"What do you want to be?" "Happy," she says with a smile. - Colleen Hoover

Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Connections Tag

I know, I know. I've been doing an insane amount of Book Tags lately. The reason is because I wanted to give you guys more posts and I love doing tags!

This tag was originally created by Tiernan aka TheBookTuber on YouTube. He's awesome and I definitely recommend you go watch him if you haven't already!Original Video




1. Which two fictional characters from two different books would be good friends?
I think that Lissa from Vampire Academy and Alice from Twilight would be good friends. They both care deeply for the ones they love and they are both really cool characters.

2. Which two characters from different books would NOT be good friends?
Continuing with Vampire Academy and Twilight can you imagine Rosalie and Rose?! OMG! I think they would absolutely hate each other. Now I'm curious how their meeting would go.

3. Which fictional character do you hear about all the time, but you've never read the book?
Whatever the main girls name is in Shatter Me. I've heard people talk about that book since it first came out but recently it's like EVERYONE has read it. Except for me of course.

4. Which character would cause the most drama?
Nan from the Too Far series. That bitch is crazy and i'm sure drama is her middle name.

5. Which character would you constantly be rolling your eyes at?
Sydney from Crashing Into You. I really really disliked her. She drove me nuts and I'm pretty sure I rolled my eyes so much they almost got stuck that way.

6. Which character would not belong in the real world?
Dimitri Belecov. Did I spell that right? Like at all? Anywho I think he's a really cool dude and an awesome character but I think the real world might be a bit much for him.
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Top 13 of 2013

Here we go guys, it's my top 13 books I read in 2013!

13. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
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12. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
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This Is What Happy Looks Like Review
Interview:
Jennifer E. Smith Interview

11. The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorenson
 
10. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
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9. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer & The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Buy The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Here
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Buy The Evolution of Mara Dyer Here
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8. That Time I Joined The Circus by JJ Howard
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Amazon
Review:
That Time I Joined The Circus Review
Interview:
JJ Howard Interview

7. The Kiss Off & Over It by Sarah Billington
The Kiss Off
Kiss Off Review
Over It Review
Interviews:
First Interview
Second Interview

6. Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
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Review:Walking Disaster Review

5. Faking It by Cora Carmack
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4. Between The Lines Series by Tammara Webber


Between The Lines
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Where You Are
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3. Too Far Series by Abbi Glines
Fallen Too Far
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Never Too Far
Amazon
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Forever Too Far
Review:
Fallen Too Far Review
 
2. Twisted Perfection & Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines
 
Twisted Perfection
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Simple Perfection

1. Rule & Jet by Jay Crownover
Rule:
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Opposites Book Tag


OPPOSITES BOOK TAG

1. First book in your collection/last book you bought
The first book that I remember having in my collection is actually a series. I used to own a crap ton of the California Diaries books and I was obsessed with them. I'm sure those aren't the first books that i've ever owned but they are the ones I remember having. Oooh and Judy Blume. I was obsessed with Judy Blume books. The most recent book I bought was on my Kindle and it's Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines.

2. Cheap book/Expensive book
All of my Nicholas Sparks books were cheap-I didn't pay full price for any of them. I either bought them at library sales, thrift stores, or from thriftbooks.com. The most expensive is Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. I bought that when it first came out in hardcover.

3. Book with a male protagonist/book with a female protagonist
For the male protagonist i'm going to pick Percy Jackson because I love him. For the girl i'm going to choose Hazel from The Fault In Our Stars. Do I really need to tell you why I choose her? I didn't think so. ;)

4. Book you read fast/book that took you to long to read
I read Rule by Jay Crownover reeeeally fast! Breaking Dawn took me the longest but it wasn't because I didn't like it. It just had a lot going on in it and I was really bummed that it was the last Twilight book.

5. Pretty cover/ugly cover
I think that Wither by Lauren DeStefano is a beautiful cover! Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is really ugly. What a fitting title Mr. Westerfeld.

