•   Official Summary: Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map—the key to a legendary treasure trove—seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship. More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between…

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  • I had thought to wait until the end of the year to talk about the books I’d given up on, but I’ve already reached eight DNFs. That’s a lot. So, I figured I’d do a mid-year edition and then another one (maybe, we’ll see how the rest of the year goes) in December. I’ve DNF-ed…

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  • May 2017 Wrap-Up

      Evening, Strangers! It’s time for my May wrap-up! This month was a much better reading month than April. I read nine books this month, most of which were on my TBR. I read a lot of good books, as well as some I had mixed feelings on. Well, enough dilly-dallying around. Here are all…

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  • Hosted by ThoughtsOnTomes Hola, Strangers! It’s Wednesday again, so you know what that means… Top 5 Wednesday! I have been looking forward to this topic All. Month. Long. This week we’re listing our top five fandoms we are no longer in. You’ve probably figured this out about me by now, but I love talking about…

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  •   Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish A lot of the books I eagerly anticipated for this year have already come out. Books like Lord of Shadows, Flame in the Mist, and A Conjuring of Light. But there are still many more books I’m excited for that have yet to come out. And so,…

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  • Everyone knows the old joke about how you shouldn’t type “runny nose” into WebMD because it’ll tell you that you have cancer. And, strictly speaking, there’s a lot of truth in that. A simple Google search is not going to be able to give you an accurate diagnosis. It’s a precise study. The same goes…

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  • Well Strangers, it’s almost the end of May, which means it’s time to talk about my favorite music releases from throughout the month. May was another month of excellent music and I’ve been eager to talk about each and every one of them. The only release I will not be discussing today is Paramore’s After…

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  •   Official Summary: Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past…

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  • Hosted by ThoughtsOnTomes Hola, Strangers! It’s Wednesday again, which means it’s time once more for Top 5 Wednesday! This week’s topic is your top five favorite minor characters. As stated in the topic, in regards to the difference between a side character or a minor character, a side character is someone like Ron Weasley or…

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  •   Over the past few years, Victoria Schwab (V.E. when writing for an adult audience) has become one of the biggest names in young and new adult fantasy. While Schwab will readily admit hers was not an overnight success, this skyrocket into the public consciousness was inevitable. Her stories are unlike anything else out there,…

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