Mini Reviews: The Devil’s Thief and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Posted January 29, 2019 by Wendy in Mini Reviews / 1 Comment

My Thoughts: The Last Magician was a really great start to a unique time traveling fantasy series and I was really excited about The Devil’s Thief! In fact – I waited in a really long line to get it at ALA Annual in NOLA. I was a bit disappointed though as I think it suffered from second book syndrome slightly. The premise remains so unique and the set up for this second book is really interesting with new elements being put into play as […]

Fitness Friday: Kick Off – Finding the Fun in Fitness

Posted January 25, 2019 by Wendy in Fitness Friday / 1 Comment

New feature alert! As many of you know, if you follow the blog or me on twitter, fitness is a huge part of my life. I usually mention something fitness related in my monthly recaps and have also talked about my marathon journey last year. I decided to channel all that love into a monthly feature! I realize this isn’t book related but I hope this will still be a fun feature for everyone! For the kick off post, I […]

Review: Nyxia and Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen

Posted January 14, 2019 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

Why Did I Read? I’m a big fan of sci-fi and I am loving the influx of YA sci-fi recently! My Thoughts: Nyxia was a fast paced, non-stop action read that I enjoyed immensely! It is set on a space ship taking a group of kids out to Eden — they are competing for a limited number of spots to go there and mine nyxia – a substance only found on this other planet. Their family gets compensated handsomely by this […]

Looking Ahead: 2019 Goals & Challenges!

Posted January 8, 2019 by Wendy in Challenge, Personal, recap / 4 Comments

2019 is here! Here’s looking ahead at some new goals and resolutions for the new year! I like making resolutions because it gives me something to work toward. I happened to fulfill all of my 2018 resolutions! 2018 goals: 120 books. Finish a full marathon (and bc I’m naturally competitive even with myself, I have a time in mind). PR another half. Climb a V5. Blog more. 10 pull ups.— Wendy (@BookScents) January 1, 2018 Just in the nick of […]

Best of 2018: In Books & Life

Posted January 2, 2019 by Wendy in recap / 6 Comments

You know what’s interesting? Is that I see all these best of 2018 lists throughout December and they make me super antsy because 2018 isn’t actually over yet so what if, on the very last day of December I read THE BEST BOOK of the year? I don’t publish best of lists until the new year and by then everyone seems to have moved on to 2019 lists. Oh well! I will just be over here doing me! 🙂 2018 […]