Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Posted August 4, 2016 by Wendy in Reviews / 2 Comments

Why Did I Read? Vlad the Impaler story with a badass female lead? Historical fiction? I was so in. My Thoughts: I have really complicated feelings about this book. I really liked most parts of it but some parts really dragged and left me feeling underwhelmed. The book starts off with our main character Lada as a young child growing up — we see that from a young age she is already fierce, strong and determined. She has a will […]

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Monthly Recap! July 2016

Monthly Recap! July 2016

Posted August 3, 2016 by Wendy in recap / 6 Comments

I’M STILL ALIVE! I realize the blog has been pretty much SILENT this month. This was a completely unplanned blog hiatus! I’ll take this recap as a chance to catch you all up with what I’ve been up to and HOPEFULLY normal blogging will go on as usual going forward! So what has been keeping me from blogging and reading in general? Oh so much. This summer has been busy, that’s for sure! Firstly, my sister and her family were […]

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The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Posted July 28, 2016 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? I’m all for thrillers. I like the suspense and this sounded super intriguing: I mean, missing kids, missing memories… I was excited to read this! My Thoughts: This story is told in different POVs, some in the POV of some of the returned missing kids and one from the sister of the kid that didn’t return. I thought it was a really interesting concept. However… this one didn’t really work for me. What I really need […]

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Monthly Recap! June 2016

Monthly Recap! June 2016

Posted July 7, 2016 by Wendy in recap / 3 Comments

My recap is late! Things have been BUSY this summer so I’m ridiculously behind on the blogging front. *waves* I’m still here! I hope everyone is having a good start to the summer! Anyone going on any trips or vacations? Fun plans? Tell me about them! As for me… here are some of my favorite things that happened in June! Favorite Things in June: I was so excited to moderate for the Bloomsbury Boldly Bookish Tour! It was a lot […]

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TTT: Top Ten 2016 Releases So Far

TTT: Top Ten 2016 Releases So Far

Posted June 28, 2016 by Wendy in Top Ten Tuesday / 18 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish!  So I missed doing this topic last week so I jumped at the chance to do it during FREEBIE week! In no particular order, here are my top eight favorite 2016 releases so far this year! Have you read these yet? You REALLY need to do so if you haven’t already! The Long Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: This series is such a cool edge […]

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