Yearly Challenge Update :D

It's been bought to my attention that i haven't updated any challenge info on here or Goodreads since June!!!! Ek!!

YEARLY CHALLENGE #1

You Can Read How Many?

Goal: 150 Books

Current Total: 184 (As of 10:30pm EST Sept. 28th.)

YEARLY CHALLENGE #2

E-Books Challenge

Goal: 100 Books

Current Total: 66 (As of 10:30pm EST Sept. 28th)

YEARLY CHALLENGE #3

NetGalley/Edelweiss Challenge

Goal: 50 Books

Current Total: 10 (As of 10:30pm EST Sept. 28th)

So i'm on pace for the E-book challenge, receiving my new Paperwhite as for sure helped that total go way up :D

The NG/E challenge will always be my downfall, but might go up since i changed which Kindle they were going to.

I have way surpassed my Goodreads challenge of 150, i'm hoping to do 250 but seems that might be a stretch, we'll see, still have a few months left :D

HAVE YOU ACHIEVED ANY OF YOUR GOALS YET???

Out Today: September 29th!

   

   

Reign of Iron

Iron Age #3

Angus Watson

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Caesar's soldiers have murdered, massacred and pillaged their way through Gaul and loom on the far side of the sea, ready to descend upon Britain - with them are an unstoppable legion of men twisted by dark magic. Somehow Queen Lowa must repel the invasion, although her best general is dead and her young druid powerless. She faces impossible odds, but when the alternative is death or slavery, a warrior queen will do whatever it takes to save her people.

A Mad Zombie Party

White Rabbit Chronicles #4

Gene Showalter

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Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends. But Frosty, the ice man himself, has not recovered from one casualty in particular—the love of his life, Kat Parker.

On the path to self-annihilation, Frosty receives a message from beyond—Kat's spirit returns, insisting he partner with rogue slayer Camilla Marks. Frosty will do anything for Kat. Except that. Camilla is the one who betrayed them all, leading to Kat's death.

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter

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More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.

The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.

Forever With You

Wait for You #5

Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Some things you just believe in, even if you've never experienced them. For Stephanie, that list includes love. It's out there. Somewhere. Eventually. Meanwhile she's got her job at the mixed martial arts training center and hot flings with gorgeous, temporary guys like Nick. Then a secret brings them closer, opening Steph's eyes to a future she never knew she wanted—until tragedy rips it away.

Nick's self-assured surface shields a past no one needs to know about. His mind-blowing connection with Steph changes all that. As fast as he's knocking down the walls that have kept him commitment-free, she's building them up again, determined to keep the hurt—and Nick—out. But he can't walk away. Not when she's the only one who's ever made him wish for forever

After You

Me Before You #2

Jojo Moyes

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Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started.

Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding—the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future. . . .

Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo

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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don't kill each other first.

Bookish Tattoo :D

I have decided to get a book related tattoo on my wrist to cover up a bad ish tattoo of my son's name. Then i will get his name done very nicely on my other wrist :D

So anyone have an book related tattoo??

Or have any great pictures of ones to share??

I would love to get some ideas :D

This is what i need to cover up.

I'm Alive :D

I spent most of my Tuesday on various planes!

I did read 3 books that day!

I am working days while i'm here instead of my much loved nights, so yesterday i slept like 11hrs because i was up for about 30hrs.

I don't see why you should get up before the sun :/

Hope everyone's week is going well :D

Library Haul 9/18 :D

Round 5 Winner!

Thanks to everyone who voted for Round 5 of CDtTDR :D

THE WINNER OF ROUND 5 IS...

The Body Finder!

 

 

Waiting On Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. 

 
W.o.W is where you share a book that you are barely hanging on to your marbles patiently waiting on to be published :] 

My Pick This Week!

The Rose Society

The Young Elites #2

Marie Lu

October 13th 2015 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

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Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all.

Adelina Amouteru’s heart has suffered at the hands of both family and friends, turning her down the bitter path of revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. Her goal: to strike down the Inquisition Axis, the white-cloaked soldiers that murdered her love, the Crown Prince Enzo Valenciano.

But Adelina is no heroine. Her powers, fed only by fear and hate, have started to grow beyond her control. She does not trust her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina struggles to cling to the good within her. But how can someone be good, when her very existence depends on darkness?

It's Monday! (Week 38)

Good Afternoon All :D

Hope everyone had at least a decent weekend :D

I finished a few books this weekend, i'm going to hopefully have some time to write a few reviews this week. I need to get on it bad!

 

I got further along in a few other books on my Kindle as well.

I have one week left til i leave for PA to do more job training :D

So i hope to get some books read before i have to take them back!

What did you read this weekend??

WHAT ALL WENT DOWN LAST WEEK:

Tuesday's New Releases

Friday's Library Haul

My Sunday Night!

It's been very chilly here this weekend. Never got above 70 degrees. So we stayed in most of the time. I hate the cold!

