The Book of Ivy #1 By: Amy Engel Published: November 4, 2014 by Entangled: Teen 400 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library   ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing side to the sons of the winning group in a yearly ritual.  This year, it is my turn.  My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill the president’s son—my soon-to-be husband—and restore the Westfall family to power.  But Bishop Lattimer is either a very skilled actor or he’s not the cruel, heartless boy my family warned me to expect. He might even be the one person in this world who truly understands me. But there is no escape from my fate. I am the only one who can restore ...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~NO NEW BOOKS~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #152 TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #116: The Book of Ivy WEDNESDAY: 2015 Series Ender Reading Challenge: November Wrap Up (Giveaway) Waiting on Wednesday: The Glittering Court THURSDAY: Black Friday Book Bonanza Giveaway (Ends 11/30) WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel For those of us in the US, Thanksgiving has come, and gone. We were blessed to have 2 full days of Thanksgiving festivities with different sides of the family. That means 2 days of yummy foods. My reading this past week slacked some. I...

Welcome to the 5th Annual Black Friday Book Bonanza hosted by Bookshelfery and Caffeinated Book Reviewer . The Important Details: 1. This giveaway runs over the Thanksgiving weekend from November 27 - 30. 2. My giveaway is open INT. 3. See the complete list of official giveaway rules HERE . Good luck! Don't forget to hop around to the other 60+ participating blogs. I am giving to one lucky winner any eBook (or combination of eBooks) of your choice from Amazon, valued up to $15! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Time for our elevnth Monthly Wrap Up for the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since posting the 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge - October Wrap Up , Sandy hasn't finished any series enders. Holly finished one series ender: Sacrifice of Mercy (Cambion, # 5) by Shannon Dermott. Which series enders did you finish? Link up below. Don't forget to include the title, your name, & your blog name (Ex: Requiem - Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know) Also, the November giveaway runs from November 25th - December 25th. On December 25th we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: The Glittering Court #1 by Richelle Mead Expected Publication: April 5, 2016 by Razorbill Preorder Buy Link: Amazon A dazzling new fantasy series set in a mix of Elizabethan and frontier worlds that’s dripping with romance from Richelle Mead, #1 internationally bestselling author of  Vampire Academy. Big and sweeping, spanning the refined palaces of Osfrid to the gold dust and untamed forests of Adoria,  The Glittering Court  tells the story of Adelaide, an Osfridian countess who poses as her servant to escape an arranged marriage and start a new life in Adoria, the New World. But to do that, she must join the Glittering Court.  Both a school and a business venture, the Glittering Court is designed to transform impoverished girls into upper-class ladies capable...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  The Book of Ivy #1 by Amy Engel Teasers: "Don't fake it on my account, Ivy." he says, his words clipped. "That's not what I want. And it shouldn't be what you want, either." (Loc 26%, 854 of 3363) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ Forbidden (Arotas Trilogy #1) by Amy Miles Buy Link: Amazon  (FREEBIE at time of purchase) RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #151 MONDAY: Review - November 9  by Colleen Hoover (5 stars)  TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #115: Stepping Stones WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Oblivion THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Stepping Stones by Kacey Vanderkarr (3.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel ARC Thursday Review - Crystallum by Laney McMann Black Friday Book Bonanza GIVEAWAY This weekend I took my kids...

Stepping Stones (The Stone Series Book 1) By: Kacey Vanderkarr Published: August 25, 2015 by Urban Fey Press 269 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Onnaleigh Moore is part of a plan—and it isn’t hers. When her brother dies in a car accident, Onna is desperate to preserve the tatters of her family. Any hope of finding normalcy vanishes when her mother runs off and her dad turns to booze to numb his pain. Onna’s grief is crippling, but the boy who showed up just when she needed him is helping her cope.  Everett’s presence is comforting, though he knows things—Onna’s name just before they met, where she lives, and sometimes he comments on thoughts she doesn’t say aloud. She pegs him for a stalker, or maybe psychic, but the truth is deadlier than she imagines. As their feelings for one another deepen, Everett confesses a horrifying secret: Onna’s brother is only the beginning of the plan, and some fates are worse than death. M...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Oblivion (Lux #1.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Expected Publication: December 1, 2015 by Entangled: Teen Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Get ready to experience the first three books in the NYT Bestselling Lux series from Daemon's point-of-view. Plus all new, never-before-seen content!! From the meet-cute, to the first kiss, to falling in love-experience this breakout/YA sensation like never before. *Disclaimer: I'm not really a fan of this book cover. I get irritated by novellas costing me anything - especially $6.99! BUT having said that, I LOVED this series and will most definitely purchase this to read Daemon's POV. What are you waiting on this week?

