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: Toward a Secret Sky by Heather MacLean Expected Publication: April 4, 2017 by Blink Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Shortly after 17-year-old Maren Hamilton is orphaned and sent to live with grandparents she's never met in Scotland, she receives an encrypted journal from her dead mother that makes her and everyone around her a target. It confirms that her parents were employed by a secret, international organization that's now intent on recruiting her. As Maren works to unravel the clues left behind by her mother, a murderous madness sweeps through the local population, terrorizing her small town. Maren must decide if she'll continue her parents' fight or stay behind to save her friends. With the help of Gavin, an otherworldly mercenary she's not supposed to f...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Walk the Edge (Thunder Road #2) by Katie McGarry: Teasers: "If you want wild - if you want a kiss that breaks the rules, I'll give you one, but not here, not now." I think my heart exploded. Razor of the Reign of Terror - the guy all the girls have dreamed about for years - has offered to kiss me. (Loc 26%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Broken Prince (The Royals #2) By: Erin Watt Published: July 25, 2016 by Timeout LLC 350 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: These Royals will ruin you… From wharf fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself. Reed Royal has it all—looks, status, money. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone but his family until Ella Harper walked into his life. What started off as burning resentment and the need to make his father’s new ward suffer turned into something else entirely—keep Ella close. Keep Ella safe. But when one foolish mistake drives her out of Reed’s arms and brings chaos to the Royal household, Reed’s entire world begins to fall apart around him. Ella doesn’t want him anymore. She says they’ll only destroy each other. She might be right. Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. It’s like nothing Re...

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. ~FOR REVIEW~ The Chosen Knights (The Angel Knights #1) by Mary Ting Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #185 MONDAY: Review - Paper Princess (The Royals #1) by Erin Watt (4.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #133: Ugly Love WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Our Chemical Hearts THURSDAY: 2016 Series Ender Reading Challenge: August Wrap Up (Giveaway) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Broken Prince (The Royals #2) by Erin Watt ARC Thursday Review - The Angel Knights novella We had a full week with the normal kids school activities, early mornings and late nights. Then a Friday night football game AND the beginning of a volleyball tournament which carried on into Saturday morning. Unfortunately my daughter's team lost out after 3 games, but 2 of those 3 g...

Time for our eighth Monthly Wrap Up for the 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know and Holly @ Words Fueled by Love ! Since the July Wrap Up , Sandy finished one series ender this month: Winter (Lunar Chronicles, # 4) by Marissa Meyer. Holly didn't finish any series enders this month. 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 August giveaway runs from August 25th - September 25th. On September 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: Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland Expected Publication: September 6, 2016 Preorder Buy Link: Amazon John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him—at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change. Grace isn...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover: Teasers: "I don't care if you drink my juice, Tate." Oh, wow. That was an oddly sexy sentence. (Loc 14%) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Paper Princess (The Royals #1) By: Erin Watt Published: April 3, 2016 370 pages Source:  ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself. These Royals will ruin you… Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone.  Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from. Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals. He might be right. Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has eve...

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. ~PURCHASED/FREEBIES~ Unknown #1 by Wendy Higgins Buy Link: Amazon Broken Prince (The Royals #2) by Erin Watt Buy Link: Amazon The Angel Knights - Prequel (#0.5) by Mary Ting Buy Link: Amazon ~FOR REVIEW~ Kisses on a Paper Airplane by Sarah Vance-Thompson Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #184 TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #132: Paper Princess WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Empress of a Thousand Skies THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - Under the Lights (The Field Party #2) by Abbi Glines (3.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Paper Princess by Erin Watt 2016 Series Ender Reading Challenge: August Wrap Up This was a much better productive week of reading for me. So yay for progress there in what has felt like molasses-like-slowness. ...

Under the Lights (The Field Party #2) By: Abbi Glines Published: August 23, 2016 by Simon Pulse 336 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: 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 choices have made her a different person from the girl he used to know. Gunner used to be friends with Willa and Brady, too. He too is larger than life and a h...

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: Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza Expected Publication: February 7, 2017 by Razorbill Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Empress Rhee, better known as Crown Princess Rhiannon Ta’an, is the sole surviving heir to a powerful dynasty. She’ll stop at nothing to avenge her family and claim her throne. Fugitive Aly has risen above his war refugee origins to find fame as the dashing star of a holo-vision show. But when he’s falsely accused of killing Rhee, he's forced to prove his innocence to save his reputation – and his life. Madman With planets on the brink of war, Rhee and Aly are thrown together to confront a ruthless evil that threatens the fate of the entire galaxy. *** Rhoda Belleza crafts a powerful saga of vengeance, warfare, and the true meaning of legac...

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat . Anyone can play along. Just go HERE to learn how to participate. This week my teasers come from  Paper Princess (The Royals #1) by Erin Watt: Teasers: "Meaning all it takes is one word from him and you'll be nothing here. Insignificant. Invisible. Or worse." (Loc 17%, 655 of 4021) This book has been fun so far and I'm only about 20% in currently! Have you read it? 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. ~NO NEW BOOKS~ RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #183 WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Wintersong THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) by Victoria Schwab (3.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Under the Lights (Field Party #2) by Abbi Glines Thank goodness for the fast read YA romances by Abbi Glines that always suck me right in and keep me entertained! I needed one of those kind of books. Hey, high school football games start this week for my kids school! Yay for marching bands and football games. Fun times! Enjoy your week friends. DON'T FORGET: If you are reading last books in a series you should participate with us in our 3rd year of the 2016 Series Ender Reading Challenge ! Anyone can sign up to participate until Decembe...

This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity #1) By: Victoria Schwab Published: July 5, 2016 by Greenwillow Books 464 pages Source: Edelweiss ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab ,  a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books. Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an ...

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: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones Expected Publication: February 7, 2017 by Thomas Dunne Books Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her music is composed. Yet, as Liesl helps shoulder the burden of running her family’s inn, her dreams of composition and childish fancies about the Goblin King must be set aside in favor of more practical concerns. But when her sister Käthe is taken by the goblins, Liesl journeys to their realm to rescue her sister and return her to the world above. The Goblin King agrees to let Käthe go—for a price. The life of a maiden must be given to the l...

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. ~PURCHASED/FREEBIES~ The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3) by Mary E. Pearson Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #182 WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: ARC Thursday Review - The Savage Song Nothing much to share from my week. My kids start back to school this Thursday and I resume my nanny duties for the now 4 year old I keep on Monday. This will be my last year having him during the school year because he will then start K-5. Having him since he was 4 months old it's definitely bittersweet for this chapter to be nearing an end. He and his family have been a tremendous blessing.With the start of school comes the fall activities my kids participate in: marching band for my 9th grader and volleyball games for my 7th grader. So our evening and weekend schedules w...