August Haul

I know what I bought in August!!!

1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
-obviously

2. Recreated - Colleen Houck
-I  was thinking about Reawakened the other day and I remembered that the second one was coming out in August and I found out it came out on the 2nd and I went crazy in the store looking for it. Needless to say, I'm excited.

3. A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
-I've heard good things and apparently it's going to be (or already is) a movie!

4. Paper Princess -
-the cover for this is really beautiful and I think I'll really enjoy it!

5. This Modern Love - Will Darbyshire
- you all should go out and get this book ASAP

51. The Calling - Kelley Armstrong

The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong is the second book in the Darkness Rising.

I've let this book soak in (for a few hours now) and I still love it. I rated it a whole star more than the first one because there was so much more going on. Or at least it felt like it anyways.

She moves very slowly through time with her writing, but she gets every detail and that is the reason I love Kelley Armstrong. At first it feels as if nothing has happened because time moves so slowly in her writing until you finish it and think. In reality, so much has happened.

I don't want to give too much away from this book since it is in fact the second book and I'd be ruining it for a lot of people if you haven't read it yet.

Maya is amazing and so strong, mostly mentally. She is such a great leader and doesn't back down from her responsibilities even when everyone but her friend Daniel is against her.

Daniel is a great friend for Maya, but for some reason I just don't like him. Like I understand that he has to be there but most of this book it just seemed like he was just... well there.

Raffe is pretty cool. I understand his motives and why he does what he does. I like him and Maya together, but the rest is just meh.

That covers the big three I think. I really, really like Sam and Annie. Both of them are amazing when we get to see them. This book hardly had any Annie in it, actually she only appeared once. But she reminded me why I love her character so much and I can't wait to see her in the third and final books. Meanwhile Sam is the badass girl every book needs.

Well, we actually need more than one badass girl in books. Maya and Same are prime examples of that and I love both of them.

Part of me wants Maya to be bisexual and end up with Sam in the end, but everyone knows that's just not going to happen any time soon. Oh well, I can live with her and Raffe together in the end. (Let's just face it. We all know it's going to happen anyways.)

What I'm really hoping for is an appearance from any character from the Darkest Powers trilogy.

I'm also staying very hopeful.

Onto read the next book!

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.

August Wrap-Up

Finally, back on track.

Here's what I read in August!!

1. The Assassin's Curse - Cassandra Rose Clarke
- I couldn't help myself, this was a re-read lol

2. This Modern Love - Will Darbyshire
- you all need to read this asap.

April, May, June, and July Wrap-Up

I'm terrible. Just awful.

In April I read:
Scarlet - Marissa Meyer

In May:
Miss. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Rebel Belle - Rachel Hawkins
Famous Last Words - Katie Alender

In June:
Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan

In July:
Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan



Now that I have a new laptop, I'll get back on track!!

May Haul

There's not going to be a whole lot of explaining going on this time around.

1. The Awakening of a Sunshine Girl -

2. Soundless - Richelle Mead

3. The Rose and the Dagger -

4. A Court of Mist and Fury - Sarah J. Maas

5. Industrial Magic - Kelley Armstrong

6. Curtsies and Conspiracies -

7. i woke up dead at the mall -

8. In Real Life -


Wow, okay I forgot about this because my laptop broke and I haven't kept track for a few months. I've been buying less and less and I'm pretty sure after this I only bought about five books and its now July. Can't even check Goodreads because I haven't added any to my 'owned' list since probably April. Sorry guys. I'll hopefully keep up now that I have a laptop. August will be good!!!

45. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan

The second book in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan sure does live up to the awesomness of the first one.

If you have seen the movies, they can't live up to the books at all. I re-watched the first one recently and it was all wrong. A great movie, but as an adaptation of the book, terrible. I don't want to even try to watch the second one while I'm still on a high of reading these books because I know its even worse.

I want so badly for them to turn this series into a TV show and I want them to follow it as perfectly as they can because it would be so good.

So good.

Honestly, if you want to get into reading and you've never been much of a reader before, read this series. This series will turn you into a reader. It's that good.

Do it. Read it. Now. Go.

I'm completely serious.

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.

44. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer just might be my favourite book in the Lunar Chronicles.

I just, just finished this book like three seconds ago. The one chapter in Queen Levana's point of view - you know which one I'm talking about - was too calm. Seriously, that is the only thing I can think about right now. The Queen was just too calm and weird and I didn't particularly like her point of view.

There was just something about it that didn't feel right, does that make sense?

Anyway, this book was amazing!

I love Wolf and Scarlet and Cinder and everyone! They are so amazing.

To be honest, I loved Wolf even when he was being an asshole.

I don't know why I didn't get on this bandwagon sooner. Seriously, I could have started reading this series long ago, but I never did. Yet, here we are. I am finally reading it and it's amazing.

My favourite point of view is Cinder's but I really, really love Scarlet's as well. I hope that they end up as good friends by the end of this.

