Thursday, December 31, 2015

365 Days of YA Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

Kate from Literary Kate  and Sarah from What Sarah Read are co-hosting the 365 Days of YA Reading Challenge!  This challenge is inspired by Epic Reads’ 365 Days of YA info graphic.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday #73: Ten Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016 (January-June)


Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Their blog can be found here.



December 29: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016

Monday, December 28, 2015

Need by Joelle Charbonneau

Title: Need
Author: Joelle Charbonneau
Length: 352 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Classification: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Source: e-galley via NetGalley (Thank you, HMH Books for Young Readers!)
Read: November 2015
"No one gets something for nothing. We all should know better."
Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need . . . regardless of the consequences. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises. In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature. 
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***I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

Friday, December 25, 2015

Top Ten of 2015: Top 10 Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2016

Top Ten of 2015 is co-hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and Nancy from Tales of a Ravenous Reader.

I had so much fun participating last year for the Top Ten of 2014, so I am very excited to be participating again this year!

Friday, December 25th – Top 10 Books I’m looking forward to in 2016. (This list should be comprised of books released ONLY in 2016)

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Top Ten of 2015: Best Book Boyfriends of 2015

Top Ten of 2015 is co-hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and Nancy from Tales of a Ravenous Reader.

I had so much fun participating last year for the Top Ten of 2014, so I am very excited to be participating again this year!

Thursday, December 24th – Best Book Boyfriends of 2015 (MUST be from a book released in 2015 and from a book you’ve READ in 2015)

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday #31: Burning Glass


"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie

Top Ten of 2015: Best Villains of 2015


Top Ten of 2015 is co-hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and Nancy from Tales of a Ravenous Reader.

I had so much fun participating last year for the Top Ten of 2014, so I am very excited to be participating again this year!

Wednesday, December 23rd – Best ________ Of 2015 (Readers/Bloggers choice. Please fill in the blank with ONE of these topics – Villains, Contemporaries, Dual POV’s, Novellas, Adult titles, New Adult titles, Love Triangles, Couples, Bad Boys or Debuts. REMEMBER – this list MUST be from books you’ve READ in 2015)

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Top Ten of 2015: Best Book Covers of 2015


Top Ten of 2015 is co-hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and Nancy from Tales of a Ravenous Reader.

I had so much fun participating last year for the Top Ten of 2014, so I am very excited to be participating again this year!

Tuesday, December 22nd – Best Book Covers of 2015 (MUST be a book released in 2015. Would be best if it’s a book you’ve READ in 2015, but it’s not required)

Top Ten Tuesday #72: Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree


Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Their blog can be found here.


December 22: Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree This Year 

Monday, December 21, 2015

Top Ten of 2015: Best 2015 Released Books I Read This Year


Top Ten of 2015 is co-hosted by Jaime from Two Chicks On Books, Rachel from Fiktshun, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads, and Nancy from Tales of a Ravenous Reader.

I had so much fun participating last year for the Top Ten of 2014, so I am very excited to be participating again this year!

Monday, December 21st – Best Books I’ve Read in 2015 (Doesn’t have to be released in 2015, just a book you’ve read in 2015)

Saturday, December 19, 2015

My Latest Binge #6: The 100 & The Lunar Chronicles




I really like to binge watch and binge read series! It is so easy to do. And so I want to share all my latest and current binge watches and binge reads with all of you! Sometimes it might just be something I'm watching or something I'm reading or both! 


Friday, December 18, 2015

Reread Review: Cress by Marissa Meyer

Title: Cress
(The Lunar Chronicles #3)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Length: 550 pages
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Classification: Young Adult, Fairy Tale Retelling, Science Fiction
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Source: Hardback
Re-Read: December 2015
In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army. 
Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. 
When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has. 

Thursday, December 17, 2015

2016 Reading Challenges

I LOVE participating in Reading Challenges. For 2015 I joined about 9 or 10 reading challenges and it was a lot of fun (though I did fail a few of them). I am joining some again this year and adding a few new ones that I am really excited for!

I will keep track of my progress for all of these challenges on my Challenges Page, as well as, posting what I read for each month in my Monthly Highlights posts. 

Hosted by Love at First Page

I really enjoy binge reading series, so this was something I was already hoping to do in 2016. So joining this challenge will give me that extra motivation to do it! I am really excited and have already started picking out my 12 series that I want to read.

Sign up for the challenge HERE!

My Goal: 12 Book Series



Hosted by Pretty Deadly Reviews

I have a TON of backlist books on my shelves that need to be read and I decided a couple months ago that 2016 was going to be my year of trying to read more of what was already on my shelves. So I hope this will help me achieve that goal.

Sign up for the challenge HERE!

