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Leap Year Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! I saw this book tag going around and I figured that since a Leap Year only comes every four years, it would be a while before I could do it again so… Why not?! Let’s just jump right in!

๐Ÿ. ๐€๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š?

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This is going to seem like a really cheesy answer, but I have to go with City of Bones. This was the series that got me into reading and it has to do with that something extra that was in it. I fell in love instantly and I know I wouldn’t be the reader I am today without this book.

๐Ÿ. ๐“๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€ ๐๐ข๐  ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฉ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž/๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐?

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I was really afraid to read The Cruel Prince for SOOOOO long. It was really hyped up and a lot of people’s favorites and I was really scared that I wasn’t going to like it. I put off reading it and then I finally took the plunge in September. I ended up being partially right because, while I liked certain aspects of this book, I wasn’t as blown away as I wanted to be.

If you would like to, you can read my reviewย here where I go into further detail on my feelings on this book.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ?

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The fourth book I read this year was Stolen By Them (Between Rebels #1). I actually really enjoyed this book, a lot more than I thought I was going to. It had a spin on villains and heroes that I really liked and I encourage you to check it out if you’re into RH or sci-fi!

๐Ÿ’. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ” ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ!

This question ended up really working out. The 6th book on my 3rd shelf isย Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) and the 6th book after that is Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1). Both of these belong to some of my favorite series ever so I’m glad they were the answers to this question.

๐Ÿ“. ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ก๐ž๐š๐: ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ’ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ.

  1. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson : I keep saying, “I’m going to read Brandon Sanderson this year”… and it just doesn’t happen. Maybe if I give myself four years it finally will ๐Ÿคฃ
  2. Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) : I’m hoping to read this series soon, I just keep putting it off because I feel like I haven’t been ready for it. Now that the series is complete and the spin-off is coming out, I feel like I can finally start it. I definitely think that I’ll have read this by next Leap Year.
  3. A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry #1) : I have read Laurell K. Hamilton’s other series and I loved it. This series is more fae focused than the other one so I’m really expecting to love it. I just haven’t been in the mood to pick it up quite yet.
  4. And I Darken (The Conqueror’s Saga #1) : This book has been on my TBR for so long that I just hope that I will have read it within the next four years.

๐Ÿ”. ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฉ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ : ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐“๐๐‘ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ.

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โˆดย Dearly Departed (Afterworld Academy #1) โˆด

๐Ÿ•. ๐๐š๐ ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ค: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ?

One of the bookish things I like to stay away from is the controversies, particularly the ones on Twitter. I feel like people get really fired up on social media and a simple argument becomes a situation where a bunch of outside people get involved and then it just turns into this giant dumpster fire. And I definitely don’t want any part of that.

Thank you for joining me today! What did you think of my answers? Have you done this tag? If so, please feel free to leave a link to it down below so I can check yours out!

~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ ๐Ÿ’•

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Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag { 2019 }

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Hello Lovelies! And Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow Americans!!! We’re halfway through 2019 and, as usual, this tag is floating around every where again. I’m really excited to get to participate this year along with everyone else and I hope you enjoy!

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐จ ๐…๐š๐ซ

I couldn’t possibly pick just one book for this question, so I decided to pick a best new book and a best reread.

40660140. sy475 Sunshine and Bullets was a book I read in February of this year and it captivated me. I could not put it down and I flew through it. I can not give this book higher praise and I am SO glad that I read it.

 

 

 

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Was there any possible way that A Court of Mist and Fury wasn’t my favorite reread?! This book is my favorite of all time and I could not love it more if I tried. Each time I read it, I fall in love with the characters all over again and my feelings for the series only gets stronger.

 

๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐’๐จ ๐…๐š๐ซ

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As soon as I saw this question, I knew that there could be no other answer than Remember You This Way. Let me tell you, after reading the first book in this trilogy, I didn’t possibly think that I could love it more… but this book proved me SOOOO wrong! It was phenomenal and I need the next book like I need air!!!

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž(๐ฌ) ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง’๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐จ

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I need to read this book so bad it isn’t even funny. I have been dying to get my hands on it for months now and I finally went to my library to check it out and put it on hold. Unfortunately for me, that was two weeks ago and my friend Raven that works at the library decided to inform me yesterday that she’s currently reading this monster of a book… so I’m not gonna get my hands on it anytime soon! ๐Ÿ˜‚

 

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I saw the trailer for this book a couple months ago and thought it was interesting, but ended up brushing it off because it’s a sci-fi and those aren’t typically my thing. Well… after reading The Illuminae Files very recently, I’ve realized that sci-fi is my thing when it’s by these two wonderful authors!! I want to read this book SO badly and it is at the tip top of my “Book Buying List”.

