Heartbeat Monthly (12): December 2018

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 6, 2019 | 1 Comment

December haul Bought Newt’s Suitcase (Amazon) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay All the Wandering Light by Heather Fawcett Flick the Wick candles: LIFEL1K3 & Howlers Freebies Rep stuff November ‘Clever Ruse’ Illumicrate November ‘Illusions & Lies’ Enchanted Book Box November ‘Sibling Rivalries Shelflove Crate December ‘Feats of Illusions’ Shelflove Crate December ‘Dragons’ Fairyloot MLC Co candles: Naughty or Nice (color changing!) & Nymphadora Love You More Studio book sleeves & woodmark For promo/from publisher […]

2018 End of Year Book Survey + Reading Stats

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 5, 2019 | 0 Comments

The end of year survey was created by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner Past surveys 2011 end of year survey 2012 end of year survey 2013 end of year survey 2014 end of year survey 2015 end of year survey 2016 end of year survey 2017 end of year survey (Wow, I didn’t realize I’d been doing it every year for my whole blogging career!) 2018 Reading stats Number of books read: 61 Number of re-reads: 8 Number of DNFs: 14 Most […]

Audiobook Review: Hunted by Meagan Spooner

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 4, 2019 | 0 Comments

I had actually attempted to pick up this book physically a while back, and wasn’t feeling it. The beginning is SO boring. But I’m so glad I tried again, and the audio was fantastic! I am trash for anything Beauty and the Beast, and this was an awesome retelling! All the feels! She reminds us of what we could be. I freaking LOVED beast’s parts!!! The narrator was AMAZING. Also, the fact that the Beast refers to himself as “we” was […]

Bout of Books 24: Goals & Progress

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 3, 2019 | 1 Comment

Sign up HERE Bout of Books starts next week and AHHH I’m so excited!!! I feel like I’m off to a not-so-great start with ZERO pages read thus far in 2019 and I need a little boost to start the year off! I’d really like to get to 100 books this year! GOALS Finish current reads (The Deceivers) ✓ Attempt to finish some of my back burner current reads, or DNF ✗ Read 3-4 more books OR 1,500 pages total ✗ Read a […]

Top Ten Tuesday + The 2018 Novel Heartbeat Awards

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 1, 2019 | 4 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I usually do my end of year book awards (although I didn’t do them last year, sad face), and this year I decided to go ahead and combine it with Top Ten Tuesday, since the prompt was best books read in 2018! Top ten books of 2018 Top 5 science fiction Top 5 high fantasy Top 5 urban fantasy Top 3 contemporary Top 5 covers […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: Fall & Winter 2018

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 29, 2018 | 1 Comment

Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody Series: The Shadow Game #1 Published by Harlequin Teen (4.10.2018) Genre: High Fantasy, Young Adult Format: Audiobook, 411 pages Source: Audible (returned) Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted. Frightened and alone, Enne […]