2015 End of Year Recap :D

The Christmas Season...

I'M SO SORRY!!!
I've been away for over a week. EK.

I am so sorry.

For most of this week, i've been battling the flu. I haven't sad anything solid in a while and i am finally getting over that.

I've already done 2 christmas' and have like 5 more to do :( ugh.

Not that i hate Christmas. I just dislike running around and having to be in other people's company

Thursday Throw Down! (Dec. 10th)

Thursday Throw Down is an original feature created here at booklife4life. I created this feature because it seems with everything book related, there's always two ways to see it :)

Each week I will provide two "contenders" and you will decide the winner :) Write a post supporting your choice and link it back to here and add yourself to the Link-In so everyone can see! If you don't have time to create a post, just place your vote in the comment section! :)

I will "tally" up the votes and announce the winner along with a randomly selected blog post supporting that winner on the following TTD. 

 

 

 This week we are doing a Cover vs Cover!

The book is A Darker Shade of Magic

Goodreads

COVER #1

vs.

COVER #2

PLEASE COMMENT BELOW WITH YOUR CHOICE :D

I will announce a winner next Thursday along with a randomly chosen comment from the voters :D

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 Crown

The Selection #4

Kiera Cass

Add to Goodreads

To Be Published May 3rd 2016

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOK(S)

Twenty years have passed since the events of The One, and America and Maxon’s daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own. Princess Eadlyn didn’t think she would find a real partner among the Selection’s thirty-five suitors, let alone true love. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you...and now Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more difficult—and more important—than she ever expected.

Review: You're the One that I Want! (Gossip Girl #6)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Chick lit
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: no
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 7
Plot: 8
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 9
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 7
Ending: 7

Total: 8

In Dept

Best Part: Parties!
Worst Part: Jenny...
Thoughts Had: Yay underage drinking...; Jenny, stop!

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes

Short Review: So much underage drinking and so much sexxxxxxx. Jenny is getting on my nerves, she is def my least favorite. Nate is being cheesy af, and it kills me. Not too much went down in this book, it was pretty short and i breezed through it.

Review in GIF Form:

Review: I Like it Like That! (Gossip Girl #5)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Chick Lit
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: no
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 8
Plot: 8
Characters: 8
World Building: 8
Flow: 9
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8

Total: 8

In Dept

Best Part: More crazy shit!
Worst Part: Shallow girls.
Thoughts Had: Dan, wtf!; Jenny, really??

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes

Short Review: Nate and Blair having phone sex would have made me a bit sick. Jenny is acting wayyyyy too shallow for me in this book, i dislike her now. Dan not finding a post office was both funny and sad. I liked Serena is this one thou, no drama there, unlike her BFF!

Review in GIF Form:

Review: Because I'm Worth It! (Gossip Girl #4)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Chick Lit.
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: no
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 7
Plot: 7
Characters: 7
World Building: 7
Flow: 8
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8

Total: 8

In Dept

Best Part: Crazy shiz goes down!
Worst Part: F**kboys.
Thoughts Had: Blair, he's too old for you!; Jenny's friend is interesting...

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes

Short Review: Blair needs to chill. She's so desperate for attention. She goes after someone her dad's age! Yuck! Then Jenny's new BFF is giving me some majorrrrr creeps! Then Jenny heads home by herself in the middle of the night in new york city, that's how girls go missing. Sheesh, lets think before we act girls!

Review in GIF Form:

Review: All I Want is Everything! (Gossip Girl #3)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Chick Lit
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: no
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 8
Plot: 8
Characters: 7
World Building: 7
Flow: 8
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8

Total: 8

In Dept

Best Part: Still bitchy girls.
Worst Part: Far fetched things.
Thoughts Had: That would never happen; wow new undies

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes

Short Review: I'm pretty sure the whole lets ask Serena for autographs just because she was out with some famous person would never happen! Why must everyone buy new underwear at the same time!? Blair's obsession with Audrey H. is crazy and she needs to lower a bit. Jenny was white jacket crazy in this book for sure, glad it runs in the family.

Review in GIF Form:

Review: The Van Alen Legacy! (Blue Bloods #4)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Vampire
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Weird Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: (i don't remember.... my bad.)
Rating: 3.5 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 8
Plot: 7
Characters: 8
World Building: 7
Flow: 6
Series Congruity: 8
Writing: 7
Ending: 6

Total: 7

In Dept

Best Part: More action scenes.
Worst Part: Still lost on what's going on.
Thoughts Had: what is happening!?; Poor Bliss; I'm lost.

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: eh

Short Review: Is it bad that i don't even remember the ending? Ugh. Okay, i have the biggest issues with this series, i like it, but i can't even tell you what's going on, ever. It so all over the place and I still get Bliss and whats-her-face mixed up all the damn time. Speaking of Bliss, i wanted to cry for her, she gets so much shit thrown at her throughout this series, i really need her to have a halfway decent ending please!!!

Review in GIF Form:

Review: You Know You Love Me! (Gossip Girl #2)

At A Glance

Genre: Young Adult; Chick Lit
Love Triangle/Insta Love?: Triangle.
Cliff Hanger: nope.
Rating: 4 Stars

Score Sheet
All out of ten

Cover: 8
Plot: 8
Characters: 8
World Building: 8
Flow: 9
Series Congruity: 9
Writing: 8
Ending: 8

Total: 8

In Dept

Best Part: Gossip Girl world is so good!
Worst Part: Jenny is so desperate.
Thoughts Had: Nate, keep it in your pants; Jenny chillax!

Conclusion

Continuing the Series: yes
Recommending: yes

Short Review: Nate needs to learn to keep it in his pants! Jenny is freaking out, she's 14 and is hanging out with all these seniors and trying to hard to get laid by them or something. WTF. Blair and Aaron, her new step bro, are flirting it up like crazy, grossssssss. I hope he finds someone else soon, or Blair needs to flip flop back to Nate real quick.

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