 

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As a GIANT Cassandra Clare fan, I am ashamed to say that I haven’t read any of the books she has released so far this year. I know… It’s bad. I just haven’t been in the right mood for her since the disappointment that was Queen of Air and Darkness… BUT I have every intention of reading this collection of stories as soon as I am in the mood for them!

 

๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž(๐ฌ) ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ

This question was harder to answer than it would typically be because my top two favorite authors, Sarah J. Maas & Cassandra Clare, aren’t releasing any books for the rest of this year. After thinking real hard though, I was able to come up with these answers:

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I have been waiting for this book for what feels like forever. I devoured the first book last year and I just need the next one! I need more of Luc and Evie’s story ASAP!

 

 

 

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I recently binge read the rest ofย the Lords of the Underworld series and I could not be more hyped for this book to come out in December! I love Fox and I want her story SOOOO bad!

 

 

๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

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This question was SO easy because I just read this book and the disappointment from reading it is still very fresh in my mind…

After waiting two years for this book, I was finally able to read it when I checked it out at my library. Imagine my disappointment when it was a complete flop of a book. I can’t even begin to describe how upset I was that that was the book I had waited so long for.

My review can be found here if you want to read more into why I didn’t like it.

๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž

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OKAY! After years of people recommending this series to me and hyping it up SO much, I decided to give this book a shot… and I was shocked to my core over how good it is! I read it so quickly and immediately jumped into the next book. I am getting ready to start the third one and I couldn’t be more excited.

๐…๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ (๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ)

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After my answer to the last question, this answer shouldn’t come as a surprise. I just love this co-author duo so much and, after starting Jay’s Nevernight series, I couldn’t be more convinced about the talent that these two have.

 

C.R. Jane

I fell in love with C.R. Jane’s writing when I read The Sound of Us and I fell even deeper when I read the Fated Wings series. I just adore her books so much and I always look forward to her next book.

 

 

๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก

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Nik Malikov from Gemina! Anyone that knows me knows that I have a soft spot for morally grey male characters… and Nik certainly is that. I could not love him more!

๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ

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Eva from Fated Wings has easily become one of my favorite characters. She has just been through so much and how she still has so much compassion and forgiveness in heart after all that has been done to her is beyond me.

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐ซ๐ฒ

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This book tore me up inside. Xhex just goes through so much and I have no idea how she made it through. Just reading about it made me go through emotional distress.. I can’t imagine actually being involved.

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ

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For those that don’t know, Paris and Sienna’s story starts developing in book two of this series… but you don’t get their full story until book nine. So, I was understandably very happy when I finally got to this book!

๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ (๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐) ๐’๐จ ๐…๐š๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ

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Not only is this book absolutely GORGEOUS, but I also received it signed which made it all the more special to me! I love Jennifer L. Armentrout’s books and, I have to say, this has to be my favorite cover so far!

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐“๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ

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I need to get to this book SO bad! I just have this feeling that I’m going to finish it and then I will be dying for the next one which doesn’t come out until late next year…

 

 

 

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I have been wanting to read this book since I finished the first two installments. I ended up waiting months and months for this book and, now that it’s out, I just haven’t had the motivation to read it. I think that this mostly because this is the final book and I’m just not ready for it to end!!

 

 

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Thank you for joining me today! What did you think of my answers? Have you done this tag? If so, please feel free to leave a link to it down below so I can check yours out!

~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ ๐Ÿ’•

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Spring Cleaning Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! I have been seeing this tag what seems like everywhere recently and, even though I wasn’t tagged by anyone, I really wanted to do it for myself. I wanted to do it this week because it feels like spring is literally flying by and summer will be here before I know it! I’m scared that if I don’t do this tag now, I’ll completely forget about it/won’t have time to do it.

แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฑแด›ส€แดœษขษขสŸแด‡ แด๊œฐ ษขแด‡แด›แด›ษชษดษข ๊œฑแด›แด€ส€แด›แด‡แด…: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แดส€ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ สแดแดœ ๊œฑแด›ส€แดœษขษขสŸแด‡ แด›แด ส™แด‡ษขษชษด ส™แด‡แด„แด€แดœ๊œฑแด‡ แด๊œฐ ษชแด›๊œฑ ๊œฑษชแดขแด‡

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โˆดย Brandon Sanderson Books โˆด

I have been wanting to get into Brandon Sanderson’s books for a while now, but there are just SO many and I have no idea where to start!

