Waiting on Wednesdays #3

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

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: 

Top Ten Tuesdays #5

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

 Where every Tuesday is a different bookish topic and us bloggers choose the top ten. 

 

Topic for this week is: Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

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The Kiss of Deception {The Remnant Chronicles #1} by Mary E. Pearson

About The Book

Title: The Kiss of Deception {The Remnant Chronicles #1}

Author: Mary E. Pearson

Published: July 8th 2014 by Henry Holt

Length: 492 pages paperback

Genre: Teen/YA Fantasy & Science Fiction

Synopsis: "A princess must find her place in a reborn world. She flees on her wedding day. She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection. She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father. She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan. The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some tradit ...more"

The Kiss of Deception deserves a 9.3 out of 10 rating.  

Stacking The Shelves #3

Its origin is from Tynga's Reviews

 

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

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This week I received 8 new books to add to my shelf. 5 from NetGallery and 3 I purchased myself.

Salem's Vengeance {Vengeance Trilogy #1} by Aaron Galvin

** I was provided my copy of Salem's Vengeance from the publisher off of NetGallery**

The Blogger Recognition Awards

First off I want to give a huge thank you & shout out to the lovely blogger who nominated me. Thank you again Cheryl over at I Heart Fictional People for the nomination. I send tons of virtual books & sweets your way.

Top Ten Tuesdays #4

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

Where every Tuesday is a different bookish topic and us bloggers choose the top ten.

 

Topic for this week is: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters

Paper God Series (Ink, Rain, Storm) by Amanda Sun

The Paper God Series deserves a 10 out of 10 rating.

 

LL & A's Monthly Book Tag Launch

Welcome to a new blog idea Alexis from I'M MAD FOR BOOKS, LUV and I would like to present.

Waiting on Wednesday #2

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

            This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: 

Top Ten Tuesday #3

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

Where every Tuesday is a different bookish topic and us bloggers choose the top ten.

 

Topic for this week is: Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession (bought, library, review copies)

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99 Days by Katie Cotugno

99 Days deserves a 6.4 out of 10 rating.

"Day 1: Julia Donnelly eggs my house my first night back in Star Lake, and that’s how I know everyone still remembers everything—how I destroyed my relationship with Patrick the night everything happened with his brother, Gabe. How I wrecked their whole family. Now I’m serving out my summer like a jail sentence: Just ninety-nine days till I can leave for college, and be don ...more"

I Loved the beginning of this book so much. I couldn't even put it down.... and then Molly started making stupid mistakes that she would regret, but did she really care or think about others? NO!

Stacking the Shelves #2

Its origin is from Tynga's Reviews

 

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

If you want to find out more about Stacking The Shelves, please visit the official launch page!

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This week I am adding 3 books to my shelf. 1 being an ARC and 2 being library books.

CramAThon TBR

Hello everyone! I am proud to announce that I will participating in this years CramAthon Hosted by Whittynovels originally mentioned on YouTube HERE. You can also follow the CramAthon's twitter page HERE.

The #CramAthon runs from July 10th- July 13th. The point is to read as many books as you can to catch up on your GoodReads reading goal.

There have been some challenges put in place just to make it a little extra fun:

1.Read a Children's book
2.Read a Hardback
3.Read 2 books in 24 hours
4.Read a Graphic novel
5.Read a book written in verse
6.Read a Novella
7.Read 5 books in total.

My TBR for this event includes:

1. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
2. Waterfall by Lauren Kate
4.Orange by Benjamin
5.Crank by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Moth in the Mirror by A.G Howard

I hope I get through all & Hopefully all of you want to take part in this too!!

Chains of Water & Stone (The Griever's Mark #2) By Katherine Hurley

Chains of Water & Stone deserves 9.5 out of 10

"Who is Logan’s father? The question has been whispered behind his back all his life. He’s ignored it, forced himself not to care, but when Belos starts demanding an answer to this very question, it takes on a new and disturbing significance.

