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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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New Releases: Week of July 30, 2019

Shatter The Sky (Shatter The Sky #1) Author: Rebecca Kim Wells Publisher: Simon & Schuster BYR Publication Date: July 30, 2019 A determined young woman sets out to rescue her kidnapped girlfriend by stealing a dragon from the corrupt emperor in this stunning fantasy debut that’s perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson, Rae Carson, and Rachel Hartman. Raised among the ruins of a conquered mountain nation, Maren dreams only of sharing a quiet life with her girlfriend Kaia—until the day Kaia is abducted by the Aurati, prophetic agents of the emperor, and forced to join their ranks. Desperate to save her, Maren hatches a plan to steal one of the emperor’s coveted dragons and storm the Aurati stronghold. If Maren is to have any hope of succeeding, she must become an apprentice to the Aromatory—the emperor’s mysterious dragon trainer. But Maren is unprepared for the dangerous secrets she uncovers: rumors of a lost prince, a brewing rebellion, and a prophecy that threatens to shatter the...

Stacking The Shelves #141/Sunday Post #73

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! Defy Me (Shatter Me #5) by Tahereh Mafi We Hunt The Flame (Sands of Arawiya #1) by Hafsah Faizal So the boyfriend bought me some books and I'm so excited. I finally got Defy Me! Ahhhh. We all know the Shatter Me series is one of my all time faves. So I'm thrilled I finally have Defy Me! And I'm seriously excited about We Hunt The Flame!  Safe Harbour by Christina Kilbourne Thanks to NetGalley and Dundurn Press! A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4) by Ransom Riggs So as you guys know I listened to the audiobooks of the first two books last year and really enjoyed them. And now I have both the third and surprisingly fourth books from t...

Review: The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye

The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game #1) Author: Evelyn Skye Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: May 17, 2016 Pages: 407 Format: Audiobook/Library Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side. And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death. Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has? For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his de...

New Releases: Week of July 23, 2019

Soul of Stars (Heart of Iron #2) Author: Ashley Poston Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication Date: July 23, 2019 The highly awaited sequel to Heart of Iron, Soul of Stars is a thrilling sci-fi adventure packed with romance, shocking twists, and witty banter, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Cinder. Once, Ana was an orphaned space outlaw. Then she was the Empress of the Iron Kingdom. Now, thought dead by most of the galaxy after she escaped from the dark AI program called the HIVE, Ana is desperate for a way to save Di from the HIVE’s evil clutches and take back her kingdom. Ana’s only option is to find Starbright, the one person who has hacked into the HIVE and lived to tell the tale. But when Ana’s desperation costs the crew of the Dossier a terrible price, Ana and her friends are sent spiraling through the most perilous reaches of the Iron Kingdom to stop the true arbiter of evil in her world: an ancient world-ending deity called the Great Dark. Their journey will take the shar...

My Reading Rush TBR

The Reading Rush (previously BookTubeAThon) is a week long readathon for book lovers all around the world. For one week readers gather together to read as much as they possibly can and to participate in challenges and giveaways online. So I thought about participating last year, but just didn't get around to actually doing it. So I absolutely decided I was definitely going to do it this year! I'm really excited! If anyone else is participating, add me as a friend on the website! Here's my profile ! :D Now, to get to my TBR. So I'll do it in order of the challenges.  Challenge #1: Read A Book With Purple On The Cover My Pick: Challenge #2: Read A Book In The Same Spot The Entire Time My Pick:   So I originally was gonna combine this challenge with #3 but I got approved for this this past week and decided since I read Ignite The Stars pretty quickly, that I'd insert this in for this challenge. Challenge #3: Read A Book You Meant To Read Last Year My Pick:   So this w...

Stacking The Shelves #140/Sunday Post #72

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! Eclipse The Skies (Ignite The Stars #2) by Maura Milan Omg! I'm so excited I got approved for this. As you guys know, Ignite The Stars was one of the books that actually surprised me last year. I wasn't really expecting much going into it and I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. So I've obviously been dying to get my hands on Eclipse The Skies! I saw it on NetGalley finally and you best believe I pressed that request button faster than you could say the book title. Lol. Thank you so much Netgalley and Albert Whitman! Review: Night Probe (Dirk Pitt #6) by Clive Cussler New Releases: Week of July 16, 2019 Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Buy Authors Review: Archenemie...

Review: Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

Archenemies (Renegades #2) Author: Marissa Meyer Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication Date: November 6, 2018 Pages: 474 Format: Hardcover/Own Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But are they each other's worst nightmare? Nova's double life is about to get a lot more complicated: As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian's patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist—a group of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them the most. But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. In this second installment of the Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew—Ruby,...

Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Buy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This Weeks Topic: Auto-Buy Authors Sarah J. Maas Cassandra Clare Julie Kagawa Scott Westerfeld Jennifer L. Armentrout Tahereh Mafi Kendare Blake Marie Lu Laini Taylor Kristen Simmons

New Releases: Week of July 16, 2019

Within Ash and Stardust (The Xenith Trilogy #3) Author: Chani Lynn Feener Publisher: Swoon Reads Publication Date: July 16, 2019 Having gone from kidnapped faux princess to the legitimate heir to an intergalactic throne, an impulsive, sarcastic teen must take charge of her own destiny in this epic YA novel. On Earth, Delaney is a normal teenager who recently graduated high school with a fantastic best friend and a loving boyfriend. But Delaney isn’t on Earth. She’s on Xenith, a war-torn planet half a galaxy away. Originally mistaken for an alien princess, Delaney has gone from kidnapped imposter to the recognized heir to an alien throne. Oh, and she’s engaged to the prince of an enemy nation whose ruthless father is on the warpath. Torn between two planets, two fates, and two loves, Delaney is finally ready to choose her own destiny in Within Ash and Stardust, the stunning conclusion to Chani Lynn Feener’s Xenith Trilogy. Other New Releases This Week: Game of Bezique by Elle Beaumon...

Review: Night Probe by Clive Cussler

Night Probe! (Dirk Pitt #6) Author: Clive Cussler Publisher: Bantam Publication Date: January 1, 1981 Pages: 345 Format: Paperback/Own In the midst of an international crisis, Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval commander, accidentally discovers an obscure reference to the long-buried North American Treaty, a precedent-shattering secret pact between the United States and Great Britain. The President believes that the treaty offers the single shot at salvation for an energy-starved, economically devastated nation, but the only two copies plummeted into the watery depths of the Atlantic in twin disasters long ago. The original document must be found—and the one American who can do the job is Dirk Pitt. But in London, a daring counterplot is being orchestrated to see that the treaty is never implemented. Brian Shaw, a master spy who has often worked hand in hand with American agents, now confronts his most challenging command. Pitt’s mission: Raise the North America...

Stacking The Shelves #139/Sunday Post #71

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! Seafire (Seafire #1) by Natalie C. Parker I've been excited to read this for some time now. My hold on the audiobook finally came in this week and I'm dying to get into it!  New Releases: Week of July 9, 2019 So I'm finally working on the reviews I've been behind on. And getting more posts scheduled. I swear I am. Lol. This week I officially signed up for The Reading Rush , which used to be the booktubeathon. The hosts decided to change the name and make a website for everybody to interact on to make it more inclusive for everyone outside of Booktube who wanted to do it. I'm super excited for it! If anyone else plans on doing it and wants to add me ...

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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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