Waiting on Wednesday #30: The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: The Creepingby Alexandra Sirowy Publication Date: August 18, 2015 Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again. Now Stella is seventeen, and she's over it. She's the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it's her small town's ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She's got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months...

2015 Horror Reading Challenge

In 2015 I will be hosting my first ever reading challenge! This is definitely new territory for me, but I loved doing a horror challenge last year and, with the blessing of Midnyte Reader (the host for the 2013 and 2014 horror reading challenges) this spooky challenge has been relocated to Cornerfolds. The horror genre is subjective, but a good guideline to follow is whether a book is regularly shelved as horror on Goodreads. Challenge Guidelines This challenge will run from January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015, and you can join at anytime. Books must be read and reviewed in 2015. Audiobooks, re-reads, short stories, and crossovers...

Top Ten Tuesday #26: Resolutions

Today's Topic:   Top Ten (nine) Goals/Resolutions For 2015 --  bookish, blogging or otherwise! Bookish Double the number of books read from 2014 Splurge on hard copies of books I'm excited about without buyer's remorse But also start checking out books from the library again Blogging Host more events and giveaways Get an awesome new layout Have 1,000 followers on Twitter Otherwise Eat more healthy foods Run the Jingle Jungle 5k at Disney World in November Graduate on time in May without pulling down my GPA Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and...

Audiobook Review: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

Title: The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) Author: James Dashner Publication Date: October 12, 2010 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 360 Add to Goodreads Review for #1 Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.  Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn’t done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch. There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch—the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. Friendships will be tested....

Weekly Recap: 12/21 - 12/27

My Super Exciting Life  I guess I should begin this recap with an apology for being so scarce lately. I went on an awesome vacation with my mom to Disney World last week and was totally missing from the blog even though I tried really hard not to be! This week has been almost equally busy and I've been sick. :-( In fact, I was supposed to go have Christmas with my mom's side of the family, followed by the Nutcracker ballet yesterday, but woke up with a high fever and couldn't make it. Fingers crossed that I'm finally better! Christmas with my parents has been high stress, but a lot of fun! We spent Christmas Eve with my dad's side...

Decorating my dream library at Minted.com

As my regular readers may know, I'm obsessed with my current office and future library (which I WILL have in the next few years). While I definitely love what I already have, my decor is kind of a combination of Disney art and Star Trek memorabilia. I mean, I'm not complaining - those are two of my favorite things! But I would love to have a more sophisticated library at some point. Lately I've been thinking... I have a "grown up" office now, so why wait on the "grown up" art to decorate it?! On my lengthy journeys around the interwebs, I discovered Minted.com. I'm pretty confident I used them for my save-the-date cards, but I recently...

Feature & Follow Friday #29: Bookish Gifts

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week's Question:  What books did you give other people this holiday season? I only have two other readers in my life, but they both got books from me for Christmas!! I gave my dad S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst and got The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry for my brother!   ...

2014 End of Year Book Survey

To end my first year as a book blogger I wanted to do something extra special so I was super excited when I found The Perpetual Page Turner's 5th Annual End of Year Book Survey! Okay, so it's not actually the end of the year, but it's getting pretty close and I don't foresee many more books in the next few days considering the madness that is already upon us. And what better time to post an end-of-year post than Christmas day?! So here it is! My first end of year survey! Here's hoping there are many more to come! 2014 Reading Stats Number Of Books You Read: 63, according to Goodreads! I realize it's not many compared to a lot of my fellow...

Waiting on Wednesday #29: No Parking at the End Times by Bryan Bliss

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: No Parking at the End Timesby Bryan Bliss Publication Date: February 25, 2015 Abigail’s parents have made mistake after mistake, and now they've lost everything. She’s left to decide: Does she still believe in them? Or is it time to believe in herself? Fans of Sara Zarr, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell will connect with this moving debut. Abigail doesn't know how her dad found Brother John. Maybe it was the billboards. Or the radio. What she does know is that he never should have made that first donation. Or the next, or the next. Her parents...

Top Ten Tuesday #25: Books I Want Santa To Bring

Today's Topic:   Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind  Santa Bringing This Year This Christmas is my first one as a book blogger. Yes, I've been a little scarce lately, but I love this blog!! After looking at my wish list my family things I'm obsessing. My mom says I have enough books (I don't think she knows how this reading thing works...). Here are ten of the books that are on my Christmas list this year! I hope Santa doesn't disappoint!             Ashen Winter by Mike Mullen Asylum by Madeleine Roux Creed by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie Jackaby by William...

Mini Book Reviews: The Elite & The One by Kiera Cass

Title: The Elite (The Selection #2) Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: April 23, 2013Publisher: Harper TeenPages: 336 Add to Goodreads Review for book 1, book 4, and book 5 The Selection began with thirty-five girls. Now with the group narrowed down to the six Elite, the competition to win Prince Maxon's heart is fiercer than ever—and America is still struggling to decide where her heart truly lies. Is it with Maxon, who could make her life a fairy tale? Or with her first love, Aspen? America is desperate for more time. But the rest of the Elite know exactly what they want—and America's chance to choose is about to slip away. Usually...

2014 Audiobook Challenge Wrap Up

Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10 Happy Saturday, fellow book lovers! This is my very first wrap up for my very first yearly reading challenge! Hurray!! As you may know, this is my first year as a book blogger (and I have loved every minute of it!) and so all of these things are very new to me. When I came across the audiobook challenge I absolutely HAD to sign up! You see, I don't listen to music. I listen to audiobooks. In the car, in the shower, in the kitchen, brushing my teeth, folding sheets... I'm listening to an audiobook. It still takes a few weeks to get through one since none of those things take very...

Waiting on Wednesday #28: The Heir by Kiera Cass

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: The Heirby Kiera Cass Publication Date: May 5, 2015 Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn’t expect her Selection to be anything like her parents’ fairy-tale love story. But as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she always thought. I just discovered this series in the last couple months and I have LOVED it so far! I cannot wait for the fourth...

Top Ten Tuesday #24: Favorites of 2014

Today's Topic:   Top Ten Books I Read In 2014  .             Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon Bound By Duty by Stormy Smith (review) Eve by Anna Carey (review) The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (review) The Selection by Kiera Cass (review)          The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn (review) Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller There's Wild, Then There's You by M. Leighton (review) Unhinged by A.G. Howard (review) Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman (review) Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly...