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!

BOOK REVIEW ~ Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet

*I received a copy of this on Netgalley from Wise Ink Publishing in exchange for an honest review!

Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet was released on November 1, 2013. I received a copy as a promotion for the third book, being released this year! It is 333 pages long in hardcover, and 300 pages long in eBook format!

GOODREADS DESCRIPTION:
Sixteen-year-old werewolf princess Ashling Boru is different from other wolves—she was able to shift to wolf form at birth. Rather than bringing pride to her family, it brings fear, and as a result, she is forced to live in seclusion in Ireland’s countryside. Ashling’s reputation is further blackened when she refuses her betrothed and defies the ancient laws. When her pack’s oldest rivals begin hunting her, she finds herself in the small town of York Harbor, Maine—far from everything she’s ever known.

In Maine, she crosses paths with the dark and rebellious Grey Donavan, and something ignites within her soul. There’s just one problem: Grey is human. Their instant connection turns into a passionate romance, and Ashling begins to believe she can create her own life outside of wolf laws. When she begins to uncover long-buried pack secrets—secrets that threaten to destroy all she holds dear—Ashling’s courage and tenacity are tested. Will she choose her deep and enduring love for Grey, or will she follow Old Mother’s path to her destiny? 

REVIEW:

• This book didn't immediately draw me in
• There was good character development right from the beginning though
• I really didn't understand why Ashling was treated with such hate by most of her family
• I feel like this was too fast paced in the beginning and then slowed down too much
• I disliked that this was insta-love
• This book got a bit more interesting after learning about what Grey was
• After that, I started really liking Ashling and Grey's relationship
• The first 2/3 of this book was very hot and cold to me
• The last third was where the book became really interesting!
• The author was very good at making you hate the bad guy
• I ended up really enjoying this book by the end!
• Overall, I gave this book 4/5 stars!
• I am already continuing the series, as book 2 was on Kindle Unlimited! I'm 30% through it, and it is definitely worth reading!

FIND BLOODMARK:

Amazon - $5.99 on Kindle (Not on KU!) $19.99 hardcover

Barnes & Noble - $5.99 on NOOK, $19.99 hardcover

And as always, for full thoughts and feelings, check out my YouTube video review HERE!

Top 5 Series Endings

Welcome to another non-T5W top 5!

Today we shall talk about my top 5 series endings.

Ready? Here we go!

1. Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
2. Opposition by Jennifer L Armentrout
3. Winter by Marissa Meyer
4. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
5. The One by Kiera Cass

And as always, watch the YouTubes HERE for explanations.

PS: sorry for the weirdness of this post, I wrote out 12 other posts before this XD

T5W ~ Worst Love Interests

So this week's T5W ended with some f**kery. Fair warning. I kinda gave up and just made fun of this a little tiny bit....

Goodreads Group

Here are the top 5 worst "love interests" that really turned into the ships I hate:

1. Harry/Ginny
2. Alina/Darkling
3. Jem/Tessa
4. Ron/Hermione
5. Drapple

For full explanations and to find out what the heck I'm talking about, check out my YouTube video HERE!

The How I Read Tag

As always I was tagged by Kristi and you can find her post HERE!

Check out my YouTube video HERE for explanations of my answers!

The "How I Read" Tag:

1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? - My bed or the couch
2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? - Bookmark! I collect them!
3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a certain chapter/point? - I can just stop.
4. Do you eat/drink while reading? - Drinking yes for all type of books, eating with Kindle only!
5. Multitasking? - I watch YouTube while I read
6. One book at a time or several at once? - Several
7. Reading at home or everywhere? - Majority at home but I bring a book everywhere
8. Reading out loud or silently? - Mostly silent.
9. Do you read ahead or skip? - Heck no!
10. Break spines or keep like new? - Like new.
11. Do you write in your books? - I am offended.... 

As always, I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you do this let me know in the comments!

February 22 Weekend Wrap Up

Happy Monday everyone!! Just letting you know here, the weekend wrap up for next weekend will be up on Tuesday, as it is also CasualReadathon!

So here's what I read this weekend:

1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (read 131 pages beforehand!)
2. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

And my daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read 96 pages of City of Lost Souls.
• On Saturday, I read 123 pages of City of Lost Souls.
• On Sunday, I read the last 184 pages of City of Lost Souls, and the first 15 pages of Clockwork Princess! I read a total of 199 pages this day.

Overall Total: 1 book finished, 418 pages read

Check out my YouTube video HERE!!

Top 5 Books I'd Like As Movies

Hello everyone! As always, I have another list for you!