แด„สŸแด‡แด€ษดษชษดษข แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ แด„สŸแด๊œฑแด‡แด›: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แดส€ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ สแดแดœ แดกแด€ษดแด› แด›แด แดœษดสœแด€แดœสŸ

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โˆดย The Vampire Diaries Series โˆด

I have had The Vampire Diaries on my shelf for about four years now. I read up to the seventh book and I just can’t bring myself to care anymore. I want to get them off my shelves, but I feel like I will be wasting all of the money I spent on them if I do.

แดแด˜แด‡ษดษชษดษข แดกษชษดแด…แดแดก๊œฑ แด€ษดแด… สŸแด‡แด›แด›ษชษดษข ๊œฐส€แด‡๊œฑสœ แด€ษชส€ ษชษด: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แดกแด€๊œฑ ส€แด‡๊œฐส€แด‡๊œฑสœษชษดษข

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โˆดย Red Rising Saga โˆด

I had people recommending this series to me for years and, because of the fact that it is science fiction, I would always shy away from it. When the pestering finally got to me and I actually sat down and read this series, I fell in love. It was SO great and it was refreshing to enjoy a series outside of my comfort zone.

แดกแด€๊œฑสœษชษดษข แดแดœแด› แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฑสœแด‡แด‡แด›๊œฑ: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แดกษชแด›สœ แด€ ๊œฑแด„แด‡ษดแด‡ สแดแดœ แดกษช๊œฑสœ สแดแดœ แด„แดแดœสŸแด… ส€แด‡แดกส€ษชแด›แด‡

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โˆดย Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare โˆด

*SPOILERS FOR QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS!!!*

While there are MANY scenes in this book that I wish I could rewrite, I would have to pick the scene where the Cohort takes over Alicante and all of the other Shadowhunters are forced to leave. That scene had me screaming in anger for about twenty minutes because I hated everything about it. Honestly, Alec should have let them all kill themselves!! I KNOW that they are going to be a problem in The Wicked Powers and I just don’t want to deal with the Cohort or Zara anymore.

My review for this book where you can read about all the problems I had with it can be found here.

แด›สœส€แดแดกษชษดษข แดแดœแด› แดœษดษดแด‡แด„แด‡๊œฑ๊œฑแด€ส€ส แด‹ษดษชแด„แด‹ แด‹ษดแด€แด„แด‹๊œฑ: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ ษชษด แด€ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ สแดแดœ แด…ษชแด…ษดโ€™แด› แด›สœษชษดแด‹ แดกแด€๊œฑ ษดแด‡แด„แด‡๊œฑ๊œฑแด€ส€ส

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โˆดย After Series โˆด

*SPOILERS FOR THE AFTER SERIES!!*

Honestly, after Tessa and Hardin make up in the beginning of After We Fell, the story should have been over. That part could have been tacked on to the end of the first book and that should have just been the end of their story. Everything after that is just over-dramatic scenes that were really unnecessary. The story was just entirely too drawn out. The second book on is just about them fighting over the same old things and breaking up, only to get back together again.

แด˜แดสŸษช๊œฑสœษชษดษข แด…แดแดส€แด‹ษดแดส™๊œฑ: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› สœแด€แด… แด€ แด„สŸแด‡แด€ษด ๊œฐษชษดษช๊œฑสœ

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โˆดย The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater โˆด

I have mixed feelings on this series, the last book being one of them. The entire final book felt really unnecessary to me and way too drawn out. This series could have been shortened to three books and it would have been fine. It also ended entirely too cleanย  and felt like a waste of my time.

ส€แด‡แด€แด„สœษชษดษข แด›แด แด…แดœ๊œฑแด› แด›สœแด‡ ๊œฐแด€ษด: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ แด›สœแด€แด› แด›ส€ษชแด‡แด… แด›แดแด สœแด€ส€แด… แด›แด ส€แด‡สŸแด€ส แด€ แด„แด‡ส€แด›แด€ษชษด แดแด‡๊œฑ๊œฑแด€ษขแด‡

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โˆดย  A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab โˆด

I felt like this book tried too hard to convey the “strong female character who doesn’t need a man” trope. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that trope. It’s just that Lila came off naive and full of herself and she ended up getting in even more trouble than she was originally in because she “didn’t need any help”. It was frustrating and probably why I keep putting off reading the second book.

