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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Book Review: Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine & Ann Aguirre

Release Date: February 13th, 2018
Read: July 17th, 2018
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Series: The Honors, #1
Format: ARC, 467 pages
Source: Publisher in exchange for an honest review

Description from GoodReads:

Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that’s made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead of moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn’t much better than a prison cell.

Still, when Zara commits a crime that has her running scared, jail might be exactly where she’s headed. Instead Zara is recruited into the Honors, an elite team of humans selected by the Leviathan—a race of sentient alien ships—to explore the outer reaches of the universe as their passengers.

Zara seizes the chance to flee Earth’s dangers, but when she meets Nadim, the alien ship she’s assigned, Zara starts to feel at home for the first time. But nothing could have prepared her for the dark, ominous truths that lurk behind the alluring glitter of starlight.

February Monthly Wrap Up 2016

Besides December, February is always the busiest time of the year for my family. With two birthdays in the family, my youngest sister and I, Valentines Day, and a new school semester starting,

everything is always so overwhelming! That didn't change this year either!

My younger sister's birthday dinner.

The biggest event for me would probably be me turning 18, being in Canada that means a few things. I am officially considered an adult, I can also legally drink alcohol, vote, get a tattoo, donate blood, go to jail, sue someone, and many other things! My "brothers" gave me a huge list of things like that, so I can consider myself somewhat of an expert aha. Anyhow, I celebrated by having a big pizza lunch last Friday with my friends, and spending the Saturday (My actually birthday), with friends and family throughout the day leading up to dinner at my favourite bookstore, McNally Robinson, where I might have boughten a bunch of the books listed below. Oops.

Another thing that the month consisted of, was prepping for my San Fransisco trip at the end of March. I've been saving since last spring, and its finally here. So now I have to make sure I have the right clothing and shoes for the weather! Winter parkas have been a thing here since November, and I'm pretty sure I won't need those there... So for now I spring clothing shop, there goes my bank account!

Overall February was a very busy month, next month will definitely be the same! With my trip, I'll probably take a bit of an online presence hiatus in March but I'll let you guys know before I do!

That's it for this month, now for the bookish stats!

Books Read:

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong
After the Woods by Kim Savage
Riders by Veronica Rossi
The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand

I also beta'd a book, but for now it must remain a secret!

Book Haul:

Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass (International Paperback)

The Heir by Kiera Cass (Hardcover)

Burning Glass by Kathryn Purdie (ARC)

Stars Above by Marissa Meyer (Hardcover)

Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke (ARC)

The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand (Hardcover)

Six by Calvin J. Brown (Paperback)

Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly (Hardcover)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (Hardcover)

The Imposter Queen by Sarah Fine (ARC)

Ink by Amanda Sun (ARC)

The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter (Paperback)

Illuminae by Aime Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Hardcover)

Night World: Witchlight by L.J. Smith (Paperback)

Morganville Vampires: Vol. 3 by Rachel Caine (Paperback)

Morganville Vampires: Vol. 4 by Rachel Caine (Paperback)

Broken Crowns by Lauren DeStefano (ARC)

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Paperback)

Titans by Victoria Scott (Hardcover)

A big thank you to McNally Robinson, Doodle's Book Reviews, Maura, and to the lovey people who bought me books for my birthday, for so many of these fabulous books!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

September Wrap Up 2015!

Finally September is done! And with that I only have 9 more months of school then I graduate. Woohoooooo! Anyhow, besides that I purchased a whole ton of books this month, and I mean a lot.

Online orders, pre-orders, bookstores and used bookstores. I did a lot of book hunting!

Woah, look a selfie.

I went to my first book signing in over a year, since YALLFest 2014 to be specific. It felt great, I hope we get visited more often in the future because I really missed the feeling of being at a signing! You can read more about the signing I went to here.
I finally started Queen of Shadows and I'm dying because how awesome it is! I've been kind of out of it at school around my friends because of it! Oops! OOH! Halloween is next month so I'm trying my best to pick a bookish costume, but knowing me it probably won't happen. But we'll see!
Besides the signing and buying a ton of books nothing new has happened this month! I've gotten a update on my trip to San Francisco in March, so that's excited but like I said nothing new.

That wraps up this month. Time for the bookish stats!