Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Book Covers That Give Me Fall Vibes

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Book Covers With Fall Colors/Vibes

This week’s TTT is perfect for the current aesthetic I have going on on my bookstagram account. When I think of fall colors I think vibrant reds, oranges, and yellows like the changing leaves outside my window. Here are ten books that make me think of fall...

1. Meet Me On Love Lane by Nina Bocci

2. At Death's Door by Sherrilyn Kenyon

 3. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

4. Murder, She Wrote Trick or Treachery

5. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales by Washington Irving

6. Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco

7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowlings

8. Dark Witch by Nora Roberts

9. The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich

10. Headless

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What books covers remind you of fall?

Let me know in the comments or drop a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

-Taylor

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - 5 October 2020

#IMWAYR is a weekly meme started on J Kaye’s blog and then was hosted by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at The Book Date.

Happy Monday Bookdragons! It's my first "It's Monday! What Are You Reading?" post since I moved in July. I took a blogging hiatus for a few months but now I'm back. 

What I've Been Reading Recently: 

Tempting Lies by Sara Whitney

I joined the review team for Sara Whitney, not having read anything by her before but I really enjoyed this fake-dating romance. 

Meet Me On Love Lane by Nina Bocci

I've worked with Nina's promo services before for Tijan and a couple other authors but I hadn't read any of her books before. I've had this one sitting on my shelf since spring when I got my ApollyCon books but I was hesitant because I wasn't sure I'd like it. Since it has a nice fall cover I finally gave it a try now (even though ironically this book is set in summer, not fall) and I loved it. It wasn't as cheesy as a Hallmark movie and it even had a little heat (okay a spark, I definitely could have used more heat). I definitely want to read the first and third books in the series (although they can each be read as a standalone).

One by One by Ruth Ware

Okay, this book is my most recent 5-star favorite that I will recommend to everyone. I've been reading a lot of thrillers this year and this one is one of my favorites so far! If you like Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and mysteries where a group of people are cut off from the rest of the world and begin dying off... this is the book for you. 

Currently Reading:

Don't Turn Out the Lights Anthology

I'm (slowly) listening to the audiobook of this one before bed and it is eerie, it's weird, and it's full of stories by some of the best horror writers.  

Next Read:

more Ruth Ware

Since I really loved One by One I want to read more of Ruth Ware's backlist. Have you read anything by her? What would you recommend I read next? 

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What have you been reading lately? How are things going with you? Let me know in the comments!

50/50 Friday - Favorite/Least Favorite YA Paranormal Book

50/50 Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader.

What is 50/50 Friday?

Everyone has a favorite and then we also have something we dislike. Like a coin, there are two sides to every question. Example: best sequel you've read/worst sequel you've read. So that's what 50/50 Friday is all about. Carrie posts a new topic every Friday so be sure to check out her post to see the topic for the following week!

Topic for the Week

Favorite/Least Favorite YA Paranormal Book

Favorite YA Paranormal Book

This is hard because for a while YA Paranormal Romance was my favorite book genre and there are so many books that I love. But I reread this one every New Year's Eve so I think it's safe to say it's one of my top favorites.

Least Favorite YA Paranormal Book

Least favorite is so much easier than favorite because I really did not like this book and thought it added nothing to the Fallen series.  

Topic For Next Week

Favorite/Least Favorite Book of November

Throwback Thursday Book Edition - 29 November 2013

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. Bookdragons! Welcome to Throwback Thursday: Book Edition, a weekly meme hosted by Taylor Fenner's Bookish World.

How It Works:

Each week we'll go through our Goodreads stats and throwback to what book we were reading on that specific date years earlier and what we thought about it then.

Elegy

Hereafter Book 3

by Tara Hudson

Format I Read In: Hardcover

Pages: 386

Published: June 4, 2013 by HarperTeen

Blurb:

A stalker ghost, misguided Seers, and spellbinding wraiths—Amelia Ashley has faced them all. Now her greatest hope is to spend the rest of her afterlife with her living boyfriend, Joshua. But the demonic forces return to give her an ultimatum: turn herself over to the darkness or watch them murder one living person per week until she does.

Amelia fears she might really be doomed, until the forces of light give her another option. She can join them in their quest to gather souls, with a catch: Once she joins them, she can never see Joshua again.

Faced with impossible choices, Amelia decides to take her afterlife into her own hands—and fight back.