แด›สœแด‡ แด›ษชส€ษชษดษข สแด‡แด› ๊œฑแด€แด›ษช๊œฑ๊œฐสษชษดษข ๊œฐษชษดษช๊œฑสœ แด๊œฐ ๊œฑแด˜ส€ษชษดษข แด„สŸแด‡แด€ษดษชษดษข: แด€ ส™แดแดแด‹ ๊œฑแด‡ส€ษชแด‡๊œฑ แด›สœแด€แด› แดกแด€๊œฑ แด›ษชส€ษชษดษข ส™แดœแด› ๊œฑแด€แด›ษช๊œฑ๊œฐสษชษดษข แด›แด ษขแด‡แด› แด›สœส€แดแดœษขสœ

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โˆดย Daughter of Smoke and Bone Series โˆด

I am referencing the last book in this series more than the other two for this question. Dreams of Gods and Monsters felt REALLY drawn out to me and I struggled to get through it. The only reason that I did was because I wanted to know what was going to happen to the Karou and Akiva relationship and I felt like I had devoted too much time to this series to just drop it. I was really proud of myself when I finished it and pulled through.

I TAG:

Su @ Bemused Bibliophile | Laura @ Laura Reads and Writes | Mani @ Mani’s Book Corner | Ally @ Ally Reads and Writes | Amy @ Amy’s Reading Nook

Thank you for joining me today! This tag was really different and had some tough prompts. I really had to sit down and go over the books I have read to find the right answer for each question. What do you think of my answers? Do you agree with me? Let me know!

~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ ๐Ÿ’•

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Throne of Glass vs. A Court of Thorns and Roses Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! Recently, I came across this tag when I was scrolling through Octavia @ Mythical Reads’s blog. For those that don’t know, Sarah J. Maas is my favorite author of all time and I just couldn’t resist! I am SO excited! People always ask me which of her series is my favorite and I’m like I CAN’T CHOOSE!! Maybe this will help me decide…

๐Ÿฃ. ๐น๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐‘€๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡: ๐’œ๐‘’๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐น๐‘’๐“Ž๐“‡๐‘’?

Screenshot_2019-05-02 Untitled Design(6)I’m going to have to go with Aelin for this one! She is my favorite female character EVER and, I’m sorry, buy Feyre doesn’t even hold a candle to her. Aelin’s snarky personality grabbed me from the very first chapter in Throne of Glass, but it took me a while (probably towards the end of ACOTAR) to warm up to Feyre.

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ™ | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ˜

 

 

๐Ÿค. ๐น๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐ผ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰: ๐‘…๐‘œ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐‘…๐’ฝ๐“Ž๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น?

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LOOK… I love Rowan… but is this even really a competition? Rhysand is and always will be my favorite male character. They are both great guys and I really love them both, but I would pick Rhys in a heart beat!

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ™ | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿฅ. ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐น๐’พ๐“‡๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€: ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ข๐“๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’œ ๐’ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘…๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“ˆ?

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This question is really hard for me because I care about them both. I think I’ll have to go with A Court of Thorns and Roses though. When I read Throne of Glass for the first time, I wasn’t absolutely crazy over it and didn’t read the next one until about three weeks after that. When I read ACOTAR for the first time though, I was dying for the next book and payed Amazon A LOT of money to get it to my house as fast as possible. I needed to know what happened next like I needed air.

However, whenever I reread either book, I definitely enjoy Throne of Glass more. The only reason I didn’t pick it for that reason is because I don’t enjoyย my rereads of ACOTAR anymore for the ships, not for the writing. In my opinion, ACOTAR is written better.

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ™ | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿš

๐Ÿฆ. ๐น๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐น๐‘’๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐‘’ ๐’ฎ๐“Š๐“…๐“…๐‘œ๐“‡๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡: ๐’ฉ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’ถ ๐’œ๐“‡๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐‘€๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐ต๐“๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€๐’ท๐‘’๐’ถ๐“€?

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I really like Nesta, don’t get me wrong. But how could I possibly pick anyone other than Manon for this question? SHE’S MANON BLACKBEAK! She is arguably my second favorite female character ever, the complexity and development of her character is phenomenally written, and she is the creme de la creme of morally grey characters! She’s got it all!!!

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿš | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿš

๐Ÿง. ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฎ๐“†๐“Š๐’ถ๐’น: ๐’œ๐‘’๐“๐’พ๐“ƒโ€™๐“ˆ ๐’ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐‘…๐’ฝ๐“Ž๐“ˆโ€™๐“ˆ ๐ผ๐“ƒ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ž๐’พ๐“‡๐’ธ๐“๐‘’?

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I HATE questions like these because they just rip my heart in two! I love all of these characters SOOO much and it sucks to choose between them. With that being said, I think I’m gonna go with The Court of Dreams for this one. I would just give anything to meet them and hanging out with them (even for a couple minutes) would be a dream come true! Plus, to be honest, I’m scared of most of Aelin’s court. I love Manon, I do. But I would freak OUT if I met her!

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿš | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ›

๐Ÿจ. ๐น๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐’พ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐น๐‘’๐“‚๐’ถ๐“๐‘’ ๐น๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“…: ๐’œ๐‘’๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐ฟ๐“Ž๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น๐“‡๐’ถ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐น๐‘’๐“Ž๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐‘€๐‘œ๐“‡?

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This is another really though question… Maybe it’s because I haven’t read ACOTAR in a while, but I’m gonna have to go with Aelin and Lysandra. I just feel like their relationship went through so much development and Lysandra’s undying loyalty to Aelin brings me to tears. Mor and Feyre are still ๐Ÿ’– though.

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ› | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ›

๐Ÿฉ. ๐ต๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ฑ๐’พ๐“๐“๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ: ๐’ฆ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐’œ๐’น๐’ถ๐“‡๐“๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’œ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“‡๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ?

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AMARATHA!! I have never hated someone so much, yet been utterly terrified of them at the same time!

P.S. I had to use Octavia’s picture for this one because it is just SOOO good!

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ› | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿœ

๐Ÿช. ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”: ๐ธ๐“‡๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐’ถ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ซ๐“‡๐“Ž๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐’ถ๐“ƒ?

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I definitely have to go with Prythian for this one! I just love the idea of all the different courts and the dynamics between them all! I even plan on going a poster of the map on my wall some day!

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ› | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿซ. ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐ธ๐“-๐ต๐‘œ๐“Ž๐’ป๐“‡๐’พ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น: ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐‘œ๐“ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฏ๐’ถ๐“‚๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ?

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How is this even up for debate? I might not be Chaol’s biggest fan, but I’d take him over Tamlin in a heart beat! Tamlin did not redeem himself in ACOWAR to me and I still hate him.

๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿœ | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿข. ๐ต๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’ฉ๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’๐“๐“๐’ถ: ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’œ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“ƒโ€™๐“ˆ ๐ต๐“๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’œ ๐’ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐น๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“‡๐“๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰?

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I am going to have to go with The Assassin’s Blade on this one. I really liked ACOFAS,ย don’t get me wrong. I just likedย The Assassin’s Blade more. I enjoyed getting to see into Aelin’s past and I loved each of the different stories in it.

Before we get to the results, I’m going to go ahead and tag:

Laura @ Laura Reads and Writes & Su @ Bemused Bibliophile

AND ANYONE ELSE THAT LOVES SJM BOOKS!!!

๐”ฝ๐•€โ„•๐”ธ๐•ƒ ๐•Šโ„‚๐•†โ„๐”ผ: ๐•‹๐•™๐•ฃ๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐”พ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ค: ๐Ÿ | ๐”ธ โ„‚๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฅ ๐• ๐•— ๐•‹๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•Ÿ๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•• โ„๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ค: ๐Ÿ

HA!! What do you know, the score was tied! ๐Ÿ˜‚ This embodies me as a person when people ask which series I prefer. I guess this won’t be deciding if I like Throne of Glass or ACOTAR more after all!

I highly enjoyed doing this tag and I am sad that it is over! I hope I will get to do it again in the future, maybe with the addition of Crescent City, things won’t be as tied.

… On second thought, I’m conflicted now, I can’t imagine how I’m gonna be after that series comes out and I have three fighting for my heart!

Thank you for joining me today! Please tell me your answers in the comments or feel free to leave a link to your post if you do/have done this tag!

~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ ๐Ÿ’•

Book Tags

The Breakfast Club Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! I saw Sara @ The Bibliophagist do this tag and I just had to do it for myself! I love The Breakfast Club and the questions were just great!

๐’ซ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ~ ๐’œ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡๐“Ž ๐“…๐‘œ๐“…๐“Š๐“๐’ถ๐“‡ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“…๐“‡๐‘’๐“‰๐“‰๐“Ž ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’, ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’

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โˆดย Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor โˆด

I know! I know! This book is SO popular and everyone seems to love it. And before you throw something at me, I will say that it is not a bad book. It just wasn’t for me. If you want to know more about why I didn’t like it, my review can be found here.

