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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Bout of Books 15 [Day 6]

The Bout of Books Read-A-Thon is progressing and I think I'm doing a great job for now. My progress is being posted day by day and the challenges I participated too [Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5] and here will be posted the one for today.

Read Day 1:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

Read Day 2:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [53 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [163 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [80 pages]

Read Day 3:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [621 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [0 pages]

Read Day 4:

Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [194 pages - finished]
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu [7 pages]
Built, by Jay Crownover [32 pages]

Read Yesterday:

Built, by Jay Crownover [368 pages - finished]
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu [202 pages - finished]
Steel Scars, by Victoria Aveyrad [100 pages - finished]
Sweet Nothing, by Jamie McGuire & Teresa Mummert [13 pages]

Read Today:

Sweet Nothing, by Jamie McGuire & Teresa Mummert [307 pages - finished]
Liars, Inc, by Paula Stokes [9 pages]
Kiss of Broken Glass, by Madeleine Kuderick [39 pages]

Reviewed:

Not making the challenge today, I have being working and barely had time to read. Let's see if before midnight my numbers increase. For now, this is all I have. What about you?

Stacking the Shelves [12]

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. You can read more about the creation of this meme by visiting the official launch page here.

November 7, 2015 to January 9, 2016

Well, I said that months were going to pass by, which they kinda kid. And now I have so much to stack in my shelves that I don't even have the space in my bookshelves. Most of the books I put in this lists are ebooks. But these two months, I have being working in a book store and guess what? Employee discount exists and I almost expend all my money in books. Whatever, see it for yourself!

READ THESE PAST MONTHS: [not in order]

Rise Part Two, by Deborah Bladon
Rise Part Three, by Deborah Bladon
Queen Song, by Victoria Aveyard
#Heart, by Cambria Hebert
#Holiday, by Cambria Hebert
Henry VI Part One, by William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare
Life and Death, by Stephanie Meyer
Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs
Hold On, by Kristen Ashley
Walk Through Fire, by Kristen Ashley
Leveled, by Jay Crownover
Built, by Jay Crownover
Fierce, by Nina Levine
Blaze, by Nina Levine
Revive, by Nina Levine
Slay, by Nina Levine
Sassy Christmas, by Nina Levine
Illusive, by Nina Levine
Command, by Nina Levine
Relent, by Nina Levine
Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville
Angels Twice Descending, by Cassandra Clare
Coda, by CD Reiss
Break, by CD Reiss
Midnight Mass, by Sierra Simone
We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
Saga Vol 1, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 2, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 3, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 4, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 5, by Brian K. Vaughan
Taint, by SL Jennings
Slasher Girls & Monsters Boys, by April Genevieve Tucholke
If Only in My Dreams, by Keira Andrews
Tattered Love, by Lola Stark
Conflicted Love, by Lola Stark
Adulting, by Kelly Williams Brown
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis
Winter, by Marissa Meyer
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu

BOOKS BOUGHT IN THE BOOKSTORE:

Black Out, by Robinson Wells
Bloodlines, by Richelle Mead
The Secret of Lily Graves, by Sarah Strohmeyer
The 100, by Kass Morgan
Confess, by Colleen Hoover
Challenger Deep, by Colleen Hoover
A Pound of Flesh, by Sophie Jackson
Gates of Paradise, by Melissa de la Cruz
Dangerous Lies, by Becca Fitzpatrick
Across the Universe, by Beth Revis
Saga Vol 1, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 2, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 3, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 4, by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga Vol 5, by Brian K. Vaughan
Forever Too Far, by Abbi Glines
Rush Too Far, by Abbi Glines
Dorothy Must Die, by Danielle Page
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu
Winter, by Marissa Meyer
The Assassin's Blade, by Sarah J Maas
Snow Like Ashes, by Sara Raasch
Ice Like Fire, by Sara Raasch
Illuminae, by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Liars, Inc, by Paula Strokes
Defy, by Sara B. Larson
The Rest of Us Just Lives Here, by Patrick Ness
Ignite Me, by Tahareh Mafi