6. National book/international book
For national i'm going to choose Paper Towns by John Green and for international i'm going to choose....Anna & The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.

7. Thin book/thick book
Hmm thin book...Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer...Thick book...any of those ginormous Harry Potter books. :)

8. Fiction book/nonfiction book
Vampire Academy is the fiction book i'm going to choose and i'm going to pick Neon Angel for my nonfiction book.

9. Way to romantic/action
I can't really think of a book that I thought was to romantic...And for action i'm going to pick Divergent by Veronica Roth.

10. Book that made you happy/book that made you sad
I'm going to choose The Fault In Our Stars for both.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas Cracker Book Tag


1. Pick a book with a wintery cover.
Dash and Lilys Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. I think that cover is so beautiful and it makes me feel all wintery when I look at it.

2. Pick a book that you are likely to buy as a present.
Hmm...depends on who i'm buying for. I did buy a book as a present this year though and it was Let Me Off At The Top by Ron Burgundy :) I bought it for my best friend because he's a huge Anchorman fan.

3. Pick a festive themed book.
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle.

4. Pick a book you can curl up with by the fireplace.
Twilight. Hands down. Sorry Twi-haters.

5. Pick a book you want to read over the festive period.
I always want to read Harry Potter over the holidays. Those books are so big and they just scream winter read...However I have yet to read them. Lame.

6. Pick a book that's so good it gives you chills.
I finished Simple Perfection by Abbi Glines the other day and it gave me chills! It was so. freaking. good.
7. Pick a book that's going on your Christmas wish list.
I wanted Rule by Jay Crownover so effing bad and...I GOT IT! Thank you mom ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME BY CHECKING OUT MY BLOG. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME!
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

All I Want For Christmas Tag




1. What fictional character do you want Santa to leave under your Christmas tree?
Adrian Ivashkov.
 
2. What character do you want to kiss under the mistletoe?
Rule! I choose Rule!
 
3. You write your Christmas wish list for Santa. What are the top 5 books on it?
-The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
-City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
-Rush Too Far by Abbi Glines
-Nash by Jay Crownover
-ROME by Jay Crownover!!! I need it now!

4. It's secret Santa at Hogwarts, what do you most want to receive?
I've never read Harry Potter soooo i'm going to say it's secret Santa in Forks, Washington, and I want Jacob to make me a bracelet like the one he made Bella.
 
5. You get to spend the day with the characters and movie adaptation actors from one fandom. What do you pick?
That is so hard! My mind goes to Twilight first but I don't really think i'd be that good of friends with the actors...maybe Taylor Lautner. Hmm. I'll choose The Hunger Games cast. I really love Jennifer Lawrence (Who doesn't?) and Liam Hemsworth is my future husband...so I guess that's how we could meet. Yep i'll choose The Hunger Games.

6. What fictional animal would you like to replace Rudolph with and be able to meet on your roof?
What an awful question--Rudolph can not be replaced.

7. You invite 10 fictional characters to your New Years Eve party, who do you pick?
-Lexi and the crew (That Time I Joined The Circus)
-Anna & Etienne (Anna & the French Kiss)
-Patrick, Charlie, & Sam (Perks of Being a Wallflower)
-Rush, Blaire, Woods, Della, Jace, Grant (Too Far)
-Max & Kade (Faking It)
-Poppy and The Academy of Lies (The Kiss Off)
-Travis &Abby (Beautiful Disaster)
-Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy/Bloodlines)
-Reid, Emma & Graham (Between The Lines)
-Everyone from the book Rule
(I'm aware you said 10 but it's my party and I want all of these characters there.) :)

8. What character would make a good Santa?
When I first heard this question I instantly thought Augustus Waters because he's just so happy and Santa is always happy.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

BookTubeAThon Wrap-Up

CHRISTMAS BOOKTUBEATHON WRAP-UP!

