Queen of Books: 11/24/16

Thursday, 24 November 2016

GOODREADS BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT!

Hello guys! I am back from my long hiatus. Sorry about that. School is just really hard to deal with, without the pressure of blogging. But, I have been actively reading and I even made a book club on Goodreads which is still in the works but I am super proud of it!

The Goodreads Group can be found here

It is called Kings and Queens of Books but for short, I call it Kings and Queens Book Club. It is open to everyone but we are going to mostly read Young Adult books with the occasional Adult and Middle Grade book.

The November Book Pick was Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.

There is currently a poll to choose the December Book which can be found here

Please join me in reading some books together! It's fun, I promise.

~Annette

OCTOBER WRAP-UP '16

So, it's the end of the month and that means another wrap-up! I read nine books this month which was really good considering, I was super busy with school and the musical and lots of stuff.

I also managed to watch some TV. There are a lot of shows on but I record some and prioritize Supergirl, Once Upon a Time and the Flash.

Anyways...

Time to talk about the books I read this month.

PHYSICAL BOOKS

The first book I read was Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard. I heard so many bad things that I was very hesitant to read this book for the longest time but I finally picked it up. I must say, it was kind of slow. I won't lie. And some of the characters annoyed me to no end but I loved it anyways. I mean it is the Red Queen sequel which blew me away. I ended up rating it 5 Crowns.

The second book I read was Ruined by Amy Tintera. I hadn't heard much about this book but I saw it at the library and picked it up and let me say, I was not disappointed. It is kind of a generic story. She fakes her identity to get revenge and then falls in love in the middle of a rebellion but I loved it. I rated it 5 Crowns

The third book I read was Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige. Four words: So many love interests! I don't know why. I also only really liked one of them and I hope she ends up with him but probably won't happen. But this was a Snow Queen retelling and it was beautiful and satisfying. I rated it 5 Crowns.

The fourth book that I read was Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes. This series is a favorite of mine as it is probably pretty obvious. I love this series so much, it has so many elements that are so interesting and I highly recommend it. Plus Magleo and they are one of my bookish OTPs. <3 I rated it 5 Crowns.

The fifth book that I read was Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco. This book surprised me a lot. I didn't expect much from it because I didn't read that many reviews of it but it was such a good book. And I did surprisingly cry during the end which was annoying but it was so emotional and that plot twist that just shocked me. I rated this one 5 Crowns as well.

The sixth book I read was The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. This was a nonfiction memoir and it was so interesting. I never pick up these kinds of books but my teacher had copies and it sounded really good so I read it and I was pleasantly surprised. I ended up rating it 5 Crowns as well.

The seventh book I read was I Am Malala by Malala. This book was really interesting and also something that I wouldn't normally pick up, and I ended up rating it 5 Crowns

ARC'S READ

The first ARC I read was Omega by Lizzy Ford. Yes, I have had this book for over a year and I still count it as an eArc. [I have a problem, it's pretty obvious] This ended up being a pretty good book. I love Mythology and this had Greek mythology. I rated this 4 Crowns.

The second ARC I read was All Her Secrets by Kate Avery Ellison. This book wasn't quite as exciting as I was expecting it to be but I ended up rating it 3 Crowns.

REVIEWS IN SEPTEMBER:

NONE

OTHER POSTS:

MUSIC MONDAY:

Kill for You by Skylar Grey

Kill of the Night by Gin Wigmore

WEEKLY WRAP-UP:

9/26 - 10/2

10/3 - 10/9

DISCUSSIONS/OTHER:

Fall Bookish Bingo '16

September Wrap Up '16