๐’ž๐“‡๐’พ๐“‚๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’ถ๐“ ~ ๐’œ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€๐“ˆ/๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“ƒ๐’น๐“ˆ ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Š๐‘”๐’ฝ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐’ท๐’ถ๐’น, ๐’ท๐“Š๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐‘’๐’น ๐“Š๐“… ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐“…๐“๐‘’๐“‰๐‘’๐“๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“‰

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โˆดย Blood Wager (Blood Destiny #1) by Connie Suttle โˆด

The first couple times I saw this cover, I immediately skipped over it. I eventually read the synopsis which wasn’t really convincing either. A friend convinced me to read it and I ended up really enjoying it! I did have my ups and downs with this series but I ultimately enjoyed myself. My review of this book can be found here.

๐ต๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ ~ ๐’œ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“€

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โˆดย  The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1) by Michelle Hodkin โˆด

This book has a lot of stuff going on and a lot of mystery in it. I spent a lot of this book trying to understand what was happening and coming up with a bunch of theories in my head.

๐ต๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“€๐‘’๐“‰ ๐’ž๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘’ ~ ๐’œ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“…๐‘’๐‘œ๐“…๐“๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“๐’น ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“๐“ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐’ธ๐“‡๐’ถ๐“๐“Ž ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐“‡๐‘’๐’ถ๐’น๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”

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โˆดย  Taking What’s Mine (Forced Submission #1) by Alexa Riley โˆด

This book sounded really bad but, at the end of the synopsis it said, “If you’re willing to hold off judgement until the last page the ending is worth it, I promise.” and that intrigued me. So, I read it… and I’m glad I did. It taught me to not automatically judge a book and give things outside my comfort zone a chance. My review of this book can be found here.

๐’œ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“๐‘’๐“‰๐‘’ ~ ๐’œ ๐’ท๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“€ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐’น๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‡๐“Š๐‘”๐‘”๐“๐‘’/๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“€ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ

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โˆดย  Never Too Far (Rosemary Beach #2) by Abbi Glines โˆด

This book still makes me incredibly angry when I think about it. I struggled to finish it and the only reason I did was so that I could justify my long rant review. You can read that here.

Thank you for joining me! I’m going to tag anyone and everyone for this tag! What do you think of my answers? Do you agree with me? What did you think of the movie? ~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ ๐Ÿ’•

Book Tags

Goodreads Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! Today, I thought I’d do the Goodreads Book Tag. I recently hit my two year anniversary on Goodreads so I figured now would be a really good time to do it.

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ž๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•ค โ€˜๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••โ€™?

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โˆดย  Consumed (Dark Protectors #4) by Rebecca Zanetti โˆด

My review for this book can be found here.

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•”๐•ฆ๐•ฃ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•๐•ช ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜?

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โˆดย  Provoked (Dark Protectors #5) by Rebecca Zanetti โˆด

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•จ๐•’๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•๐•’๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ž๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•ค ๐•‹๐”นโ„?

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โˆดย  Smoke and Wishes (Best Wishes #1) by A.J. Macey โˆด

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐••๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•• ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ฅ?

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โˆดย  Twisted (Dark Protectors #5.5) by Rebecca Zanetti โˆด

I’m on a big Dark Protectors kick right now and I really don’t see myself stopping any time soon! I just love this series and the world that it is in!

๐”ป๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•ค๐•ช๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ž?

Yes, I do. I also rate my stars based on how Goodreads does. The only exceptions to it that I have is that I use .5 .25 & .75 stars.

๐”ธ๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐••๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•’ ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿก โ„๐•–๐•’๐••๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐•๐•๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•˜๐•–?

YES! I always do a Goodreads Challenge and I always use 100 as my goal. Even though, realistically, I should surpass that with no problems. I just like for my percentages to be easily calculated. For instance, I have read 80 books so far this year and my Goodreads Challenge percentage is 80%. If I were to use 250 as my goal (which is more likely), than the math I would have to do to guess how many books I have to read to reach a certain percentage would be more difficult.

๐”ป๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•’ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ค๐•™๐•๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ?

I have one on Amazon. It can be found here if you are overly interested.

๐•Ž๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐••๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•  ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ช ๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•ฉ๐•ฅ?

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โˆดย  The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon โˆด

I keep seeing this book everywhere and I am really interested in reading it! It certainly sounds like something I would be interested in. Please let me know what you thought of this book!

๐”ป๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช ๐•—๐•’๐•ง๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•ข๐•ฆ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ค? ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•’ ๐•—๐•–๐•จ.

