This meme is hosted by the lovely ladies at The Broke and the Bookish :) Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Banderia / Revenge of the Wild by Michelle Modesto  / Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie  / Dreamology by Lucy Keating / The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye / Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn / The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry / The Vicious Masks...

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Happy Monday!

Hi guys! I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving. December is right around the corner, which means I NEED TO START SHOPPING FOR MY FAMILY. Ugh. I don't understand how people enjoy buying gifts for people. I'm literally the worst person at it. I never know what to get them, even if it is my own damn mother. I also can barely afford it. So there's that, too. But besides that, Christmas is my favorite holiday and I can't wait to get our tree and decorate it :) Read Last Week Winter by Marissa Meyer Dead...

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Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen

Dead Ringer by Jessie Rosen Publisher: Full Fathom Five Digital Publication Date: November 11th, 2015 Pages: 352 Song I Played While Reading: I Walk The Line by Halsey Rating: 4 stars From the moment Laura Rivers steps foot into Englewood High, she notices the stares—and they aren’t the typical once-overs every pretty new girl endures. The students seem confused and…spooked. Whispers echoing through...

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Winter by Marissa Meyer

Winter by Marisa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publication Date: November 10th, 2015 Pages: 823 Song I Played While Reading: New Americana by Halsey Rating: 5 stars Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter...

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Unpopular opinion book tag!

I've seen this floating around the internet for awhile, and finally decided to join in when Alexandra from Twirling Pages posted it!  A popular book/ series you didn't like I've got a couple good ones. The Secret History by Donna Tart, simply because we learned too much mundane information about the main character and it was really boring. I stopped 150 pages in. With Eleanor...

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Top Ten Characters I Would Invite To Thanksgiving Dinner

This meme is hosted by the lovely ladies at The Broke and the Bookish :) This was a thanksgiving freebie! So bear with me here as I try and keep this thanksgiving dinner relatively small. 1. Aelin Ashryver Galathynius and Rowan Whitethorn (+ Aeidon, there's no way he wouldn't just tag along) I'M SWOONING. THE BANTER. AND THE SHARED LOOKS. *collapses to the floor* 2. Chaol...

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Happy Monday!

Hi guys! I CANT BELIEVE THANKSGIVING IS IN THREE DAYS, TIME STOP MOVING SO DAMN FAST. Literally, it's crazy how fast everything is going. Nothing exciting is going on right now in my life, so I dont have much to say here, except for that I hope you all have a wonderful Thankgiving that's filled with food, family, and MORE FOOD. I know I plan on stuffing my face until I implode, so I need to mentally prepare myself for it. Read Last Week Scarlet and Cress by Marissa Meyer To-Read Winter by Marissa...

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Cress by Marisa Meyer

Cress by Marissa Meyer Publisher: Square Fish Publication Date: February 4th, 2014 Pages: 550 Song I Played While Reading: New Americana by Halsey Rating: 4.5 stars Cress, having risked everything to warn Cinder of Queen Leveana's evil plan, has a slight problem. She's been imprisoned on a satellite since childhood and has only ever had her netscreens as company. Al that screen...

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Book haul!

The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas Lovely, Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara  Bad Romeo by Leisa Rayven Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer The Winter People by Rebekah L. Purdy Compulsion by Martina Boone No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale Lailah by Nikki Kelly  Stray by Elissa Sussman  Happy readings...

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Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer Publisher: Square Fish Publication Date: February 13th, 2013 Pages: 452 Song I Played While Reading: New Americana by Halsey Rating: 4.5 stars Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison- even though if she succeeds, she'll be the...

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Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books In the Past Year

This meme is hosted by the lovely ladies at The Broke and the Bookish :) (These are in no particular order, just by when I found them.) "She wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me in tight, and I swear I feel my soul brush against hers. I expand beyond the boundaries of Dylan's body, out until I am the waves crashing on the beach, the sun shining in her hair, that wind that sweeps over...

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Happy Monday!

Hello interwebbers! Along with what I plan on reading this week, I'm going to tell you guys what I've been listening to lately. I have a 30 day free trial with Spotify, which if anyone isn't aware, is similar to Pandora, but you're able to create your own playlists and play them even when you don't have wifi. You just have to make sure you download the playlist, which can take up a lot of space on your phone. It definitely has it's pros and cons (think oooh so many songs but URGH SO MANY PICTURES...

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November 9 by Colleen Hoover

November 9 by Colleen Hoover Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: November 10th, 2015 Pages: 307 Song I Played While Reading: Cecilia and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Rating: 4 stars Fallon mets Ben, as aspiring novelist, the day of her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon's last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life...

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The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Publisher: Crown Publishers Pulication Date: November 3rd, 2015 Pages: 65 Song I Played While Reading: None Rating: 3 stars A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke was in. A keen observer of human behavior, your...

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An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: April 28th, 2015 Pages: 446 Song I Played While Reading: Here We Go Again by Hardwell Rating: 3.8 stars Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not boy their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk th execution of their loved ones...

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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Publication Date: October 20th, 2015 Pages: 600 Song I Played While Reading: Survivors by Hardwell & Dannic (pretty fitting name, eh?) Rating: 5 stars This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she'd have to do today. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.  The year is...

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Happy Monday!

Hi guys! I hope your November has been fantastic so far. Mine has been filled with work, work, work and some more work. But I don't mind. More money= BOOKS! Read Last Week  Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Currently Reading Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff To-Read An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Scarlet by Marissa Meyer Happy readings :) P.S. NOVEMBER 9TH AND WINTER COME OUT TOMROROW, EEEP!...

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Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch

Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch Publisher: Balzar + Bray  Publication Date: October 13th, 2015 Pages: 478 Song I Played While Reading: Light Years Away by Tiesto Rating: 5 stars It's been three months since the Winterians were freed and Spring's king, Angra, disappeared- thanks largely to the help of Cordell. Meira just wants her people to be safe. When Cordellan debt...

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