January Wrap Up!

Yeah yeah, I know it's late but better late than never, right?


Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stephens.
5/5

The very first book I read in 2015 was also one of my new favorite books of all time. This book hit me in the feels 100 different ways. I bought this in the bargain section at Books-A-Million, not thinking that this book would change the way I looked at sexual abuse.


Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4/5

I own the first 10 books in this series and since I'm participating in Project TBR that Benjamin of Tomes is running, I figured now would be a good time to start the series, I'm not huge on childrens books but I've also watched all of the episodes to the TV show so that made me like it a little more.


The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
4/5

Ok so, THIS BOOK. It was freaking awesome. I first started it in November right after it came out, got 100 pages in, and then put it back down because I guess I just wasn't in the mood for it. But after some pushing from a few friends, I picked it back up and boy, am I glad that I did. It definitely wasn't my favorite in the series, heck it was probably my least favorite but it was still so so great.

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
4/5

I received this book for Christmas because in the middle of January, I was attending a signing for this book. That was the main reason I read this book now too. I really didn't think I would like this as much as I did. I'm really not one for space books. I've tried to read a few before and I never got through them so I was prepared for the worst when I picked this up but I was pleasantly surprised and I ended up loving it.


This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
5/5

This is the novella that takes place right after These Broken Stars and the only thing I have to say for this is HOLY FEELS.


Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
3/5

I was a little on the fence about this when I finished it. I liked it but I didn't like it and the main character annoyed me SO MUCH. Like, there were times that I hated her because of how naive and childish she was. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue with this series or not yet.


The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
4/5

This book started out really really slowly but I knew that it was supposed to get better the further I got. That was true, but I was still really confused almost the whole way through the book. Any way, I definitely plan on continuing with this series.


The Walking Dead Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
4/5

I just read this while I was stuck in Barnes & Noble for a few hours. I'd been wanting to read this for a while and it was pretty good. I'm a little meh about it right now.


Be With Me by J. Lynn
4/5

I love this new adult series SO MUCH. Jennifer L Armentrout is literally a queen. She's definitely one of my favorites. I've never not loved a book that she's wrote and I don't plan on ever starting that. I feel like I liked this one so much more than Wait For You because I liked the love interest a lot more. But this cover is just no.


Ms. Marvel Vol 01: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
4/5

I feel like the hype around this graphic novel is a little bit much. I enjoyed it, I really did, but it didn't quite live up to my expectations. That's really all I have to say about that.


Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
4/5

This was the first reread of 2015 for me! Ahh this book. I have a love/hate relationship with this series. I really like everything about the world, I enjoy all the political levels of it, I enjoy all of the goriness. But then we come to Celaena. That girl gets on my nerves so much and I don't see how everyone loves her. I enjoy her a lot more in this one than Crown of Midnight (we'll get to that later).



A Kiss In Time by Alex Flinn
3/5

This book started of so promising but after the halfway point, I was just a little annoyed. I definitely enjoyed Beastly more than this one. Talia just really annoyed me sometimes with her childishness


Slammed by Colleen Hoover
4/5

One of my goals this year is to read all of Colleen Hoover's books so that's the challenge that this goes towards. I've already read Hopeless a few years ago and if I'm remembering correctly, I like Hopeless more than this one but I still really enjoyed this. This book was just a little ridiculous but so good.


Losing It by Cora Carmack
3/5

I really really wanted to like this more than I did but I had several problems with it. First, the instalove. GOOD GOLLY THE INSTALOVE. Second,the characters annoyed me. The other two books in this series follow other characters in Losing It and I don't plan on finishing them because I just did not care about them.


Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
3.5/5

I didn't know that a main character who is supposed to be so awesome and kickbutt could annoy me so freaking much. I read this a little over a year ago and when I first read it, I absolutely loved it and now that I've reread it, I wonder how sound my judgement was back then. Celaena is so bratty and childish and petty and makes me want to stab myself in the eye. The only reason that I'm continuing with this series is because of all of the other characters.


So that was my January wrap up! My favorite book this month was by far Faking Normal. What was your favorite book you read this month?

T5W: Series I Want To Start This Year!

