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!