Books I got this week For review: Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster THANK YOU HARPER! <3 Traded: Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick (YA Book Exchange) From the library: The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Hollow City by Ransom Riggs Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson Weekly Recap Posts on the blog: What I’ve been up to this week: Remember me mentioning on Twitter that I had […]
Meh. That’s the best word I can describe this book with, and it’s mostly all I have to say about it. But I can’t write a one word review, can I? First of all, this book was weird. And confusing. There were a lot of WTF moments, and sometimes it didn’t make any sense at all. There were a lot of terms that weren’t explained, either: downhollow, fiend (which I eventually figured out was basically a demon), crooked (I finally […]
See the full list of topics HERE. Last week’s topic: Where were you 13 years ago? This week’s topic: Languages Well, I speak English, obviously. XD Spanish I used to be really good at Spanish, too! (I say used to be because I haven’t thought about it since High School and I’ve since become totally rusty…) I took 3 years of it in High School, and I loved it. I got straight A’s in the class and the teacher rocked! Funny story… […]
I originally found this test over at Tempest Books (thanks for sharing, Miranda!), and thought it was so awesome I wanted to do a full post about my own results. I’ve always wondered how my reading speed compared to other readers! I know that I can finish a 300 page book in roughly 3 hours on average, but it was very interesting to see it broken down. Without further ado… (The first time I took the test I got 513 with 100% accuracy. […]
I’m going to be honest, I really struggled with this book at first. The first half was excruciatingly boring, to the point that I almost gave up. I had to put it down several times – I read to 10%, put it down and picked up Trial by Fire; picked it back up after I finished that one only to put it back down at 20%; started and finished Fiendish, then picked HoF back up again, this time pushing myself through […]
Books I got this week For review: The Far Dawn by Kevin Emerson Undead With Benefits by Jeff Hart Feral by Holly Schindler Sanctum by Madeleine Roux Deliverance by C.J. Redwine Big thanks to Harper for these!! I actually put Far Dawn and Undead With Benefits up for trade on the YA Book Exchange because I haven’t read the first books (Sanctum already had several copies…if you want it let me know!). I’ve also already read Deliverance. Funny story: […]