SOMEONE GAVE ME THESE AS A GIFT:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
The Trilogy of Two, by Juman Malouf [ARC]
Darker Water, by Lauren Stewart [Signed Copy]
The Offer, by Karine Halle [Signed Copy]

HOPE TO READ REALLY SOON:

Glass Sword, by Victoria Aveyard [ARC]
The Iron Warrior, by Julie Kagawa
Wandering Star, by Romina Russell
Sebring, by Kristen Ashley
Endure, by Sara B. Larson

That's basically it! Are your shelves worst than mine? Because mine are seriously going to explode one of these days, I swear.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Bout of Books 15 [Day 5]

The Bout of Books Read-A-Thon is progressing and I think I'm doing a great job for now. My progress is being posted day by day and the challenges I participated too [Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4] and here will be posted the one for today.

Read Day 1:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

Read Day 2:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [53 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [163 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [80 pages]

Read Day 3:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [621 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [0 pages]

Read Yesterday:

Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [194 pages - finished]
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu [7 pages]
Built, by Jay Crownover [32 pages]

Read Today:

Built, by Jay Crownover [368 pages - finished]
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu [202 pages - finished]
Steel Scars, by Victoria Aveyard [100 pages - finished]
Sweet Nothing, by Jamie McGuire & Teresa Mummert [13 pages]

Reviewed:

TODAY'S CHALLENGE
Scavenger Hunt!
by: The Book Monsters
They are 5 scanvenger hunts, but I will only make 2 of them.

Bookshelves, aka #Shelfies!

*I know they are kind of tiny looking, but if you click them, they become bigger!*

#CurrentlyReading

So, that is my progress for today and my challenges. Yours?

[R] The Truth About Alice, by: Jennifer Mathieu

The Truth About Alice
by: Jennifer Mathieu

★★★½☆

Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback Brandon Fitzsimmons dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody.

Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut. It's written all over the "slut stall" in the girls' bathroom: "Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers" and "Alice got an abortion last semester." After Brandon dies, the rumors start to spiral out of control. In this remarkable debut novel, four Healy High students tell all they "know" about Alice-and in doing so reveal their own secrets and motivations, painting a raw look at the realities of teen life. But in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, exactly what is the truth about Alice? In the end there's only one person to ask: Alice herself.

Leveled

Built

(Saints of Denver #0.5 & #1)

by: Jay Crownover

*You can find here a series review of the books that comes before this series.*

Oh, damn. I'm addicted. I thought that I liked how Jay wrote, but I now know that I'm in love. I devoured these two books in a blink of an eye. Leveled was kind of short, but Built it was not. I hate that I don't have Charged with me now. I WANT IT. I NEED IT.

★★★★★

Back to the stories. Leveled was a book I was not expecting in the least. I was patiently (not) waiting for Built to come out and then I notice this little book calling to my attention. When I noticed it was from this series, I read it the same day. I did NOT wait.

I knew about Royal's partner being gay. I knew about Remy's lost boyfriend. But I never thought of them coming together and being an actual couple. But it worked and turned out better than expected. Dominic and Orlando were seriously made for each other. Even though the story was kind of short, it was totally perfect. Orlando trying to be professional and Dominic trying to care, but continuining his job. What a pair! They wanted to be together, but then they couldn't. And after all that, everything came to place and together they were. I seriously love every single minute of it.

★★★★★

Now, Built was something I expected from when I read the book of Rowdy (with the same name). I knew from the start that Zeb was interested in Sayer. And somehow I knew that Sayer felt the same, but she was too reserved to continue a flirty situation. At the beginning, I thought that the book was going to occurr while Zeb make the remodalation of Sayer's house, but then after the blurb, I knew something else was going to come.

Damn, Sayer was a hard woman. Meaning that I never thought she was going to be so hard to keep on with. Zeb was totally easy going, beutiful, charming and lovable. Sayer was cold, no-comments type, but in the very inside she was all color, lovable and caring. To get there, Zeb made almost anything until he seriously gave him the ultimatum that if she doesn't chose him, he was not going to keep going. It nearly killed them both, but the end was perfect.