I have plenty of favorite quotes! I have so many in fact that I post one every day through my Book Quote of the Day posts. Some of my all time favorites would have to be:

โ€œGood and evil are merely opposite sides of a coin. Get tossed in the air enough, it’s easy to come down on the wrong side.โ€ ~Dreamfever

โ€œMost people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.โ€ ~Clockwork Princess

โ€œHe thinks he’ll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.โ€ ~A Court of Mist and Fury

โ€œThe Court of Dreams.
The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. The bastard- born warriors, the Illyrian half breed, the monster trapped in a beautiful body, the dreamer born into a court of nightmares…And the huntress with an artist’s soul.โ€ ~A Court of Mist and Fury

โ€œMaybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them. But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you werenโ€™t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.โ€ ~Crooked Kingdom

๐•Ž๐•™๐•  ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐•—๐•’๐•ง๐• ๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•– ๐•’๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•™๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ค?

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On Goodreads, my favorite authors are listed like โฌ†๏ธ but there are many more ๐Ÿ’•

โ„๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•›๐• ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•–๐•• ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•ช ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ก๐•ค?

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I am currently a part of two groups. They are Reverse Harem Revolution andย Top 5 Wednesday. RHR is where we talk about everything RH and more and Top 5 Wednesday is group where bookish prompts are given to use each Wednesday to discuss. Anyone is welcome to join either group.

I’m going to go ahead and tag: Laura @ Laura Reads and Writes |ย Surbhi @ Bemused Bibliophile | Sara @ The Bibliophagist

BUT feel free to do this tag for yourself! I tag you too!!

Thank you for joining me! This tag was different and fun.ย Here is the link to my Goodreads if you want to friend me/check me out there. I accept all friends requests, as long as you are active on Goodreads. ~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ

Book Tags

The Game of Thrones Book Tag

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Hello Lovelies! I saw Surbhi @Bemused Bibliophile & Susan @ Novel lives do this tag in honor of the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere, and I knew I just had to do it. I am a BIG Game of Thrones fan and I just couldn’t resist! Let’s go ahead and just jump right in:

๐”ป๐•š๐•ฃ๐•–๐•จ๐• ๐•๐•ง๐•–๐•ค ~ ๐”น๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ž๐•’๐• ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–๐•œ๐•š๐•”๐•œ

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โˆดย Abraxos (Throne of Glass Series) โˆด

Abraxos is just a precious little baby that I want to hug forever and ever. The scenes where he is sniffing wildflowers because he has never been able to see flowers before is one of my favorite scenes in the whole series. His and Manon’s relationship is just such a gem to me!

๐•๐•’๐•ž๐•š๐•– ๐•ƒ๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•Ÿ๐•š๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐•™๐• ๐•ค๐•– ๐•ฃ๐•–๐••๐•–๐•ž๐•ก๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•–/๐•จ๐•–๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•ฃ๐• ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐•—๐• ๐•ฃ

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โˆดย Eric (True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse Series) โˆด

Eric… As soon as he showed up, I knew there was more to him and, once it was confirmed that there was, I couldn’t have loved him more!

โ„‚๐•๐•–๐•˜๐•’๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐”น๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค ~ ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐•“๐•–๐•ค๐•ฅ & ๐•จ๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•š๐•“๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐••๐•ช๐•Ÿ๐•’๐•ž๐•š๐•”๐•ค ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•ฅ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•™๐•’๐•ง๐•– ๐•–๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐••

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โˆดย Blackthorn Family (The Dark Artifices Series) โˆด

Can a family be any more perfect than the Blackthorns? They are always there for each other and so supportive of one another. Their dedication to each other moves me to tears whenever I think about it and I couldn’t love them more!

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Sang & Marie Sorenson (The Ghost Bird Series)

The dynamic between Sang and Marie is truly messed up. If someone would have told me about it instead of me having read it for myself, I probably wouldn’t have believed them. And it is so sad because Sang is sweet, gentle, and one of the kindest people imaginable. The way her sister treats her is abhorrent to me and I hope that one day Sang stops forgiving her and finally stands up for herself.

โ„•๐•–๐•• ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ’๐•ค ๐••๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐••๐•š๐•• ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•–๐•– ๐•”๐• ๐•ž๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜/ ๐•ž๐• ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ค๐•™๐• ๐•”๐•œ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•˜ ๐••๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•’ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ, ๐•ž๐• ๐•ง๐•š๐•– ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•‹๐• ๐•ค๐•–๐•ฃ๐•š๐•–๐•ค

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*SPOILERS FOR Clockwork Princess!! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!*

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Will Herondale. That Epilogue shocked me to my core and tore my heart out more than I could have thought possible. I am still really angry at Cassie for putting me through that!

