Month: January 2013

…on Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor

…on Days of Blood &..

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini TaylorSeries: Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2Published by Little, Brown BYRPublish Date: November 6, 2012517 PagesSource: Library Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This is not that world.Art student and monster’s […]

Posted January 31, 2013
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Ten Terribly Frustrating Characters!

Ten Terribly Frustrating Cha..

Click HERE to check out Top Ten Tuesdayat The Broke and the Bookish Ten of the Most Frustrating Characters Ever!Keep in mind that what frustrates me may not frustrate you!And on a different day, these may be totally different! 1. Katsa fromGraceling by Kristin Cashore Katsa frustrates me partly for the same reason I LOVE her. She’s extremely […]

Posted January 29, 2013
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…on Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

…on Unearthly by Cynth..

Unearthly by Cynthia HandSeries: Unearthly #1Published by HarperTeenPublish Date: January 4, 2011435 PagesSource: Kindle purchase (I also read from a library copy.) In the beginning, there’s a boy standing in the trees . . . .Clara Gardner has recently learned that she’s part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her […]

Posted January 28, 2013
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My Thoughts On: Golden by Jessi Kirby

My Thoughts On: Golden by Je..

Golden by Jessi KirbyPublished by Simon & Schuster BYRPublish Date: May 14, 2013288 PagesSource: ARC tour Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost may be a distant relative of Robert Frost, but she has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken […]

Posted January 25, 2013
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BLOG TOUR! Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: Guest Post + GIVEAWAY!

BLOG TOUR! Scarlet by Mariss..

I’m over the moon to be hosting today’s stop on theScarlet by Marissa Meyer Blog Tour! I think we can pretty much all agree that if we’ve read and loved Cinder, it feels like forever that we’ve been waiting for it’s follow-up, Scarlet. Thank goodness the wait is almost over, everyone! Like many of you, […]

Posted January 24, 2013
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My Thoughts On: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

My Thoughts On: Scarlet by M..

Scarlet by Marissa MeyerSeries: The Lunar Chronicles #2Published by Feiwel and FriendsPublish Date: February 5, 2013 464 pagesSource:  Publisher for Review Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.Halfway around the world, Scarlet […]

Posted January 24, 2013
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My Content Was Stolen. So What?

My Content Was Stolen. So Wh..

A few days ago, I was alerted by a great blogging friend that my blog content had been stolen when she tweeted me a link to this blog post: Auntie Spinelli Reads – Plagiarism Sucks I clicked over, read the post, and found that my thoughts on Exiled by M.R. Merrick had been plagiarized. At the […]

Posted January 22, 2013
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…on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi {Audiobook}

…on Shatter Me by Tahe..

Shatter Me by Tahereh MafiSeries: Shatter Me #1Published by HarperTeenPublish Date: November 15, 2011338 PagesSource: Audio – Library, Book – Won Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as […]

Posted January 22, 2013
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I’m Always Reading: Bookish Stress Edition!

I’m Always Reading: Bo..

This picture belongs to me. So does this coffee.I’m gonna drink it while I tell y’all about my bookish stresses. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy I’m audiobooking this and following along in print because 1) I want to read more classics and 2) I really want to see the movie. I had no idea when […]

Posted January 20, 2013
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Time to Talk…About Other Readers Impacting Me, Part One

Time to Talk…About Oth..

Yo! This picture is mine, as is this coffee cup.So let’s talk while I drink it.  Everybody loves a good discussion, right? Bookish people love to talk about all things bookish. It seems like I read on quite a few blog posts related to bookish-resolutions for 2013 that people wanted to do more discussion-related posts. […]

Posted January 18, 2013
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