The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3) By: Mary E. Pearson Published: August 2, 2016 by Henry Holt and Co 688 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Lia and Rafe have escaped Venda and the path before them is winding and dangerous - what will happen now? This third and final book in The Remnant Chronicles is not to be missed. Bestselling author Mary E. Pearson's combination of intrigue, suspense, romance and action make this a riveting page turner for teens. MY REVIEW: First of all, the length of this novel nearly turned me off from reading it right now - ONLY because I don't have much time to read these days with my other duties of Mom, wife, nanny, etc... and so any book longer than 400 pages usually takes me too long to read and I get bogged down. But I have really enjoyed this series and I HAD to know the end of the story for Lia, Kaden and Rafe. Come on - series ender reading challenge anyone?! Then there...

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 #189 MONDAY: Review - It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson TBD: ARC Thursday Review - The Thousandth Floor I was a slacker this week when it came to reading and blogging. I didn't do my usual WOW post this week, even though I have some books I want to feature, but it's because the host, Breaking the Spine , has been MIA for 4.5 weeks now. Many people have left comments but there's been silence. If anyone knows her, please let the blogging community know if she's okay. It feels wrong to feature the meme when she's not posting a link up. Do you post and not credit her? Do you continue to post when she's clearly not there? I don...

Time for our ninth 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 August Wrap Up , Sandy hasn't finished any series enders this month, but Holly was able to finish one: The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles, # 3) by Mary E Pearson. 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 September giveaway runs from September 25th - October 25th. On October 25th we will use random.org and the linky entries to pull a winner.

It Ends With Us By: Colleen Hoover Published: August 2, 2016 by Atria Books 384 pages Source: Borrowed from snl ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: SOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE MOST Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, and maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily, but Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan - her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her k...

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 Bachelor Auction (The Bachelors of Arizona #1) by Rachel Van Dyken Buy Link: Amazon It Started With Goodbye by Christina June Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Shadow Fall #1 by Audrey Gray Preorder Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #188 MONDAY: Review - Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry (4.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #136: The Beauty of Darkness WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Wednesday: Gilded Cage WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover This week flew by and was busy with my kids activities as usual. I didn't get as much reading done as I would've liked and the weekend we had a late night football game on Friday for my son and a volleyball tournament out of town all day Saturday for my daughte...

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. *Note: It's been 3 weeks since Breaking the Spine last posted a link up, last one was on 8/24. Does anyone know if she's okay or what's going on?* This week I'm waiting on: Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts #1) by Vic James Expected Publication: February 14, 2017 Del Rey Preorder Buy Link: Amazon For readers of Victoria Aveyard and Kiera Cass comes a darkly fantastical debut set in a modern England where magically gifted aristocrats rule—and commoners are doomed to serve.     NOT ALL ARE FREE. NOT ALL ARE EQUAL. NOT ALL WILL BE SAVED. Our world belongs to the Equals—aristocrats with magical gifts—and all commoners must serve them for ten years. But behind the gates of England’s grandest estate lies a power that could break the world. A girl thirsts for love and knowledge.   Abi is a serv...

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  The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3) by Mary E. Pearson: Teasers: "All I need is your head, Princess. The choice is yours. Submit to me or lose it." (Loc 13%, page 90 of 682) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Walk the Edge (Thunder Road #2) By: Katie McGarry Published: March 29, 2016 by Harlequin Teen 448 pages Source: Borrowed from snl ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: One moment of recklessness will change their worlds  Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life.  Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising picture of the two of them—a picture that turns one unexpected and beautiful moment into ugliness—he knows it's time to step outside the rules.  And so they make a pact: he'll help her track down her blackmailer, and in return she'll help him seek answers to t...

