Confessions of a Bibliovore

*Format inspired by Auntie Spinelli's awesome blog progress post!  Monday 7/29 Currently reading:  Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Progress: 40% Books completed: None Tuesday 7/30 Currently reading: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Progress: 64% Books completed: none Notes: Unfortunately, I didn't read as much as I wanted. I got sidetracked by Pretty Little Liars. Curse Netflix and it's many seasons of shows.... Wednesday 7/31 Currently reading: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Progress:   NONE Books completed: NONE! Notes: I read nothing. Absolutely nothing yesterday. I didn't even pick up my Kindle, much less turn the freaking thing on. I'll be better today. I promise! My goal is to finish this book by tomorrow morning and get started on the next. What should I read?  Thursday 8/1 Currently reading:  Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas Progress: 70% Books completed today: None Notes: Um....hardly read any. Yet again.  Friday 8/2 Currently reading:...

The Beat the Heat Readathon runs from July 29th through August 11th. What does this readathon entail, you ask? Well, read as much or as little as you want – the main point is to READ!  You  set your own goal, and for two weeks you read as many books as you can/want to reach your goal! There will be mini-challenges throughout the Readathon for participants, along with a grand prize giveaway at the end! Sign up at Auntie Spinelli Reads or  Phantasmic Reads . You may join whenever you like, but  to be eligible for our grand prize giveaway, you must sign up by August 5th. To join, all you have to do is make a sign-up post – even if it’s just a “Let’s do this!” thing -  and add your post URL to the linky below! You can put your goals and progress (will be required for the final giveaway) in your sign-up post, or you can make it separate. Totally up to you! Feel free to copy and paste this handy little list for your post. We don’t mind. :) In order to enter...

Carnival of Souls (Untamed City #1) by Melissa Marr Pages: 306 Source: Library Format: Hardback Rating: DNF Goodreads Synopsis: In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures—if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the death is the only way to try to live. All Mallory knows of The City is that her father—and every other witch there—fled it for a life in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she read...

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at   Breaking the Spine   in which we showcase upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating.  Darker Days (The Darker Agency #1) by Jus Accardo Goodreads Synopsis: Jessie Darker goes to high school during the day, but at night she helps with the family investigation business. Cheating husbands and stolen inheritances? They’re your girls—but their specialty is a bit darker. Zombie in your garage? Pesky Poltergeist living in your pool? They’ll have the problem solved in a magical minute. For a nominal fee, of course... When gorgeous new client, Lukas Scott, saunters into the office requesting their help to find a stolen box, it sounds like a simple case—until the truth comes out. The box is full of Sin. Seven deadly ones, in fact. They’ve got five days to recapture the Sins before they're recalled by the box, taking seven hijacked human bodies with them. Easy peasy—except for one thing... There’s a spell that will allow the Sin...

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare Pages: 512 Format: Paperback Source: Bought Rating: 3 stars Goodreads Synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would d...

Read-a-thon = epic fail Yeah....I technically didn't even read a full book. I finished a book that I had already started before the read-a-thon began so I guess that kind of counts right? My goal was 3 books. And I would've completed my goal.... if I hadn't gotten sick. Ughhhhhh....most sicknesses allow you plenty of time to read. Heck, you're in bed all day anyways, might as well pick up a book. But not this sickness. No. I couldn't get that lucky.  I had dizziness, vertigo and nausea. I slept on the bathroom floor constantly for a day and a half. I couldn't even really look at a computer or a book for long periods of time until today. Quite frankly, it sucked. I'm still not perfect yet, but at least I'm feeling a whole lot better. I believe it has to do with my inner ear (allergies and I've had a ton of ear problems) so I still have to get it checked out, but it completely ruined my reading time. Boo.  But oh well. What can I do? At least I finishe...

So guess what guys? I've decided to join another Read-a-thon! Why? Well, honestly, it keeps me reading. I'm an awful manager of time. I really am. I love to watch TV  and often times I end up getting side-tracked by it because my sister is watching Netflix and I just can't seem to pass it up. However, knowing I'm participating in a read-a-thon makes me put books as a priority and learn to manage my time better.   I'm now joining the Hot Summer Reads Read-A-Thon. It goes from July 14 through the 20th. A full week of reading? I'm game.  My goal? 3 books. I just feel like this is a good number. Not to many, not to few. I volunteer at the Education Center here on base and I may be taking another trip this weekend, but hopefully I'll have plenty of time to accomplish my goal. Current read:  Siege and Storm  by Leigh Bardugo. Loving it! Though, unfortunately, not as much as I hoped. But don't fret! This is all my fault! Ever read of book that you know is a gre...

Stacking the Shelves  is hosted by  Tynga's Reviews  as a way to share all the books we've received this week! So.....I kinda went on a Netgalley shopping spree.... Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas AHHHHHHHH!!!!! YESSSSSSSS. I absolutely loved  Throne of Glass   and I have been eagerly anticipating this sequel (but not the cover). When I received the e-mail saying I obtained an ARC, I may have squealed like a little girl....no shame.  My Sparkling Misfortune (The Lakeland Knight #1) by Laura Lond  A villain as the protagonist? Sign me up! This sounds like one awesome book full of fun mischief and misfortune ;) Arrow of the Mist (Arrow of the Mist #1) by Christina Mercer First off, loving the cover. It accurately shows the questing and magic that the blurb promises. Keeping my fingers crossed for this one!  Sworn to Raise (Courtlight #1) by Terah Edu  Court intrigue? Sold.  The Bane (The Eden Trilogy #1) by Kear...

I have always loved these kinds of fashion posts and I know my idea isn't original, to combine books with fashion, so I won't take any credit. I just signed up for a Polyvore account one day and decided to create a few sets with books, and I got addicted. I decided to start a new feature to showcase the outfit sets that I've made! I will try to make it a regular feature, but I am pretty bad about keeping features going. For this first one I decided to start with Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac , which I read and reviewed recently , and liked a lot. I definitely wanted the focus to be on the camera, which is an important part of Naomi, but also wanted there to be some attention given to the typewriter letters on the book.

*Unfortunately pictures are not currently showing up* Welcome to another "Thinking Through Thursday"! This is a post I write (or try to) every Thursday in which I discuss various bookish goodness.  This week's discussion is: THE DREADED SERIES END: Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnnn..... So personally, I love series. I don't like standalones because I know that while reading that book, it'll be the only book. When I get to the last page, it's over. Done with. No more. Quite frankly, that gets depressing. Especially if I just fall in love with the book as a whole!  A series gives me lots of books. When I finish one, I know that there are more wonderful adventures awaiting me. I get to spend more time with the characters and even be introduced to more as the time goes on. Each adventure in the book is built upon and the books go more in depth with the content.  But I started to notice a trend recently. I would go through my books looking for a new read and I'd always start...