I might go get something to eat later on tonight thou, even thou not a single person agreed to go with me :(

I hope to get some reading done tonight since i don't have much to do.

 

Library Haul 9/11 :D

Booktubers!!!

I was thinking about getting into Booktube.

So i hope there is some booktubers on here who can give me some awesome advice :D

Like whats a good mic to buy, or if i need lighting kits, or which editing software is worth it :D

ANY AND ALL ADVICE IS WONDERFUL!

Out Today: September 8th!

     

The Suffering

The Girl From the Well #2

Rin Chupeco

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It’s been two years since Tark Halloway’s nightmare ended. Free from the evil spirit that haunted him all his life, he now aids the ghostly Okiku and avenges the souls of innocent children by hunting down their murderers. But when Okiku becomes responsible for a death at his high school, Tark begins to wonder if they’re no better than the killers they seek out.

When an old friend disappears in Aokigahara, Japan’s infamous ‘suicide forest’, both must resolve their differences and return to that country of secrets to find her.

Stand-Off

Winger #2

Andrew Smith

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It’s his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean should be focused on his future, but instead, he’s haunted by his past. His rugby coach expects him to fill the roles once played by his lost friend, Joey, as the rugby team’s stand-off and new captain. And somehow he’s stuck rooming with twelve-year-old freshman Sam Abernathy, a cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a serious crush on Annie Altman—aka Ryan Dean’s girlfriend, for now, anyway.

Equally distressing, Ryan Dean’s doodles and drawings don’t offer the relief they used to. He’s convinced N.A.T.E. (the Next Accidental Terrible Experience) is lurking around every corner—and then he runs into Joey’s younger brother Nico, who makes Ryan Dean feel paranoid that he’s avoiding him. Will Ryan Dean ever regain his sanity?

Fans of the Impossible Life

Kate Scelsa

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Mira is starting over at Saint Francis Prep. She promised her parents she would at least try to pretend that she could act like a functioning human this time, not a girl who can’t get out of bed for days on end, who only feels awake when she’s with Sebby.

Jeremy is the painfully shy art nerd at Saint Francis who’s been in self-imposed isolation after an incident that ruined his last year of school. When he sees Sebby for the first time across the school lawn, it’s as if he’s been expecting this blond, lanky boy with mischief glinting in his eye.

Sebby, Mira’s gay best friend, is a boy who seems to carry sunlight around with him. Even as life in his foster home starts to take its toll, Sebby and Mira together craft a world of magic rituals and impromptu road trips, designed to fix the broken parts of their lives.

Sweet Temption

The Sweet Trilogy #4

Wendy Higgins

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Bad boy Kaidan Rowe has never wanted for anything—money, popularity, musical talent…hot girls—but seducing them is part of his duty as a Nephilim, slave to the demon Dukes. As the son of the Duke of Lust, Kaidan has learned his father’s ways, becoming a master of passion, a manipulator of chemistry. Disobeying his father would mean certain death. Thankfully for Kaidan, he’s good at his job. And he enjoys it.

Until he meets Anna Whitt—sweet, smart, feisty, and inexplicably good—the one girl seemingly immune to his charms. The daughter of a guardian angel and a fallen one, she has a certain power over him, one that makes him wish for more than he could ever deserve.

It's Monday! (Week 37)

To those who "celebrate" labor day.

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

I woke up to a voicemail from my job saying they called off our shift because of lack of work for tonight.

So hello random 4 day weekend :D

This weekend i finished a few books for once!

   

Maybe with my extra free time tonight, i might get some reviews written :D

This week i hope to get some reading done, but we'll see!

 

WHAT ALL WENT DOWN LAST WEEK:

Round 5 Voting! GO VOTE!

Tuesday's New Releases

Side Effects May Vary Review!

ARC Review of Everything Everything!

August Wrap Up

Personal Update

HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND??

ARE YOU HAVING A 3 DAY WEEKEND??

My Sunday Night :D

Another weekend is almost over.

Brock knows what's up.

It's freaking hottttttt here! 5pm and still 90 out. Ugh.

I want to get some reading done tonight for sure!

I'm hoping to finish one and start another.

I'm about 60% done with this, and i am addicted! I love this series!

I'm hoping this book kicks my slump.

I adore this series like crazy. 2 more books have be released since i last read them thou so i'm re-reading the 3 i did read so i can read the new ones.

If you need an awesome Zombie book, i highly suggest The Enemy. So freaking good!!!!!

Now i'm off to get me a Frappe and maybe find a shady area out in the world to read in :D

Paradise :)

Personal Update!

While some parts of my life is sinking like crazyyyy.

I.e. my love life and reading time.

Work seems to be going amazing!

I applied to work a season position that is higher than where i am now. I have the worst interview skills but i keep applying to and going through the process trying to perfect them.

So i went into the interview knowing i needed to make sure i used eye contact the whole time, and not move a muscle.

