Heartless

Author: Marissa Meyer

Published by Feiwel & Friends

Genre: YA, Retellings, Fantasy

Pages: 453

“Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she wants to open a shop and create delectable pastries. But for her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for a woman who could be a queen.

At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the King’s marriage proposal, she meets handsome and mysterious Jest. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into a secret courtship.

Cath is determined to choose her own destiny. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.” -Goodreads

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Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week, bloggers get a topic for a list of ten things based on the topic. This weeks topic is:

Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn’t Get To (But TOTALLY plan to)

This is my first Top Ten Tuesday and I am super excited to be doing this so let’s get started.

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

And I Darken by Kiersten White

Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill

The Thousandth Floor by Kathrine McGee

Replica by Lauren Oliver

Stealing Snow by Danielle Page

I would have loved to have read all of these books but I just never got the chance and I am super upset I didn’t. I will hopefully read these this year.

Thanks for reading! I had a lot of fun participating in this Top Ten Tuesday thing. I hope I can do more in the future.

Holding Up the Universe

Author: Jennifer Niven

Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Genres: YA, contemporary, romance

Pages: 391

“Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for every possibility life has to offer. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything.

Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone.

Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.” –Goodreads

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January TBR

Me choosing my books for this month.

It is now the beginning of a month, the beginning of a year, and that means it is time for a new TBR list. I am excited about my options for books this month. I have lots of books to read but I am only gonna choose three. I have decided for this month to read:

I choose these books to read because first off I love love love the Throne of Glass series. I seriously cannot get enough of it. I don’t know how I am going to sleep while I have these books to read. I choose Passenger because I want to be ready for the release of Wayfarer.

This month I am making a goal to buy one book. I will probably buy both just because that is how I am but I want to get:

I will probably buy two books milk and honey and then one of the other ones. I probably will not get to Forever Doon this month but I really need to finish that series. I really have the worst habit of leaving series unfinished because I never can get the next book.

Thank ya’ll for reading. Tell me down below what books you want to read this month and if you have any books you are planning to buy.

2017 Bookish Resolutions

Hey, guys so it is the start of a new year and the start of new goals. I for one have many reading/bookish type goals for this year. I don’t want this to be too long of a post so I will just list my bookish goals for 2017:

Read 40 books
Buy at least one book a month
Try and keep it to ONE book a month
Don’t start reading two o more books at once because it only slows me down
Read at least three books a month
Take some pictures of every book you read for Bookstagram
Participate in book and photo challenges
Get your TBR list under control
Read new genres of books you’ve never read before

Those are my goals for 2017. I will try my hardest to achieve them all. I am suoer excited for 2017.

December and 2016 Wrap-Up

As the New Year approaches, this last year is coming to a close. It is almost hard to believe it has been a year already since last New Years Eve. I have decided to combine my December and 2016 wrap-up together because I don’t want to have five different posts coming out in the next two days and I am also extremely lazy.

So, to start with my December wrap up I think congratulations are in order to yours truly because I actually finished and went above and beyond my reading goal for this month. Not only did I read the two books I had planned to read this month but I also read four other books. That means 6 books total. And it may seem like I am tooting my own horn and I really am but I am very impressed with myself for reading this much this month. I would love to continue that streak but I probably won’t. Anyways so these are the books I read this month:

Click on the titles to go read my reviews on these stories which all of them were AMAZING. I found them to be really great reads and a few of them have made it onto my top reads of 2016 that will be listed later.

Apart from what I have read this month, I have also bought three books. My Book Buy of December has only one of the books I bought which I got in the mail a day ago and it was a little Christmas present for myself. After Christmas, I bought two books with my Christmas money that I have wanted since I went to Target and saw them on the shelf. the books I bought this month are:

I am super excited to read them and to be able to own those beautiful books.

Now for the moment you have all been waiting for…or haven’t been waiting for…if it isn’t why are you even reading this?..

My 2016 Wrap-Up

I read 37 books this year and my goal was 30 books so I surpassed my goal. I am super happy I achieved that because I haven’t read very much the past few years so this year has been a changing point for me. I really have this blog to thank which I started on August 26th this year. This blog has mad eme want to write reviews and for that, I need to read. I am excited to see how many I read next year. If you want to see every book I read this year click here to see my reading challenge on Goodreads. I don’t have blog posts for all of my favorite books so I will link all these to their Goodreads.

My favorite books of 2016 are:

These books were flipping amazing and you can find all but the first four reviewed in my blog. I seriously loved these books. I am very happy with how my reading year turned out.

Now with the end of this post comes the end of 2016 for this blog. This shall be my last blog post of 2016 and I am excited to continue with this blog into the next year. I think this year has been a good year for me. I have a lot of good memories from this year and I hope to make much more in 2017. So with that, I bid adieu to 2016 and bonjour to the New Year.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!<3

Crown of Midnight

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Series: Throne of Glass

Published by Bloomsbury

Genre: Young Adult

Pages: 418

“From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena’s world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie… and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for.” -Goodreads

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The Fever Code

Author: James Dashner

Series: Maze Runner

Published by Delacorte Press

Genres: Science Fiction

Pages: 344

“Once there was a world’s end.

The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled.

Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man.

Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy.

The boy’s name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze.

Now there are secrets.

There are lies.

And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen.

This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down.

All will be revealed.” -Goodreads

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The Great Gatsby

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published by Scribner

Genre: Historical drama

Pages: 180

“This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.” –Goodreads

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October Book Buy of the Month

Hey guys! I bought the Throne of Glass series 1-4 by Sarah J Maas for this month. I am super excited to read these. I have been wanting to get the series for months now. I bought them from Barnes and Nobles.

What I got:

Throne of Glass #1 by Sarah J Maas

Crown of Midnight #2 by Sarah J Maas

Heir of Fire #3 by Sarah J Maas

Queen of Shadows #4 Sarah J Maas

Thanks for reading!