Hi all! So, I kind of put off doing last weeks top 5 Wednesday so I'm catching up now! So last weeks topic was top series you want to start this year and I don't know why but I was super excited to make this list up.

5) Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella
I actually have already started this series because I read Confessions of a Shopaholic at the very beginning of the month and I loved it. I have seven Sophie Kinsella books and Ive only read one of them so I hope that changes this year!
4) Every Colleen Hoover book released
I've only read Hopeless by Colleen Hoover and I bought Slammed and Point of Retreat yesterday. I am so so so excited to read all of her books because I loved Hopeless so much but I read it right when it came out so it's been years since I've read a CH book.
3) Covenant series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
JLA is one of my lit queens. I've read seven of her books and I can't wait to start this series(plus read A LOT more of her books.
2) Furies of Calderon series by Jim Butcher
I wanted to start this series in 2014 but I never got around to it so I'm definitely going to start this one.
1) Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Don't get me started on this one. All the hype and the pressure from my friend has got me really excited to read this so I will be reading this very soon.
Okay, so that's all for this post and I'm off to write this weeks T5W!



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My entire TBR!

Hi all, it’s Elizabeth and today I’ll be talking about my TBR! I have quite a lot of unread books on my shelf so this year I’m going to trying really hard to cut it down to at least 50. So and I’m going to write them all down here and at the end of the year I’m going to come back and review how I did. So without further ado….

1)      In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

2)      Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

3)      Cress by Marissa Meyer

4)      Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland

5)      Unspoken by Sarah Rees Breenan

6)      Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

7)      Boundless by Cynthia Hand

8)      The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

9)      Love Letters To The Dead by Ava Dellaira

10)   Skylark by Meagan Spooner

11)   The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima

12)   Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout

13)   Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

14)   A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall

15)   The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

16)   Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

17)   The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

18)   The Fall of Five by Pitticus Lore

19)   The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern

20)   Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

21)   Everyday by David Levithan

22)   Wonder by R.J. Palacio

23)   The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

24)   All That Glows by Ryan Graudin

25)   Origin by Jessica Khoury

26)   Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

27)   The Program by Suzanne Young

28)   Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

29)   The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

30)   I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak

31)   The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

32)   The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

33)   One Day by David Nicholls

34)   Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella

35)   I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

36)   Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella

37)   Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella

38)   Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella

39)   Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella

40)   My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

41)   Teardrop by Lauren Kate

42)   The Geography of You & Me by Jennifer E. Smith

43)   The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

44)   Summer & The City by Candace Bushnell

45)   The Host by Stephanie Meyer

46)   Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

47)   The Giver by Lois Lowry

48)   The Diary of Anne Frank

49)   The Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

50)   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

51)   Ghost Town by Rachel Cain

52)   Bite Club by Rachel Cain

53)   Night World #3 by L.J. Smith

54)   Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

55)   Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

56)   Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

57)   Enders Game by Orson Scott Card

58)   Enders Shadow by Orson Scott Card

59)   Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card

60)   Born At Midnight by C.C. Hunter

61)   Hourglass by Claudia Gray

62)   Afterlife by Claudia Gray

63)   Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

64)   Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

65)   A Kiss In Time by Alex Flinn

66)   The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

67)   Dreamdark by Laini Taylor

68)   Paranormalcy by Kierstan White

69)   Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

70)   The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

71)   The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

72)   Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd

73)   Icons by Margaret Stohl

74)   Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

75)   Tigers Voyage by Colleen Houck

76)   All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

77)   Crescent Bound by Karli Rush

78)   This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

79)   The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

80)   All You Desire by Kirsten Miller

81)   Horns by Joe Hill

82)   The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

83)   Made For You by Melissa Marr

84)   Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

85)   The Diviners by Libba Bray

86)   Dreams of God’s & Monsters by Laini Taylor

87)   The Cuckoos Calling by Robert Galbraith

88)   The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

89)   The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

90)   The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

91)   The Serpents Shadow by Rick Riordan

92)   Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

93)   Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

94)   Specials by Scott Westerfeld

95)   The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

96)   The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

97)   Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

98)   Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

99)   Looking For Alaska by John Green

100)  Destined by P.C. & Kristin Cast

101)  Hidden by P.C. & Kristin Cast

102) Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by David Levithan & Rachel Cohn

