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2020 Dystopia Reading Challenge: January-June Link-Up

Welcome to the first half of the 2020 Dystopia Reading Challenge !! This will be the first of two bi-annual link-ups for your reviews! So this link-up will cover January, February, March, April, May & June! The link-up will always be easily accessible by hovering over Dystopia Reading Challenge tab and selecting Review Link-Up from the drop down menu. :) HELPFUL LINKS: Dystopian, (post-)apocalyptic and sci-fi YA of 2016 Best Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Best YA Dystopia Novels LINK-UP GUIDELINES: Link up your book reviews under "Review Link-up" as follows: Name of book @ Your blog name, Goodreads, Shelfari, Booklikes, etc. Make sure to use an email you check, because if you win the giveaway, I'll be using that email to contact you. Remember, each review you link up is an entry into the giveaway! :) Giveaway is open international as long as the Book Depository ships to you! :) Try and stop by some other reviews! Lets create a sense of community and get to t...

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Stacking The Shelves #128/Sunday Post #60

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week! The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer . Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog! Archenemies (Renegades #2) by Marissa Meyer This was my only Black Friday sale buy. I technically bought it during the weekend sales but still. Newly released hardcover 50% off and an extra 10% off with membership. Only paid $8.99 for it! What a steal!!! I'm really excited to read this! I was so surprised with how much I actually enjoyed Renegades, so I'm looking forward to seeing the next part of this story! The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan So I received both of these lovely ARC's this week from Scholastic. Thank you so much! Both of these have LGBTQ+ rep. And both have over 4 stars on goodre...

New Releases: Week of November 27, 2018

Love à la Mode Author: Stephanie Kate Strohm Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: November 27, 2018 Take two American teen chefs, add one heaping cup of Paris, toss in a pinch of romance, and stir. . . . Rosie Radeke firmly believes that happiness can be found at the bottom of a mixing bowl. But she never expected that she, a random nobody from East Liberty, Ohio, would be accepted to celebrity chef Denis Laurent's school in Paris, the most prestigious cooking program for teens in the entire world. Life in Paris, however, isn't all cream puffs and crepes. Faced with a challenging curriculum and a nightmare professor, Rosie begins to doubt her dishes. Henry Yi grew up in his dad's restaurant in Chicago, and his lifelong love affair with food landed him a coveted spot in Chef Laurent's school. He quickly connects with Rosie, but academic pressure from home and his jealousy over Rosie's growing friendship with gorgeous bad-boy baker Bodie Tal makes Henry las...

Stacking The Shelves #127/Sunday Post #59

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week! The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer . Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog! No New Books This Week! New Releases: Week of November 20, 2018 So yeah. Not much on the blog again this week. I'm sorry guys. Things got soo busy prepping for Thanksgiving. But on the bright-side, I did finish a book! I just haven't had a chance to write the review for it. I finished Journey to the Black City by Keith Mueller. And it was really interesting. It had such a unique mix of things in the story. My review for it will be up this week! Like I mentioned. Lots of prep for Thanksgiving this week. But it was a fantastic holiday. Ana had so much fun helping me and James both make pies. And we determined Ana apparently likes her Turkey with a side of ranch ...

New Releases: Week of November 20, 2018

Five Feet Apart Author: Rachael Lippincott Publisher: Simon & Schuster BYR Publication Date: November 20, 2018 Soon to be a major motion picture in March 2019! In this moving story that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within five feet of each other without risking their lives. Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to u...

Stacking The Shelves #126/Sunday Post #58

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week! The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer . Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog! Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire #1) by Natasha Ngan I've been very excited for this! So when we made a stop at Barnes and Noble this week I grabbed a copy! And the Barnes & Noble edition has a red cover under the dust jacket. It's beautiful! There will be pics on the blogs Instagram ! Ahh. I'm so excited to get into reading this!  The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor #1) by Katharine McGee The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor #2) by Katharine McGee So I've had my eyes on this trilogy for a bit, but I'm not completely sure how I'll feel about it. So I avoided picking up copies at Barnes and Noble at full price. ...

Review: Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Obsession (Arum #1)  Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publisher: Entangled: Embrace Publication Date: May 31, 2013 Pages: 249 Format: Kindle/Own This is a stand alone novel that is an adult spin-off of the Lux Series . You do not need to read a Lux book to read Obsession and vice versa. He’s arrogant, domineering, and... To. Die. For. Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn’t chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That is, until he’s saddled with something he’s never had to do before: protect a human from his mortal enemy. Serena Cross didn’t believe her best friend when she claimed to have seen the son of a powerful senator turn into something... unnatural. Who would? But then she witnesses her friend’s murder at the hands of what can only be an alien, thrusting her into a world that will kill to protect their secret. Hunter stirs Serena’s temper and her lust de...