My Goal: 25 books

Hosted by Gone With the Words & Love at First Page
I think Contemporary Romance is my most read genre. I just really like the light and fluffy. The romance. The happiness. So I was VERY EXCITED when I found out about this challenge. I had already decided I wanted to read the 8 Sarah Dessen books I have on my shelf. Plus several other Contemporary Romances I've been meaning to read. This is going to be a lot of fun!

Sign up for the challenge HERE or HERE!

My Goal: 21 books



I really enjoyed participating in this challenge for 2015; which is why I am excited and looking forward to reading more debuts in 2016!

Sign up for the challenge HERE!

My Goal: 12 books


Hosted by Cornerfolds and My Soul Called Life 
I am looking forward to reading some of the Dystopia books that have been sitting on my shelves.

Sign up for the challenge HERE or HERE!

My Goal: 10 books

Hosted by Alexa Loves Books & Hello, Chelly
I joined this challenge for 2015 and sadly I failed. (I am too far behind to finish it this year) but I still enjoyed participating and I am determined to achieve my goal for 2016!

Sign up for the challenge HERE or HERE!

My Goal: 15 books
Hosted by The Daily Prophecy
I LOVED doing this challenge in 2015. So I had no doubt in my mind about wanting to do it again in 2016. I am doubling my goal for 2016. I am so excited for reading more Retellings!

Sign up for the challenge HERE!

My Goal: 20 books

Hosted by The YA Book Traveler
I have a ton of books on my shelves, so I know this is a challenge I want to do. 

Sign up for the challenge HERE!


My Goal: 40 books

What 2016 reading challenges have you signed up for? If you haven't signed up for any, which ones are you wanting to sign up for? Which challenges are you excited for?

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday #30: Into the Dim


"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor

Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Reread Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Title: Scarlet
(The Lunar Chronicles #2)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Length: 452 pages
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Classification: Young Adult, Fairy Tale Retelling, Science Fiction
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Source: Paperback 
Re-Read: November 2015
Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison—even though she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive if she does—in this second installment from Marissa Meyer.
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Reread Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Title: Cinder
(The Lunar Chronicles #1)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Length: 390 pages
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Classification: Young Adult, Fairy Tale Retelling, Science Fiction
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Source: Hardback
Reread: September 2015
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin

Title: Wolf By Wolf
(Wolf By Wolf #1)
Author: Ryan Graudin
Length: 400 pages
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Classification: Young Adult, Alternative History, Fantasy
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Source: ARC via the NOVL Newsletter (Thank you, NOVL!)
Code Name Verity meets Inglourious Basterds in this fast-paced novel from the author of The Walled City.
The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule the world. To commemorate their Great Victory over Britain and Russia, Hitler and Emperor Hirohito host the Axis Tour: an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents. The victor is awarded an audience with the highly reclusive Adolf Hitler at the Victor's ball.
Yael, who escaped from a death camp, has one goal: Win the race and kill Hitler. A survivor of painful human experimentation, Yael has the power to skinshift and must complete her mission by impersonating last year's only female victor, Adele Wolfe. This deception becomes more difficult when Felix, Adele twin's brother, and Luka, her former love interest, enter the race and watch Yael's every move. But as Yael begins to get closer to the other competitors, can she bring herself to be as ruthless as she needs to be to avoid discovery and complete her mission?
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***I received an ARC of this book from the NOVL Newsletter in exchange for an honest review***

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday #71: Ten New to Me Favorite Authors I Read For the First Time in 2015


Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Their blog can be found here.


December 8: Top Ten New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015 

Monday, December 7, 2015

The Trouble With Destiny by Lauren Morrill

Title: The Trouble with Destiny
Author: Lauren Morrill
Length: 272 pages
Publisher: Delacorte
Classification: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Music
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Source: e-galley via NetGalley (Thank you, Delacorte!)
Read: November 2015
It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey... 
With her trusty baton and six insanely organized clipboards, drum major Liza Sanders is about to take Destiny by storm—the boat, that is. When Liza discovered that her beloved band was losing funding, she found Destiny, a luxury cruise ship complete with pools, midnight chocolate buffets, and a $25,000 spring break talent show prize. 
Liza can’t imagine senior year without the band, and nothing will distract her from achieving victory. She’s therefore not interested when her old camp crush, Lenny, shows up on board, looking shockingly hipster-hot. And she’s especially not interested in Russ, the probably-as-dumb-as-he-is-cute prankster jock whose ex, Demi, happens be Liza’s ex–best friend and leader of the Athenas, a show choir that’s the band’s greatest competition.
But it’s not going to be smooth sailing. After the Destiny breaks down, all of Liza’s best-laid plans start to go awry. Liza likes to think of herself as an expert at almost everything, but when it comes to love, she’s about to find herself lost at sea.
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***I received an e-galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review***

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday #70: Ten 2016 Debut Novels I'm Looking Forward To


Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Their blog can be found here.


December 1: Top Ten 2016 Debuts Novels We Are Looking Forward To