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~ Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas Buy Link: Amazon ~FOR REVIEW~ The Lying Planet by Carol Riggs Buy Link: Amazon Wait For Me by Caroline Leech Preorder Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #187 MONDAY: Review - The Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover (4.5 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #135: The Other Side of Gravity WEDNESDAY: Waiting on The Bound THURSDAY: ARC Thursday Review - The Other Side of Gravity by Shelly Crane (3.5 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Walk The Edge by Jamie McGuire Not much different from our week. Nanny duties during the day, chauffeuring my kids back and forth to school and all their activities, traveling to an away football game Friday night. Busy week but al...

The Other Side of Gravity (Oxygen #1) By: Shelly Crane Published: March 15, 2016 by Kiss Me Publications, LLC  262 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: My name is Maxton and I’m a trader.  I live on a soulless planet where gravity, oxygen, and everything else are sold to the highest bidder on the black market. People are sold on the black market, too. You have to work really hard not to become one of those people. Pay your taxes, keep your friends and family close, and more than anything else—don’t get caught by the Militia. But all the rules changed for me the day I found her.  My name is Sophelia and I’m a stowaway.  I’ve been a slave for almost as long as I can remember. Waiting for the one day, one second, for my proprietor to turn his head so I could run and never look back. Now I'm on the run. And on a planet where no one is on your side and people would turn you in for a good meal or a piece of a s...

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 Bound (Ascension #2) by K.A. Linde Expected Publication: October 25, 2016 Preorder Buy Link: Amazon Cyrene Strohm is a Queen’s Affiliate, a high-ranking official of the court of Byern, with power and privilege to spare. But she’s also a keeper of dangerous secrets: like the fact that she holds the heart of the King, and that she possesses magic in a world where magic no longer exists. Determined to discover what this means and how to use her newfound abilities, Cyrene sets off for the distant land of Eleysia. An island nation where Affiliates are strictly forbidden from entering. But the journey is perilous, and the destination may mean utter ruin, as Cyrene comes to learn that everything she’s been told her whole life – about her court, her homeland, and even herself...

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  The Other Side of Gravity (Oxygen # 1)  by Shelly Crane: Teasers: "Red," he said, his voice low and graveled. "I've realized how much I love red," he practically growled. (Loc 48%, 1883 of 3902) What are you reading this week? Share a teaser with me!

Ugly Love By: Colleen Hoover Published: August 5, 2014 by Atria Books 337 pages Source: Borrowed from snl ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly. MY REVIEW: I know, I know...I'm probably one of the very few Colleen Hoover fans who i...

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~ A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir Buy Link: Amazon RECAP OF WEEK: SUNDAY: Sunday Post #186 MONDAY: Review - Broken Prince (The Royals #2) by Erin Watt (4 stars) TUESDAY: Teaser Tuesday #134: Walk The Edge WEDNESDAY: Waiting on Toward a Secret Sky THURSDAY: Novella Review - The Angel Knights - Prequel (The Angel Knights #0.5) (3 stars) WHAT'S AHEAD: Planned Posts: Review - Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover ARC Thursday Review - TBD I don't know if it's just that I've had great book choices the last couple of weeks but I'm pleased with my reading progress. It helped tremendously that the last several books I read ended up being 4 stars or higher. Let's keep that ball rolling!! DON'T FORG...

The Angel Knights - Prequel (The Angel Knights #0.5) By: Mary Ting Published: March 4, 2016 59 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Michael and Claudia’s decision to move back to Crossroads was to keep their children safe, but they can’t escape who they are. Their children, Zachary and Lucia, were destined to be demon hunters—Venators. From the age they were able to hold a sword, they were trained to become the best and to ensure they would become leaders one day.  All is peaceful throughout the land until the Fallen and demons’ presences were felt in the between and on Earth. As the Venators investigate these locations, they will quickly learn how dangerous their lives are. Hearts will be broken. Teammates will lose their lives. And they will face obstacles which will test their faith.  As danger grows, the fear of fallen angels and demons regrouping has the Divine Elders on pins and needles. Now, Zachary and Lucia, along...