Release Day Blitz & Giveaway: Vampire Academy 10th Anniversary Edition

Title: Vampire Academy 10th Anniversary Edition  Author: Richelle Mead Publication Date: November 29, 2016 Publisher: Razorbill Pages: 480 Add to Goodreads Richelle Mead celebrates 10 years of Vampire Academy with an exclusive, never-before-seen collection of stories that sheds new light on the world and its players: » The Turn and the Flame takes a deeper look into the dark stain on the Ozera dynasty... » Hello My Name is Rose Hathaway tracks the shenanigans that ensue when Rose and Dimitri become unlikely teammates in a high-stakes scavenger hunt... » The Meeting gives us a glimpse of Rose Hathaway...

Top Ten Tuesday #124: books for the littles in your life

Today's Topic:  Books to Buy the awesome Young Readers In Your Life Okay, so no I don't have kids... BUT I have a niece and nephews galore. My niece is 9 years old and loves to read so I've actually had to think about books she might enjoy reading. I've already sent her a couple of these and I've enjoyed every single book on this list myself. Maybe the littles in your life might like some of them too! A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Book of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien House of Secrets by Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini The Land of Elyon...

Book Review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Title: Dark Matter Author: Blake Crouch Publication Date: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Crown Pages: 342 Add to Goodreads “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved...

Weekly Recap: 11/20 - 11/26

Tracy's Happenings Off the Blog This week was unusually exciting! The week began with a new co-blogger! In case you missed it, MC is here now and will be posting regularly on the blog! I'm so excited to have her around and I'm looking forward to everything she's going to bring to Cornerfolds. Later in the week I had the opportunity to go to an amazing Christmas dessert party at Disney's Hollywood Studios. There was a ton of food and an incredible projection and fireworks show at the Chinese Theater. Thanksgiving came and went with a simple meal and a Poldark binge. I didn't do much Black Friday shopping at all, though. I prefer to...

Disney For the Weekend: reviewing all the gingerbread

//Disclaimer: I am not a food critic and I don't know what I'm talking about// It's the most wonderful time of the year: Christmas at Disney World! It's at this time each year that the most magical place on earth gets just a little more magical with the addition of holiday touches everywhere you look. One of my absolute favorite parts of a Disney Christmas is the gingerbread! Last weekend my husband and I headed over to the Magic Kingdom to have dinner and ride all three mountains and on the way out we decided to stop by the Contemporary Resort for gingerbread. Each year in November resorts around Disney property create incredible...

Audiobook Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Title: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli Narrator: Michael Crouch  Publication Date: April 7, 2015 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Add to Goodreads Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics...

My co-blogger has arrived - Meet MC!

Happy almost-Thanksgiving, everyone! Today I have a happy announcement to share! My co-blogger search has come to an early end after a good friend applied and was a perfect fit for the position. I am so excited to welcome MC to the blog! Look out for some changes coming to the blog as we work to integrate her into Cornerfolds! MC has experience reviewing and blogging in her own corner of the blogosphere and will be contributing here weekly. Here she is to introduce herself! Ahhhhh!!!! Hi everyone!!!!!!! I'm so excited to be here! Alright, now that I've gotten all that celebration out of my system, let me tell you a bit about myself.... I'm...

Top Ten Tuesday #123: at least 2016 isn't -that- bad

Today's Topic:  Books that actually make  me thankful for 2016 Let's be honest, 2016 has been a pretty horrible year overall. Still, it could always be worse, so today I wanted to share books that make me thankful for 2016! These are ten post-apocalyptic and dystopian books whose main characters are probably having a worse time than we are! Happy Thanksgiving week, fellow Americans! Angelfall by Susan Ee (review) Anyone? by Angela Scott (review) Ashfall by Mike Mullin Enclave by Ann Aguirre Eve by Anna Carey (review) Flashfall by Jenny Moyer (review) Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (review) Partials...

Audiobook Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Title: The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) Author: Marie Lu Narrator: Carla Corvo, Lannon Killea Publication Date: October 7, 2014Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersAdd to Goodreads I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside. Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination,...

Weekly Recap: 11/13 - 11/19

Happenings Off the Blog... There goes another uneventful week. Okay, mostly uneventful. I did get to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was incredible! I cannot wait to see it again! Other than that, I got a little Christmas shopping done, although I'm far from being finished. For whatever reason, I was not able to get much reading done this week. After seeing Fantastic Beasts, my brain only wanted to focus on Harry Potter so I gave in and am reading Chamber of Secrets again. Oh well! On the bloggy side of things, I posted my co-blogger search! If you're interested, please check out all the details (which have been tweaked...

Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

//Spoiler Free Review// Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Release Date: November 18, 2016 Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston Director: David Yates Runtime: 133 minutes Rated: PG-13View on IMDB The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. It's finally here! After all this time, the new movie we've all been anxiously awaiting has arrived in theaters. I don't know about anyone else, but I've had my doubts about how well this film would be received. I had doubts about if I would even enjoy it. After all, not...