Here's the top 5 books/series I want as movies!

1. The Lux Series by Jennifer L Armentrout
2. The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas
3. The Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi
4. The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
5. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

I think a few of these have picked up movie or TV rights, but I'm not sure.

And again, as always check out my YouTube video HERE for explanations!

BOOK REVIEW - Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate

I received a copy of Seven Ways We Lie on Netgalley from Amulet Books in exchange for an honest review!

Seven Ways We Lie will be released on March 8, 2016, and is 352 pages long.

As always, for my full thoughts, check out my YouTube video HERE.

DESCRIPTION (from Goodreads):
Paloma High School is ordinary by anyone’s standards. It’s got the same cliques, the same prejudices, the same suspect cafeteria food. And like every high school, every student has something to hide—whether it’s Kat, the thespian who conceals her trust issues onstage; or Valentine, the neurotic genius who’s planted the seed of a school scandal.

When that scandal bubbles over, and rumors of a teacher-student affair surface, everyone starts hunting for someone to blame. For the unlikely allies at the heart of it all, the collision of their seven ordinary-seeming lives results in extraordinary change.

REVIEW:

• This book started off pretty interesting
• The POV changes were done really well
• I didn't understand why a few of the beginning POVs were there until further into the book
• I felt like the first POV was interesting, but the next few were really slow, and maybe weren't needed
• Juniper's first POV really sucked me back in fully
• I really liked how diverse the characters were in this!
• There was some amazing character building
• I had quite a few flashbacks to high school while reading this
• I was really drawn to the characters after a while, and became really invested in the story
• Some parts of this book really surprised me
• Matt and Olivia were definitely my favorite characters in this book
• Overall I really enjoyed this book, and will definitely pick up a physical copy!
• I rated Seven Ways We Lie 4/5 stars!

FIND THE BOOK:

Amazon - Kindle is $9.99, Hardcover is $17.95

Barnes and Noble - NOOK is $10.49, Hardcover is $17.95

Top 5 Authors I'd Like to Meet

So usually these top 5 posts go up on Fridays with my Weekend Reads videos, but yeah. I kinda had to switch this with the CasualReadathon announcement!!

So welcome to the only non-T5W top 5 that's on a Wednesday!!

Here are the top 5 authors (and one honorable mention) that I'd love to meet!

1. Kiera Cass
2. Sarah J Maas
3. Cassandra Clare
4. Marissa Meyer
5. Sherrilyn Kenyon
6. Leigh Bardugo again (hence the honorable mention)

As always, check out my YouTube video HERE for more info, and let me know down below who you'd choose!

T5W ~ Books Recommended and You Loved

Here was are with another T5W! T5W was of course created by Lainey over on goodreads!

Goodreads Group

You can find my YouTube video where I explain my choices HERE!

So here's the top 5 books (series) that were recommended to me that I loved!

1. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
2. The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
3. The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas
4. The Shadowhunters Series by Cassandra Clare
5. The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E Pearson

Let me know down below what you guys picked for this topic!

The Bedtime Book Tag

As always, I was tagged by Kristi! You can find her post HERE!

Check out my YouTube video for full explanations HERE!

The "Bedtime" Book Tag:

1. A book that kept you up all night reading: There are so many! 
2. A book that made you scared to go to bed: Slasher Girls and Monster Boys.
3. A book that made you go to sleep: Days of Blood and Starlight
4. A book that left you tossing and turning all night in anticipation of its release: I tend to just stay up all night!
5. A book that has your dream boyfriend: Eric from Divergent.
6. A book that would be your worst nightmare to live in: The Hunger Games.
7. A book that reminds you of the night time: The Dark-Hunters Series
8. A book that had a nightmarish cliff-hanger: Can't think of one
9. A book you actually dreamed about: I don't really dream a lot
10. A book monster you would not want to find under your bed: The "March Hare" in Slasher Girls & Monster Boys.

As always, I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you do it let me know in the comments so I can check it out!

February 15 Weekend Wrap Up

Happy Monday everyone! As always, you can see my YouTube video HERE and there is drama this week ;)

Here's what I read over the weekend:

• Evernight by Claudia Gray
• Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

And my daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read the last 77 pages of Evernight, as well as 25 pages of Glass Sword. My total was 1 book finished and 102 pages read!
• I did not read on Saturday. See my video to find out why!
• On Sunday, I read 32 pages of Glass Sword.

Overall total: 1 book finished and 134 pages read

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#CasualReadathonF Announcement!!

It's that time guys!!

