Recently I asked my readers if image sliders are worth having, and today I’m going to share my findings from both the poll and the discussion that followed. In most cases, you should not have an image slider The poll results show that only 16% […]
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
I’m so torn on Daughters of Smoke & Bone. I didn’t hate it, but I never loved it the way everyone else seems to. What I Liked I loved the setting of Prague. There was something so great about finally reading a book that doesn’t […]
Have Physical ARCs Lost Their Appeal?
Jenna from Jenna Does Books posed a question on Twitter the other day: Curious question: who here still sends physical ARC requests to publishers? Jenna Does Books @jennadoesbooks My response and those from other people got me thinking: have physical ARCs lost their appeal? A […]
Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
I almost didn’t read Maybe One Day, and oh my god that would have been a massive mistake! I think my problem was that I like romance books, and this is not a romance; it’s about friendship. Those kinds of books usually don’t get me […]
Stacking the Shelves (73) – New Battlestation!
New Books Wow, this is the biggest my haul has been in a while! These are all my new books from the last two weeks or so. Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Goodreads Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Goodreads Sunrise by […]
Books I Read Before I Started Blogging
Before I started using Goodreads, I started keeping a text file of the books I read. This only lasted one year, but I thought I’d share some of the books I found on my list! I cut out a few, mostly ones I read for […]
The Secret Diamond Sisters by Michelle Madow
It breaks my heart to write this review. I feel like I’m about to rip the book to shreds, and that saddens me. I actually met the author (very, very briefly) at BEA last year. She was SO SWEET and so excited about her upcoming […]
Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
I loooooved Fire & Flood! Honestly, the main thing that pulled me into this book was the “animal companion” aspect. I’ve always been a crazy fan of things like The Wild Thornberries, Pokémon, and The Golden Compass—TV shows, movies, and books that have some kind […]
Do You Ever Really *Want* to Love a Blog… But Don’t?
There are a few blogs out there that I really want to love. I want to love them because their blog designs are GORGEOUS and I want an excuse to visit it every day. Or I want to love them because everyone else loves them, […]
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
OH MY GOD! This book!! Why did I not read you for like, a million years??? I swear, Steelheart and I have been playing the book equivalent of phone tag. I originally got a copy of it at BEA. I only really stood in line […]