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6 Mini-Reviews | I'm Back . . . For Now

6 Mini-Reviews | I’m Back . . . For Now

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Amazon|TBD

Rating: 4 out 5

This is one that was immediately on my TBR after reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and having it be an instant 5 stars. I was fortunate enough to receive this book for Christmas. And while I enjoyed it, it definitely didn’t strike me like Evelyn Hugo did.

Overall, the book was less impactful, but still…

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Let's Talk (Spoilers!) | Why I WON'T Be Continuing the Saga Series

Let’s Talk (Spoilers!) | Why I WON’T Be Continuing the Saga Series

I was introduced to the Saga series by my girlfriend at the beginning of last semester, and, like many, I got hooked. Having just finished the most recent one (Volume 9, as of July 2019), I was very hurt. And not just “I’m not interested, and it’s sad hurt” but an actual “I threw the book across the room” hurt.

Needless to say, this review is going to contain major, MAJOR spoilers for the…

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ARC Review | WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power

ARC Review | WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power

Goodreads

I received this ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her.

It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest…

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Review | RADIO SILENCE by Alice Oseman

Review | RADIO SILENCE by Alice Oseman

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

496 Pages

Frances Janvier spends most of her time studying. 

Everyone knows Aled Last as that quiet boy who gets straight As. 

You probably think that they are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and she is a girl.

They don’t. They make a podcast. 

In a world determined to shut them up, knock them down, and set them on a cookie cutter…

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Review | A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab

Review | A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

413 Pages

Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.

Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the…

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ARC Review | SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER by Derek Milman (DNF)

ARC Review | SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER by Derek Milman (DNF)

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On the run from the FBI. Targeted by a murderous cult. Labeled a cyber-terrorist by the media. Irritated texts from his best friend. Eye contact with a nice-looking guy on the train. Aidan has a lot to deal with, and he’s not quite sure which takes top priority.

Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel room for the night, Aidan does what any red-blooded seventeen-year-old…

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Review | AURORA RISING by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Review | AURORA RISING by Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the academy would touch . . .

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm A sociopath scientist with a fondness for…

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MASSIVE BOOKCON GIVEAWAY!!!

If you follow me anywhere on my social media, you may know that I WENT TO BOOKCON!!!

I am honestly still in disbelief. That being said, Sara @ the Bibliophagist and I have a lot of things we won’t be holding on to. So we’re having a MASSIVE giveaway!

Do to shipping costs, we will be limiting it to 1 international winner, and 15 winners in the US! And guess what?? If you have multiple…

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Review | THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

Review | THE GIRLS by Emma Cline

Goodreads

355 Pages

Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be…

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Review | Fly on the Wall by e. lockhart

Review | Fly on the Wall by e. lockhart

Goodreads

182 Pages

lol I’m like 90% positive this description is longer than the book ahhhh . . . (you already knowwww what kind of review this is about to be)

At the Manhattan School of Art and Music, where everyone is unique and everyone is ‘different’, Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. It doesn’t help that she’s known as the girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of her favourite…

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Review | THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater

Review | THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater

Amazon | TBD| Goodreads

416 Pages

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them–until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.

His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean…

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WE'LL FLY AWAY by Bryan Bliss | Review

WE’LL FLY AWAY by Bryan Bliss | Review

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

Uniquely told through letters from death row and third-person narrative, Bryan Bliss’s hard-hitting third novel expertly unravels the string of events that landed a teenager in jail. Luke feels like he’s been looking after Toby his entire life. He patches Toby up when Toby’s father, a drunk and a petty criminal, beats on him, he gives him a place to stay, and he…

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HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes | Review

HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes | Review

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

442 Pages

Sequel to You. Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.

In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He…

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HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes | Review

HIDDEN BODIES by Caroline Kepnes | Review

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

442 Pages

Sequel to You. Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.

In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He…

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Tag | Wonderstruck Book Tag

Tag | Wonderstruck Book Tag

I was tagged by the amazing Sara about a million years ago! School is finally coming to a slow-down, so I’m trying to do my catch-up game here!

Sara knows just how much I love me some Taylor Swift, so here we go!

Link back to the creator (Olivia)

Answer as many or as few of the questions as you’d like.

Feel free to use any of the graphics in this post. 

Tag however many people you’d like at…

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RENEGADES by Marissa Meyer | Review

RENEGADES by Marissa Meyer | Review

Amazon | TBD | Goodreads

552 Pages

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities — who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone… except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she…

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TAG | The Liebster Award

TAG | The Liebster Award

School is FINALLY starting to wind down, so now I have little to no excuses to not blog!

Ally nominated me for the Liebster award in February, so THANK YOU AND I’M SO SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG OT GET AROUND TO THIS!! Everyone, please go check out her blog!

The Liebster Award Rules

Acknowledge the blog that gave it to you and display the award

Answer 11 questions that the blogger gives you

G…

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