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It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Top Ten Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2018 Some of these books will be 2018 releases, while others are just books that I hope to read in 2018! The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert This book sounds super intriguing!  Plus, look at that gorgeous cover!         Check it out on Goodreads!… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings Me Heartless by Marissa Meyer This book has been on my TBR since it was first released, and yet, I still haven’t gotten it.  I love Alice in Wonderland, so I have a really good feeling about this book!           Check it out on… Read More

Hey everyone!  I’m so excited to finally share my TBR for the Holiday Adventure-A-Thon, hosted by Novel Thoughts!  The readathon starts tomorrow, the 13th, and runs through Christmas Eve, the 24th.  This is a super fun, “choose your own adventure” style readathon. To get all the details, be sure to check them out here! Okay, so I’ve decided to join Team Holiday Penguin! Here’s my route and anticipated TBR: Now, I’d love… Read More

Hello! Aentee from Read at Midnight is hosting the super cute, sure to be fun #ReadersCrossing readathon!  I absolutely adored her PokemonGo themed readathon last year, and so when I saw she was hosting one that was Animal Crossing themed, I just knew I had to participate. The readathon runs from today, December 10th, and goes until December 31st.  The challenges are set up like a bingo board. I’ve decided to base… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: TOP TEN BOOKS ON MY WINTER TBR Skipping Christmas I absolutely love Christmas with the Kranks, which is based off Skipping Christmas.  It’s one of my favorite Christmas movies, and I always have to watch it at least once every holiday season!  I’ve never read the book, though.  I wanted to read it last Christmas, but… Read More

Hello!  I hope everyone had a good week last week, and for my fellow Americans, a happy Thanksgiving!  Today I’m going to share with you all what I read during the Thanksgiving Readathon, which ran from Nov. 22nd – 26th.  You can also check out my TBR post for the readathon here! So, I didn’t get everything on my TBR read, but I had such a busy week, I still think I didn’t… Read More

Hello, and Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all my other fellow Americans!  I’m so excited to share with you all my TBR for the Thanksgiving Readathon hosted by Ottavia at Novels and Nonfiction and Jackie from Death At Tsundoku! This is a super low-key, stress-free readathon, and I’ve been so busy lately, it is exactly what I need.  So, if you want to participate, here’s how: Read as many books as you can in those… Read More

Hey everyone!  This is super last minute, but I’ve decided to participate in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon!  I’m sure a lot of you already know about this, but just in case you don’t, basically you read whatever you want, as much as you can, in 24 hours.  For my timezone, the readathon starts tomorrow morning, October 21, at 8 AM.  To get all the details, as well as see what time the… Read More

GUYS! I’m so excited Wonderless Reviews is hosting another Halloween readathon this year, and I am pumped!  I had so much fun participating last year, and I know I’m going to love it this year, too.  Plus, I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump these past few weeks, and I think a readathon is just the thing I need to bring me out of it.  So, today, I’m going to… Read More

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature started by Breaking the Spine that puts the spotlight on upcoming releases!  Today’s pick is: Ringer (Replica, #2) Releasing October 3rd, 2017! Synopsis Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by powerhouse bestselling author Lauren Oliver digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted. In the world outside the Haven Institute, Lyra… Read More