Thorne is slightly annoying but also funny. I'm not sure how I feel about him yet. I don't hate him, but I'm not too sure if I like him yet.

I'm going to pick up Cress very, very soon! (As soon as I finish the other three books I'm reading right now.) Seriously, if you haven't started this series yet, do it. It's so worth it!

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.

43. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.

Where do I even begin.

This was a cute book. Not as serious as Fangirl, but still very cute. Some terms were very childlike and it has some obvious issues with some point-of-views within the novel but I still enjoyed it a lot.

Agatha wasn't the best at any point but I like where she ended up. To be honest, I didn't see her point of being in the story at all other than to prove that Simon was bisexual instead of gay but even that didn't seem necessary to me.

Baz is great, my favourite character by far and also the best name.

Simon was weird the whole time honestly. And for fucks sake, just please use the term bisexual. I just wanted to see it once in this book and it wasn't.

Penelope was also the best. 100%

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.

42. Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple

Alright let me start off by saying that I picked this up because my Aunt lent it to me saying she really liked it and then after having it sit there for a month I went to a friends house over the weekend and knew the bus ride to get there would be long, so I brought one book only to read and it was this one. I didn't finish it on the bus there or while I was there or on the bus back. However, I did finish it two days later because wow there's a lot to take in. So much to try and figure out.

Too many things I want to know!!!

This story is told a little differently. It's a fourteen/fifteen year old girl who lives in Seattle with her two awesome parents. They're both a little crazy but they are super awesome.

Her mom is literally the coolest mom ever (besides my mom obviously) even if she seems to need help. She doesn't REALLY need help, she just needs to be shoved in the right direction once again. And that's exactly what happens.

The way it's written is a bunch of documents like; emails, FBI files, memos and notes. It's very weird and a tad harder to get into but I still loved it very much. Every once and while you see a note Bee made or one of her memories from when these things happened which is very nice.

I was also told this was supposed to be a humour book? Not too sure about that still. There are some humorous moments but nothing that I think (personally) that would classify this under the category of humour.

I just found it a tab suspenseful and I wanted to keep reading it to find out where it goes. The characters were so interesting I wanted so badly to learn more about them and that's what kept me hooked.

There is still so much I want to know about and here are some of them: (SPOILERS MAYBE)

-The baby?? Like?? Tell me more!!!
-The baby's mom? (I can't remember her name)
-Their crazy neighbour and her son?
-The neighbour's husband?
-What did her mom do about that lady and the baby? Like I want to know more!!
-Tell me everything about that new building she's making!
-Does Bee like her knew half-sibling?
-Does she get along with the other lady's kids?
-Or the mother to her half sibling?
-How does her dad feel really?
-Where does he work now? Also, is he loving it?
-Basically just let me know how all the characters are doing.

Please, please Maria Semple! Please give me more

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.

41. The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater is a perfect roller coaster of emotions.

Alright, it took me a whole month to read this whole thing, let's see how well I remember what happened.

To be honest, I thought switching into the Gray Man's point of view was a waste of time for about half the book until he met Maura, and well I'm not saying the rest of that will be a spoiler. Don't make assumptions! You could be thinking something happened but really nothing happened.

Can I also just say that this book made me love Ronan even more. Like he's so good and so scary all at the same time. Sometimes I wish I could come across as scary as Ronan. He's like my new roll model.

Adam pretty much made me angry this whole book until him and Persephone helped out Ronan. I really just want him to be the Adam that was in The Raven Boys because I loved that Adam so much.

I also love that Gansey and Blue's relationship. Gansey calls her just for her to talk and to get his mind off things. Then Blue asks him to just talk and drive anywhere to get her mind off things. It's so cute and so heartbreaking.

I would say goals, but we all know what's going to happen eventually and that is not goals.

I gave this book a 4 star rating on Goodreads rather than a five star like the first book but I have a reason. This book really seemed like they were just hopping along and nothing was really happening. Like they were doing things but none of it felt like it was going anywhere.

Then - at like the 400th page - everything awkwardly fell into place and Ronan and Kavinsky fought and it was epic but not epic enough for me to be honest. Like, I wanted more to happen than that. Or for it just to last a bit longer.

Just something more.

Then the darn thing ends on a cliffhanger and no one even knows how we got to the dang cliffhanger.

Right now I feel like this book was kind of a mess, but I do intend on reading the next one very soon!

(I love that the Starbucks barista just crossed out my name and started again.)

If you'd like me to read/ review a book, just leave a comment below! I'll try not to give too many spoilers or give too much away while reviewing the books, but if I do, also let me know so I can give warnings to anyone who hasn't read the books before. I appreciate all feedback, but please be respectful on constructive criticism.

Everyone's opinions are valuable so please don't make anyone feel terrible for having their own opinion on a book. Just because it's different from yours does not mean it's the wrong opinion.