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Stepping Stones (The Stones Series Book #1)  by Kacey Vanderkarr: Teasers: "I'm not the mirror or the reflection. I'm the sharp edges of the shards. Once I'm in your life, I won't stop cutting until there's nothing left." (Loc 35%, 1389 of 3950) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

November 9 By: Colleen Hoover Published: November 10, 2015 by Atria Books 320 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: This is a love story between a guy (me) and a girl (Fallon).  I think.  Can it even be considered a love story if it doesn’t end with love?  Mysteries end when the mystery is solved.  Biographies end when the life story has been told.  Love stories should end with love, right?  Maybe I’m wrong, then. Maybe this isn’t a love story. If you ask me…I’d say this might even be considered a tragedy.  Whatever it is—however it ends—I promised I would tell it. So without further ado. Once upon a time…I met a girl.  THE girl. MY REVIEW: Another favorite by Colleen Hoover is added to my list! This story ripped my heart out! We're talking crushing and shattering, crying late into the night because I couldn't put it down. I was that invested in Fallon, Ben and their feelings. Oh man, but...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OF FREEBIES~ November Nine by Colleen Hoover Buy Link: Amazon ~FOR REVIEW~ Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer Preorder Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #150 MONDAY: Review - Sacrifice of Mercy (Cambion #5) by Shannon Dermott (3.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #114: Paint My Body Red WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Under the Lights THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Paint My Body Red by Heidi R. Kling (4.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - November Nine by Colleen Hoover ARC Thursday Review - Stepping Stones (The Sto...

Paint My Body Red By: Heidi R. Kling Published: November 2, 2015 by Entangled Publishing, LLC (Teen) 350 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The world isn't just black or white. Sometimes it's red... They think I'm next. That I'll be the seventh kid to step in front of a train and end my life. With the rash of suicides at my school, Mom's shipped me off to my dad's Wyoming ranch for “my own safety.” They think I’m just another depressed teenager whose blood will end up on the tracks. They don't know my secrets...or what I’ve done.  I wasn't expecting Dad to be so sick, for the ranch I loved to be falling to bits, or for Jake—the cute boy I knew years ago—to have grown into a full-fledged, hot-as-hell cowboy. Suddenly, I don't want to run anymore, but the secrets from home have found me...even here. And this time, it's up to me to face them—and myself—if I want to live... MY REVIEW: W...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Under the Lights (The Field Party #2) by Abbi Glines Expected Publication: August 23, 2016 by Simon Pulse Preorder Buy Link: Amazon In the follow-up to Abbi Glines’s #1  New York Times  bestseller  Until Friday Night —which bestselling author Kami Garcia called “tender, honest, and achingly real”—three teens from a small southern town are stuck in a dramatic love triangle. Willa can’t erase the bad decisions of her past that led her down the path she’s on now. But she can fight for forgiveness from her family. And she can protect herself by refusing to let anyone else get close to her. High school quarterback and town golden boy Brady used to be the best of friends with Willa—she even had a crush on him when they were kids. But that’s all changed now: her life choic...

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly post hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Paint My Body Red by Heidi R. Kling: Teasers: I'm used to fiddling with electronics, and suddenly there's nothing to do with my hands: no Twitter or Instagram to update. No Facebook to check. No incoming ping of texts and emojis from my friends. It's just this cute cowboy and me.   (Loc 6%, 289 of 4719) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Sacrifice of Mercy (Cambion #5) By: Shannon Dermott Published: October 21, 2015 361 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Life is a journey and for Mercy it has been more than a bumpy road. She’s loved, she’s lost and now it’s time to atone for her decisions. Everything she’s gone through has come down to one moment, one twist of fate, one decision that will impact not only her life, but all the lives around her and beyond.  Faced with the impossible, she will grasp at all the answers, all the truths she’s so long sought. The question remains, is she be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to win not only all the battles but the war, at any cost including her heart? MY REVIEW: I've been waiting for the conclusion of this series for a long time. The series started out strong, an immediate favorite of mine. And thankfully, because when I discovered the series several of the books were already out, I was able to read at least boo...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~NO NEW BOOKS~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #149 WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: The Last Star WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - TBD So I had mapped out reviews for all of November and December, both ARC's that I need to read and books that I own that I've been wanting to read. Well, a stupid reading slump got me way behind and now my scheduled reviews for the next two months are just all messed up. For my personality, this is just no good. This also explains my lack of blogging this past week. Sigh....but what do you do? Speaking of the reading slump, I hope I'm comin...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: The Last Star (The 5th Wave #3) by Rick Yancey Expected Publication: May 17, 2016 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Preorder Buy Link: Amazon We’re here, then we’re gone, and that was true before they came. That’s always been true. The Others didn’t invent death; they just perfected it. Gave death a face to put back in our face, because they knew that was the only way to crush us. It won’t end on any continent or ocean, no mountain or plain, jungle or desert. It will end where it began, where it had been from the beginning, on the battlefield of the last beating human heart. Master storyteller Rick Yancey invokes triumph, loss, and unrelenting action as the fate of the planet is decided in the conclusion to this epic series. What are you waiting on this we...

Sunday Post is a weekly post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer . Each week bloggers participate to share any books received and news from their week. Click on the book covers to be taken to its Goodreads page. The Buy Link , if available, is below each book cover. ~PURCHASED OR FREEBIES~ Sacrifice of Mercy (Cambion #5) by Shannon Dermott Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: 2015 Series Ender Reading Challenge: October Wrap Up  (Giveaway!) MONDAY: Review - The Affiliate (Ascension #1) by K.A. Linde (3.5 stars) WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Lady Midnight WHAT'S AHEAD: Tentative Posts: Teaser Tuesday Waiting on Wednesday Feature & Follow Planned Posts: Review - TBD This week brought our last varsity football game, which means our last marching band event. Though I am happy to not have so many late week nights due to after school rehearsals for my oldest, and our Friday nights back at home, we are a tad b...