Book Buddies is a discussion-style review that takes place with Lauren @ Bookmark Lit. (Learn more and see past reviews here) We both read the book and then have a private discussion about it. We post our discussion as a review on the last Wednesday of each month. You’ll be able to see our similar/different opinions on the overall book, characters, writing style, etc. – just like a regular review. The first half our discussion will take place right here, and the second half will be on Lauren's blog! (Link at the bottom) --- Ruby Red Author: Kerstin Gier...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Breaking The Spine where we share upcoming releases that we are excited about! --- The Darkest Corners Author: Kara Thomas Pages: 336 Publisher: Delacorte Release Date: April 19th 2016 The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly truths those lies become. There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn...

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme held over at Broke and Bookish. Each week there is a topic and we list off our top ten items based on that topic. --- Ten Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads 1. The Shadow Queen by CJ Redwine This one is my most recent 5-star reads and probably one of the few retellings I had ever read. I really loved this book. It had a great storyline, magic, and the characters were great. I really can't wait for the next book because that means *whispers* I get to read...

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The Shadow Queen Author: CJ Redwine Pages: 387 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: February 16th 2016 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...

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Hello everyone and welcome to my stop for the Sunday Street Team tour for Ava Jae's Beyond the Red. I have a review of the book talking more about my thoughts on it and also a giveaway if you would like a copy of Beyond the Red. I hope you enjoy the review and make sure to enter the giveaway. This tour is hosted by ReadWriteLove28. --- Beyond the Red Author: Ava Jae Pages: 360 Publisher: Sky Pony Press Release Date: March 1st 2016 Alien queen Kora has a problem as vast as the endless crimson deserts. She’s...

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I wanna say this before I start, this post isn't meant to school or tell someone what they should do. If you want to start a blog for ARCs, fine, but this post is just explaining why that may not always be the best idea and what happens when people become desperate for that one ARC. Okay, now read on. ARCs...ooooh ARCs. They are a touchy topic of the blogging community in my opinion. I have heard some ridiculous stories of ways people have tried to get ARCs and one of them is just by simply starting a...

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Passenger Author: Alexandra Bracken Pages: 486 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: January 5th 2016 Passage, n. i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes ii. A journey by water; a voyage. iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time. In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows...

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As someone who has a blog and a blog design, I often get complimented for my beautiful blog design, which I made myself. I am that kind of person that really cares about her blog design and it's appearance, it's one of the main reasons why I moved to Blogger. Today, I have 5 simple and easy tweaks for people with Blogger that can help clean up your blog just a bit. I these should be pretty easy but if you have any problems or questions, tweet or email me! I hope you find these useful. --- 1....

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Hello everyone and happy Sunday! I hope you guys had a good week and have another good one ahead of you. Today, I have a super exciting post! Natasha Friend is here to talk about her book, Where You'll Find Me, a book about growth and a girl moving on from life's hardships. Enjoy the interview and make sure to enter the giveaway for a copy of Where You'll Find Me if you're interested! --- Where You'll Find Me Author: Natasha Friend Pages: 272 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: March 8th 2016 The first month of...

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Starflight Author: Melissa Landers Pages: 369 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: February 2nd 2016 Life in the outer realm is a lawless, dirty, hard existence, and Solara Brooks is hungry for it. Just out of the orphanage, she needs a fresh start in a place where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. She's so desperate to reach the realm that she's willing to indenture herself to Doran Spaulding, the rich and popular quarterback who made her life miserable all through high school, in exchange for passage aboard the spaceliner...

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Hello and welcome to the March Mid-Month Reading Update! I am back and alive after that hiatus and reading to be back blogging. Talked about a lot of things going on in my life in the "Happening Now" section of this post and also looked forward to the rest of March! I hope you enjoy this update post and look forward to more posts. :D --- Ruby Red Author: Kerstin Gier Pages: 324 Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: May 10th 2011 Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme created by Breaking The Spine where we share upcoming releases that we are excited about! ---Scarlett Epstein Hates it HereAuthor: Anna Breslaw Pages: 288 Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: April 19th 2016 Meet Scarlett Epstein, BNF (Big Name Fan) in her online community of fanfiction writers, world-class nobody at Melville High. Her best (read: only) IRL friends are Avery, a painfully shy and annoyingly attractive bookworm, and Ruth, her pot-smoking, possibly insane seventy-three-year-old neighbor. When Scarlett’s beloved TV show is canceled and her longtime crush, Gideon, is sucked out of her orbit...

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