Movie Review: Allegiant

Title: Allegiant (Divergent #3) Release Date: March 18, 2016 Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James Director: Robert Schwentke Runtime: 120 minutes Rated: PG-13 View on IMDB After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris (Shailene Woodley) must escape with Four (Theo James) and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which...

Waiting on Wednesday #95: Paper Princess by Erin Watt

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: Paper Princess by Erin Watt Publication Date: April 4, 2016 From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself. These Royals will ruin you… Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone. Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion...

Top Ten Tuesday #89: Recent 5 star reads

Today's Topic:   Ten Of My Most Recent 5 (& 4.5) Star Reads Hurray!! I love getting to talk about books I love! But... I was a little surprised to find out that I don't rate as many books 5 stars as I'd thought. Because of that, I'm including recent 4.5 star read in this week's post as well! I would recommend every single one of these books to basically anyone!          Anyone? by Angela Scott The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson The House by Christina Lauren Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Never Never by Brianna R. Shrum          Oblivion...

Audiobook Review: The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins

Title: The Great Hunt (Eurona Duology #1) Author: Wendy Higgins Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld Publication Date: March 8, 2016 Publisher: HarperTeen Add to Goodreads “Aerity…” Her father paused as if the words he was forming pained him. “I must ask you to sacrifice the promise of love for the sake of our kingdom.” She could only stare back, frozen. When a strange beast terrorizes the kingdom of Lochlanach, fear stirs revolt. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona—kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson’s hand in marriage. Princess Aerity knows her duty to the kingdom but...

Weekly Recap: 3/20 - 3/26

My Super Exciting Life  This week has, again, been pretty uneventful. Thank goodness. I love those kinds of weeks the most! My mom came into town on Friday night and Saturday was a pretty lazy day. Tomorrow we might go see Allegiant and the rest of the week will consist of me walking about 1280274 dogs. I can't complain though! I love getting paid to play with puppies! Yesterday I made an exciting discovery while hanging out at Barnes and Noble! I decided to browse the YA section just to kill some time and came across The Winner's Kiss! B&N always seems to be confused about release dates for YA books. I feel like I find...

Book Review: The Siren by Kiera Cass

Title: The Siren Author: Kiera Cass Publication Date: January 26, 2016 (July 1, 2009) Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 327 Add to Goodreads From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a sweeping stand-alone fantasy romance. A girl with a secret. The boy of her dreams. An Ocean between them. Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can’t resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when...

My love/hate relationship with Gossip Girl

I love Gossip Girl, I hate Gossip Girl. I have such mixed feelings about Gossip Girl!! I guess this post might seem a little out of place. I know that this show is a think of the past, but here I am anyway, talking about my love/hate relationship with this amazingly frustrating show. Why? Because I wasn't blogging when it was new and I just finished rewatching the entire series so I have to get all these feels out! (Spoilers!!) Love Blair - My feelings for Blair have changed a lot over the course of watching this show... twice. Blair is easy to hate in early seasons, but really grows as a character as events progress. In fact, she...

Waiting on Wednesday #94: RoseBlood by A.G. Howard

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: RoseBlood by A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 10, 2017 In this modern day spinoff of Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide. Hoping creative direction will help, Rune’s mother sends her to a French arts conservatory for her senior year, located in an opera house rumored to have ties to The Phantom of the Opera. At RoseBlood, Rune secretly befriends the masked Thorn -- an elusive violinist who not...

Top Ten Tuesday #88: Books I don't rave about enough

Today's Topic:   Ten Books I Really Love But Feel  Like I Haven't Talked About Enough I'll admit, it's easy to get caught up in all of the amazing new, hyped books that are constantly being released. The reality is, there are just SO MANY great books!! And a lot of them are a few years old... Most of these are books I read before I started blogging, but I've included links to reviews for a few! These are some of my favorite (mostly) 5-star books from the last several years that I rarely speak of!          The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin Darkness Before Dawn by J.A....

ARC Review: Stone Field by Christy Lenzi

Title: Stone Field Author: Christy Lenzi Publication Date: March 29, 2016 Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Pages: 320 Add to Goodreads //This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review// In a small town on the brink of the Civil War, Catrina finds a man making strange patterns in her family’s sorghum crop. He’s mad with fever, naked, and strikingly beautiful. He has no memory of who he is or what he’s done before Catrina found him in Stone Field. But that doesn’t bother Catrina because she doesn’t like thinking about the things she’s done before either. Catrina and Stonefield fall passionately, dangerously, in love....