter!!! Winter was so highly anticipated, and I'm so glad that people who read it fast didn't spoil it for me! I ended up taking almost a week to read it, between being sick and wanting to savor this amazing final book in the series!

Winter by Marissa Meyer came out last Tuesday, November 10, and it costs $22.99 to purchase the hardcover version. Please note, this book is 823 pages long, but you wouldn't know that looking at it on a shelf! (Seriously, I have it sitting next to Cress and they look the same size!)

So here is my review, in bullet point formation like I write it in my notebook! Be sure to check out my video review on Wednesday where I have my thoughts better explained!

• I, of course, was pulled in immediately!
• It's interesting to see how Winter reacts to and feels about Levana in the start of the book
• I loved the sweet chapter between Cinder and Kai towards the beginning of the book
• The interaction between Scarlet and Winter in chapter 5 just sealed the deal on how much I was gonna love Winter
• I absolutely loved the glimpses you get of how everyone is doing towards the start of the book, there was a lot of awww moments!
• I completely shipped Winter and Jacin right from the start
• I was so absolutely done with Levana, even more than I already had been, after what she did in chapter 25, and I kept hating her more and more throughout the book
• I was quite confused by chapter 34 with Cinder's step-mother and step-sister but it was nice to have that bit of suspense
• The book went from calm to crazy in 2.5 seconds and I loved that so much! I feel like even though it was an incredibly long book, it wasn't drawn out or slow in any way!
• I was a little upset at something that happened halfway through the book, but since it was only half finished, I knew that Marissa was planning something and needed that scene to happen.
• I loved the scene with Winter and the wolf soldiers, it was so funny
• I was worried for Winter quite often through the book, but what Levana did in chapter 62 made me incredibly worried, even though I didn't think anything truly bad (cough cough death) would happen
• There were so many crazy, happy moments that had me cheering throughout this entire book
• I think my absolute favorite line from the whole book is "Broken isn't the same as unfixable." Seriously, can someone make me a bookmark with this quote???
• I seriously did not want the book to end, and started dreading it ending around the last hundred pages. Not bad dread, sad dread!
• The final battle between Cinder and her supporters (still have a hard time thinking of her as Selene!) versus Levana and her minions was epic and wild. I love how much detail Marissa put into it, and how it was some quick one chapter battle!
• The ending was absolutely perfect, but I am still incredibly sad it's over!
• I ended up giving Winter a very well deserved 5/5 stars!

So there you have it, this is everything I felt and thought of while reading Winter. Hopefully, I didn't spoil everything!

And now it's time for me to sit here and wait for Stars Above to come out in February. I don't think I'll be as sad finishing the novella bind-up as I was finishing Winter!

Thank you guys so much for checking out my review of Winter. Please let me know your thoughts on the book down below, or on twitter!

Weekend Wrap Up - November 16

Hey guys! Sorry I didn't post one of these last week, I've been so sick!!

So here's what I read this weekend!

1. I read 200 pages of Winter by Marissa Meyer. I'm really trying to savor this final book in the Lunar Chronicles series!
2. On Saturday, I ended up finally getting my hands on a copy of Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass, and power read the whole thing!
3. I also power read the last 200 pages of Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli early Sunday morning when trying to fall asleep. Oops!

So that is what I read this weekend! What did you guys read?

GOODREADS LINKS:

• Winter
• Happily Ever After
• Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Anticipated 2016 Releases!

So this post will be updated regularly as new books come out! Here's my list of books I'm really looking forward to in 2016, as well as the release dates as we find them out!

1. Stars Above (Lunar Chronicles Novellas) - Marissa Meyer (2/2/16)
2. Glass Sword (Red Queen 2) - Victoria Aveyard (2/9/16)
3. Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices 1) - Cassandra Clare (3/8/16)
4. Invision (Chronicles of Nick 7) - Sherrilyn Kenyon (4/5/16)
5. Lady Renegades (Rebel Belle 3) - Rachel Hawkins (4/12/16)
6. A Torch Against The Night (An Ember in the Ashes 2) - Sabaa Tahir (4/26/16)
7. The Crown (Selection Series 5) - Kiera Cass (5/3/16)
8. The Rose and The Dagger (Wrath and The Dawn 2) - Renee Ahdieh (5/3/16)
9. A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR 2) - Sarah J Maas (5/3/16)
10. The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo 1) - Rick Riordan (5/3/16)
11. The Beauty of Darkness (Remnant Chronicles 3) - Mary E Pearson (7/5/16)
12. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows 2) - Leigh Bardugo (9/22/16)
13. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase 2) - Rick Riordan (10/4/16)
14. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare (Unknown Date!)

