A LITTLE UPDATE

Hey guys! It's been a while. I'm here to give you a little update on what has been happening in my social and reading life and why I was MIA for about a month.

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TOP 5 DISAPPOINTING EYE CANDY

It's been a long time since I've done one of these. Thank goodness I found the time to do it.  This weeks topic is disappointing eye candies. Books that looked beautiful but were awful. I only have 4 books for this T5W

Books that make you go like this because of the cover:

and into this after reading it:

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FORBIDDEN by TABITHA SUZUMA ; Book Review

Publication date: May 27th 2010
Publisher: Definitions
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
Goodreads description: Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had grown up fast. And the stress of their lives- and the way they understand each other so completely- has also brought them closer thank two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has                                                  no happy ending.

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SNOW LIKE ASHES by SARA RAASCH ; Book Review

Publication date: October 14th 2014
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
Goodreads description: Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now the Winterians' only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter's magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.

Orphaned as an infant during Winter's defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians' general, Sir. Training to be a warrior- and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather- she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.

So when the scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter's magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she's scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, and serving her kingdom just as she always go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics - and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.

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THE WINNER'S CURSE by MARIE RUTKOSKI ; Book Review

Publication date: March 4th 2014

Publisher: Square Fish

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 355

Goodreads description: As a generals' daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction. 

Arin's eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him - with unexpected consequences. It's not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a felow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.

 

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DECEMBER WRAP UP

It's the middle of January, and I'm posting my December wrap up.

That is my excuse. (Not really. I just got busy with school and I need to get my schedules straight.)

But I'm still here to give you guys my December wrap up. And that says something. I was in a bit of a reading slump so I only read 2 full novels and a first part of a book. You'll understand as I go on with my wrap up.

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NOVEMBER WRAP UP

hello everybody! It's a bit late for a November wrap up, I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't done one yet. But still, I'm here.

I hope that gif shows up as a gif. Anyway, I've been so busy with school and everything else that now is the only time for me to post. I'm so sorry for being such a bad blogger. I've read a total of 4 books this month.

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