I’m Back!

August 13, 2015 by ·

Woot! woot!

Did you miss me?

I was away on a lovely vacation with the family which you will all hear about in the next week or so 🙂  It was very relaxing and very much needed before the hectic-ness of this upcoming fall.

The next few weeks might be a bit strange in terms of scheduling, especially regarding reviews, because I have so many to post and catch up on! I was able to do a lot of reading while I was away so you might see more than one review a week 😉 You’re welcome world.

Now, I have to go back to laundry, food shopping, cleaning, and catching up on all the work I missed while I was away.  (I know you’re all envious).

I will leave you with this glory and wish that I was still there….sigh….

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Book Tuesday: Release Day – Reawakened

August 11, 2015 by ·

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Title: Reawakened (The Reawakened #1)
Author: Colleen Houck
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Publication Date: August 11, 2015
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 400
Buy: Amazon

When seventeen-year-old Lilliana Young enters the Metropolitan Museum of Art one morning during spring break, the last thing she expects to find is a live Egyptian prince with godlike powers, who has been reawakened after a thousand years of mummification.

And she really can’t imagine being chosen to aid him in an epic quest that will lead them across the globe to find his brothers and complete a grand ceremony that will save mankind.

But fate has taken hold of Lily, and she, along with her sun prince, Amon, must travel to the Valley of the Kings, raise his brothers, and stop an evil, shape-shifting god named Seth from taking over the world.

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A Brief Hiatus

August 1, 2015 by ·

Hi All!

So like I said earlier, I’ll be taking a brief hiatus from the blog/social media for a bit, but DON’T PANIC (Yes, you).  I’ll be back mid August with some awesome posts/reviews/recipes!

There are some great things in the works and I can’t wait to share them all with you!!

See you soon!

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The (Wo)Man on the Flying Trapeze

July 30, 2015 by ·

I did it (barely).  Another thing crossed off the bucket list!

I took a Trapeze Lesson at the NY Trapeze School and even though it was hard as fudgsicles, it was an awesomely fun time!  My friend Christie works there and has been trying to get me to go for ages.  I’m so glad I finally did!  Like I said though, it was HARD.  My arms still felt it a few days later…and my abs.  Getting on the bar was the hardest part.  At one point I got all tangled up in the wire.  Dallas, one of the instructors, did a great impression of me as I was flailing around like a drowned cat trying to get untangled.  Needless to say, I did manage to get some entertaining shots for you all.  Proof is below.

Here I am just about to jump off:

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Book Tuesday: The Raven Boys

July 28, 2015 by ·

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Title: The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1)
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Contemporary, Paranormal
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publishing Date: September 18, 2012
Pages: 416
Buy: Amazon

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is 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 trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

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A Day at the Beach aka A Good Life Decision

July 24, 2015 by ·

So Thursday night I got a random text from my friend Meesh, “Hey! You wanna take a day trip to the beach tomorrow?”

Umm YES!

Who says no to the beach?

Now I need to give you some backstory.  Meesh and I are incapable of packing light….to go anywhere…for any immediate length of time.  Here we are with just OUR stuff when we stayed 2 nights at Atlantic City with the rest of our girlfriends.

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We might have had 16 pairs of shoes between the two of us…

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Book Thursday: ARC – Court of Fives

July 23, 2015 by ·

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Title: Court of Fives (Court of Fives #1)
Author: Kate Elliot
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 18, 2015
Pages: 448
Buy: Amazon

In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott begins a new trilogy with her debut young adult novel, weaving an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.

Jessamy’s life is a balance between acting like an upper class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But at night she can be whomever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom’s best competitors. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between a girl of mixed race and a Patron boy causes heads to turn. When a scheming lord tears Jes’s family apart, she’ll have to test Kal’s loyalty and risk the vengeance of a powerful clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.

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Book Tuesday: ARC – Daughter of Dusk

July 21, 2015 by ·

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Title: Daughter of Dusk (Midnight Thief #2)
Author: Livia Blackburne
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Pages: 384
Buy: Amazon

After learning the truth about her bloodlines, Kyra can’t help but feel like a monster.

Though she’s formed a tentative alliance with the Palace, Kyra must keep her identity a secret or risk being hunted like the rest of her Demon Rider kin. Tristam and the imprisoned assassin James are among the few who know about her heritage, but when Tristam reveals a heartbreaking secret of his own, Kyra’s not sure she can trust him. And with James’s fate in the hands of the palace, Kyra fears that he will give her away to save himself.

As tensions rise within Forge’s Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to the Demon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly?

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Some Life Updates and a Bit of a Hiatus

July 20, 2015 by ·

Hi all!

I know I’ve been a bit MIA lately, solely posting book reviews (and shamefully ones I’ve had on backup).  I’ve been rather busy this month and am rather far behind on my reading schedule.

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Book Tuesday: The Burning Sky

July 14, 2015 by ·

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Title: The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy #1)
Author: Sherry Thomas
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Publisher: Balzer and Bray
Publication Date: September 17, 2013
Pages: 464
Buy:Amazon

It all began with a ruined elixir and a bolt of lightning.

Iolanthe Seabourne is the greatest elemental mage of her generation—or so she’s been told. The one prophesied for years to be the savior of The Realm. It is her duty and destiny to face and defeat the Bane, the most powerful tyrant and mage the world has ever known. This would be a suicide task for anyone, let alone a reluctant sixteen-year-old girl with no training.

Guided by his mother’s visions and committed to avenging his family, Prince Titus has sworn to protect Iolanthe even as he prepares her for their battle with the Bane. But he makes the terrifying mistake of falling in love with the girl who should have been only a means to an end. Now, with the servants of the tyrant closing in, Titus must choose between his mission—and her life.

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