Seriously, after having glimpses of the couple for the next book... I need it ASAP. But I guess that I'm really happy for now, becuase I read Built and it was perfect. I just need more! Can May come faster?

Haven't I tell you? You need to read this book, but first, read Marked Men and then come to this series. You will not regret it. Tattered boys! I couldn't ask something better.

The Friday 56 [3]

The Friday 56
hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that's ok.)
*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it).
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky in Freda's Voice blog. Add the post url, not your blog url.
*It's that simple.

I kind of forgot of this so good meme. Now I'm putting more effort on the blog, I will do this. Hopefully ALL the weeks. Let's see how much I can stick to that promise. I will open the book Winter Town, by Stephen Emond.

Evan found himself placing any observation of Lucy into one of two categories: Old Lucy and New Lucy. Sarcasm was borderline, but he'd give it to Old Lucy. New Lucy was moodier and quiet, and, dare he says, emo. It amused Evan to know how much she'd hate it if she knew he was thinking this. She'd probably give him a bruise somewhere. That's so Old Lucy."I'm just being a bitch," Lucy said."'S all right. I miss your bitching." It was definitely better than the long stretches of silence."It'll get old. Trust me."

I read this book long time ago. It is kind of a graphic novel, is cute, but I kind of disliked the end. Whatever, that's my page 56. See my next post of this meme next week, crossing my fingers that I can do it.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

[R] Jewel of Darkness, by: Quinn Loftis

Jewel of Darkness
(Gypsy Healers #3)
by: Quinn Loftis

★★★★★

Dalton Black never thought he'd find his true mate. His dark past convinced him that he could never be worthy of one, but the Great Luna did not agree. She saw fit to give him a gypsy healer, the purest of heart among their kind. And now that he's finally found her, she slips through his grasp and into the hands of Volcan, a corrupt high fae driven mad by his own need for power. Now Dalton, with help from his own powerful friends, must find Jewel and rescue her before Volcan can use her blood to create witches and once again throw off the balance of good and evil.
As their journey begins, Perizada will once again lead a group of wolves on a hunt to bring down evil, but little do they know that Volcan is just a drop of blood in the sea of supernatural beings about to darken their path.

The Bout of Books Read-A-Thon is progressing and I think I'm doing a great job for now. My progress is being posted day by day and the challenges I participated too [Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3] and here will be posted the one for today.

Read Day 1:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

Read Day 2:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [53 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [163 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [80 pages]

Read Yesterday:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [621 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [0 pages]

Read Today:

Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [194 pages - finished]
The Truth About Alice, by Jennifer Mathieu [7 pages]
Built, by Jay Crownover [32 pages]

Reviewed:

TODAY'S CHALLENGE

Villain Mash Up

by: Bingeing on Books

Pick villains from two different books that you would love to see fight each other. It can be from any genre and it doesn't even have to be a physical fight. It could be a verbal one as well. Give a short reason why you think these villains should fight each other.

OH SWEEEEET! If we are talking about villians, some of them are really GOOD at their jobs. Queen Levana is certainly my number one villian, but I cannot forget The Darkling. A fight between those two woud be letal, but what about if they are a couple? That, my friends, would be the end of the world, I'm sure. Those are my badest villians and certainly the ones I love to hate.

Which ones did you pick? And your progress, how is it?

[R] Winter, by: Marissa Meyer

Winter
(The Lunar Chronicles #4)
by: Marissa Meyer

★★★★★

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend—the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long.

Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?

Bout of Books 15 [Day 3]

The Bout of Books Read-A-Thon is progressing and I think I'm doing a great job for now. My progress is being posted day by day and the challenges I participated too [Day 1 - Day 2] and here will be posted the one for today.

