Hello everyone! First off, happy Halloween!. Today, I have a very-non Halloween-y post coming your way. This is my blog tour stop for the Girls Like Us blog tour! It was a very interesting, very stylistic novel set in the early 70s. Despite being set nearly 40 years ago, a lot of the themes are... Continue Reading →
Release Date: 9/24/19 Genre: YA Fantasy POV: Dual 1st Person POVs Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: Alchemy student turned necromancer Nedra Brysstain has made a life-changing decision to embrace the darkness--but can the boy who loves her bring her back to the light before she pays the ultimate price? Lunar Island is trying to heal. The necromantic... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 6/10/19 Date Finished: 6/10/19 Publication Date: 1/10/12 Genre: YA Scifi POV: Dual 1st Person POVs Page Count: 386 pages Rating: 4/5 Goodreads Review: Where do I begin with my reread review of Shades of Earth by Beth Revis? I could start by ranting about how much I hate the repackaged cover (I mean,... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 6/3/19 Date Finished: 6/9/19 Publication Date: 1/10/12 Genre: YA Scifi POV: Dual 1st Person POVs Page Count: 386 pages Rating: 5/5 Goodreads Review: A Million Suns picks up 3 months after the conclusion of Across the Universe, which I recently reviewed here. Elder has assumed leadership of the ship and is determined to lead... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 5/27/19 Date Finished: 5/31/19 Publication Date: 1/11/11 Genre: YA Scifi POV: Dual 1st Person POVs Rating: 4/5 Goodreads Review: Across the Universe is told from the point of view of two characters, Amy and Elder. Amy is a girl from Earth who chooses to be cryogenically frozen on a generation space... Continue Reading →
I am so excited to participate in my first ever blog tour! This tour is for "The Brilliance of Fireflies by Leslie Hauser. This blog tour is courtesy of Rockstar Book Tours. Keep reading for my review, an excerpt of the book, and a giveaway! About the Book Title: THE BRILLIANCE OF FIREFLIES Author: Leslie Hauser Pub.... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 2/23/19 Date Finished: 2/23/19 Publication Date: 4/17/19 Genre: Graphic Novel Rating: 5/5 Goodreads Thoughts: *I received a free e-copy of this book via Netgalley* Lately, I've been getting more and more into graphic novels, as they allow a busy college student like myself to read a lot in a short time. They're typically... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 1/23/19 Date Finished: 2/22/19 Publication Date: 6/5/12 Genre: YA Fantasy POV: 1st Person POV Rating: 3/5 Goodreads Thoughts: I started Shadow and Bone with high expectations. There's been so much hype around the Grishaverse novels as of late due to the recent publication of King of Scars, so I decided to finally leap into the series. I've... Continue Reading →
Date Started: 1/28/19 Date Finished: 1/28/19 Publication Date: 1/23/19 Genre: Graphic Novel Rating: 2/5 Goodreads Thoughts: Seven Places Without You promises to be a graphic novel that explores a couple going through a rough period in their relationship. Instead, this story is more about Elena, so much to the point that we only see Jorge... Continue Reading →
