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Wishlist Wednesday #5

Wishlist Wednesday #5Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Pen to Paper. This meme is where you showcase one book that is on your wishlist and that you can't wait to get off your wishlist and into your hands.

On my Wishlist Wednesday today is....



Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit.
Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague pla...

Book Review - You by Caroline Kepnes

You(You #1)Author: Caroline KepnesGenres: Adult, Thriller. Published: June 18 2015Pages: 422 pages (Paperback) (Simon & Schuster)Read: January 23 2016 - February 1 2016Rating: 3 Stars


When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.

There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets inces...

Book Review - The Rose Society by Marie Lu

The Rose Society(The Young Elites #2)Author: Marie LuGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Magic. Published: October 15 2015Pages: 448 pages (Paperback) (Penguin)Read: January 21 2016 - January 27 2016Rating: 5 Stars
SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOK AHEAD


Adelina Amouteru's heart is set on revenge. Now known and feared as the White Wolf, she and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army. Her goal: to strike down the Inqui...

Wishlist Wednesday #4

Wishlist Wednesday #4Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Pen to Paper. This meme is where you showcase one book that is on your wishlist and that you can't wait to get off your wishlist and into your hands.

On my Wishlist Wednesday today is....



Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Over ten years since the Nazis won the war, 18 yr old Yael has one mission: to kill Hitler - a captivating second novel from Walled City author, Ryan Graudin.

Once upon a different time, there was a girl who...

Top Ten Tuesday #5

Top Ten Tuesday #5 Top Ten Books About Different Relationships To Read To Pass Valentines Day.
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.

Truth be told I'm not really a relationship person so Valentine's Day is just another day for me and will probably just be another day until I find that special someone :P So in general my Valentine's Day is usually like any other day but I s...

Book Review - Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick

Drowning InstinctAuthor: Ilsa J. BickGenres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Mental Illness, Teacher / Student Relationship. Published: February 28 2013Pages: 343 pages (Paperback) (Quercus)Read: January 17 2016 - January 20 2016Rating: 5 Stars



Jenna is sweet sixteen, the age when a girl is supposed to find her prince.

Instead she finds Mr Anderson – intelligent, handsome, married Mr Anderson, who just happens to be her chemistry teache...

Book Review - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter #1)Author: J. K. RowlingGenres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Magic. Published: September 1 2014Pages: 352 pages (Paperback) (Bloomsbury Childrens)Read: January 14 2016Rating: 5 Stars


When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he’s the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and...

Book Review - Soundless by Richelle Mead

SoundlessAuthor: Richelle MeadGenres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mythology, Retelling. Published: November 12 2015Pages: 267 pages (Paperback) (Puffin)Read: January 9 2016 - January 13 2016Rating: 4 Stars



For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village. Her people are at the mercy of a mysterious faraway kingdom, which delivers food in return for precious metals mined from the treacherous cliffs surrounding them.

When villagers beg...

Book Review - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Between Shades of GrayAuthor: Ruta SepetysGenres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, War. Published: June 9 2011Pages: 344 pages (Paperback) (Penguin)Read: January 8 2016 - January 9 2016Rating: 5 Stars




Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from...

My Updated TBR

My Updated TBRI believe it was around this time last year that I did this TBR Pile of Shame post and well I just wanted to post an updated TBR. There is no more TBR Pile of Shame though. Yes I would like to decrease the size of my TBR down to about 30, I am no longer ashamed of the amount of books on my TBR, I just have a challenge and goal for myself with no pressures attached.
So here we go, if you've read any of these books let me know what you thought of them or which one you recommend the...