Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Last week I focused on holiday gifts and gift card purchases. This week is all about advanced copies and library books! Of course all of my NG requests and library holds came in at once- Murphy's Law 🙂 The latest from the library: Ash by Malinda … Continue reading Stacking The Shelves [5]
Month: January 2018
Backlist Books Review: The Archived
The Archived by Victoria Schwab Series: The Archived #1 Published by: Disney Hyperion Pub Date: January 22, 2013 Read: April 8-13, 2013 Pages: 321 Format: hardcover | Source: purchased Genres: young adult, fantasy, horror Rating: Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. … Continue reading Backlist Books Review: The Archived
Stacking The Shelves [4]
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. The end of January (aka after the holidays) seemed like a good time for another edition of Stacking the Shelves! I participated in a couple secret santa swaps with friends (along with #TBTBSanta and #OTSPSecretSister) and got some bookish gift cards for Hanukkah and Christmas … Continue reading Stacking The Shelves [4]
Backlist Books Review: A Curse Dark as Gold
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce Published by: Arthur A. Levine Books Pub Date: March 1, 2008 Read: April 9-13, 2014 Pages: 396 Format: hardcover | Source: library Genres: young adult, historical fiction, retelling Rating: Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father's death, … Continue reading Backlist Books Review: A Curse Dark as Gold
2017 Reading Challenge Wrap Up Post
Surprise! Somehow it's almost the end of January already and I'm just getting around to my December challenge wrap up, as well as my challenge wrap up for the entire year... and since I didn't read a ton in December (4 books total), I think I'll focus on my year-end wrap up. All the books … Continue reading 2017 Reading Challenge Wrap Up Post
Review: It Takes Two To Tumble
It Takes Two To Tumble by Cat Sebastian Series: Seducing The Sedgwicks #1 Published by: Avon Impulse Pub Date: December 12, 2017 Pages: 384 Format: ebook | Source: purchased Genres: adult, historical fiction, romance Rating: Some of Ben Sedgwick’s favorite things: Helping his poor parishioners Baby animals Shamelessly flirting with the handsome Captain Phillip Dacre After an unconventional upbringing, Ben is perfectly content with … Continue reading Review: It Takes Two To Tumble
Mini Review Monday: Ancient Rome
Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk Series: Untitled #1 Published by: Tor Teen Pub Date: January 16, 2018 Pages: 320 Format: arc | Source: borrowed Genres: young adult, historical fiction, retelling Rating: FORGED IN BATTLE... FROM THE DUST OF THE ARENA... A LEGEND WILL RISE The action-packed tale of a 17-year-old warrior princess and a handsome gladiator who dared take on the Roman Republic―and gave … Continue reading Mini Review Monday: Ancient Rome
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant To Read in 2017
I can't tell you how many times I've been super excited for a book, plan to read it ASAP, and then somehow the year is already over. D'oh! I'm going to make it a priority to get to these ten books I meant to read in 2017: A Poison Dark and Drowning (Kingdom on Fire … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant To Read in 2017
2017 End of Year Survey
It's the most wonderful time of the year: reflecting on 365 of great books with Perpetual Page-Turner's 8th Annual End Of Year Book Survey! Thank you Jamie for the post and for the graphics. It's always one of my favorite posts to write 🙂 Number Of Books You Read: 73 Number of Re-Reads: 9 Genre … Continue reading 2017 End of Year Survey
The Bookish Beagle 