Review: Ever the Hunted (AKA the book that threw me into a 3 month reading slump)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 24, 2017 | 4 Comments

Honestly this review was hard for me to write because it’s been THREE months since I read it. I remember almost nothing. I kinda wish I had just DNFed it, because between forcing myself through a book that wasn’t working for me and the obligation I felt to continue (this was an ARC tour book so I felt like I had to finish), this book was directly responsible for the horrible reading slump that I’ve been in since LAST NOVEMBER. Yes. I […]

Heartbeat Weekly (95): End of Year Haul + Where I’ve Been!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 30, 2017 | 3 Comments

What I got from December: Bought: Beauty & the Beast pillow by EvieBookish Luna mug by EvieBookish Luna mug by Little Inklings Candles from Icey Designs: Bastard of the Barrel (jar); To the Stars Who Listen, Make Me Your Villain, & Always Victorious tins NerdyGrl bookmarks: Christmas Luna, Max (the Grinch), gingerbread man, Harry Potter set, The Raven Cycle quote Rep stuff: From the Page: Christmas at Hogwarts candle, Drink Me & Narnia Forest wax melts “Personally victimized by the Demogorgon” shirt […]

2017 Prequel & Sequel Challenge Sign Ups!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 4, 2017 | 2 Comments

It’s time for another year of the Prequel & Sequel Challenge! With Melissa @ Writer Grrl Reads as a wonderful co-host, we’re giving it another go in 2017! So let’s face it. We sucked at keeping up with the challenge last year, but I’m hoping we can be more active with it this year! I PROMISE we will try to do more with the challenge this time, but no guarantees. We both have busy schedules. Welcome to the 2017 Sequel & […]

2016 End of Year Book Survey

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 31, 2016 | 0 Comments

The End of Year Book Survey is hosted by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner Reading Stats Number of books you read: 75 Number of re-reads: 2 Genre you read the most from: Fantasy Best in Books 1. Best book you read in 2016? Nevernight by Jay Kristoff! 2. Book you were excited about & thought you were going to love more but didn’t? Firstlife by Gena Showalter. I LOVED Alice in Zombieland and Intertwined, so I was sure I’d love […]

Heartbeat Weekly (94): YALLfest 2016 Recap & Giveaway

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 27, 2016 | 4 Comments

Took me long enough to get around to a recap, eh? Only two months >.< And now I’m SUPER behind on my hauls! Here’s what I got last month, I’ll do a separate haul for December! November Haul From YALLfest: All of these are signed! Beta by Rachel Cohn Proxy by Alex London Riders by Veronica Rossi Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir Gemina by Jay Kristoff/Amie Kaufman (ARC) Gemina […]

Books I Didn’t Finish: Fall 2016

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 11, 2016 | 6 Comments

Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige Series: Stealing Snow #1 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s (9.20.2016) eARC, 375 pages Source: NetGalley Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent. Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away—dashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. […]