I. Am. So. Excited!
If you read my post the other day about the BookTubeAThon then you know that I haven't read a single book this month.
I had put a lot of faith into the BookTubeAThon to get me back into reading.
Guess what?
IT DID!
I read a total of 5 books and 1 novella!
YAY, me!







As soon as it hit midnight I started on this bad boy and didn't go to bed until it was finished. :) I am a ginormous fan of Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire, so of course when I found out there was a novella I HAD TO READ IT! This kicked off the weekend and i'm so glad I started with this. It was phenomenal if you're curious. :)
Buy A Beautiful Wedding Here!
 
 
The next book I read was Forbidden Surrender by Priscilla West. Oh. My. God.
I adored this book! I've found that when i'm in a slump contemporary is usually the way to get me out of it. After reading A Beautiful Wedding I was still in the mood for some tattoed man goodness so this seemed like the perfect choice. I started this book shortly after I woke up and I didn't put it down until I was finished. I really loved Vincent and Kristen and I think you will too.
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Obviously since I enjoyed Forbidden Surrender so much I had to pick up the second book in the Surrender series! Sweet heavens was it delicious! I am a fan of romance but I also like a little bit of action too. I really enjoy the way Priscilla kept the books fast paced and kept you on the edge of your seat. Great 2nd installment.
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I'm pretty sure you know what I read next. You think I read the next book in the trilogy (I believe it's a trilogy. Please correct me if i'm wrong!)? Well aren't you smart! I did in fact read the final book :) I read all of these books in one day so obviously I loved them.
Ah. So good. 
Buy Beautiful Surrender Here:
 
 
After I finished the Surrender series I was still in the mood for some yummy romance so obviously I turned to Abbi Glines. I am in love with the Too Far trilogy and was a major fan of Woods so next I picked up Twisted Perfection. Basically this is a spin off of the Too Far trilogy. And yes you do get to see Blaire and Rush again. Eek! I know! :) I started this book Saturday but couldn't read very much because I had a Christmas party to go to. I picked it back up around 1 am and stayed up until 3 am to finish it. This book was seriously delish! Ooh Woods. Ooh Della.
 Buy Twisted Perfection Here:
 
 
After Twisted Perfection I needed more Della and Woods so today I picked up Simple Perfection. The title is fitting because it was simply perfection. Ah Abbi Glines you so good.
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After reading Simple Perfection I decided to call it good. I had so much fun participating in the BookTubeAThon and i'm so happy to be out of my reading slump. It was a blast and I can't wait to do another one!
Also if you'd like a detailed review/playlist of any of the books please let me know! :)
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas BookTubeAThon



Let me just say how excited I am that some of my favorite BookTubers have decided to do a Christmas BookTubeAThon! Aside from the obvious awesome factor, I'm excited because I haven't read one book in the month of December.

Please don't hurt me.

I don't know what the problem has been but I do know that it's been bugging the hell out of me. I've started multiple books but just haven't been in the mood for them.

I feel like the BookTubeAThon is the perfect thing to get me out of my slump.

A lot of BookTubers are making videos showing the books they plan on reading but since I write blog posts and not make videos i'm going to share what I plan on reading here. Cross your fingers I actually get some reading done.

P.S. The BookTubeAThon goes from Friday-Sunday.

First book I plan on reading is actually a novella. I'm easing my way back into this whole reading thing.

I am a HUGE fan of Beautiful Disaster and Walking Disaster so when I found out that Jamie McGuire was releasing a novella I was stoked. If this can't get me out of my slump I don't know what will!
 
 
The second book (legit book this time) I plan on reading is Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. I've heard really good things about this trilogy so i'm excited to get into it.
 
So far those are the only books on my list for 2 reasons
-I don't know if my slump will continue to take over
-I requested some books from NetGalley and i'm not sure if I got them yet
However I will do a wrap up after the BookTubeAThon to let you know what I read.
I will also being doing random updates on Twitter.
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