Happy Halloween, lovelies! 'Tis time... for another book tag and I am super glad I found the Hocus Pocus book tag on The Wanderlust Reader. What could be more perfect to end October? THE SANDERSON SISTERS: A GREAT TRILOGY The Shades of Magic trilogy has everything I look for in a fantasy series. I'm excited to … Continue reading Hocus Pocus Book Tag
Month: October 2017
Mini Review Monday: The Wood
The Wood by Chelsea Bobulski Published by: Feiwel & Friends Pub Date: August 1, 2017 Pages: 320 Format: hardcover | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, fantasy, science fiction (time travel) Rating: After her father goes missing in the woods that they protect, Winter tries to seek the truth in what happened, why the wood is changing, and what it all has to do … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: The Wood
Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles
Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea A Darker Shade of Magic The Hate U Give Across A Star-Swept Sea Girls Made of Snow and Glass Walk On Earth A Stranger And I Darken All Our Yesterdays I Shall Be Near To You Blue Lily, Lily Blue As I was putting my list together, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles
Mini Review Monday: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers Pub Date: January 10, 2011 (first published 1958) Pages: 272 Format: paperback | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, historical fiction Rating: Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: Tower of Dawn
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas Series: Throne of Glass #6 Published by: Bloomsbury Children's Books Pub Date: September 5, 2017 Pages: 660 Format: hardcover | Source: library Genres: young adult, fantasy Rating: In the next installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire. Chaol Westfall has always defined himself … Continue reading Review: Tower of Dawn
Top Ten Tuesday: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books
One of my favorite parts of reading are the descriptions of all the delicious food in books. I always fixated on the candy bars in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the giant pancakes in Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, the giant feasts in the Redwall series. And in a funny twist, my sister and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books
The Game of Thrones Book Tag
I found the Game of Thrones Book Tag on Lacy Literary's blog and couldn't resist of course! The tag was originally created by Biblio Nyan. HOUSE LANNISTER: HEAR ME ROAR – Name a book that you originally loved, but upon a re-read realised that it wasn’t so great after all. I don't reread books often that I don't … Continue reading The Game of Thrones Book Tag
Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust Published by: Flatiron Books Pub Date: September 5, 2017 Pages: 384 Format: hardcover | Source: library Genres: young adult, fantasy, retelling Rating: Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat … Continue reading Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass
Halloween/Fall Roundup
I love fall and Halloween, and over the years I've written a number of posts centered around those topics that I REALLY love. So instead of writing a subpar or regurgitated version of them, I thought I would put together a roundup post including all of the links! Fortnight of Fright 2014: all about the … Continue reading Halloween/Fall Roundup
Review: All The Crooked Saints
All The Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater Published by: Scholastic Press Pub Date: October 10, 2017 Pages: 320 Format: arc | Source: borrowed Genres: young adult, historical fiction, magical realism Rating: Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark … Continue reading Review: All The Crooked Saints
The Bookish Beagle 