103) You by Caroline Kepnes

104) A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

105) A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

106) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

107) Keeping The Moon by Sarah Dessen

108) Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen

109) Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen

110) The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

111) What Happened To Goodbye

112) True Believers by Nicholas Sparks

113) Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

114) The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks

115) Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott

116) Wake by Amanda Hocking

117) Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

118) Paper Towns by John Green

119) Wither by Lauren Destefano

120) Forever In Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

121) Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

122) Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready

Whosh. So I have 122 books on my tbr and that’s only my physical books. I’m not going to count my books on my kindle because I don’t have that many on there. I’m also going to try and not buy as many books this year (let’s see how that works out…).

T5W: Most Anticipated 2015 releases

Hi, all! I’m here with my (late) top five Wednesday! This week’s topic is your top five most anticipated releases. I’m rebelling a little and I have six, but in reality I have around 15 that I’m looking forward to so narrowing it down was a bit difficult.

6) The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo out on October 6^th.

I read the Grisha trilogy last summer and LOVED it (the darkling had a big part in that). The only thing I know about this is that it’s set in the grisha-verse so that’s enough for me!

5) The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead out on February 10^th.

This is the sixth and final book in the Bloodlines series. *cries* I’m going to be ugly sobbing when I get my hands on this one and finish it. I’ve been with this series since the first books was released and knowing that I won’t have any more Sydrian after this books makes me want to cry.

4) The Heir by Kiera Cass out on May 5^th.

This is the fourth book in the selection series? Or a spin off? I’m not very sure but I do know that I will be going out on May 5^th and devouring this book in one sitting. I have a tradition with Kiera Cass books that go along the lines of 1) sit down, 2) open book,3) read book, and 4) don’t move until you have finished said book.

3) A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes out on June 23^rd.

Ugh, it was so hard picking between these last three for the number one spot! ABoSaT is the first book in a spin off trilogy following the Falling Kingdoms series. People say that Falling Kingdoms is a YA Game of Thrones and I could not agree more! I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Gathering Darkness from Morgan herself at YALLfest so I have grabby hands for another MR book.

2) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas May 5^th.

ACoTaR is a new fantasy series by SJM that circles around Beauty and the Beast and faerie lore (!!!!). I’ve been anticipating this book for months and I’ve been trying like crazy to get an ARC, but I’ve had no luck :(

1) Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare and the release date has not been announced yet.

Cassandra Clare’s books are crack and you don’t need any more of an explanation so just go read them ALL.

2015 Reading Goals

Hey all! My name is Elizabeth, I'm 17, and I love to read. I'm new to the blog-verse so I thought I'd start off with my 2015 bookish goals that I'm going to try and hit.

1)      Read  75  books.

My goal for 2014 had been to read 125 books and I surpassed that by reading 139 but for 2015, I decided to lower it to 75. I found myself stressing out about hitting 125 books last year and I didn't want for my goal to feel like a job that I HAD to complete. Also, I'm starting college college next month so I feel like that is going to take up a lot of my time as well.

2)      Read all of Rick Riordan’s books.

*sigh* I made this same goal for myself in 2014 and I did not complete it. I only ended up reading the first three books of the Hero's of Olympus series but I am definitely going to complete this goal this year (hopefully).

3)      Finish the Harry Potter series.

Once again, I made this goal for myself in 2014 but did not complete it. I know what you're thinking, who HASN'T read all of the Harry Potter books? The answer would be me (my mom wouldn't let me read them when I was younger).

4)      Read 2 classics

I'm not that big on classics, but I really want to read a couple this year. I only read 2 in 2014, one of which I hated (The Hobbit) and one which I loved (Jane Eyre).

5)      Read 10 adult books.

Pretty much the only thing I read is young adult but I occasionally partake in the adult genre. I don't read enough of them though so I'm hoping to change that in 2015!

6)      Get tbr down to 100 books

My tbr sits around 200 right now and that's a little crazy so I've made it a priority to make a big dent into it.

7)      Finish 12 series.

I have about 10 unread series on my shelf where I only have one book left in the series/trilogy so I feel like I might finish this challenge with flying colors!