Read Day 1:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

Read Yesterday:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [53 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [163 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [80 pages]

Read Today:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [621 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [0 pages]

Reviewed:

Surrender, by Quinn Loftis

TODAY'S CHALLENGE

Rainbow!

by: Ranty Run of a Reader

For the cover challenge, collect books from your bookshelf (physical or virtual) and make yourself a rainbow using the covers. A rainbow is ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet). Then take a photo or arrange images of those books into a rainbow, and post it.

I know it doesn't look like a natural rainbow, but that is my rainbow puke.

Red - Cruel Beauty

Orange - Illuminae

Yellow - Naomi & Eli's No Kiss List

Green - Defy

Blue - Imaginary Girls

Indigo - WinterTown

Purple - Winter

For the author challenge, use authors surnames to complete an acrostic poem style rainbow of ROYGBIV – you can only use surnames and no prefixes (eg. Vincent van Gogh could be used for a G, not a V). Any ‘writer’ is acceptable, for example, playwrights, poets and comic book/graphic novel authors).

Red - Russell, Romina
Orange - Oliver, Lauren
Yellow - Young, Suzanne
Green - Geir, Kerstin
Blue - Bladon, Deborah
Indigo - Iglesias, César Andreu
Purple - Perkins, Stephanie
*Weird enough, my letter I is for a story I really hated, in spanish class.*

You like my rainbow? Because I love it! I want to see yours and your progress too, so link up. XD

[Series Review] Hashtag, by: Cambria Hebert

Hashtag Series

by: Cambria Hebert

Reviews of previews three books can be found elsewhere. Book 1, #Nerd, Book 2, #Hater, and Book 3, #Player.

This series review will include the last three books only, #Selfie, #Poser, #Heart and #Holiday.

Thoughs Overall

Maybe you are wondering why the first three are different from these other three? Easy. The first three books goes around the story of Rimmel and Romeo, but these other three are about Ivy and Braeden. Yes, all of them appeared in all books, but you get the idea. The only difference is that the last book has all of them povs, but of course it spins more around B&I.

#Selfie begins where a little bit in between of #Player and then after it. We all have seen how B&I were going to be a couple, but it was really hard for them to really be one. Both of them... well, they didn't like each other very well at the beginning. But, of course, everything changes after a while.
Then, in #Poser we get an actual couple between B&I. They are really cute together, but issues come up and past demons come to hunt them. Did I meant Zach? Yes, I did. We see an overprotective Braeden and a weak Ivy ( but that is why she has Braeden for, right?). And in #Heart, everything is almost peaches and cream, until more consequences piled up. Braeden nightmares, Ivy's clumsiness and other things like... more Zach problems. Oh, but what a happy ending. The family became bigger! And we see some insight of what the new series will be about *wink,wink* Drew and Trent *wink,wink*. I didn't said anything at all. Then, our conclusion and best chistmas epilogue is #Holiday. It was so sweet that it gave me a sugar rush.

I have to recognized that at the beginning I was really not interested much in the series, because it was totally a cliché. But after a while, it was totally a not so cliché and I got hooked real fast. I love the writting, the plot twists, the characters... THE LOVE. So much love that is making my heart feel. I want a family like them and a love like that. And I will NOT choose between Romeo or Braeden because BOTH are the best.

I will miss some of their moments, but I know I will not miss them much, because I will see more of them from afar and that is totally ok for me. From a long time ago, I have seen these two people (Drew and Trent) having something not friendly between them, its more romantic. I want to read their thoughts ASAP, but I have to wait for them to be written and release, which is a bust. But, hey! I'm getting more hashtags, love, family and def. more laughs. I will miss the #BuzzBoss if she doesn't appear in the next series. Even though, she is a bitch, she made me laugh like a loon.

Recommend this book ALL the way! #LoveItToPieces

Waiting on Wednesday [18]

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

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

Sebring

(Unfinished Hero #5)

by: Kristen Ashley

Nick Sebring has issues. Born feeling like an outsider in his own family, growing up under the shadow of a brother who could do anything, Nick isn’t that great of a guy. But when this culminates with Nick lashing out to hurt his brother through the woman he loves, Nick turns inward and makes some decisions about the man he intends to be.