โ„๐•’๐•ž๐•ค๐•’๐•ช ๐”น๐• ๐•๐•ฅ๐• ๐•Ÿ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•จ๐•š๐•๐• ๐•˜๐•๐•’๐••๐•๐•ช ๐•ค๐•–๐•– ๐••๐•š๐•–

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โˆดย Zara Dearborn (The Dark Artifices Series) โˆด

*SPOILERS FOR Queen of Air and Darkness! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!*

I am SOOOOO angry that Zara did not get what was coming for her in Queen of Air and Darkness! She is a despicable person that makes me ashamed to be associated in the same race as her.

โ„๐•™๐•’๐•–๐•˜๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•‹๐•’๐•ฃ๐•˜๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•–๐•Ÿ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•œ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•˜๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ง๐•–๐•๐•ช ๐•ž๐•š๐•ค๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•ฅ๐• ๐• ๐••

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โˆดย Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire) โˆด

Donโ€™t get me wrong, Cersei is a bad person. Sheโ€™s done horrible things to keep herself and the people she cares about safe. BUT I have a hard time completely villainizing her, when we praise other characters (such as Arya Stark) for doing the exact same thing. Arya literally killed Walder Freyโ€™s sons, baked them into a pie, and then fed them to their father. Fans praised her for it and cheered her on. If Cersei would have done that, the internet would have blown up with how evil and vile she was.

How come one character is a monster while another is a hero? The answer is perspective. We are inclined since the very beginning of A Game of Thrones to hate the Lannisters and love the Starks. But, in all honesty, is Cersei that much different from Arya? Cersei is doing what she has to to survive and giving out retribution to the ones that have wronged her. Iโ€™m not saying that this excuses her actions, but it does make me more understanding of who Cersei is and why she does the things she does.

๐•๐• ๐•ฃ๐•’๐•™ ๐•„๐• ๐•ฃ๐•ž๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•œ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•–๐•ก๐•š๐•ฅ๐• ๐•ž๐•– ๐• ๐•— ๐•๐• ๐•ช๐•’๐•๐•ฅ๐•ช

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โˆดย Lysandra (Throne of Glass Series) โˆด

*SPOILERS FOR Empire of Storms! YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!*

Lysandra was literally willing to impersonate Aelin for the rest of her life and basically give up her own life choices for her friend. If that doesn’t scream undying loyalty, I don’t know what does!

๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•Š๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•จ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•จ๐•™๐•  ๐•™๐•’๐•ค ๐•๐•–๐•’๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค๐•™๐•š๐•ก ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•ฃ๐•ฆ๐•ค๐•ฅ ๐•ฆ๐•ก๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•–๐•ž

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โˆดย Darrow (Red Rising Series) โˆด

All Darrow wanted to do was live a quiet and normal life, but that was taken away from him SO quickly. He was thrust into this plan to overthrow an empire and so much responsibility was put on his shoulders. He became basically a leader of a rebellion over night.

๐”น๐•ฃ๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•Š๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•œ ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•“๐• ๐• ๐•œ ๐•จ๐•š๐•ฅ๐•™ ๐•’ ๐•ง๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ช ๐•˜๐• ๐• ๐•• ๐••๐•š๐•ค๐•’๐•“๐•š๐•๐•š๐•ฅ๐•ช ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•–๐•ค๐•–๐•Ÿ๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ

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โˆดย Chaol (Throne of Glass Series) โˆด

I’m gonna have to agree with Surbhi on this one. The representation that Chaol’s character brought to Tower of Dawn was phenomenal. It really opened my eyes and I felt like it was done extremely well.

๐•‚๐•™๐•’๐• ๐”ป๐•ฃ๐• ๐•˜๐•  ~ ๐”ธ ๐•”๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐•ช๐• ๐•ฆ ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•œ ๐•š๐•ค ๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•• ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฅ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•– ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•’ ๐•“๐•š๐•˜ ๐•ค๐• ๐•—๐•ฅ๐•š๐•– ๐•—๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ž ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•– ๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–

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โˆดย Valiant (New Species Series) โˆด

I feel like Valiant is the epitome of this question. He was literally experimented on with lion DNA and looks like a monster on the outside. But on the inside, he is just a sweet teddy bear that wants to live in peace after all that he has been through. His book melted my heart!

I tag: Laura @ Laura Reads and Writes | Katie @ Her Paper World|ย Kristy @ Caffeinated Fae | Amy @ Amy’s Reading Nook | Siobhan @ Siobhan’s Novelties

Please feel free to do this tag for yourself! Make sure you tag me so I can see your answers!

Thank you for joining me! Game of Thrones is arguably my favorite TV show of all time and I had SO much fun doing this! There are different versions of this tag with different questions so I might come back and redo this tag later! ~๐’œ๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‚๐“ƒ