I did okay, not great but enough that I'm pleased! Tricks by Ellen Hopkins Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Jessica Oates Unfortunately I didn't get to Alive or the Clockwork Dagger. I have started Clockwork... Continue Reading →
Please Don’t Hurt Me: Series I Haven’t Read/Finished Yet
I am going to admit to some pretty shameful things here. Please keep in mind I'm a frequent victim to overhype, I don't have that much time for reading (lies), and I picked up a lot of these to read so late I missed the bandwagon - EXCUSES! There are a lot of good reasons... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite Character Tropes
Character Tropes are delicate little creatures. They can be handled beautifully or they can turn out terribly done *coughlovetrianglescough*. Here are some of my favorites! 5) Bad Boy Redemption This is probably the most delicate of all tropes but if it's handled right I'm all over it. It's really hard to tread the line between... Continue Reading →
Would You Rather: Book Edition
   Maryan from 1BookLife did this and it looked fun! So here we go! Would you rather read only trilogies or read only standalones? Standalones. I like series, in fact most of what I read is a series of some sort but that is by no means on purpose. Typically series get more publicity, get... Continue Reading →
Overhype : Possibly the worst thing ever?
I love a good buzz on a book. A great, low grade anticipation to a release. Some mentions here or there, maybe a few good blurbs from some authors I like, etc. Lately however things have gotten out of hand a few times. The low grade buzz that gets me stoked grows and... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Wednesday: Side Characters that deserve their own series
This was a hard one and I wasn't sure I'd do it this week but once I sat down and thought about it I was able to come up with a great list! Top 5 Wednesday is created by the lovely GingerReadsLainey on Youtube. 5) Dali first appearing in Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews From... Continue Reading →
The Turn of The Screw: Novella vs Movie
So I recently finished the novella of The Turn of the Screw. My IRL book club chose Horror as our genre pick for this quarter. I enjoy horror from time to time but I have never actually sat down and read more than one or two horror books at a time. The idea of scaring... Continue Reading →
The Nintendo Book Tag
Video games and books, what could go wrong! 1) NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) - A classic you want to read.      Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.    I've never read the Holmes stories but I've always loved the different incarnations and reboots of them. My next classic purchase will be The Hound of... Continue Reading →
TBR Takedown Round 2!
The second round of #TBRTakedown Round 2.0 starts on Friday. I announced my TBR on Instagram and Twitter so here is the actual blog announcement! Woot! Alive by Scott Sigler is my most recent haul book. Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato is the first in a series. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs is my unread... Continue Reading →
Top 5 Wednesday: 5 Most Anticipated Pre-Orders
This are most definitely not in any particular order. 5) Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff October 20th I know little to nothing about this one except that it has to do with aliens and I really like both authors behind it. I've seen video as well of the Arc copies and they are... Continue Reading →
Sarah Evermotion's Reads 