Books I got this week In the mail: The Body Electric by Beth Revis, SIGNED and numbered The Body Electric swag pack: art postcards from the story, bookmarks, a sticker, and a coupon for the ebook Swag pack for Talon by Julie Kagawa: 24×36 poster, preview booklet, and signed Talon bookplate Intertwined by Gena Showalter, SIGNED Unraveled by Gena Showalter, SIGNED Twisted by Gena Showalter, SIGNED A huge THANK YOU to Becca @ Pivot Book Reviews for getting the […]
Why dragons are cooler than humans: They can fly. They can breathe fire. They have scales as armor and are practically invincible. They’re badasses. THEY CAN FLY. It’s no secret that Julie Kagawa is my favorite author. I’ve read and loved every single book she’s ever published. So of course, I was DYING to get my hands on this one. I requested the ARC, tried trading on YA Book Exchange, even tried to see if any of my friends had […]
Full list of Life of a Blogger topics. Last week’s topic: Most prized possession This week’s topic: Scents Topic suggested by Anonymous Scents I love My absolute favorite smell EVER is Cool Water cologne! I love that smell so freaking much!! Ed Hardy perfume (the regular, not the Hearts and Daggers crap) – my favorite! Certain food smells; like fresh baked cookies, garlic bread, and 99% of the meals my fiancé makes (he’s an amazing cook!) I’m one of those weirdos that loves the […]
Most people are pretty nonchalant about the fact that I’m a reader. When I tell them how many books I read on average, they’re either like “Oh wow, good for you!” or “Holy crap, I wish I could get into reading” or even sometimes just look at me weird and nod like they don’t get it. But every once in a while I’ll happen on someone who is all “reading is dumb why would you do that.” Case in point: […]
As far as high fantasies go, this one was fairly well done but it felt very generic. The pacing was fast, making the 432 pages go by pretty quick. The main thing that ruined my enjoyment of this book is that I felt like I’d already read it before: In Throne of Glass. There were too many similarities – strong, ass-kicking orphaned heroine, a dead queen talking to her in her dreams, a princely untouchable love interest, …and a quasi love triangle […]
Books I got this week From the library book sale: Shards & Ashes anthology Fire by Kristin Cashore Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima Betrayal by Gregg Olsen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling The Assassin’s Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen Necromancing the Stone by Lish McBride The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore Year Zero by Rob Reid […]