So pretty much right now, May 3 is gonna be a major hole in my wallet! 3 of the 4 books announced so far for that date are must have that day books! 

Weekend Wrap Up October 30 - November 1

Hey guys! Hope you all had an awesome Halloween! I read a lot while handing out candy and trying to keep Callie calm (she hates strangers)!

Here's what I read this weekend!

• All 273 pages of Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins. This is the second book in the Rebel Belle series.
• The last 200 pages of Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas.
• All 18 pages of The Tailor by Leigh Bardugo
• The first 200 pages of City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Not a bad weekend overall! Hope you guys had a great weekend!

Top 5 Red Covers

Library Haul And Weekend Reads

#CreeptasticReads & #CasualReadathonO Wrap Up

Top 5 Wednesday - Halloween Recommendations!

#CreeptasticReads and #CasualReadathonO Wrap Up!

So while I did record a wrap up for both readathons, I decided to write it out as well!  Links are to the goodreads pages as always :)

First off, here's what I read:

1. Opal - Jennifer L Armentrout (394 pages)
2. Origin - Jennifer L Armentrout (380 pages)
3. Opposition - Jennifer L Armentrout (352 page)
4. Days of Blood and Starlight (173 pages read before) - Laini Taylor (513 pages)
5. Halo - Alexandra Adornetto (484 pages)
6. Betrayed - PC Cast (310 pages)
7. Chosen - PC Cast (307 pages)
8. Untamed - PC Cast (338 pages)
9. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling (107 pages)

So here's how I did each day of #CreeptasticReads!

• Day 1 (Monday) - Opal: all 394 pages. Origin: 136 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 530 pages read.
• Day 2 (Tuesday) - Origin: last 244 pages. Opposition: all 352 pages. Days of Blood & Starlight: 30 pages. Total: 2 books finished, 626 pages read. Overall total: 3 books, 1156 pages.
• Day 3 (Wednesday) - Days of Blood & Starlight: 42 pages. Halo: 152 pages. Total: 0 books finished, 200 pages read. Overall total: 3 books, 1356 pages.
• Day 4 (Thursday) - Halo: last 332 pages. Betrayed: 57 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 389 pages read. Overall total: 4 books, 1745 pages.
• Day 5 (Friday) - Betrayed: last 253 pages. Chosen: 13 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 266 pages read. Overall total: 5 books, 2011 pages.
• Day 6 (Saturday) - Chosen: last 294 pages. Untamed: 70 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 364 pages read. Overall total: 6 books, 2375 pages.
• Day 7 (Sunday) - Untamed: 135 pages. The Tales of Beedle the Bard: all 107 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 242 pages read.

FINAL TOTAL: 7 books finished, 2617 pages read!

And for #CasualReadathonO!

• Days 1 through 3 are above (days 5-7), but here's my overall total for just CRO:

1. Day 1 (Friday): 1 book, 266 pages. Completed book with character you'd be for Halloween challenge.
2. Day 2 (Saturday): 2 books, 630 pages. Completed book with "scary" character challenge.
3. Day 3 (Sunday): 3 books, 872 pages. Completed book with orange on cover challenge and read 3 books challenge.

• Day 4 (Monday): Untamed: 133 pages. Days of Blood & Starlight: 40 pages. Total: 1 book finished, 173 pages read.

FINAL TOTAL: 4 books finished, 1045 pages read!

CUMULATIVE TOTAL: 8 books finished, 2790 pages read in 8 days!

My video wrap up will be up on Wednesday, where I get more into the whole thought process of my reading strategy! Hopefully you guys will check it out, and thanks for checking out this post!

Top 5 Things On My Bookshelf Not Books

October Favorites 2015

WeekendReads

Top 5 Non YA Books

Top 5 Wednesday - Authors Discovered This Year

Top 5 Sequels

Weekend Wrap-Up October 16 - 18

So another weekend is finished! Links to book's goodreads page as always is in the totals section!

I read 404 pages of Ice Like Fire, 210 pages of Library of Souls, 46 pages of The Wrath and The Dawn, and 126 pages of Days of Blood & Starlight before Friday.

• On Friday I read the last 74 pages of Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch, as well as read from page 210 to page 321 (111 pages) of Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs, for a total of 185 pages read on Friday.
• On Saturday, I read the last 137 pages of Library of Souls, as well as read from page 46 to page 346 (300 pages) of The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh, for a total of a whopping 437 pages!
• On Sunday, I finished the last 42 pages of The Wrath and The Dawn, and then read from page 126 to page 174 (48 pages) of Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor, for a total of 90 pages (although most of my eARC was this day as well).
• Over the course of the weekend. I read 50% of my eARC, The Banished Sons of Poseidon by Andrew J. Peters which was about 120 pages.

