Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year: Bloomsbury | July 7, 2015 Pages: 358 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Recorded Books, Inc | July 22, 2015 Read By: Sandy Rustin Time: 9 hours and 13 minutes Series: Book 1 of ??? Genre: YA Fantasy, Supernatural Format: Audiobook Source: Publishers through LibaryThing (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this …
Waiting on Wednesday: The Crown
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted over at Breaking the Spine I wasn’t sure how I felt that Cass was adding onto the original trilogy. I really loved The Selection and was hesitant of anything that might ruin that for me. However, after reading The Heir, I couldn’t wait for The Crown to come out. Not …
Check the Shelf Book Review: Spinster
Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year: Crown | April 21, 2015 Pages: 308 Series: Stand-Alone Genre: Non-Fiction Format: Paperback Source: From Publisher through Library Things (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. That did not sway my opinion …
Check the Shelf Book Review: Rejection Proof
Rejection Proof by Jia Jiang | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year: Harmony | January 1, 2015 Pages: 240 Series: Stand-Alone Genre: Non-Fiction Self-Help Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. That did not sway my opinion in the least. Shannan’s Summary Jiang was finally pushed …
Top of the TBR: January
The Magicians by Lev Grossman Goodreads | Amazon Goodreads Summery Like everyone else, precocious high school senior Quentin Coldwater assumes that magic isn’t real, until he finds himself admitted to a very secretive and exclusive college of magic in upstate New York. There he indulges in joys of college-friendship, love, sex, and booze- and receives …
2015 Challenge Review
So This year I had a bunch of Challenges I signed up for. It was my first full year of blogging and I went into it with pie in the sky dreams of what I would accomplish. Yep. I Lost. Almost all of them. I’m not sure why I signed up for some. Like …
Be Kind Please Rewind: 2015
2015 So I disappeared for a bit at the end of the year, and for good reason. So much happened that you’ll probably see a lot of late posts finishing up 2015, but I thought I could start with a general recap of the last couple months of the year. Bought a house and moved- I …
Check the Shelf Book Review: Alienated
Alienated by Melissa Landers | website | facebook | twitter | instagram | Publisher/Year: Disney Hyperion | February 4, 2014 Pages: 344 Series: Alienated book 1 of 3 Genre: YA Sci-fi Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads Shannan’s Summary Cara is chosen to be a part of an intergalactic exchange program. First Off… I bought …
Top Ten Tuesday: 2016 Debuts
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by Broke and Bookish) So I thought I’d jump in on this one and investigate what’s coming out next year. Here are the 10 I’m looking forward to. Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the …
bookish belongings: Harry Potter
With the holidays upon us, I thought some bookish lists might be in order. So of course I want to start with Harry Potter. The perfect Potter bookmark If you can’t have a wand, some pencils with spells may work just as well. I’ve been wanting a watch necklace for a while and a Harry …