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.

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. :)

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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. 

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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.

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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! :)

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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Winter Wonderland Book Tag

 

1. What book is so happy and sweet that it warms your heart?
Anna & The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. I'm pretty sure everyone else would choose this book but it just warms my heart.

2. What is your favorite book with a white cover?
Cloaked by Alex Flinn is primarily white so does that count? It's really pretty so I say it counts. :)

3. You're sitting in a nice comfy chair, wearing a onesie, with a lovely warm hot chocolate but what MONSTER read are you reading?
Monster as in large? I would say one of the Twilight books. I really enjoy reading them in the winter.

4. It started snowing so you decided to have a snowball fight! What fictional character would you love to have the snowball fight with?
Adrian Ivashkov. Hands down.

5. Sadly, your fire is beginning to go out. So what book would you tear the last few chapters out to throw into the fire?
Part of me wants to say Allegiant by Veronica Roth because I was so angry with the way she ended it but I see why she did it that way. Doesn't mean I'm not mad at her though.

6. What book is so close to your heart that you would gift it to someone this Christmas who hasn't read it but wants to get into reading?
Honestly I would say Twilight. First of all those books are very close to my heart and second they got a lot of people into reading. If my friend had watched the movies and didn't enjoy them or hated vampires...well we wouldn't be friends...but hypothetically if that were the case I'd recommend The Hunger Games. I feel like those books got a lot of people into reading as well.

T10T: December 17: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2013

I've been failing miserably at Top Ten Tuesday posts so i'm going to try to get back into the swing of things.

I'm stoked for this weeks theme because i've found a ton of new authors this year that i've become obsessed with!

 

Also i'm putting this up on a Monday because I won't have time to post tomorrow.

Enjoy!!

10. Jessica Sorenson

I read one of her books earlier this year and somewhat enjoyed it...then I read The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden and fan girled like I just saw Edward Cullen. It was so good! There is another after but because I suck I haven't read it yet.

9. Amanda Hocking

The Watersong series is one of my favorite series of the year! The second book I read in one day, that's how much I enjoyed it.

8. Alexandra Bracken

The Darkest Minds. I don't need to say anymore.

7. Michelle Hodkin

I FINALLY jumped on the Mara Dyer coo-coo train and i'm soooo happy I did. These books are incredible and when the 3rd book comes out i'm going to run around the room screaming for about an hour or so.

6. Jennifer E. Smith

I remember when The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight came out and everyone was all oohing and ahhing over it. I have yet to read it but I did read This Is What Happy Looks Like and I freaking loved it! Such a cute contemporary.

5. Abbi Glines

I read the Vincent Boys this year and I kinda enjoyed it. Then I read The Vincent Brothers and reeeeally enjoyed it. THEN I read the Fallen Too Far series and fell head over heels in love with Abbi Glines. If you're a fan of New Adult and you haven't read those books then we can't be friends. Just kidding but seriously read them!

4. J.J. Howard

I said earlier in the year that "That Time I Joined The Circus" is one of my favorite books of the year. Since then i've read MANY books and it's still one of my favorites. If you're looking for a magical contemporary pick this book up!

3. Tammara Webber

The Between The Lines series has become one of my all time favorite series! I read the first 3 in January and counted the days until the fourth and final installment came out. I interviewed Tammara and I can honestly tell you she's as kind as she is talented.

2. Sarah Billington

If last weeks theme didn't convince you that I adore Sarah Billington then I don't know what more to do. I absolutely love her. Her books are hilarious and so well written. Also we should be best friends. :)

1. Jay Crownover

If you haven't picked up on it yet, i'm a HUGE fan of Jay Crownover. Rule and Jet were both incredible books and i'm literally counting down the days until Rome comes out. Ahh! :)

Sarah Billington Week Day #5 Interview

I am seriously the luckiest girl in the whole wide world.

I interviewed Sarah a few months ago and had the honor to interview her AGAIN! :)

So so many thanks go to her for being so awesome!

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If you want to check out the first interview click the link below
Interview



1. If you could guest star on any television show which one would you choose?

Oh man. Awkward would be hilarious, as would The Mindy Kaling Project. But I think The Walking Dead would be my choice. Zombify me!

2. Which celebrity would you want to be best friends with?

Mindy Kaling. She's hilarious.. And Jennifer Lawrence. Who doesn't want to be BFFs with Jennifer Lawrence right now though, seriously?

3. You're starting a band and get to choose who's in it, who do you choose?

Oooh. Tough one. I would be the drummer, as it's the only instrument I semi-know how to play. I think Katherine McPhee and Marc Broussard would be lead vocals - I think they're both amazing singers. And the guys from McFly would round out the band because they look like a lot of fun. A seven-piece band with two drummers, but whatevs. We'd make it work.

4. If you could trade lives for a day with anyone who would you choose?

J-Law. She's such a cool, level-headed person and the Hunger Games would be amazing to be a part of, don't you think? How fun would those stunts be? Probably also painful, but still. FUN.

5. What is your favorite memory?

My days living on campus at university were the best. There was this five seater corner couch going free, and the night before I took it some kids had dragged it down to the skate park. I took it to our little house on campus and there was something weird about that couch. We had so many laughs when sitting on it that we joked that the skaters must have smoked something good on it the night before that had infused into the leather. We nicknamed it Dumb Ass because your IQ dropped every time you sat on it.

Lightning Round

1. Favorite dessert?
Ben & Jerry's Triple Caramel Chunk. NOM.

2. Favorite movie?
One? ONE? Okay, right now it's Catching Fire. I thought that was fanTABulous and was overcome with amazing the whole drive home.

3. Favorite color?
Raspberry pink. I love dark pinks, and electric blue.

4. Vampires or Werewolves?
Vampires.

5. Walking Dead or Vampire Diaries?
Walking Dead!

6. Early bird or night owl?
Early bird - it's not a fact I'm a fan of, but there it is. I'm a bit of a granny when it comes to late nights (probably not helped by the fact that I wake up so early.)

 

Sarah Billington Week Day #4 Over It

Holy sweet heavenly book goodness!

I. Loved. This. Book.

I thought that The Kiss Off was one of the funniest and sweetest books I've ever read...I was almost right. It was in fact funny and sweet but this installment is EVEN BETTER! Better than The Kiss Off? Yeah I didn't think it was possible either but apparently it is.

Poppy was just as hilarious and wonderful as she is in the first book and I loved being beside her during all of her shenanigans. My book boyfriend Ty was also back which of course thrilled me to no stinkin end. I also loved getting to know the supporting characters more.

I loved that Poppy and her friends went to a music festival because that is one of my favorite things to do. The way Sarah describes everything makes the reader feel as if they are there. I rocked out, got sunburned, wrote music and got myself into trouble. I adored this book and I think you will too. :)


Over It Playlist:

The Rock Show by Blink 182
Rock N Roll by Avril Lavigne
Happy Together by Simple Plan
Heels Over Head by Boys Like Girls
I Just Wanna Run by The Downtown Fiction
The Art of Losing by American Hi-Fi
Say You Like Me by We The Kings
Dear Maria, Count Me In by All Time Low
Backstage by The Donnas
Na Na by Superchic


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