As the race to answer this question begins, others rise in its wake, unearthing a mystery that could shake the very foundation of Earthmaker ...more"

**I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for a honest review** 

Waiting on Wednesday #1

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

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is: 

Top Ten Tuesdays #2

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

Where every Tuesday is a different bookish topic and us bloggers choose the top ten.

 

Topic for this week is: Top Ten Hyped Books I've Never Read

 In no particular order:

 

The Griever's Mark By Katherine Hurley

The Griever's Mark deserves 8 out of 10

"Astarti’s master controls her through a Leash, a bond of energy anchored deep within her. Despite being one of the few remaining Drifters, able to manipulate the energy world, she cannot break free. She knows her fate: she will serve until she dies, at which point her master will harvest her energy to augment his own.

Oh, yes, she’s done some bad things in her master’s name ...more"

**I received this book from the author in exchange for a honest review**

The general idea of this book was really neat. It's about Astarti, a girl who is a drifter and was raised by a cruel man by the name of Belos. Astarti happens to be leashed to Belos, basically making him her "master". She however has a mind of her own in a way, and this is helped to be proven through the Earthmaker Logan.

The book was definitely something else. I really enjoyed it and it had a lot of great aspects to it. Although there were some things about the book that I struggled with.  

One of my favourite things about this book was Astarti. She is the main character in this book. I loved her because she is totally bad ass. She is the perfect girl main character because she doesn't need saving by anyone, and she can kick some butt if she wanted to. I also liked that she may have been leashed to Belos but that didn't stop her from acting on her own. I also loved the way she fell in love with Logan, slowly but surely.

The Heir by Kiera Cass

The Heir by Kiera Cass deserves a 8.9 out of 10 

"Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she'd put off marriage for as long ...more"

This book kept me on my toes that's for sure. I loved a lot of things about this book, but there were things I didn't quite enjoy all that much.

The things I loved included the premise of the storyline, along with a lot of the characters. 

The things I loved about the storyline would have to be the whole changing the rules and having a girl to be the ruler or Illea. I liked that it was mentioned that Maxon and America immediately changed the rule so their first born could not be deprived of her ruling. I also liked how much Illea had changed since The One to The Heir. Also it was interesting to see The Selection through the eyes of the chooser rather than the participate. 

The Unpopular Opinions Tag

I was tagged by LA LA in the LIBRARY to do this tag, and I fully accept her challenge !!

1. Popular book or series you didn't like:

THE HUNGER GAME SERIES!!!!!!

2.A book or series everyone else hated but you love:

Beautiful Creatures series. Everywhere on GR threads all I see is hate...but I actually really like the series

3. A love triangle where the protagonist ended up with the person you didn't want them to be with:

OMG THE DELIRIUM SERIES!! All though it was never really  clarified who she really ended up with.. it totally hinted Alex... but I LOVED Julian!!

4. Popular Genre you hardly read:

I can't really get into the mystery genre as much as I would like too.

5. A popular/beloved charater you dislike:

Edward Cullen.

6.Popular author you can't seem to get into:

See I really wanted to like John Green...but I just can't

7.A popular trope you're tired of reading:

Where the girl moves away, starts a new life and she is HAPPY but then that one boy from her past comes back, and she crumbles like 

 a Chocolate. Chip. Cookie.

8. A popular series you have no intention of reading;

Honestly, even though it hasn't even come out yet, I can't see myself reading The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare. Loved the Infernal Devices, was okay with Mortal Instruments, but this one.. nope.   

9. A book or series you wanted to hate but loved:

I really wanted to hate The Selection Series by Kiera Cass, like I tried really hard... however I ended up LOVING it.

10. A show/movie adaptation you liked better than the book:

The fault in our Stars by John Green was definitely saved by the movie.

I encourage anyone and everyone to do this tag!! It was a lot of fun!!

Alexis @sweetypetitti did the tag on twitter Here

TBR list for July!!!

The Heir by Kiera Cass

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

P.S I Still Love You by Jenny Han