New Releases: Week of November 13, 2018

The Reckoning of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions #2) Author: Michelle Hodkin Publisher: Simon & Schuster BYR Publication Date: November 13, 2018 Noah Shaw confesses all in this second novel of a chilling new companion series to Michelle Hodkin’s New York Timesbestselling Mara Dyer trilogy! Noah Shaw doesn’t think he needs his father’s inheritance. He does. Noah believes there’s something off about the suicides in his visions. There is. Noah is convinced that he still knows the real Mara Dyer. He does not. Everyone thought the nightmare had ended with Mara Dyer’s memoirs, but it was only the beginning. As old skeletons are laid bare, alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and no one will be left unscarred. Other New Releases This Week: Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha #1) by Tasha Suri (11/13/18) [Orbit] The Storyteller (Sea of Ink and Gold #3) by Traci Chee (11/13/18) [Penguin Young Readers] Four Three Two One by Courtney C. Stevens (11/13/18) [Harper Teen] Pulp b...

Stacking The Shelves #125/Sunday Post #57

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week! The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer . Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog! Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack The Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco I won this from the lovely Elley @ Elley The Book Otter ! I won the grand prize for #ARCtober , which was a book of my choice. So since I started Hunting Prince Dracula, I thought Escaping From Houdini would be a good choice! Thank you soooooooo much Elley!!! :) Muse of Nightmares (Strange The Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor I also got a finished hardcover edition of Muse from Hachette & Little, Brown! I was not expecting this at all so it was definitely a surprise when it showed up. But I am so thrilled I got it since I haven't had a chance to go buy a copy yet with all the books that have be...

Review: Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg

Better Off Friends Author: Elizabeth Eulberg Publisher: Point Publication Date: February 25, 2014 Pages: 276 Format: eARC/NetGalley For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can't be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and Levi even starts dating one of Macallan's friends. They are platonic and happy that way. Eventually they realize they're best friends -- which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't keep getting in each other's way. Guys won't ask Macallan out because they think she's with Levi, and Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not enough time with his date. They can't help but wonder . . . are they more than friends or are they better off without making it even more complicated? From romantic comedy superstar Elizabeth Eulberg comes a fresh, fun examination of a question for the ages: Can...

Review: Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake

Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 4, 2018 Pages: 464 Format: Hardcover/Own #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series! And while Arsinoe, Mirabella, and Katharine all have their own scores to settle, they aren’t the only queens stirring things up on Fennbirn Island. Queen Katharine has waited her entire life to wear the crown. But now that she finally has it, the murmurs of dissent grow louder by the day. There’s also the alarming issue of whether or not her sisters are actually dead—or if they’re waiting in the wings to usurp the throne. Mirabella and Arsinoe are alive, but in hiding on the mainland and dealing with a nightmare of their own: being visited repeatedly by a specter they think might be the fabled Blue Queen. Though she says nothing, her rotting, bony finger pointing out to sea is clear enough: return to F...

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The Avengers Movie

I don't remember ever going to a Midnight showing of a movie before. As a child, I was too busy swimming to actually think about doing things that took me off my schedule. As an adult, it just never seemed important enough. I always knew I could go to the movie later in the week and without all those people. However, we put together a small group to go see Avengers. I still almost backed out. I am just not a late night person and I have been exhausted this week. Truly squeezed dry. Got there almost two hours before the movie started. Two hours! And the line was already wrapped a few times around the movie theater. We were lucky though because one of the people in our group had cousins who had been there since 4pm. FOUR! That's six hours waiting in line. We gathered together hanging out in this enormous crowd of people. The occasional eruption of screams due to costumed people and recognition of friends arriving. And there were a lot of costumes. Grown men and women wearing The ...

August Wrap-Up & September TBR

So August has been my best reading month so far. Not nearly close to where my reading is usually at, but its getting back there. I did enjoy most of the books I read this month. So that's some good news. Books I Read In August: Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #3) by Ransom Riggs (5/5 Stars) A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4) by Ransom Riggs (5/5 Stars) The Deceivers (Vale Hall #1) by Kristen Simmons (5/5 Stars)   I finally got caught up on the Miss Peregrine's series! And I really enjoyed books 3 and 4 more than the first two. I don't know what it was, but I was just super in the mood for them and really enjoyed them. I also finally read one of my ARCs. Guys, you know how far behind I am. So this is a good thing. Lol.  Night of Cake & Puppets (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2.5) by Laini Taylor (4.5/5 Stars) Red Rising (Red Rising #1) by Pierce Brown (5/5 Stars) Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron #1) by Ashley Poston (DNF) I...

Wordless Wednesday - Claire Thomas from Food for Thought

I got this recipe from Claire Thomas who hosts the TV Show Food for Thought . She is the cutest, sweetest and so far my favorite tv chef. Her recipes are so easy and she seems to have a talent for making every recipe seem doable. I actually set my alarm on Saturday mornings to get up in time to see her show (when I am not working). This past week, she featured her Australian Pasta which you should really visit her blog and read the back story to why it is named this. Funny!! I also got a wild hair and decided to make her Cream Scones . Here is the pasta sauce while it is simmering. Here is the final dish. Australian Pasta with strawberries (just finished cutting them for the week's snacks, so I threw a few in) and her scones (bc I didn't make bread). Also, Claire if you are reading this, QUESTION - On your blog recipe, you didn't specify searing the sausage and taking them out of the pan while the onions and garlic cook. But in your show, I distinctly remember you keeping t...

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