We're going on hiatus

Today I'm here to tell you something I never, ever thought I'd say: I'm going on hiatus. I'm sure you may have noticed that things have gotten pretty quiet around here. This blog has been my baby for over three years and I hold it to a high standard, but there has been a lot going on in my life in the last several months and I've gotten to the point where I'm feeling too overwhelmed to commit right now. Try as I might, I haven't been able to maintain the quality of blogging I'd like to. As much as it saddens me, I'm going to have to take some time away to recharge and find my passion again. MC and I have both discussed this and have agreed...

Weekly Recap: 6/4 - 6/10

Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you've all had a fantastic week that was more productive than mine! My week was (shockingly) mostly consumed by a sick puppy. I ended up taking him to the vet and found out that the poor guy has kennel cough, despite having been vaccinated against it. :/ Luckily though, none of my other girls have gotten it. Fingers crossed that they stay healthy while he recovers! In other news, all of my original label candles are on sale 20% off for the rest of the month while we make way for new labels and new scents! You can check it out in my Etsy shop! Nothing new this week! Hi everyone!...

Audiobook Review: The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

Title: The Shadow Queen Author: C.J. Redwine Narrator: Khristine Hvam  Publication Date: February 16, 2016Publisher: Balzer + BrayAdd to Goodreads Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen. In the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding...

Can't Wait Wednesday #3: Even the Darkest Stars

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett Publication Date: September 5, 2017 Set in a fictional Himalayan kingdom, this is the story of a girl enlisted by a legendary explorer to help him climb the kingdom’s deadliest mountain – only to discover that his true mission may threaten her whole world. Kamzin has always dreamed of becoming one of the emperor’s royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only someone would...

Top Ten Tuesday #151: YA fantasy reads I've added recently

Today's Topic:  Ten YA Fantasy Books That I've Recently Added To My TBR Lis Happy Tuesday! This week's topic was surprisingly easy and I even managed to find ten that I didn't include in last week's anticipated list! I thought it was funny that almost half of them started had the word Beauty or Beast in some form in the title. I sense a theme...  All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater Beasts Made of Might by Tochi Onyebuchi Beauty and the Beast: Lost In a Book by Jennifer Donnelly Beauty of the Beast by Rachel L. Demeter The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers The Hazel...

Dystopia Reading Challenge: June Link-up

Welcome to the halfway point of the 2017 Dystopia Reading Challenge! I hope everyone is on track with meeting their goals! Each month we will be posting a link-up for all of your Dystopia Challenge reviews as a way to keep up with your challenge as well as to give other participants the opportunity to see what you're reading and find recommendations! Good luck! LINK UP RULES » Link up your book reviews under "Review Link-up" as follows: Name of book @ Your blog name, Goodreads, Shelfari, Booklikes, etc. » Visit and comment on the blog linked before you. This helps to create community! JUNE LINK-UP document.write(''); ...

Weekly Recap: 5/28 - 6/3

Well, this has been yet another embarrassingly unproductive week here on the blog. I've been continuing to plan our trip for later this year, among other things. I have had almost no time to read between that and the puppy, who had a terrible reaction to K9 Advantix II this week. Head's up: absolutely do NOT give this to your small dog if you haven't already! He also had to get his first rabies vaccine this week and the poor little guy slept the whole day away. To make the week even better, the construction crews working next door cut my cable line (again) and I am currently without the Internet until Monday afternoon. Here's hoping...

Audiobook Review: Dreamfall by Amy Plum

Title: Dreamfall (Dreamfall #1) Author: Amy Plum Narrator: Maria CabezasPublication Date: May 2, 2017Publisher: HarperTeenAdd to Goodreads Cata Cordova suffers from such debilitating insomnia that she agreed to take part in an experimental new procedure. She thought things couldn’t get any worse...but she was terribly wrong. Soon after the experiment begins, there’s a malfunction with the lab equipment, and Cata and six other teen patients are plunged into a shared dreamworld with no memory of how they got there. Even worse, they come to the chilling realization that they are trapped in a place where their worst nightmares have come to...

Book Review: Winterspell by Claire Legrand

Title: Winterspell Author: Claire Legrand Publication Date: September 30, 2014Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 454 Add to Goodreads The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince…but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums. New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor’s ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother’s murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer. Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes. Her home is destroyed, her father abducted—by beings distinctly not human. To find him, Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land...