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Top Ten Tuesday #10

Top Ten Tuesday #10 Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

Well this post is going to be something like my summer reading plans post, but instead I'm just going to pick 10 books!!




1. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
I bought this book on it's release date over a year ago and I just loved the predecessors of this book, so why I haven'...

Personal Project - Defeating My TBR

Personal Project - Defeating My TBRI have been in a war with my TBR since I became a reader, yes, even before I discovered BookTube or Blogging. So you can imagine how the war is going now. I honestly can't even remember a time when I didn't have a TBR.
But even though I said I am in a war, I really don't want to get rid of my TBR either. I just want it to become manageable. Manageable being having a TBR of a number between 10 and 20 books. That is manageable. For me anyway. Unfortunately I am...

Top Ten Tuesday #9

Top Ten Tuesday #9 Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The Rest of 2015.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and consists of them picking a topic each week for us bloggers to list our Top Ten.

2015 is a great year for book releases!! In the beginning it was marvelous and the last end of the year is going to be even better. So let's get this list started:




1. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
2. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
3. The...

BEA and Bookcon - How it affected me!!

BEA and Bookcon - How it affected me!!

I know what you're all thinking. How on earth could BEA and Bookcon affect me when I wasn't even there!!! But it did I can assure you that and the ways they affected me, well  here we go:
1. They exploded my wishlist!!And I mean exploded it!! Because of watching all the BookTube videos and reading all the blogger posts about Bookcon and BEA and seeing all the hauls and seeing all the books, I was just so overwhelmed because I saw so many books that I...

Book Review - What's Left Of Me by Kat Zhang

What's Left Of Me(The Hybrid Chronicles #1)Author: Kat ZhangGenres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy.Published: September 27 2012Pages: 343 pages (Paperback Edition) (Harper Collins)Read: May 2015Rating: 3 Stars

Imagine that you have two minds, sharing one body. You and your other self are closer than twins, better than friends. You have known each other forever.

Then imagine that people like you are hated and feared. That the government wa...

May 2015

May 2015 Book Haul / Wrap Up / June TBRMay is done and dusted and I've been finished college for nearly a month now. The time truly flies doesn't it.....
May 2015 Book HaulI bought 3 books this month and they were 3 books that I was highly looking forward to too. Without further a due the books were:

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasEmpire of Night by Kelley ArmstrongThe Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

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May 2015 Wrap UpHere is my...

Book Review - Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent(Divergent #2)Author: Veronica RothGenres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia.Published: May 1 2012Pages: 525 pages (Paperback Edition) (Harper Collins)Read: May 2015Rating: 4 Stars
SPOILERS FOR DIVERGENT AHEAD!!

I HAVE DONE BAD THINGS.
I CAN'T TAKE THEM BACK, 
AND THEY ARE PART OF WHO I AM.

Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more r...

Book Review - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet(The Lunar Chronicles #2)Author: Marissa MeyerGenres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fairy Tale.Published: February 7 2013Pages: 452 pages (Paperback Edition) (Puffin)Read: May 2015Rating: 5 Stars
SPOILERS FOR CINDER AHEAD!!

This is not the fairytale you remember.

But it’s one you won’t forget.

Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf, a street fighter she does not trust,...

Book Review - Timeless by Alexandra Monir

Timeless(Timeless #1)Author: Alexandra MonirGenres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Romance.Published: March 13 2012Pages: 291 pages (Paperback Edition) (Ember)Read: May 2015Rating: 1 Star


When tragedy strikes Michele Windsor’s world, she is forced to uproot her life and move across the country to New York City, to live with the wealthy, aristocratic grandparents she’s never met. In their old Fifth Avenue mansion filled with a century’s worth of fami...

Book Review - A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

A Game of Thrones(A Song of Fire and Ice #1)Author: George R. R. MartinGenres: Adult, Fiction, Fantasy.Published: March 27 2014Pages: 805 pages (Paperback Edition) (Harper Voyager)Read: April 2015Rating: 5 Stars


Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court w...