Book Sp(l)ot Reviews

Into the Dust by Karen Hesse

Goodreads

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Forgotten by Cat Patrick

Fancy White Trash by Marjetta Geerling

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
Review

Heats at Stake (Drake Chronicles #1) by Alyxandra Harvey

(really the whole series)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Goodreads

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Goodreads

Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
Review

Taken by Storm (Raised by Wolves #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Review

The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett
Review

Please leave a comment and let me know the top books you will/have re-read - especially if you do not usually read a book more than one time!

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Quotes

hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

This week's Ten:

10 13 Favorite Book Quotes

This list could definitely have been three (or more) times as long, so I selected quotes that were particularly memorable for me and/or that expressed something in a new/eloquent way and/or just had beautiful, evocative language.

". . . to a cul-de-sac where rainbows and unicorns came to die."

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia (pg 350)

"Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew sie by side, our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that."

Matched by Ally Condie

"Ruby's stories didn't have morals. They meant one thing in the light and one thing in the dark and another thing entirely when she was wearing sunglasses."

Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Sima

"I shake my head, watching snow tumble and swirl from an all-white sky. The world seems so clean if you only look up."

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

"We notice the silence of men. We depend upon the silence of women."

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

"Do you know how magic works? . . . Hope. That's how. Without hope, there would be no magic."

The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig (pg 11)

"I'm not depressed. I'm unhappy. It's different. . . Depression is irrational. I'm unhappy because my life sucks. That's rational."

Placebo Junkies by J.C. Carleson (pg 185)

“It’s easy to talk about things we hate, but sometimes it’s hard to explain exactly why we like something."

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

"The room had never felt this empty. Like I was trapped between the space of an echo and a scream."

The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi (pg 14)

"'What color is hope?'

'I hope in all the colors,' Dovie said. 'That's what makes it hope.'"
Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy

"You go to a Quaker school. Isn't it against your religion to be a jackass?

Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend

"...She sits at the piano; it's a concert Steinway as ebony as the night, and just as long."

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

"Her voice was soft, but not like a pillow. Like a pile of fine metal shavings or powdered glass."

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (pg 326)

Please leave a comment and let me know your favorite quotes from books!

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday: Books to be Thankful For [j@uliebux @ChessieZappia @MyraMcEntire]

hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's Ten:

10 Books for Which I'm Thankful

When I was just starting one of these books (Not Now, Not Ever - review coming in about an hour!) I got some Huh-Who-Wait-What-Hunh?! news that left me both upset and unsure about a lot of things but it made me realize just how thankful I really am for books that can take my mind off of things and make me happy. (There are definitely the emotional, painful, thought provoking ones, too but for this list I chose the happiness inducing ones.)

Oh, it's also technically more than ten books but some are serious/companions/the same author, so . . .

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson
review (live later this morning)

These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Goodreads

Artemis by Andy Weir

The Martian by Andy Weir

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Lola & the Boy Next Door (Anna & the French Kiss #2) by Stephanie Perkins

Timepiece (Hourglass #2) by Myra McEntire

Blackhearts (#1) by Nicole Castroman

Blacksouls (#2) by Nicole Castroman

These Vicious Masks (#1) by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

These Ruthless Deeds (#2) by Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas

Love, Lies & Spies (#1) by Cindy Anstey

Duels & Deception (#2) by Cindy Anstey

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Goodreads

(I really should review this one)

Please leave a comment and let me know some of the books you're thankful for right now!

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Top Ten Tuesday: Covers [@epicreads @MIRAeditors @DisneyHyperion @stmartinspress]

hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's Ten:

This week the Top 10 has a 'Cover Theme' so I decided to show you:

10 Covers that First* Drew Me to Their Book

*they are some of my favorite covers, but maybe not my top top - these are ten covers that are what first drew me to a book (some of my favorite covers I already knew the author or description or reviews before seeing the cover)

A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
Goodreads // Review

Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

Goodreads // Reviews of Author's Other Books

The Weight of Feathers by Heather Gudenkauf

The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain

Goodreads // Review

The Ring & The Crown (#1) by Melissa de la Cruz

Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris

These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Goodreads // Review of Starbound #2

Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard

Goodreads // Review

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia