I've recently started utilizing Goodreads as another platform for my reviews. I'll whip up a short paragraph if I don't feel like writing up a full-blown one on here. So I decided to compile a short list of some recent books that I loved dearly, but didn't feel like writing a formal review for. Without further ado, let's get into them! After The Fall by Kate Hart (ARC review) Publication: January...

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Frostblood by Elly Blake (ARC review)

Frostblood by Elly Blake Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: January 10th, 2017 Pages: 384 Song I Played While Reading: True Disaster by Tove Lo Rating: 4 stars Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a fireblood who must hide her powers of heat and flame from the cruel frost blood ruling class that wants to destroy all that are left of her kind. So when rebel frost...

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Monthly wrap-up: November 2016!

What I read this month Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 5 stars // Goodreads Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo - 5 stars // Goodreads Touch by Jus Accardo - 3 stars // Goodreads Sigh. Three books?? YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS, MARIAH. I'm hoping December is a better reading month, because my TBR grows every week and I'm reading less and less of it every month. I seriously can't even...

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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Publisher: Henry Holt Publication Date: September 27th, 2016 Pages: 536 Song I Played While Reading: Ghosts N' Stuff by Deadmau5 Rating: 5 stars Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and...

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Holy crap I'm writing a book

I can't tell you how many times people have told me that, since I read so many books, I'm bound to be an author. "Wow, you read so much! Are you gonna write a book one day?" "Well, all that reading is going to make you a kick-ass author one day." "From what I'm seeing, you've probably already written like, 50,000 books by now." That last one was from a guy who had been staring...

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The Animal Under The Fur by E.J. Mellow cover reveal!

The Animal Under The Fur by E. J. Mellow Publication Date: 2017 Link to Goodreads Orphaned on the streets as a baby, Nashville Brown, aka Kill Operative 3, knows better than to rely on anyone. With heightened senses and superhuman strength to survive, she's been raised as the perfect assassin. The trick to her success? Keeping everyone, even her best friend, at arm's length. Losing...

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Horace and Agnes: A Love Story by Asia Kepka and Lynn Dowling

Horace and Agnes: A Love Story by Asia Kepka and Lynn Dowling Publisher: Blue Rider Press Publication Date: November 15th Pages: 168 Link to Goodreads Horace is a horse, and Agnes is a squirrel, though there are no boundaries when it comes to true love and genuine companionship. Bursting with color, style, and humor, this is the photographic journal of Horace and Agnes's romance, and their...

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Iniquity by Melody Winter review + giveaway!

Iniquity by Melody Winter Publication Date: October 25th, 2016 Pages: 320 Song I Played While Reading: Invitation by Yellow Glow Rating: 3.5 stars Goodreads Athena Harrow is about to turn twenty-one, but there will be no celebration. What is there to celebrate when the world is ruled by demons? She hates the darkness the demons brought with them and longs...

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I Heart Bookstagram tag!

I saw this tag when Molly from Molly's Book Nook did it, and I OF COURSE had to do it since I'm a bookstagram fanatic. I tag whoever wants to do it! :) What's your Instagram handle? @vibinwithbooks How long have you been in the Instagram community? A little over a year and a half now! Which is crazy because I feel like I've been doing it for my entire life. How many people do...

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Monthly wrap-up: October 2016!

What I read this month The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler - 5 stars // Goodreads The Rift Uprising by Amy S. Foster - 5 stars // Goodreads How To Be Someone Else by Rachel Del - 3.5 stars // Goodreads Heartless by Marissa Meyer - 5 stars // Goodreads Infinity by Jus Accardo - 5 stars // Goodreads I managed to knockout almost my entire October TBR,...

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Heartless by Marissa Meyer (ARC review)

Heartless by Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publication Date: November 8th, 2016 Pages: 449 Song I Played While Reading: The Turnaround by Gemini Rating: 5 stars Long before she was the terror of Wonderland- the infamous Queen of Hearts- she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be on of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the...

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The Rift Uprising by Amy S. Foster review + giveaway!

The Rift Uprising by Amy S. Foster Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: October 4th, 2016 Pages: 380 Song I Played While Reading: Starboy by The Weeknd Rating: 4.5 stars Seventeen-year-old Ryn whittaker is a Citadel: an elite, enhanced soldier specially chosen to guard The Rift, a mysterious and dangerous portal to alternate Earth's that scientists cannot control or close....

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How To Be Someone Else by Rachel Del

 How To Be Someone Else by Rachel Del Publication Date: October 20th, 2016 Pages: Song I Played While Reading: Cool Girl by Tove Lo Rating: 3.5 stars Link to Goodreads Sometimes it is the one who knows you best who can love you best. Penny has lived her life letting others take the rein, leaving her to simply follow in line. After completing her senior year of College, she'll join her father's...

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Recent DNF's

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake I'm SO sad about this. Three Dark Crowns has an incredible premise: three triplet queens are born, each with a different gift: one's a naturalist, one's an elemental, and one's a poisoner. When they turn 16, they have to fight to the death for their crown. Like???? DOESN'T THAT SOUND AMAZING? The potential was ridiculously glorious, but Blake didn't live up...

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