I’m too tired to do a long post about today, but I thought I’d come do a little update. Today the mad rush truly began. But, surprisingly, it wasn’t as crazy as I thought it would be. Maybe it’s because I went in with a pretty low-key attitude, but I didn’t feel terribly overwhelmed. I think it helped a lot that I met up with some really awesome bloggers who made the day incredibly fun. […]
Travel Woes So, I made it through Day #1 of my very first BEA!!! It was looking a little touch and go there for a while, since my flight was delayed by about 2 hours (and some flights from Chicago to NYC were cancelled). I was just praying that I would make it here at all! My poor roommate (Jennifer from Live to Read, Read to Live) flew all the way in from […]
I won this book back in December and have been dying to read it ever since. Don’t know why it took me so long! This book was awesome! These Broken Stars is an amazing YA sci-fi/fantasy romance. The story follows Lilac and Tarver as they struggle to survive after their spacecraft crashes. They are left to make their way across a hostile planet, completely alone, searching for rescue. But the planet seems to be […]
Cinder is an incredibly unique re-telling of Cinderella. Set in a futuristic world that has been ravaged by a plague, Cinder is just trying to survive. When she meets Prince Kai, she knows that nothing can come of her attraction to him – after all, she’s a cyborg, barely tolerated by the world. But, she finds herself entangled in Prince Kai’s ongoing struggle for power with the cold and calculating Queen Levania, and Cinder […]
I absolutely LOVED this book!! Not only was it an intriguing fantasy novel, but it had a huge twist that completely threw me!The synopsis explains the book well, so I’m just going to get straight to my review. The negatives: Light on magic. For a fantasy novel, this one was actually pretty light on magic and fantastical elements. First daughters in this world were supposed to have “the gift,: which is basically an ability to […]