Heartbeat Monthly (2): February 2018

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 1, 2018 | 2 Comments

February haul Bought Once Upon a Dream pillowcase (BST group) Library card pillowcase (BST group) Harry Potter pillowcast (BST group) Flick the Wick candles – Rook, Alexander, Hypatia, Book Nerd mini Icey Designs candles – Three Suns of Itreya, Welcome to Weep, Warcross, Sector 45, Yule Ball Dreamy & Co – Manon print, Manon & Emika magnetic bookmarks Helldiver of Lykos sticker from Society6 Beedooto – Porg & Emika magnetic bookmarks Game of Thrones leatherbound pocket edition set Lord […]

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Could Re-read Forever

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 27, 2018 | 1 Comment

Okay, so I kind of cheated here because there’s actually 11 books. But I went for my top three series! The Wayfarer Redemption This series is very special to me for a lot of reasons. It was my first for a lot of things – first long series, first High Fantasy, first foray into the world of books with steamy scenes, and also my first favorites. It’s very nostalgic to me! I’ve read the first 3 books (the original trilogy) […]

Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 26, 2018 | 0 Comments

Do you ever have those times where you go into a book knowing full well you wouldn’t like it? Yeah, this was one of those for me. Why the hell did you read it, then? some of you may be asking. Well, there’s this annoying thing called the Hype Monster. And I let that little turd get the best of my curiosity. Things I liked: How brutal, dark, and bloody it was The lies and betrayal The not-relationship between Cardan and Jude […]

Review: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 22, 2018 | 0 Comments

A princess must have her prince. This book was so delightfully twisted! I loved the dark concept of the sirens and their tradition of taking human hearts for every year of their life – literally. Like I said, twisted! It was basically a dark retelling of The Little Mermaid – the original one, by Hans Christian Andersen. Definitely no Disney here, folks. Lira was fierce AF! She took only prince’s hearts, thus her moniker was Princes’ Bane. Bad. Ass!! She had a great […]

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Decided I’m No Longer Interested In Reading (The Sequel Edition)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 20, 2018 | 2 Comments

Every single one of these books is a sequel to a book that I rated 4 stars. I enjoyed them at the time of reading, but I remember next to nothing about any of those books and I have no desire left to continue any of these series. Do you have any books like that? Where as time passes, you lose interest in them?

Review: Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 19, 2018 | 2 Comments

I’ll always come back for you. I promise you on iron and stars. This book started off horribly slow, but did get more interesting as it went on. It was good for a debut. It was also an interesting mix of sci-fi and high fantasy – while it felt very strongly like a sci-fi, the setting was HF. My main complaint is that this book was horribly, painfully predictable. It also felt rather generic. It’s a retelling of Anastasia, which […]