#CasualReadathonF or #CRFeb will be taking place Friday, February 26 through Monday, February 29!!

We only have 3 challenges for you guys this time around, as mostly everyone who is in school will be fairly busy! (Not that people who work won't be!)

So here are the challenges!

1. Read 2 books!
2. Read a Contemporary!
3. Read a book with blue on the cover!

Fairly easy challenges!

Check out Meg's announcement video HERE and mine HERE!

As always, I will have a TBR up later!

BOOK REVIEW ~ City of Legends by Cheyanne Young

I received a copy of City of Legends on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

City of Legends is a re-release of Powered by Cheyanne Young, which was self-published, after being picked up by Alloy Entertainment. This new edition was released on February 2, 2016.

DESCRIPTION (from Goodreads):
Maci Knight has grown up in the shadow of legends. Her father and her brother, Max, are Heroes, worshipped by humans and Supers alike for their strength and valor. All she’s ever wanted is to follow in their footsteps, to fight villains and protect humankind. But Maci has a secret—one that could change everything. 

Maci had a twin sister who died the same day they were born. In their world, one twin is always good, while the other always eventually turns evil. There’s no way to tell which twin will go rogue . . . which means no one knows if Maci will suddenly become a villain. 

The closer she gets to her eighteenth birthday, the more she has feelings she can’t control: Violence. Rage. Revenge. Maci wants to be a Hero. But she may not have a choice . . . 

The first in a trilogy, City of Legends introduces a new superhero mythology and an unstoppable heroine.

This is a new edition of the previously self-published novel Powered.

REVIEW:

• This started out alright, but didn't draw me right in.
• I felt like there wasn't a lot of explanation at the start
• There was almost no world building or character development though the entire book. 
• This really needed some backstory, I was fairly confused through a majority of the book
• I really disliked not being able to picture the characters or the world due to the lack of detail
• I felt like it was a bit fast paced, and also found Maci to be really whiny for a majority of this
• It was pretty all over the place and made almost no sense through the first half to three-quarters of the book
• Overall, while the plot was okay, as a whole there was nothing there.
• I gave this book 2/5 stars, and only for the fact that I ended up enjoying the ending.
• I will not be continuing with this series.

You can find City of Legends on amazon, where is is 99 cents for the kindle version or free for Kindle Unlimited Subscribers.

It is also on Barnes & Noble for $11.99 for the paperback, but is the old edition, Powered.

As always, for full thoughts, see my YouTube review HERE.

Would You Rather Book Tag

As always, I was tagged by Kristi! You can check out her post HERE!

As always, check out my YouTube video HERE for explanations!

The "Would You Rather" Book Tag:

1. Rather read only a series or stand-alone books? - Definitely a series!
2. Rather read a book who's main character is male or female? - I don't have a preference.
3. Rather shop at Barnes & Noble or Amazon? - Barnes & Noble!
4. Rather all books become movies or TV shows? - TV shows.
5. Rather read 5 pages a day or 5 books a week? - 5 books a week of course!
6. Rather be a professional reviewer or author? - Book reviewer!
7. Rather only read the same 20 books for life or read a new book every 6 months? - Can't choose.
8. Rather be a librarian or own a book store? - Own a books store. See my video for a giant rant! 
9. Rather read only your favorite genre or author? - Genre!
10. Rather read only physical or Ebooks? - Depends. See video!

So that is my "Would You Rather" tag. As always, I'm not tagging anyone, but if you do it, let me know in the comments!

January 2016 Book Haul

Here is all of the books I hauled in January! To hear where I got them, and see the editions I got, be sure to check out my book haul video on my channel HERE!

1. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
2. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
4. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
5. The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien (Finally got my own physical copy!)
6. The Prophecy of Stones by Flavia Bujor
7. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle (To replace my beat up copy)
8. Mister Monday by Garth Nix
9. Tithe by Holly Black
10. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
11. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
12. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (Paperback. Had ebook)
13. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
14. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
15. The Heir by Kiera Cass
16. The Rose Society by Marie Lu
17. The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson
18. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
19. Buzz Books 2016 Spring/Summer YA Sampler
20. Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert
21. City of Legends by Cheyanne Young
22. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

February 8 Weekend Wrap Up

Here's everything I read this weekend! Sorry there was no Weekend Reads video, I was really sick!

As always, I have a YouTube companion to this HERE!

