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2015 Rewind: 1 of 3
Rather than do a monthly or weekly recap, which would never work for me because I never have anything to say (I highly doubt I have the dedication to maintain something like that either), I figured it...
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Ten Books I'll Probably Never Read
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list our top tens!This week we're discussing books we'll probably never read. Admittedly, I thought this would take me a...
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Part 2: Authorial Intent & Responsibility
This is a post that I've been meaning to write for a very long time, and a recent bad experience with a book finally acted as the catalyst. Also, this post contains way too many questions, and too few...
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Ten Tips to Write Better Book Reviews
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list our top tens!See, the thing is, I'm someone who needs clear-cut defined instructions and goals when I set out to do...
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Armchair BEA Intro!
Hey,everyone! This is my second time participating in Armchair BEA, so I've chosen questions that I didn't get around to last time.Confession: I was too swamped with stuff to write this post...
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A New Chapter: Hitch Theory
As you can see, things have changed around here. We've got a new name, a new look, and hopefully, a rekindled enthusiasm for blogging, minus the side of slothfulness.Origin StoryI fell out of love with...
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Why The Darkness Rising Trilogy Didn't Work For Me
Title: Darkness Rising TrilogyAuthor: Kelley ArmstrongPublication date: April 12, 2011Publisher: HarperCollinsGenre: YA, ParanormalRating: Amazon | Goodreads | TBDSixteen-year-old Maya is just an...
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Review Digest: The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker + Let's Get Lost by Adi...
Title: The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter #1)Author: Virginia BoeckerPublication date: June 2, 2015Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersGenre: YA, FantasyRating: Source: Publisher...
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Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Title: UprootedAuthor: Naomi NovikPublication date: July 29, 2014Publisher: MacmillanGenre: FantasyRating: Source: Publisher (NetGalley)Amazon | Goodreads | TBDAgnieszka loves her valley home, her...
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Looking Back: The Halfway Point
Guys, the powers that be in the book world have not favoured me this year *cue sad face*. I've had the displeasure of reading one abysmal book after another for a long, long while and it has made me so...
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I'm Joining The ARC August Bandwagon!
Okay, this is super last minute guys, considering that August has already started, but hey, better late than never, right? For those of you who don't know, ARC August is a month long event organised...
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Review: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Title: The Rest of Us Just Live HereAuthor: Patrick NessPublication date: August 27, 2015Publisher: HarperTeen (Harper Collins)Genre: YA, ContemporaryRating: Source: Publisher (Edelweiss)Amazon |...
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Review: Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Title: KinslayerAuthor: Jay KristoffPublication date: September 17, 2013Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin's Press)Genre: YA, Fantasy, SteampunkRating: Amazon | Goodreads | TBDA SHATTERED...
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ARC August Update: Week One
Week 1 of ARC August finished a few days back, and I'm very happy to say that I wasn't a complete failure! Yay!I finished:The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (review)This was my first Ness...
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ARC August Update: Week Two
Week 2 has gone by very slowly. I had to really struggle with staying on track, but I still managed to kind of meet my goal. I finished:Dumplin' by Julie Murphy I really, really enjoyed Dumplin', you...
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Review: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
Title: Dumplin'Author: Julie MurphyPublication date: September 15, 2015Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)Genre: YA, ContemporaryRating: Source: Publisher (Edelweiss)Amazon | Goodreads |...
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ARC August Update: Week Three
Week 3 was awesome! I completely rocked the socks off this week :DI finished:Falling Into Place by Amy ZhangThis book... while I can't say it completely wowed me, it still made me appreciate it in a...
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ARC August Wrap Up!
ARC August is over, y'all! I am so proud of what I managed to accomplish this month, although week 4 hasn't exactly been the best.Week 4 Update:Zip. Nada. I know, it sucks, but I had A LOT of stuff...
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Review: Walk on Earth A Stranger by Rae Carson
Title: Walk on Earth A Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy #1)Author: Rae CarsonPublication date: September 22, 2015Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins)Genre: YA, Fantasy, Historical FictionRating:...
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A Little Bit About Me
Yes, it was my birthday, and I turned 21 on October 2nd! Have some of that month old cake ;DI've never been big on birthdays, and I've never even mentioned it here on the blog, but with the 21st, I...
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Reading Goals for The Coming Year
With a new year of blogging comes a new set of goals. I'm not usually one to participate in reading challenges (except for Goodreads. That's a given), simply because... well, I've never thought about...
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Review: The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine
Title: The Impostor Queen (Untitled #1Author: Sarah FinePublication date: January 5, 2016Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster)Genre: YA, FantasyRating: Source: Publisher...
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Review: Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Title: Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)Author: Ryan GraudinPublication date: October 20, 2015Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette)Genre: YA, HistoricalRating: Source: Publisher...
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Rewind: January 2016
IN REAL LIFELife was super hectic last month, and I don't see the pace abating anytime in the near future. Just the opposite, in fact. I got to go to Goa for the first time for a conference a couple of...
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Lit Up Fandom: Shannelle Chua ft Bookstagram Bookmarks
Lit Up Fandom is where I feature artists who make awesome bookish stuffWhen I first came up with the idea for Lit Up Fandom three years back (whew! Three years!), Shannelle was one of the first artists...
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