And as he does this, he falls in love and truly learns the man that he’s grown to be.

When his love is murdered right before Nick’s eyes, Nick knows he has to avenge her. He knows how he’s going to avenge her. And he has no qualms using Olivia Shade to exact that vengeance.

Olivia Shade has grown up on the outside of her family too. Her problem is that they don’t want her outside. They want her all the way in, right under their thumbs. She pays the price for seeking escape and learns her lesson—she’ll never see a dawn where she wakes up free.

Then she meets Nick Sebring, and even as she fights it, the hope that died years ago starts to blossom. She can find love. She can have a man of her own. She can be happy. She can be free.

Olivia hopes while Nick schemes.

However, as Nick peels back the layers of all that is Olivia Shade, he finds something surprising. He understands its fragility. He falls in love with its beauty. He seeks to protect it.

But he forgets to protect his Livvie from one thing: Nick Sebring.

If you really know me, you know that I read mostly anything KA writes. And guess what? I'm dying to have this on my hands! But it comes out in January 11th, which is too far away! What are you waiting on?

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

[Dual Review] Rapture + Surrender, by: Quinn Loftis

Rapture

Surrender

(Elfin #2 & #3)

by: Quinn Loftis

*You can find a brief review on Elfin, the first book in the series, here.*

If you know me, you know one of my favorites authors is Quinn Loftis. That I have bought almost every single book on Kindle, read it and love it. Grey Wolves series apart, this series (Elfin) is totally great series, but I think it left things without solving. Anyways, I enjoyed it and love it very much.

★★★★★

Now, let's talk about more in detail. I read Rapture almost a year ago and don't remember much details about the book, but I can tell a few things. I don't know why I had this issue about reviewing books after finishing, because it is very much easier when my mind is fresh. I remember I was kind of pissed because Cassie end in book one with a sort of addiction of rapture and I thought in this book there was going to be more of that. But everything turned out good, but not at all for other characters. War was on their doors, and between light and dark, who always wins even though has the more chaces of losing? That's right, the light side. I remember laughing my ass off with Elora, which now is a Chosen of a light elf warrior. She, being half-dark elf and all, is super hilarious. Even Cush made me laugh. At the end of this book, the rightful king is on its right place and with the best company as his wife, but the dark isn't finished yet. They went to the human world.

★★★★½

Third book, Surrender, background. It starts with all of them sort of happy, but bittersweet because Cassie's parents were kiddnapped by some crazy elf that thinks Cassie is his long lost Chosen. The dinamic group divides in two, because things aren't exactly pitch perfect. They have the problem of the rapture being distributed and that Lorsan still alive somewhere in Las Vegas and then you have the other crazy elf doing voodoo things agains Cassie, but turns out it bounced on Elora. Cush was furious! But I knew no one was going to die. Quinn never lets me down!

Things, that for me, were not solved in none of the books. The first is obvious. Because Lisa, Elora's mother, has something going on with R (not spoiling it). But the author saids she is gonna make a novella about them, so waiting to read it. My second problem is Oakley. He is a half-elf and I want to read that he finds a Chosen too. He is so damn funny! Can I have him? My last problem would be that I want a really happy epilogue. I want babies!

Ok, that's it. I'm done rambling like a lunatic. I have always recommend Quinn's books because they are light, addicting and action packed. Go ahead and read them.

Bout of Books 15 [Day 2]

YEPERS PEPPERS! Bout of Books 15 rocks! It began yesterday and I think I'm doing a great job for now. I participate in yesterday challenge and here will be posted the one for today.

