This Tuesday's theme is...
May 31, 2016
May 25, 2016
Waiting on Wednesday (167)
showcases upcoming releases people are very much anticipating.
No big deal, it's just the PENULTIMATE BOOK in one of my absolute FAVORITE SERIES and my MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASE OF THE YEAR.
May 24, 2016
May 23, 2016
Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Author: Jojo Moyes
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publishing Date: July 30, 2013
Pages/Format: 369, Paperback
Pages/Format: 369, Paperback
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.A love story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?
Book in One Word: Thinker
Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.A love story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?
Book in One Word: Thinker
May 20, 2016
Review: Everland by Wendy Spinale
Author: Wendy Spinale
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publishing Date: May 10, 2016
Pages/Format: 320, eARC
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Forget the story of Peter Pan you know. Because in Everland, the only way to grow up is to survive.
London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders -- the German Army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer.
Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. He and his Marauders stalk the streets snatching children for experimentation. None ever return. Until the day they grab Joanna. As Gwen sets out to save her, she meets a mysterious boy named Pete. Pete offers the assistance of his gang of Lost Boys and the fierce sharpshooter Bella, who have all been living in a city hidden underground. But in a place where help has a steep price and every promise is bound by blood, it will cost Gwen. And are she, Pete, the Lost Boys, and Bella enough to outsmart Captain Hook?
Add on Goodreads!
Forget the story of Peter Pan you know. Because in Everland, the only way to grow up is to survive.
London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings, Joanna and Mikey. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders -- the German Army led by Captain Hanz Otto Oswald Kretschmer.
Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. He and his Marauders stalk the streets snatching children for experimentation. None ever return. Until the day they grab Joanna. As Gwen sets out to save her, she meets a mysterious boy named Pete. Pete offers the assistance of his gang of Lost Boys and the fierce sharpshooter Bella, who have all been living in a city hidden underground. But in a place where help has a steep price and every promise is bound by blood, it will cost Gwen. And are she, Pete, the Lost Boys, and Bella enough to outsmart Captain Hook?
Book in One Word: Disappointing
May 18, 2016
Waiting on Wednesday (166)
showcases upcoming releases people are very much anticipating.
I heard about this book when I saw the title in a friend's BEA book haul and wondered what it was. So I looked it up, read the description, and haven't stopped thinking about it since. In short: I really, really want this book.
May 17, 2016
May 11, 2016
Waiting on Wednesday (165)
showcases upcoming releases people are very much anticipating.
This book is, in fact, one of my most anticipated. Not just as a debut, not just as a standalone (which I think it is?), not just as a 2017 release. This book is, in general and as a whole, one of the very top books I'm drooling over and that I would do horrible, wicked, illegal things for if it meant I could read it right now. When I first heard about this book I very immediately flipped my shit because of one very specific thing: it. is. a. Labyrinth. retelling. I've been WAITING for a book like this and it is finally, finally here. And to top it all off I've been reading the author's newsletter and bits and pieces she's posted about the book and you guys. YOU GUYS. It is already so deliciously wonderful and lush and amazing that I could actually cry. I hunger for this book, and if it doesn't fall into my hands soon someone's going to end up in the Bog of Eternal Stench.
May 10, 2016
May 9, 2016
Blog Tour: Everland by Wendy Spinale
Hello, lost boys and girls! Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Wendy Spinale's Everland! This novel is one of my favorite things: a Peter Pan retelling, aka my kryptonite. Wendy's version takes bits of the original tale and twists it in a way that feels almost apocalyptic, and it's pretty unique. Stick around to learn all about the book and enter to win yourself a copy!