TOTALS: 832 Pages

1. Ice Like Fire - 74 pages (Total of 478 in book)
2. Library of Souls - 248 pages (Total of 458 in book)
3. The Wrath and The Dawn - 342 pages (Total of 388 in book)
4. Days of Blood & Starlight - 48 pages
5. Banished Sons of Poseidon - 120 pages

Early Weekend Reads - October 15

#CasualReadathonO Announcement

Library Book Sale Haul

Top 5 Blue Covers

Weekend Wrap-Up October 12

So it's the end of the weekend and here's what I read this weekend :) (Links to the goodread pages in the totals!)

First off, I had read 159 pages of Mortal Danger and 130 pages of Enclave, both by Ann Aguirre before Friday.

• On Friday, I read 150 pages of Mortal Danger, stopping at page 309
• On Saturday, I finished Mortal Danger, reading the last 63 Pages. I also started Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor and finished 114 pages for a total of 177 pages
• On Sunday, I read 6 pages of DOBAS, stoping at page 120. Then I decided I really needed to finish another book (having 7 current books), so I read the last 129 pages of Enclave, by Ann Aguirre. I also read from 69% to 91% of my eARC The Battle For Darracia by Michael Phillip Cash.
• I finished the last 9% of The Battle for Darracia on Monday morning before going to sleep, for a total of about 187 pages.

TOTALS:

1. Public Enemies (Ann Aguirre) - Last 213 pages
2. Days of Blood & Starlight (Laini Taylor) - 120 pages
3. Enclave (Ann Aguirre) - Last 129 pages
4. The Battle For Darracia (Michael Phillip Cash) - About 187 pages

OVERALL: 649 pages

So I did pretty good this weekend! One more day until Ice Like Fire comes out, so expect another written review very soon!! Also, how'd everyone's weekend go??

Top 5 Books Booktube Made Me Read

Special Edition Weekend Reads - October 9

The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard Book 1)

So I just got finished with the first book in Rick Riordan's new series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. The first book is called The Sword of Summer, which is a major hint as to who Magnus' father is! Yes, this series has basically the same plot as Percy Jackson... kid finds out he's a demigod, and has to go on a quest to save the world! However, Rick Riordan makes the book interesting and different than the Percy Jackson series.

I especially loved the humor in this book, as well as the nods to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series plus the Heroes of Olympus series! Also, Doctor Who was mentioned... major plus in my book! And can we talk about the gorgeous cover for this book??

Mr. Riordan managed to make this an extremely entertaining book, while also staying very true to Norse mythology. I was very happy about that, since I'm a huge Norse mythology fan, and while Marvel does a very entertaining version of Thor, they cut out a ton of mythology from the story! Oh yeah, the Marvelverse Thor is mentioned in this too ;)

There was exceptional character building in this for the most part, and I fell in love with Sam as well as Hearth. Marvel truly messed with me though, and I can only see Hearth as a dark elf from the Thor The Dark World movie!

The ending was awesome, and made me very excited for Fall 2016!!

The next book is going to be called The Hammer of Thor, and I already have a feeling I know who will be the main focus in that book! I seriously can't wait for the Loki book though, and there's no way there won't be one!

Oh well, time to wait a year for book 2!

I gave Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard book 1: The Sword of Summer 5/5 stars!

September 2015 Book Haul List!

Since my book haul video is up on youtube, I decided to write out my list of what I got as well! So here's the books I bought in the month of September! Check out the video HERE :)

1. Every Last Word - Tamara Ireland Stone (Ebook)
2. More Happy Than Not - Adam Silvera (Ebook)
3. Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler
4. Razor Girl - Marianne Mancusi
5. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
6. The Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling
7. Beastly - Alex Flinn
8. Viral Nation - Shawnta Grimes
9. The Last Child - John Hart (ARC received from used book store)
10. Snow Like Ashes - Sarah Raasch
11. The Wrath and The Dawn - Renee Ahdieh
12. The Kiss of Deception - Mary E Pearson
13. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
14. Infinity - Sherrilyn Kenyon
15. Born of Fury - Sherrilyn Kenyon
16. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
17. Ender in Exile - Orson Scott Card
18. Speaker For The Dead - Orson Scott Card
19. Tantalize - Cynthia Leitich Smith
20. The Mark of Athena - Rick Riordan
21. Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare
22. Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
23. Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry
24. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
25. Hollow City - Ransom Riggs
26. Library of Souls - Ransom Riggs
27. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
28. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King - JRR Tolkien (The pretty cover version!!!)

So yeah, I bought a crazy amount of books this month! We'll see if I can tone it down for October, but I highly doubt I can! Thank you all for checking out my first blog post!

September 2015 Haul