What I read:

• Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
• Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
• The Rose Society by Marie Lu
• City of Legends by Cheyanne Young (Review ARC)

And the daily breakdown:

• On Friday, I read 92 pages of Clockwork Prince.
• On Saturday, I read 37 pages of Ignite Me, 89 pages of Clockwork Prince, and 145 pages of The Rose Society. My total for this day was 271 pages read!
• On Sunday, I read the last 45 pages of The Rose Society, all 262 pages of City of Legends, and 116 pages of Clockwork Prince! My total for this day was 2 books finished and 423 pages read. I was very happy!

Overall Total: 2 books finished, 786 pages read

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer Breakdown Review

I decided to do a post about my breakdown of Stars Above by Marissa Meyer. There is 8 different novellas in this bind-up, so I'm going to write out my star rating and review of each novella! The new novellas written exclusively for Stars Above were very short compared to the already written ones, so they have shorter reviews.

The Keeper: I loved getting to see Michelle's perspective on Cinder coming to be in her care. 5/5 stars

Glitches: I loved getting to see Cinder meeting her step-family. I could easily picture the whole thing, and felt pretty bad for her sisters and mom towards the end. However, I still hate her step-mother. 5/5 stars

The Queen's Army: I loved this glimpse into how Ze'ev was chosen and trained to become the ruthless soldier we first met. This was very interesting! 5/5 stars.

Carswell's Guide To Being Lucky: This was a very cute glimpse into Carswell as a teen. I really enjoyed this, but honestly would have preferred seeing him getting the ship instead. This was still awesome though. 5/5 stars

After Sunshine Passes By: I felt so bad for Cress while reading this one. It was really nice to see what had happened to her though. 5/5 stars.

The Princess and The Guard: This story made me hate Levana even more than I already did. It was a great story and made me understand what Winter went through under Levana's care even more. 5/5 stars

The Little Android: This was a retelling that, while I felt wasn't very needed, was still incredibly interesting! It was very well written, as is expected when Marissa Meyer does a retelling! 5/5 stars.

The Mechanic: I really liked getting to see Cinder and Kai's first meeting from Kai's POV! 5/5 stars

Something Old, Something New: THE WEDDING!!! OMG!!! It was definitely not the wedding I was expecting that we were going to get, but it was awesome! I was very happy after reading it, and having everything come together. Amazing epilogue to The Lunar Chronicles! 5/5 stars.

So obviously, I rated Stars Above 5/5 stars!

Now can we please talk about THE GRAPHIC NOVEL THAT WAS ANNOUNCED???? I'm so excited for that to come out, and get something in Iko's POV!! I think it's going to be amazing, and I'm highly anticipating the release!

January 2016 Wrap Up

Here is a complete list of books I read this month and their star ratings! As always, check out my wrap up videos for my thoughts on the books!

1. Hades by Alexandra Adornetto ~ 4/5 stars
2. The Dark-Hunters Manga Vol 1 by Sherrilyn Kenyon ~ 5/5 stars
3. The Young Elites by Marie Lu ~ 5/5 stars
4. Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto ~ 5/5 stars
5. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson ~ 5/5 stars
6. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead ~ 4/5 stars
7. The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith ~ 4/5 stars
8. Tithe by Holly Black ~ 4/5 stars
9. Hooked by Catherine Greenman ~ 5/5 stars
10. Slasher Girls and Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke ~ 4/5 stars
11. Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor ~ 4/5 stars
12. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier ~  4/5 stars
13. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell ~ 5/5 stars
14. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi ~ 5/5 stars
15. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi ~ 5/5 stars
16. Buzz Books 2016 YA Spring/Summer Sampler ~ 5/5 stars
17. Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert ~ 4.5/5 stars
18. Soundless by Richelle Mead ~ 3/5 stars
19. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole ~ 3/5 stars
20. Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert ~ 5/5 stars

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BOOK REVIEW ~ Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert

I was introduced to Halfway Bitten by the author himself. Terry contacted me on twitter asking if I'd like to review this book, and of course I said yes!! HALFWAY BITTEN COMES OUT FEBRUARY 9TH!

I have a video review posted HERE where you can find some more explanation to the review.

DESCRIPTION (From Goodreads):
When clowns, vampires, and corpses start piling up in town, Carlie has to break away from her boyfriend, Wulfric, to bring her witchy skills to the table- or grill, as the case may be.
When the body of a young woman washes up in the lake, it unleashes a spiral of mystery that will bring Carlie, Gran, and Wulfric into a storm of magical warfare. 
Spells will fly. Curses will rain. Amidst it all, Carlie will make waffles, protect her town, and find out if a man from the distant past can join her in happy ever after.
With love and honor at stake, Carlie has no peer.

REVIEW:

• Immediately, I could easily picture everything that was going on!