I think i nailed it :D

They give us feedback shortly afterwards, but while i was waiting for that news, a HR rep came in telling me they want to send me to do more training!

So i get to go to Scranton, PA at the end of this month to help open another warehouse there!!!! I'm pumped.

And then, when they gave me my feedback, they offered me the job!!!!!

So in the matter of like 15mins, i got a new training assignment and a new seasonal higher up job :D

Hopefully this all leads to some more awesome shiz as soon as our "peak" is over!

August Wrap Up! :D

12 freaking books.

Worse month so far this year...

I was on track in June to read 300 books this year, but now I'll be lucky to hit 200.

Damn you reading slump!!!!

ARC Review: Everything, Everything!

I would like to thank NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me an ARC, all opinions are my own

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Contemporary; Romance
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Insta Love!
Cliff Hanger: Kinda :D
Rating: 4 stars.

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 9
Plot: 8
Characters: 8
World Building: 8
Flow: 8
Series Congruity: n/a
Writing: 8
Ending: 10

Total: 8

In Depth

Best Part: The ending!
Worst Part: Too short in my opinion.
Overall Feels Felt: Poor girl; Aw; Oh no :(; AWWWW!

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: n/a
Recommending: yes!
Misc.: Book doesn't get published til Sept. Trigger Warning: Domestic violence.

Short Review: I just love that cover. I loved the MC. I connected to her right away. I loved the pictures included in this book. I loved the way it was written. I almost cried towards the end! Then i legit shed a tear with that ending!!!! IT was a very moving book. Both the MC and the love interest live hard lives and i was hoping for a happy ending. I was scared for a bit, but it bounced back :D

Review In GIF Form

Review: Side Effects May Vary!

I haven't written a review in 2months!!!! WTF is wrong with me?!?

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Contemporary
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: No
Cliff Hanger: No
Rating: 3 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 8
Plot: 8
Characters: 4
World Building: 5
Flow: 5
Series Congruity: n/a
Writing: 6
Ending: 7

Total: 7

In Depth

Best Part: Carrie references!
Worst Part: Horrible MC.
Overall Feels Felt: What a B!; Get over yourself!!

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: n/a
Recommending: eh.
Misc.:

Short Review: Ugh. I don't know where I am on this book. I loved Harvey and his POV, but i HATEDDDDD Alice. She was the biggest b around and i just couldn't handle her at all. We get it, you're dying and it sucks but that doesn't give you any right to just act like that missy. Ugh. dislike Alice!

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Out Today: September 1st!

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

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My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between

Jennifer E. Smith

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On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan only have one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. Over the course of twelve hours, they'll retrace the steps of their relationship, trying to find something in their past that might help them decide what their future should be. The night will lead them to friends and family, familiar landmarks and unexpected places, hard truths and surprising revelations. But as the clock winds down and morning approaches, so does their inevitable goodbye. The question is, will it be goodbye for now or goodbye forever?

Catacomb

Asylum #3

Madeleine Roux

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Senior year is finally over. After all they’ve been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, and they’re just not going to think about what will happen when the summer ends. But on their way to visit Jordan’s uncle in New Orleans, the three friends notice that they are apparently being followed.. And Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn’t expect to hear from again—someone who died last Halloween.

Queen of Shadows

Throne of Glass #4

Sarah J. Maas

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Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . .

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.

The Fate of Ten

Lorien Legacies #6

Pittacus Lore

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For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret. Now all of that has changed. The invasion has begun. If the Garde can't find a way to stop the Mogs, humanity will suffer the same fate as the Lorien: annihilation.

There is still hope. When the Elders sent the Garde to Earth, they had a plan—one which the Garde are finally starting to understand. In the climax of The Revenge of Seven, a group of the Garde traveled to an ancient pyramid in Mexico known to their people as the Sanctuary. There they awoke a power that had been hidden within our planet for generations. Now this power can save the world . . . or destroy it. It will all depend on who wields it.

The Girl in the Spider's Web

Millennium #4

David Lagercrantz

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Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a trusted source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female super hacker—a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering.

Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Lisbeth for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda.

Hunter

Hunter #1

Mercedes Lackey

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Centuries ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were slashed open allowing hideous fantastical monsters to wreak havoc; destroying entire cities in their wake. Now, people must live in enclosed communities, behind walls that keep them safe from the evil creatures constantly trying to break in. Only the corps of teen Hunters with lightning reflexes and magical abilities can protect the populace from the daily attacks.

Joyeaux Charmand is a mountain girl from a close knit village who comes to the big city to join the Hunters. Joy thinks she is only there to perform her civic duty and protect the capitol Cits, or civilians, but as cameras follow her every move, she soon learns that the more successful she is in her hunts, the more famous she becomes.

Vengeance Road

Erin Bowman

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When Kate Thompson’s father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the eighteen-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms, and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there's room for love in a heart so full of hate.