Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, however the meme will be moving over to The Artsy Reader Girl after this week! 

So, I don't really ever get presents for Christmas. I'm not expecting to get anything, this is just for fun. If I had a book wishlist for Christmas, this would be it! 

1. Warcross by Marie Lu

2. Artemis by Andy Weir

3. The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa

4. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

5. Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

6. Renegades by Marissa Meyer

7. This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

8. Firstlife by Gena Showalter

9. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King

10. Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

Book Nostalgia

This time of year always makes me feel nostalgic. The decorations, the food, the traditions...All of it gets me in that weird mindset.

One thing that always stands out to me is the weird nostalgia I have with books this time of year. I always feel this weird urge to read all of the Harry Potter books again during the Christmas season, then go and watch all of the movies.

Maybe it's because that's what I did as a kid and teen during winter break. Or, it's because I was always jealous of the fantastic way that the Holiday season was described in the series.

One other book series that always gets me in the holiday mood is The Chronicles of Narnia. I'm not sure if it's because the whole setting is just snowy at the start or what it is.

Besides some of the books I have to review, I think I might pick up one of these series again this week.

Are there any series of books, or a random stand alone, that you have a weird nostalgia over during the Holidays?

Waiting On Wednesday: The Cruel Prince

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine where we all share what books we're eagerly waiting for!

"Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself." -from Goodreads.com

This book sounds like it's going to be the start of a series I will become obsessed with. I love books that have to do with the Fae! 

What book are you looking forward to this week?

It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading?

It’s Monday, What are You Reading is now hosted at The Book Date. It's been a few years since I've linked up to any of the Monday reading memes, and it seems many of them have been passed on to other bloggers or retired totally. So, I've decided to link up with #IMWYR! 

Reading This Week:

 

• The New Dark by Lorraine Thomson
• Inception (The Marked #1) by Bianca Scardoni

Up Next:

 

• Elsker by S.T. Bende
• Bootcamp Of Misfit Wolves by Annie Nicholas

A Long Time Ago

Hello world!

It has been pretty much forever since I've posted here. I got all caught up in life, and haven't even been reading much the last few years. Major disconnect for me, it was really odd. I've always loved books, and have always been an avid reader.

Life has been good. We just welcomed our second child into the world, a little girl. So, I now have a 6 (almost 7) year old son, and a two week old little girl.

Reading has become my sanity saver again, so I'd love to be able to get this blog back up and going. I sincerely miss the book blogging community.

Hope to see you all soon, and to get a few reviews up in the next week or so!

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Books, books, books...

Hello! I'm slowly integrating myself back into the blogging world. Just recently I became a stay at home mom again. This time around though, the kiddo is in school for four days out of the week. I miss reading and reviewing books, but most of all I miss interacting with the book blogger community!

The future should be interesting with this, hopefully I can keep myself up and going with this blog. From time to time I will most likely post about my crochet projects. It's become a really big hobby of mine, and I love it!

I look forward to interacting with all of you again!

Stacking The Shelves {5}

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where everyone gets to share what books they've acquired over the last week!

Hey everyone! It's been over a year since I've done a post like this, but since I'm getting back into the swing of things I figured I'd post what I got! It's not much, but hey they look pretty good. 


From NetGalley:

 

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson

Luminae, Vol. 1 by Bengal

Both of these are comics, which is a little out of the norm for what I have been posting review wise. I plan on branching out into comics since I love to read them!

A Long Time Ago...

Wow, it has been a long while since I've updated this blog. I'm not even sure if the readers I had still have me on their lists, or if they even read book review blogs at this point. A lot in life has happened since I've last updated.

My goal here is that I would really like to have this blog back and active. I have started a new full time job, so I won't have a ton of free time. I will have time when I get home though, and during breaks. I'm still reading mostly YA and dystopian, though I do plan to branch out my reviews towards graphic novels as well. Obviously I'll have whatever I'm reading up for a review, so there might be some Game of Thrones thrown in here somewhere.

I hope the time has treated you all well! Looking forward to being back and getting this up and going again.

November Wrap-Up And Looking Forward To...

I use Grammarly's plagiarism checker because you never know if you're quoting someone from an internet meme!

So, this November I did not really get to read too much. Most of the month was spent either being sick, taking care of a sick kiddo, or doing classwork! One of those classes is an English class, and the professor is huge on plagiarism so I'm constantly wondering if I'm plagiarizing. Did you know you can self plagiarize? Yeah, neither did I.

I did get to start reading Ender's Game and The Eternity Cure, though! I'm super excited to see where The Eternity Cure is headed, so far it is really good. I really love the writing style of Julie Kagawa, and I think I am going to be in love with this series.

Ender's Game on the other hand, I am getting a little bit bored with it. I read it back in the fifth grade, which was forever ago, and thought I would enjoy it again before the movie came out. Obviously, I didn't finish it before the movie! I am about half way with it, and for some reason am loosing interest. Maybe it will pick up again? I hope so!

My reading goals for this month (with reviews) are:

 

 

Waiting On Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine where we all share what books we're eagerly waiting for!

"As Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam's focus couldn't be further from the upcoming battle. He's reeling from his breakup with Juliette, scared for his best friend's life, and as concerned as ever for his brother James's safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It's time for war. 

 On the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor—but taking down Warner, Adam's newly discovered half brother, won't be that easy. The Reestablishment can't tolerate a rebellion, and they'll do anything to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam has ever cared about." -from Goodreads.com

I'm so excited for this novella! It sets up the plot for the final book in the series, Ignite Me. I can't wait!

What book are you looking forward to this week?

Holiday Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

With today being Black Friday, and Cyber Monday coming up, I thought I would talk about some awesome gift ideas for the readers in your lives. Not only are there some awesome books coming out this winter, but there are also a ton of really cool book related gift ideas out there!

Check out this short list of just a few things I found today while searching around. I can't wait until I can get my hands on some of this!

Awesome Books:

What Does The Fox Say?

 


Legend Trilogy




Pawn by Aimee Carter

Book related gift ideas:

Book Cover Tees

Harry Potter Snitch Bookmark

Romeo & Juliet Book Scarf

Moving and Things

I miss my blog! I miss writing reviews and being in the world of book blogging. I am going to try to be here from time to time, we'll see how it goes.

We are going to be moving in a few weeks, and then I have three classes starting up this summer. So I'm not sure how well it will go. I know I've lost a lot of my readers because of my busy schedule causing a lot of issues with posting here. To those of you that have stuck around, thank you!







"Thank you God for answering my prayer; thank you St. Jude for interceding on my behalf. I will encourage devotion to you always."

School

I hate to come back here and say this, but I really think I am going to have a hard time keeping up with this blog. I have a few reviews that need to be posted, but other than those I'm not sure how much I'll be here. Probably not much.

I just started up a Pharmacology class, and it is going to be killer. I probably won't even get through 1 book a week, it will probably be like every 2 weeks.

Stacking the Shelves {4}

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where everyone gets to share what books they've acquired over the last week!

Well it's been a bit since I've done one of these! Classes have kept me very busy, and will continue to do so starting again on Monday. I'm going to try my hardest to keep up with reviews, I may only be able to handle one a week until this class ends in 7 weeks.

Here's what I got!

Netgalley:

    

The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa (AHHHH!!!)

Hyesteria by Megan Miranda

From  Amazon.com:

 

Constant State of Disaster by Heather Marie Adkins

Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Teaser Tuesday: A Howl For A Highlander

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

•Grab your current read
•Open to a random page
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

A Howl For A Highlander by Terry Spear

"Did he even know how to swim? Well, sure. He was a wolf." 

- pg. 49 of A Howl for A Highlander