• I was sucked right in again, only this time through the suspense instead of action

• I'm glad that there was a bit more explanation of where Halfway was situated at the lakes, since they are about 2 and a half hours away from where I live!

• There was a lot better development of Carlie in this book

• I loved how you still couldn't predict what would happen next! It kept me sucked in the entire time.

• There was definitely a good amount of action in this one, and it was very enjoyable

• Carlie was a huge badass in this one. I mentioned this in my T5W video and post as well!

• I liked the introduction of new characters and creatures. It makes it so you don't get bored seeing the same characters over and over again!

• I liked how there was a good amount of detailing with Carlie's spells if there was more to it than a few words.

• The humor was definitely there again, I was laughing so much at points!

• The plot just kept getting better and better

• Some of the chapter titles in both this and Halfway Dead made me crack up! I loved them!

• I really wish one of my grandma's were as cool as Carlie's grandma is in this book

• Overall, I loved this book so much, and was so sad when it ended! I need Halfway Hunted (book 3) so bad! I can't wait to see when it will be released!

• I will definitely be getting myself physical copies of both Halfway Dead and Halfway Bitten as soon as possible!

• OVERALL RATING: 5/5 stars

Take a bite out of evil.
The circus came to Halfway, and they brought the weird.

Here is where you can find Halfway Bitten:

Amazon - Kindle is 99 cents (free for Kindle Unlimited) and $11.99 for paperback

Goodreads

As with Halfway Dead, this book is not currently on NOOK devices. I have no idea if he is planning to put these on NOOK.

T5W ~ Biggest Badasses

Here are my picks for the biggest badasses in the books I've read lately! For full explanations, watch my youtube video HERE!

Goodreads Group

5 Biggest Badasses:

1. Carlie McEwan from Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert
2. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter by JK Rowling
3. Alina Starkov from Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
4. Celaena Sardothien from Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
5. Merry & Pippen from The Lord of The Rings by JRR Tolkien (come on, you can't split them up!)

Let me know in the comments who you think are the biggest badasses!

February 2016 TBR!

Here is my long list of books I'd like to read in the coming month! There's no way I'll get through them all, but at least I have some options!

My monthly goal is to finish a series!

1. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
2. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
3. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
4. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
5. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
6. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare
7. Outpost by Ann Aguirre
8. Horde by Ann Aguirre
9. Bloodmark by Aurora Whittet (ARC)
10. Evernight by Claudia Gray
11. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
12. The Martian by Andy Weir
13. Wicked by Gregory Maguirre
14. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
15. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
16. Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas
17. Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas
18. The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas
19. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austin & Seth Grahame-Smith
20. Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes
21. Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes
22. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
23. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
24. Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
25. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
26. The Rose Society by Marie Lu
27. Oblivion by Jennifer L Armentrout
28. City of Legends by Cheyanne Young (ARC)
29. Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate (ARC)

And listing these all out made me crack up because I totally didn't pick 29 books for 29 days on purpose!! Guess it just worked out that way!

As always, I also made a youtube video for this, and it would be so helpful if you check that out HERE!

Weekend Wrap Up - February 1

What a way to end the month!! I managed to finish 2 books this weekend, and I'm pretty happy!!

This weekend I read:

1. A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
2. Halfway Bitten by Terry Maggert
3. Oblivion by Jennifer L Armentrout

And here's my daily breakdown!

• On Friday, I read the first 40 pages of A Hunger Like No Other, as well as 3% of Oblivion. I am not even going to try to estimate the exact number of pages there, but it's around 30 I think.
• On Saturday, I read 110 pages of A Hunger Like No Other.
• On Sunday, I power read my butt off! I finished the last 206 pages of A Hunger Like No Other, plus the last 85% of Halfway Bitten, which I estimated to be around 277 pages worth of the book!

So my overall estimated totals for this weekend are 2 books finished, and around 663 pages read! Not bad for having our new upstairs neighbors move in. That is explained a bit more in my video up on my channel HERE

BOOK REVIEW ~ Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert

I was introduced to Halfway Dead by the author himself. Terry contacted me on twitter asking if I'd like to review the sequel, Halfway Bitten, and so I borrowed Halfway Dead from Kindle Unlimited. My review for Halfway Bitten will be up next week!

