Book Blog, Misc

I’m still here.

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I know I haven’t posted a blog, Instagram picture, or even to Twitter in over a month now, but I’m still here. Things have been going…

I officially moved back to Phoenix almost two weeks ago now. I started my new old job–same job title and same district, just at a different school site. It has been a rough start. The schedule was a mess because the previous case managers wrote IEPs with absurd and ridiculous minutes. As if that wasn’t enough stress, I got a transfer student on my very 1st day with a severe emotional disturbance.

But I don’t know… Phoenix has grown on me. I don’t hate it. It’s not my first choice, but I am grounded when I’m here, so maybe it’s a good thing. I’m currently staying with a friend, but I’m apartment hunting. I try to go see at least one new place after work everyday. That’s taking up the bulk of the rest of my time.

As far as reading goes, I haven’t been getting much of it done. I started An Ember in the Ashes on Thanksgiving, but I only got a few chapters in before I moved and I haven’t started again. I bought a Kindle Fire on Black Friday so I could read more–when I’m on the go and especially at night with the light off, but I haven’t been using it. I need to get on that.

I will start reading and book blogging again when things settle down for me though. Probably when I get my own apartment, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later. Until then…

What are you reading? What are your plans for the holidays? We have almost two more weeks of school. Then, I’m going to spend the winter break with my friends in L.A. Las Vegas has been mentioned for the New Year, but nothing is set in stone as far as I know.

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Book Blog, Book Reviews, Book Tours

Book Tour: Review of Flashfall by Jenny Moyer

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

  • Original Title: Flashfall by Jenny Moyer
  • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
  • Release Date: November 15th, 2016
  • Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia
  • Excerpt: Click here to read a sample.

  

Synopsis: Orion is a Subpar, expected to mine the tunnels of Outpost Five, near the deadly flash curtain. For generations, her people have chased cirium—the only element that can shield humanity from the curtain’s radioactive particles.

She and her caving partner, Dram work the most treacherous tunnel, fighting past flash bats and tunnel gulls, in hopes of mining enough cirium to earn their way into the protected city.

But when newcomers arrive at Outpost Five, Orion uncovers disturbing revelations that make her question everything she thought she knew about life on both sides of the cirium shield. As conditions at the outpost grow increasingly dangerous, it’s up to Orion to forge a way past the flashfall, beyond all boundaries, beyond the world as she knows it.

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Book Blog, Discussion

Discussion: The Popularity Principle

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I recently finished reading the second novel in an extremely popular series. Despite my general boredom and in spite of my infuriation with the characters the entirety of both books, I decided to keep reading. Only a very small part of the decision was because I  genuinely wanted to know what comes next in the story. (I do have a problem with never DNFing that I need to get over.) But the majority of the decision was made because I feel compelled to read popular series and books.

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Book Blog, Monthly Rewind

October Rewind: Book Haul, Reviews, & Recap

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I only finished two books in October, both were for blog tours or else I probably wouldn’t have struggled to finish those either. Iron Cast was my favorite of the two. I really loved the characters, the early 1900s setting, and the gritty crime noir feel.

I also started A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas. I’m a little over 50% done as of writing this post. I’m still having mixed feelings about this series overall. I liked ACOTAR in the end, but I’m having the same trouble with ACOMAF that I had with that one, which is just that it’s too long. I don’t mind reading massive books as long as I love the characters and there’s enough action and subplots to sustain. So far, I’m just not getting that satisfaction.

Needless to say, I totally BOMBED the Halloween Read-A-Thon TBR. Womp, womp.

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Book Blog, Bookish Things

Blood For Blood Release Blitz + Giveaway!

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I am so excited that BLOOD FOR BLOOD by Ryan Graudin releases today and that I get to share the news, along with an awesome giveaway!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Ryan, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for 5 finished copies of book 1, WOLF BY WOLF! US only. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post.

About The Book:

  • Title: BLOOD FOR BLOOD
  • Author: Ryan Graudin
  • Pub. Date: November 1, 2016
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Format: Hardcover, paperback, eBook
  • Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads 

The action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin’s Wolf by Wolf.
There would be blood.
Blood for blood.
Blood to pay.
An entire world of it.

For the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun.

Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly. Yael and her unlikely comrades dive into enemy territory to try to turn the tide against the New Order, and there is no alternative but to see their mission through to the end, whatever the cost.

But dark secrets reveal dark truths, and one question hangs over them all: how far can you go for the ones you love?

This gripping, thought-provoking sequel to Wolf by Wolf will grab readers by the throat with its cinematic writing, fast-paced action, and relentless twists.

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