Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Wait Game Feels

Am I the only one who feels like all the books I'm waiting on either come out in August or are on a TBA release date?

If not, what are you reading?

Help a fellow bookie/ bibliophile out!

August is like a month and some days away.

Any suggestions to get me through if not….

this will be me by mid July.



AND I DONT EVEN SMOKE!!!

help me stay a non smoker. 


LOL. 

ok but seriously, I am definitely open to old book, new book, arc book, blue books suggestions…. well no, I'm not open to blue books, they bring back nightmares from last semester. . . but you get me!

Good night my fellow Bookies and Biblios.

Friday, June 27, 2014

The Greek Billionaire and I ~ Marian Tee Review

The Greek Billionaire and I
by: Marian Tee


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Warning: I may be a bit biased because I love her books. Read them all, except two.

This book was awesome. 

I literally laughed out loud a few times. 

I almost shed a tear. 

Needless to say the feels were way to real. 

Read it. Enjoy it. Its worth it. 

Will I reread it. 

Yes, probably sometime in the very near future. 



These Broken Stars ~ Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Review

These Broken Stars 
by: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner



⭐⭐⭐⭐

So, if you haven't noticed yet, at times I can be a bit of a sic-fi nerd. Ok, honesty hour, I am a sic-fi nerd. The point is, new sic-fi series always excite me and causes me to be cautious. 

This book was no exception. 

Before I began I was like please don't let this be awful and a complete waste of my time.

And my pleading was answered. 

These Broken Stars tells a wonderful story with powerful themes. 

I'd recommend it, and not because of my nerd status, but because it was truly a good story. The plot development was awesome. 

Will I reread this again? 

Maybe. 

ok probably yes. 

It's been a while...

So I've been missing in action for a few weeks.

Sorry.

I was having some personal problems and long story short, I'm just now starting to bounce back.

But enough about my sob story.

This past week I read two books. One's been out the other is fairly new to the bookie scene.

First up, something old:




It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. 

Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. 

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.



And now something fairly new:





When the powerful, sexy, and gorgeous Greek billionaire Mykolas Sallis finds a misplaced cellphone and reads its messages, he becomes intrigued with its owner, a woman who seems to possess the rare combination of beauty, wit, and lots of snappy comebacks.

13:15 How about going for a movie tomorrow night?

13:16 Thomas, you're a good guy, so I'm going to tell you the truth once and for all.

13:17 What is it?

13:18 I'm a lesbian. I want your d*ck - but not for the reasons you're hoping for.

When curvy 24-year-old schoolteacher Velvet Lambert speaks with the Greek billionaire the first time, she knows right away she's out of her league. She does her snarky best to resist, but in the end she still finds herself saying 'yes' to a marriage of convenience, pretending she isn't head over heels with him, and trying not to lose hope even if she knows Mykolas only sees her as a prized possession.


Sunday, June 8, 2014

Sentinel ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout Review

Sentinel 
by: Jennifer L. Armentrout



⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


I always find myself completely in my feelings when I finish this book and therefore this series. 

As a reader I've gone through this long exciting and emotional journey with these characters and every thing goes down so fast. I don't know about others but for the majority of this book i was in the "no this can't be right and that can't be right" state and in the end it was but it was for the better. 


The Covenant series shows lessons of immaturity to maturity, knowing vs. understanding , want vs need , love vs in love.

This series never gets old. 

It kicks daimons butt every single time. 

So to sum it up with a sentence and a gif: 

Sentinel had me all in my emotions but its such a great book! 



Saturday, June 7, 2014

Apollyon ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout Review

Apollyon 
by: Jennifer L. Armentrout


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The way the plot thickens and progresses in Apollyon is beautiful. 

Our main character can't really catch a break. 

i'm always left with a sense of anxiety for her at the end of this book. 

Many things happen in this book that mess with your emotions and deepens your investment in the be all end all ending. 

The way this book ends…. I am angry. For Alex. 

What I absolutely love about this book is the way the reader experiences deeper and/or different sides of the main three characters. 

Monday, June 2, 2014

Elixir ~ Jennifer L. Amrentrout Review

Elixir
by: Jennifer L. Armentrout


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Holy
Mother
of
Pearls.

Team Aiden! Legitimately for the rest of the series. 

I think I've fallen in love with him a bit myself. 

Aiden . . . sheesh I can hardly review it. 

It's was great to be inside his head and see his thought process and what he is truly feeling! 

This book FTW! 

Wish there was more of his POV. 

