This is my replacement for IMM. Bought: Fury by Elizabeth Miles – on sale for $3 at Books-A-Million. Woot! The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (Throne of Glass #0.1)The Assassin and the Desert (Throne of Glass #0.2)The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass #0.3)The Assassin and the Empire (Throne of Glass #0.4) From the library: The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (loved it!) From Netgalley: Shadowhunters and Downworlders – A Mortal […]
Frost Fire by Olivia Rivers Publication date: November 20th, 2012Add to Goodreads Purchase from:Amazon | Barnes & Noble “Magic is just like love, Allai. It won’t wait for permission before it destroys you.” Like sand in an hourglass, Allai’s future is dwindling away. She’s spent her entire life fighting the Mages who threaten humanity, and dreams of someday eradicating magic. But all it takes is an anonymous phone call for the truth to spill out: Allai is the one thing […]
I had trouble getting through this one. Why? Because it was a cookie-cutter of Twilight. (Am I the only one who noticed this?!) Sure, there were some differences…it had some colorful icing and fancy sprinkles added for camouflage. But the basics were disturbingly similar. I should have known in the prologue when Riley said she was ‘utterly, irrevocably in love’ with a vampire, and my first thought was easy, Twilight. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. *shakes fist* The book was fairly […]
I started this feature here at ASR in order to know your fellow bloggers a little better! If you are interested in being featured please fill out the form. This week I’m featuring one of my favorite bloggy friends to talk to! Meet Millie! I’m Millie Dixon from Millie D’s Words and I’m pretty much the epitome of a geek. I get super excited over science and history stuff and I love superheroes. I’m a […]
I’ve only seen the first Alice movie once, forever ago, and I’ve never read the book. But I loooove retellings! Howard did a fantastic job at making Carroll’s twisted world even more twisted. I think the world-building was one of my favorite parts of this story, because as I was reading I was able to picture everything vividly in my mind. The imagery was beautiful! Let me just say one thing first….I. LOVE. MORPHEUS. Seriously. I am so Team Morpheus all […]
Welcome to the 2013 Sequel Challenge, hosted by me! I personally am TERRIBLE about reading the first book in a series and never going any farther. I don’t know why, but for some reason series intimidate me (especially if it’s longer than a trilogy). I searched and searched for a challenge like this and couldn’t find one, so I decided to make my own! The goal: To read as many sequels as you can. You set your goal at whatever […]