Throwback Questions

Started Reading: November 28, 2013

Finished Reading: December 2, 2013

My Rating: 3 Stars

Shelved as on Goodreads: Paranormal, Ghost-Stories

Have You Reread This Book?: No

Would You Reread This Book?: No

Do You Still Own This Book?: No

Have I Read Other Books By This Author Since Reading This Book?: No

Things You Remember Liking About this Book:

From the beginning of the series I loved the ghost-falling-in-love-with-a-living-boy aspect, I liked both Amelia and Joshua as characters.

Favorite Character:

Joshua

50/50 Friday - Book Read in a Day/Book You DNFed

50/50 Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader.

What is 50/50 Friday?

Everyone has a favorite and then we also have something we dislike. Like a coin, there are two sides to every question. Example: best sequel you've read/worst sequel you've read. So that's what 50/50 Friday is all about. Carrie posts a new topic every Friday so be sure to check out her post to see the topic for the following week!

Topic for the Week

Book Read in a Day/Book You DNFed

Book Read in a Day

The last book I read in a day (that wasn't a novella or a graphic novel) was Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall. I read it as an ARC a few weeks before it released and couldn't stop reading!

Book You DNFed

The sad thing is I was really looking forward to The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher but it was so slow and boring and not at all what I was expecting. 

Topic For Next Week

Favorite/Least Favorite YA Paranormal Book

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Unpopular Bookish Opinions

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Unpopular Bookish Opinions

This week's TTT I'm letting you in on a few secrets. Unpopular bookish opinions to be exact. But shhhhh you can't tell anyone what I really think on a few of these books... it will be our little secret. You, me, and the entire interwebs...

1. I thought The Cruel Prince was overrated and I only bought The Wicked King because I heard it was better than TCP.

2. I love Sarah J. Maas's books, but I DNF'd A Court of Wings and Ruin. I thought it was boring compared to ACOMAF and could have been wayyyyy shorter.

3. I actually really love "love triangles" in books

4. The Keira Knightley adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. While I think Colin Firth is lacking just enough in personality to play Mr. Darcy, I just can't get behind him as a love interest. *gags*

5.I thought the adaptation of To All the Boys I Loved Before was really cheesy and I don't understand the hype over the movie/books. 

6. I love Erin Watt's Royals Series and I disagree that it promotes toxic teen relationships.

7. I liked Twilight as a teenager. And yes, I was team Edward. *shrugs* There. I said it.

8. I read all the Harry Potter books but they'll never be my favorite books/series. 

9. I find people who think certain fantasy books are insensitive are idiots. They're fantasy... they're not meant to represent any true culture even if they take basic influences from them. Furthermore, books should never be burned just because you don't like them.

10. Escaping from Houdini is my least favorite book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series so far.

 What are some of your unpopular bookish opinions? Are any as big of doozies as mine?
Let me know in the comments or drop me a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

The Sunday Post - 9 June 2019

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

⚜ Bookish and Not So Bookish Thoughts - June 6, 2019

⚜ #FridayNightFrights: Book Spotlight and Movie Rec
⚜ The Saturday Review - 8 June 2019

🍀 The usual Monday-Saturday Weekly Memes

🍀 Ten Unpopular Bookish Opinions

This week I got:
All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick (Preorder)
The Beholder by Anna Bright (audiobook)
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Audiobook)
Finale by Stephanie Garber (audiobook)
She Was the Quiet One (Used Book)
Chicagoland Vampires Books 1-9 (Used Books)

💀 This Week I Bookmarked: DIY Galaxy & Floral Painted Book Edge | Sea Lemon

I rearranged my room at my grandmother's again yesterday! I swear I do this monthly, it's like an OCD thing for me!

The Sunday Post - 26 May 2019

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

Hey Bookdragons! It feels like forever and a day since my last Sunday Post. I let life and exhaustion get in my way but I'm determined to get back to my old blogging self. 

⚜ It's Monday! What Are You Reading? - 20 May 2019

⚜ Top Ten Tuesday: 8 Books I Refuse to Let Anyone Touch
⚜ I Can't Wait for... ALL EYES ON US

🍀 The usual Monday-Saturday Weekly Memes

🍀 Ten Favorite Books Released In the Last Ten Years (one book for each year)

🍀 The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg (Book Review)

This was a good book buying week for me... I went to Barnes and Noble on Thursday and got a bunch of books (left photo) then I ordered three more from Amazon (because they were cheaper) and received an ARC from Simon & Schuster that I won on Goodreads a few weeks ago (Mine by Courtney Cole, out May 28th!)

💀 This Week I Bookmarked: Feature: Mental Health Awareness Month – On a Scale of One to Ten by Ceylan Scott

I'm still not over last weekend's Game of Thrones finale. Why did it have to end that way????