Read Yesterday:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

Read Today:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [53 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [163 pages - finished]
Jewel of Darkness, by Quinn Loftis [80 pages]

Reviewed:

Surrender, by Quinn Loftis

TODAY'S CHALLENGE

Would You Rather...

by: Writing my Own Fairytale

Lend books to someone who dog-ears pages or to someone who reads with cheesy Cheetos fingers?
Dog-Ears pages, becuase Cheetos stains are hard to take off!
Be able to meet one character of your choice or meet one author of your choice?
CHARACTER!
Never be allowed in a book store again or never be allowed in a library again?
I can live without a library.
Have to choose one of your favorite characters to die in their book or have to pick one of your favorite couples to break up in their book?
Death is better than breaking up, at least for me. I don't want my ships to sink.
Be required to read Twilight once a year for the rest of your life or The Scarlet Letter once a year for the rest of your life?
I really wouldn't mind Twilight.

SO THOSE ARE MY ANSWERS! Yours?

Teaser Tuesday [6]

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: grab your current read; open to a random page; share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page; BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!); and share the title & author, too, so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers.

Winter

(The Lunar Chronicles #4)

by: Marissa Meyer

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana.

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend—the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long.

Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?

my teaser

Kai turned to face Wolf last. He lifted his chin and adjusted his fine shirt. "All right, I'm ready when you--"
The punch hit Kai square in the cheek, knocking him back into Cinder. Everyone gasped. Iko jerked upward with a surprised cry as Kai pressed a hand against his face.
"Sorry," said Wolf, cringing with guilt. "It's better when you don't see it coming."
"I somehow doubt that," said Kai, his words slurred.

*sighs* The last book of the Lunar Chronicles. Even though is making laugh like a loon sometimes, is still bittersweet to read it. I want to read it, but don't want to finish it, you know. Anyways, that's my teaser (which I haven't made one in LONG time) and I hope everyone has a chance to read this series because they are fucking good.

Monday, January 4, 2016

Bout of Books 15 [Day 1]

YEPERS PEPPERS! Bout of Books 15 began and it rocks! This is my second time, which I'm as excited as I was in the first time. Sooo... I'm going to participate in some "games" they are hosting, which are daily, plus posting sort of a wrap-up post every day to tell y'all how well, or not, I'm going. I didn't exactly challenge myself to read an amount of books. I just want to read as much as I can this week and hoping to knock down some challenges along the way.

Currently Reading:

Winter, by Marissa Meyer [150 pages]
Surrender, by Quinn Loftis [81 pages]

TODAY'S CHALLENGE:

Introduce Yourself #InSixWords

The challenge is simple: introduce yourself on Twitter, Instagram, or on this post using six words, no more, no less. Use the hashtags #BoutOfBooks and #InSixWords.

An almost full-time bookworm & student!

I really think that has as many words I can use and certainly describes me really well. What about you? And, have you made some progress with your readings?

Sunday, January 3, 2016

[R] Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps, by: Kelly Williams Brown

Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
by: Kelly Williams Brown

★★★★★

If you graduated from college but still feel like a student . . . if you wear a business suit to job interviews but pajamas to the grocery store . . . if you have your own apartment but no idea how to cook or clean . . . it's OK. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Just because you don't feel like an adult doesn't mean you can't act like one. And it all begins with this funny, wise, and useful book. Based on Kelly Williams Brown's popular blog, ADULTING makes the scary, confusing "real world" approachable, manageable-and even conquerable. This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn:

What to check for when renting a new apartment-Not just the nearby bars, but the faucets and stove, among other things.
When a busy person can find time to learn more about the world- It involves the intersection of NPR and hair-straightening.
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Waiting on Wednesday [17]

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

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

Built

(Saints of Denver #1)

by: Jay Crownover

Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation, while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She’s French silk, he’s all denim and flannel.

Zeb’s wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her. It doesn't matter how many smooth moves he makes, the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest—either that or she doesn't return it. Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior.

But just as things start to heat up, Zeb is blindsided by a life altering moment from his past. He needs Sayer’s professional help to right a wrong and to save more than himself. He can’t risk what’s at stake just because his attraction to Sayer feels all consuming. But as these opposites dig in for the fight of their lives, battling together to save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide can no longer be ignored.

Comes out in January 5th! If you loved Marked Men, then keep up with Saints of Denver, cuz this will be hot. Just how I like it! What are you waiting on?