Books I got this week Bought: Prophecy by Ellen Oh The Young Elites by Marie Lu Black City by Elizabeth Richards Loki’s Wolves by Kelly Armstrong & Melissa Marr ($2.99 on Amazon) Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Director’s Cut by Jhonen Vasquez Awesome dragon book ends! I am sooo excited for JTHM! I had the first comic book years ago and I can’t find it, so I bought the omnibus. I actually haven’t read past #1, so I’m pretty […]
It’s that time again! If you know me you know I love horror. I also love Halloween! What I’ve got planned for this event: Some YA horror reviews A horror movie review or two *maybe* a discussion about horror (not sure since I already did that last year) A Halloween edition of Life of a Blogger Mostly I just want to read and watch a lot of horror stuff! Books I have lined up I don’t expect to get […]
This was a tad difficult to rate. It was mostly enjoyable while I was actually reading, but now that I’m not it’s….fading. While there were things happening, I don’t really feel like all that much happened. It seemed like a bunch of running around and avoiding getting killed, with no real plot. We don’t find out what Dai’s purpose is (or what the point of the numbers is) until closer to the end. There was a lull around 20% or so where […]
Full list of Life of a Blogger topics. Last week’s topic: Scents This week’s topic: Favorite toys Topic suggested by Bubblez @ Amourbow Favorite toys growing up My stuffed animals, including Lamby (who I talked about in my Life of a Blogger: Most Prized Possession post). This is embarrassing, but…Barbies. Yep. I was one of those girls. Now look at me, haha! In my defense, I did get to the stage where I wanted Hot Wheels and Legos more than Barbies. And […]
Not to be crass or anything, but opinions are like assholes. EVERYONE HAS ONE. So why do people constantly assume that their opinion is “right?” That their opinion is the only one acceptable to have? I feel this way about everything in life – opinions are just that. People need to learn the difference between fact and opinion. But today I’m going to discuss this in the bookish world. A while back, Asti @ Oh, the Books! made the post There […]
I knew going in that this was a companion novel and not an actual sequel. I was a little worried that it wouldn’t be the same without Nisha and *coughs* JERRIT, but this book was still awesome. First of all, the setting was magnificent! Miriam is a pro at bringing a world to life. She has just the right amount of detail without making the story boring. There were also little snippets of history and teachings in between the chapters that […]