{review} Secrets of Moldara by Brianne Earhart

"Circle the moon and cross the tide Beyond the waterfall, protectors hide Leave the last secret at their door And they will defend you evermore." Disclaimer: Thank you so much to the author and to Myth Machine for sending me this book to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Rating: 3 out of …

{review} Grace & Fury by Tracy Banghart (ARC)

"My father used to say that oppression isn't a finite state. It's a weight that is carried until it becomes too heavy, and then it is thrown off. Not without struggle, not without pain, but he believe the weight would always, always be fought and overcome." Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Spoiler Free Review …

{review} Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd (ARC)

"...she stopped short when she saw the statue. It wasn't a Greek go. It wasn't a mermaid, either. Nothing nearly so lovely. Gargoyle; the word came to her. She's seen drawings of them in old books, hideous things that clung to buildings like demons, and a pang of disappointment hit her...she was foolish. She started to …

{wrap-up} February Wrap-Up

Hi friends! Okay so February flew by...like how is it already March?? Anyway, it's time for another monthly recap! And I'm happy that I'm doing these because honestly I didn't think I read much this month...but I actually read 5 books! Not too shabby for the shortest month of the year. Here are the books …

{review} Refugee by Alan Gratz

“If no one saw them, no one could help them. And maybe the world needed to see what was really happening here.”  - Refugee Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Spoiler Free Review:  While I know this isn't YA and won't be as interesting to some people for that reason, I've decided to write this …

{wrap-up} January Wrap-Up

Now that I have a blog, I've decided to start doing monthly wrap-ups! I love seeing wrap-up posts on instagram, but I've just never felt like posting a wrap-up on there. I feel like a blog is a much better medium for me to share my thoughts on what I read this month! Here are …

{review} A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

"I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.”  - A Wrinkle in Time Rating: 2 out of 5 stars I really really struggled to give this book two stars. I also really really struggled to finish this audiobook. Before jumping into …

{book rant} We can do better than that…

{background info: I'm an English major, former middle school English/Lit teacher, and currently work in a middle school library, so that's where I'm coming from} This was not the blog post I intended to write today...I was going to write something about "classics I'm embarrassed I haven't read" or whatever, but then I started listening …

{review} Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

" I think, "you will never be free from this." I think, "you don't pick your thoughts."         - Turtles All the Way Down Rating: 4 out of 5 stars  Spoiler Free Review: If you follow me on bookstagram, you probably know that I don't usually read or enjoy contemporary books, with the only exceptions …

{book lists} Most anticipated 2018 sequels!

Hi friends! 2018 is going to be an awesome year for sequels...I mean, we get the final Throne of Glass book and the final Red Queen book, plus a new Ember and a new book set in the Remnant Chronicles universe! I feel like I'm going to have no problem reaching my Goodreads goal this year... Later, I'll share my most anticipated non-sequel …