Elixir Teaser



“Did I ever tell you about the first time I saw you?” 

She shivered. “No.”

 Closing my eyes, I felt her snuggle closer. My hand curled into the thick material of her sweater. I rested my chin on her head. “I was sixteen and you were probably fourteen.” 

“I can’t remember fourteen.”

 “That’s okay. I remember for both of us.” I counted to ten before I continued, making sure my voice didn’t give. “It was toward the end of the day and I was heading into the training rooms with a friend.

Classes were still going on, and I was walking by the door—it was open—and I heard laughter. Something you don’t usually hear during training. I had to stop and see what was going on.” 
It was the first time I’d seen her. No one could miss her. She was the smallest in the room, shorter and skinnier than all of her opponents, but that wasn’t why she stuck out. There’d been this impish grin on her face, an energy that was infectious as she’d bounced around the mats, circling a tall, blond-haired boy. The Instructor had been irritated, no doubt by her and the attention she was drawing from a pure and an entire class riveted on her. But once I’d seen her, I couldn’t look away. It was like being hit by lightning. 

“You were training with Cal—with a friend—going through takedown moves. He kept trying to get the upper hand, but you kept laying him out, laughing the entire time. Both of you were laughing. That’s why I looked.”

“Did you know me then?” she asked sleepily. 

“No.” I held her closer, as if I could somehow pull her inside me and keep her safe. “But I knew, in that moment, you were amazing.”





What I'm Reading

Ok!

I got a confession to make.

This weekend I binged read the book after Deity is Elixir.


Aiden St. Delphi will do anything to save Alex. 
Even if it means doing the one thing he will never forgive himself for. 
Even if it means making war against the gods.


 Well I read that Saturday. And finished it. Soooo what I'm actually reading right now is:



Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex.

Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back.

The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex’s connection to Seth isn’t the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries.

Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself.



It's going down!!

Need I say more?

Happy Reading!


Deity ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout Review

Deity
by: Jennifer L. Armentrout 


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I always struggle with Deity. 

I know that in the grand scheme of things the way things go down in the book is necessary but for the most part it aggravates me. 

Still a great book with a great couple of plot twists. 

Alex: Holy Daimon Babies!!! When I say she annoyed me in this book, I mean it! It was like, haven't you learned by now girl??? Yeesh! Open your eyes. 

Aiden: Team Aiden all the freaking way. Marry me sir. Marry me.

Seth: . . . well we are no longer having trouble debating team Seth's placement. . . he's back to being a douche. . . a major douche.

All in all the insight and set up in this book was amazing, and I'd reread it billions of time ( if i haven't already) because this is the book where true colors start to show and the plot seriously twist and turns and deepens that I can't help but keep turning the pages!


Deity Teaser



“Something… something is different about you.”

A desire to flee the room filled me, but I faced him instead. I glanced down at my palms. The marks were still there. Why did I keep checking on them like they’d go away or something? “So much has happened, Aiden. I’m not the same person.”

 “You were the same person the day you found out about your father,” he said, eyes turning the color of a thundercloud.

Anger began low in my stomach, humming through my veins. “That has nothing to do with this.” Aiden pushed off the wall, hands coming out of his pockets. “What is this?”

“Everything!” My fingers dug into my palms. “What’s the point in all of this? Let’sjust think hypothetically here for a second, okay? Say Telly or whoever doesn’t manage to send me into servitude or kill me and the furies don’t end up tearing me apart, I’m still going to turn eighteen. I’m still going to Awaken. So what’s the point? Maybe I should leave.” I stalked to where I’d dropped my bag. “Maybe Lucian will let me go to Ireland or something. I’d like to visit there before I be—”

Aiden grabbed my upper arm, turning me so that I faced him.

“You said you had to stay at the Covenant so you could graduate, because you needed to be a Sentinel more than anyone else in the room.” His voice dropped low as his eyes searched mine intently. “You were passionate about this. Has that changed?” I yanked on my arm, but he held on.

“Maybe.”

 The tips of Aiden’s cheekbones flushed. “So you’re giving up?”

“I don’t think it’s giving up. Call it… accepting reality.” I smiled, but it felt icky.

“That is such bull, Alex.”


Happy Monday!! Lux Read-a-thon Week 1

It's here guys !!!!
I can't contain my excitement!
-breaks out in happy dance-


In case you're wanting to participate but haven't made to Deity Island's Blog yet the info for this week is below.



Week 1: Obsidian Read-Along, Chapters 1-15

Come to Momma!