DESCRIPTION: (from Goodreads)
Carlie McEwan loves many things. She loves being a witch. She loves her town of Halfway, NY—a tourist destination nestled on the shores of an Adirondack lake. Carlie loves her enormous familiar, Gus, who is twenty-five pounds of judgmental Maine Coon cat, and she positively worships her Grandmother, a witch of incredible power and wisdom. Carlie spends her days cooking at the finest—and only—real diner in town, and her life is a balance between magic and the mundane, just as she likes it. When a blonde stranger sits at the diner counter and calls her by name, that balance is gone. Major Pickford asks Carlie to lead him into the deepest shadows of the forest to find a mythical circle of chestnut trees, thought lost to forever to mankind. There are ghosts in the forest, and one of them cries out to Carlie across the years. Come find me. Danger, like the shadowed pools of the forest, can run deep. The danger is real, but Carlie’s magic is born of a pure spirit. With the help of Gus, and Gran, and a rugged cop who really does want to save the world, she’ll fight to bring a ghost home, and deliver justice to a murderer who hides in the cool, mysterious green of a forest gone mad with magic.

REVIEW:
I always end up doing these in bullet points. It's easier for me to keep my thoughts together like this!

• I was immediately pulled in my the small bit of action at the start of this book.

• I really enjoyed the character developments, a lot of which made me crack up so hard (such as Carlie's parents)

• I really enjoyed the world building, especially being a New Yorker myself (living near Albany). What I would have loved was a little more detail as the where Halfway was in comparison to the lakes.

• I enjoyed that Carlie is a fairly new witch, and is still learning her spells. It was nice to see her learning a bit.

• I liked that Carlie doesn't just use her magic for everything, and has rules to how people request spells from her. It was something different!

• The lore about the place Carlie was asked to find was pretty creepy and interesting, and it only got better as you learned more!

• The storyline definitely got a bit creepy at times (in the "what the heck" way), but I loved that. You couldn't predict what would happen next.

• The humor was definitely a huge plus to me, I was laughing so much at some things

• I did enjoy reading Wulfric's history. It made no sense of why it was added until further in the book, but then I fully understood.

• Bindie the wisp was probably one of my favorite side characters, along with Gus the cat!

• Overall, this was a very good book that left me wanting more. There were a few parts (very few) that I felt might have been unneeded or a tiny bit too slow, but it was an amazing book anyways!

• Overall rating: 4.5/5 stars!

• I will definitely be buying a paperback copy of this ASAP!

Here is where you can find Halfway Dead:
Amazon - Kindle is 99 cents, Paperback is $9.99
Goodreads

Unfortunately, this book is not available on NOOK. Maybe in the future? 

T5W - Disappointing Eye Candy

Here is my top 5 Wednesday of the week!

Goodreads Group


This week's topic dealt with "pretty cover but horrible book" and here I give you my list with their star ratings!

1. Shattered Blue by Lauren Bird Horowitz ~ 3/5 stars
2. Banished Sons of Poseidon by Andrew J Peters ~ 3/5 stars
3. The Lightning Thief Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan ~ 3/5 stars
4. The Boy Who Lit Up The Sky by J Naomi Ay ~ 3/5 stars
5. Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters by Tig Thomas ~ 2/5 stars

As always, for my thoughts and explanations, check out my youtube video HERE

#RYBSAT Wrap-Up Plus Weekend Wrap-Up

Here's my wrap up for both RYBSAT and the weekend! Weekend is in bold!

So over this week, I read the following books:

1. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (357 pages)
2. The Rose Society by Marie Lu (395 pages)
3. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (338 pages)
4. Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (461 pages)
5. Buzz Books 2016 Spring/Summer YA Sampler (Netgalley ARC)
6. Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert (249 pages)

And here's the daily breakdown!

• On Tuesday, I read all 357 pages of Attachments, plus the first 13 pages of The Rose Society. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 370 pages read!
• On Wednesday, I started off by reading 48 pages of The Rose Society, but then Shatter Me arrived in the mail, so I ended up reading all 338 pages of that. After I finished Shatter Me, I jumped right in to Unravel Me, reading 5 pages before the end of day 2! My total for this day was 1 book finished and 391 pages read!
• On Thursday, I read the last 456 pages of Unravel Me, and read 44 pages of The Rose Society. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 500 pages read.
• I did not read on Friday! I was too busy!
• On Saturday, I read the last 152 pages of Buzz Books, as well as 24 pages of Halfway Dead. My total this day was 1 book finished and 176 pages read.
• On Sunday, I only read 24 pages of Halfway Dead.
• On Monday, I read 52 pages of Halfway Dead.

