Thank you Ashleigh at a frolic through fiction for nominating me for this award! Rules: Make a post linking the person who nominated you Answer the 5 questions the person who nominated you provided Include the award sticker on the post Nominate 5-10 other bloggers you think are worthy of this award. Let them know you nominated them by commenting on their blogs. Give … Continue reading Liebster Award!
Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz Media: Hardcover Pages: 359 Overall Rating: 4 flames Synopsis: Dante can swim. Ari can’t. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari’s features … Continue reading [Review] Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Who doesn’t love a good list? This week’s topic is: Top Ten 2016 Debuts I’m drooling over. I’ll be honest I hadn’t heard of many of these before I started researching for this post, but now I have a ton that I’m looking forward to! So, in order of publication, here … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 2016 Debuts I Can’t Wait For
Title: Six of Crows Author: Leigh Bardugo Media: Hardcover Pages: 465 Overall Rating: 5 flames Synopsis: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A convict with a … Continue reading [Review] Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
WWW Wednesday is a book meme run by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? So let’s get to it! What are you currently reading? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz. I’ve had this … Continue reading WWW Wednesday: November 25
Title: Mosquitoland Author: David Arnold Media: Hardcover Pages: 352 Overall Rating: 5 flames Synopsis: “I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange.” After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in … Continue reading [Review] Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re (im)patiently awaiting. A book that I can’t wait for is: Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins. I have nothing to say other than this sounds flipping amazing. The deets: Publishing Date: June 14th, 2016 Pages: 336 (Hardcover) Synopsis: Maybe it’s the … Continue reading Waiting on Wednesday: Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Who doesn’t love a good list? This week’s topic is: Top Ten Quotes from books you’ve read this year. So let’s get to it! In no particular order: 1. The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.” – Leigh Bardugo 2. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Quotes
Title: Ruin and Rising Author: Leigh Bardugo Media: eBook Pages: 253 Overall Rating: 3 flames Synopsis (May possibly contain spoilers if you haven’t read the previous two): The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit … Continue reading [Review] Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Title: Seige and Storm Author: Leigh Bardugo Media: eBook Pages: 279 Overall Rating: 3.5 flames Synopsis (May possibly contain spoilers if you haven’t read Shadow and Bone) Darkness never dies. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun … Continue reading [Review] Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
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