OVERALL TOTAL FOR #RYBSAT: 4 books finished, 1513 pages read

WEEKEND TOTAL: 1 book finished, 200 pages read

The Seven Deadly Sins Tag

As always, I was tagged by Kristi! http://bostonbookreader.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-seven-deadly-sins-tag.html

1. Greed - What is your most inexpensive book? What is your most expensive book?

Inexpensive: Charlotte's Web (paid 60 cents)

Expensive: Library of Souls ($22 for autographed)

These are books I paid for myself. My parents have bought me more expensive ones.

2. Wrath - What author do you have a love/hate relationship with?
Veronica Roth. I love the Divergent series, but I hate who she killed off, and hated the ending of Allegiant.

3. Gluttony - What book have you devoured over and over again with no shame?

The very obvious, LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!

4. Sloth - What book have you neglected reading due to laziness?
Re-reading the Harry Potter Series

5. Pride - What book do you talk about most in order to sound like an intellectual reader?

Not so much for intelligence, but Lord of the Rings again!

6. Lust - What attributes do you find attractive in male characters?
I really don't have a preference with this.

7. Envy - What book would you most like to receive as a gift?
The Last Star by Rick Yancy, 

As always, check out my video for my full thoughts on the questions!

Weekend Wrap Up - January 15 - 17

Happy Monday everyone! Here's what I read over the weekend!

1. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
2. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

And for the daily breakdown:

• On Friday I read the last 197 pages of Sapphire Blue.
• On Saturday, I was extremely busy (Callie got a haircut!) so I only read the first 31 pages of The Darkest Minds. Also, I fell asleep at 7 PM so that didn't help my page totals -_-
• On Sunday, I read 69 pages of The Darkest Minds. Had to deal with a certain puppy's feminine issues -_-

Top 5 Books I'd Save In A Fire

So this top 5 books pretty much turned into top 6 series! I really couldn't decide between 5 of these series! I own all of the current releases of these series as of the date of this blog post!

So here's the top SIX series I'd save in a fire:

1. Lord of The Rings Series (Hobbit included) by JRR Tolkien - My #1 definitely would save. I own all of them
2. The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Maas
3. All of my Leigh Bardugo books - She is queen and they are signed!
4. The Selection Series by Kiera Cass 
5. The Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer
6. All of the Shadowhunters Series (MI, ID, Bane, Codex) by Cassandra Clare

As always, for my full thoughts, check out my booktube video about this list!

Top 5 Books I'd Save In a Fire

Top 5 Wednesday - Self Published Books

#TBRTakedown 3.0 Wrap Up and Weekend Wrap Up!

So I'm combining my two posts since they have to do with one another!!

Here are the books I read throughout the week:

1. The Dark-Hunter Manga #1 by Sherrilyn Kenyon (208 pages)
2. The Young Elites by Marie Lu (355 pages)
3. Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto (417 pages)
4. Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson (431 pages)
5. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (332 pages)
6. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (Read 34/300 pages)
7. Tithe by Holly Black (331 pages)
8. The Starlight Barking by Dodie Smith (156 pages)

And the breakdown of pages totals for the week:

1. On Monday I read all 208 pages of The Dark-Hunter Manga, as well as the first 200 pages of The Young Elites. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 408 pages read!
2. On Tuesday, I read the last 155 pages of The Young Elites, as well as the first 310 pages of Heaven. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 465 pages read!
3. On Wednesday, I finished the last 107 pages of Heaven, as well as the first 150 pages of Walk on Earth a Stranger. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 257 pages read.
4. On Thursday, I finished the last 281 pages of Walk on Earth a Stranger, as well as the first 50 pages of Vampire Academy. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 331 pages read.
5. On Friday, I finished the last 282 pages of Vampire Academy, as well as the first 20 pages of The Gunslinger. My total for this day was 1 book finished and 302 pages read.
6. On Saturday, I read 14 pages of The Gunslinger, and then completely changed the last 2 books I would read for this readathon! I read the first 180 pages of Tithe, for a total of 194 pages read this day.
7. On Sunday, the last day of the readathon, I read the last 151 pages of Tithe. I also read all 156 pages of The Starlight Barking, making my total for the last day 2 books finished and 307 pages read!

Overall total: 7 books finished, 2,264 pages read

Be sure to check out my vlog style readathon wrap up on my channel for thoughts during the readathon, and my reason for changing my TBR!

January 8 Weekend Reads

December 2015 Book Haul

December 2015 Wrap Up

Here is a list of books I read in December, along with their star ratings!

1. The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau ~ 3/5 stars
2. Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood ~ 4/5 stars
3. Bloodline by Kate Cary ~ 3/5 stars
4. The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau ~ 4/5 stars
5. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ~ 5/5 stars
6. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell ~ 5/5 stars
7. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell ~ 5/5 stars
8. The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo ~ 5/5 stars
9. The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo ~ 5/5 stars
10. Friday the 13th by Cameron Jace ~ 5/5 stars
11. The Fisherman's Son by Cameron Jace ~ 4/5 stars
12. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
13. Demon in My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ~ 4/5 stars
14. The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan ~ 4/5 stars
15. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
16. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy ~ 5/5 stars
17. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ~ 5/5 stars
18. The Shadowhunter's Codex by Cassandra Clare ~ 5/5 stars
19. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll ~ 5/5 stars
20. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy ~ 5/5 stars

As always, to see my full thoughts, check out my wrap up videos!

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCXpneWc5RY

Part 2: https://youtu.be/joylRSpROfQ

Top 5 Wednesday - Favorite Fandoms

December Wrap Up Part 2

Top 5 Wednesday - Favorite Fandoms!

So this week's top 5 Wednesday was favorite fandoms. These did't have to be only books, so I added 2 fandoms that were from tv/movies!

In no particular order (other than #1 which is my absolute favorite):

1. The Doctor Who fandom (Whovians)
2. The Lord of the Rings fandom (Ringers) - I also include anything Middle Earth here
3. The Marvel fandom - the movies mostly
4. The Shadowhunters fandom - Can't wait for the show!!
5. The Harry Potter fandom (Potterheads)

As always, to hear my thoughts on each fandom, check out my Top 5 Wednesday video!

January 4 Weekend Wrap Up!

So it has been a while since I've done one of these! My life has been absolutely crazy these past few months, and I haven't been using my blog! It was much easier for me to record honestly! So here's my first weekend wrap up of 2016! I promise these will be up weekly again now!

So this weekend I read:

1. Hades by Alexandra Adornetto

Here's the breakdown of what I read each day!

• On Friday, I only read 44 pages. First day of the year = very busy!
• On Saturday, I read 50 pages. I was busy and sick :(
• On Sunday, I finished off Hades by reading the last 209 pages!

Basically, it took me an entire weekend to finish one book. I'm not very happy about that. Oh well, next weekend will be better!!

#TBRTakedown 3.0 TBR

Here is my written TBR for TBRTakedown, happening Monday Jan 4 - Sunday Jan 10!

1. Read a book from your most recent book haul. - The Young Elites by Marie Lu
2. Read a book on your TBR Shelf over a year (or longest). - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
3. Read a book outside your comfort zone! (Genre, content, etc). - The Gunslinger by Stephen King
4. Read a first book in a series - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Complete a series/Read a sequel in a series - Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
6. Read a FIRE color book (Fire colours such as shades of red, pink, purple, lilac, burgundy.) Lucky Colors for 2016 - Evernight by Claudia Gray
7. Read a non-novel item: poem, verse, novella, short story, etc. - The Dark Hunters Manga #1 by Sherrilyn Kenyon

January 2016 TBR

Weekend Reads - JANUARY 1, 2016!!!

My Giant TBR for January!

I'm going a little overboard with my TBR for January, so I'm pretty much saying that these are the books I want to complete by the end of February! If the book is for a readathon, the readathon is in parenthesis!

Here is my long list!

1. Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare
2. City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare
3. Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare
4. City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare
5. The Bane Chronicles - Cassandra Clare
6. Evernight  - Claudia Gray(TBRTakedown)
7. Dark Hunter Manga Vol. 1 - Sherrilyn Kenyon (TBRTakedown)
8. The Martian - Andy Weir
9. The Young Elites - Marie Lu (TBRTakedown)
10. Wicked - Gregory Maguire (TBRTakedown)
11. The Gunslinger - Stephen King (TBRTakedown)
12. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead (TBRTakedown)
13. Heaven - Alexandra Adornetto (TBRTakedown)
14. Sapphire Blue - Kerstin Gier 
15. Slasher Girls and Monster Boys - Multiple Authors
16. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
17. The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
18. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
19. Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore
20. Fire - Kristin Cashore
21. Outpost - Ann Aguirre
22. Horde - Ann Aguirre
23. Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas ~ Reread
24. Crown of Midnight - Sarah J Maas
25. Heir of Fire - Sarah J Maas
26. Queen of Shadows - Sarah J Maas
27. The Assassin's Blade - Sarah J Maas
28. Rebel Spring - Morgan Rhodes
29. Gathering Darkness - Morgan Rhodes
30. Oblivion -Jennifer L Armentrout 
31. Bloodmark - Aurora Whittet
32. Hades - Alexandra Adornetto