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Book Review: Firsts, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Title: Firsts Author: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Published: 05/01/2016, St. Martin's Griffin Pages: 320 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 Seventeen-year-old Mercedes Ayres has an open-door policy when it comes to her bedroom, but only if the guy fulfills a specific criteria: he has to be a virgin. Mercedes lets the boys get their awkward, fumbling first times over with, and all she asks in return is that they give their girlfriends the perfect first time - the kind Mercedes never had herself. Keeping what goes on in her bedroom a secret has been easy - so far. Her absentee mother isn't home nearly enough to know about Mercedes' extracurricular activities, and her uber-religious best friend, Angela, won't even say the word "sex" until she gets married. But Mercedes doesn't bank on Angela's boyfriend finding out about her services and wanting a turn - or on Zach, who likes her for who she is instead of what she can do in bed. When Mercede

2015 End of Year Book Survey

The End of Year Book Survey was created by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner and I thought it would be a great way to recap my first year of blogging.

Top Ten Tuesday: My Anticipated Releases for the First Half 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is my top ten most anticipated releases for the first half of 2016.

The Sunday Post (Very Late Edition) (27 December)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'd Love Santa to Leave for Me

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is the top ten books I wouldn't mind Santa leaving under my tree. Really I'd welcome all books under the tree but these are ones that I've seen around a lot or recently.

The Sunday Post (20 December)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

2016 Reading Challenges

As 2016 will be the first time I start the New year with a blog, I've decided to participate in a few challenges. The first Challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @ trips down imagination lane and Michelle @ Because Reading . The challenge runs from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2016. My 2016 resolutions are: Bookish resolutions Get Netgalley ratio up to 80% Read 20 physical books I already owned prior to 1st January Reread 5 books Finish 6 series Reach my Goodreads goal this year (65 books) Blogging resolutions Finish updating all blog posts to current layout Visit 4 blogs a week (not including memes) Blog ahead - get to at least 6 weeks ahead Personal resolutions Start going to the gym again Start learning Spanish again The second challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 New Release Challenge hosted by Lexxie @ (Un)conventional

Feature and Follow (18 December)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY #1), Estelle Maskame

Title: Did I Mention I Love You? Author: Estelle Maskame Release Date: December 1, 2015 Publishers: Sourcebooks Fire "Love is everything but expected. Eden Munro came to California for a summer of sun, sand, and celebrities- what better way to forget about the drama back home? Until she meets her new family of strangers; a dad she hasn’t seen in three years, a stepmonster, and three stepbrothers. Eden gets her own room in her dad’s fancy house in Santa Monica. A room right next door to her oldest stepbrother. Tyler Bruce. Whom she cannot stand. He has angry blue eyes and an ego bigger than a Beverly Hills mansion. She’s never felt such intense dislike for someone. But the two are constantly thrown together as his group of friends pulls her into their world of rule-breaking, partying, and pier-hanging And the more she tries to understand what makes Tyler burn hotter than the California sun, the more Eden finds herself falling for the one person she shouldn’

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Books Read in 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is the top ten books I read in 2015.

The Sunday Post (13 December)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Feature and Follow (11 December)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Book Review: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

Title: A Christmas Carol Author: Charles Dickens Published: 17/05/2012 Pages: 112 Source: Amazon freebie Format: Ebook Rating: 3/5 Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn't like... and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge is visited by his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, he learns eternal lessons of charity, kindness, and goodwill. Experience a true Victorian Christmas!

Top Ten Tuesday: New to Me Authors 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is a top ten new to me authors of 2015. I have read so many new to me authors this year and it's been brilliant! I'm not sure if I can limit this list to only 10!

COYER Winter 2015 Challenge Sign Up

I joined my first COYER last summer and had such great fun (and read so much) that I decided to return to COYER this winter. COYER (Clean Out Your E-reads) is hosted by Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun , Michelle @ Because Reading and Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! and is is a great way to get caught up on a massive TBR. It's Going Back to Basics this time around and only ebooks and audiobooks count and they must be free. The challenge runs from 19 December to 4 March. My Goals To read 15 ebooks This Is Where It Ends, Marieke Nijkamp The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey Learning to Live (Infinite Love #1), Kira Adams The Truth, Jeffry W. Johnston When Everything Feels Like the Movies, Raziel Reid Red Queen (Red Queen #1), Victoria Aveyard The V Girl, Mya Robarts Did I Mention I Need You (The DIMILY Trilogy #2), Estelle Maskame Crossing the Ice (Ice #1), Jennifer Comeaux To increase my Netgalley ratio by 10

The Sunday Post (6 December)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Feature and Follow (4 December)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Book Review: Without You, Lindsay Detwiler

Title: Without You Author: Lindsay Detwiler Published: 01/12/2015, Limitless Publishing Pages: 222 Source: Review request from Lindsay Detwiler Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 On the surface, Jenna Landsen has it all... She's smart, beautiful, confident, and married to Camden Landsen, who happens to be drop dead sexy and just as successful. But after five long years, all the success in the world hasn't brought the romantic spark back into her marriage. Jenna fears it never will. When life gives you lemons, open a bakery and name it Vi's... Violet Streiff made the exact mistake her mother warned against - she fell in love with Liam Coffman, a charming finance major. When he left her heartbroken to further his career, Violet drowned her sorrows by opening a bakery, and now relies on Bob, her eighteen-poind cat for warmth at night instead of a sexy man. To find love, sometimes you first have to discover yourself… When Jenna’s job offers an extended trip to New York, she pa

Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels in 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic the top ten debut novels I'm looking forward to in 2016. Once again, I don't have many on my list this week as I've decided to focus on all the books I've already got at home in 2016. Not sure if this will work, but I'm giving it a go.

The Sunday Post (29 November)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Book Review: Did I Mention I Love You? (The DIMILY Trilogy #1), Estelle Maskame

Title: Did I Mention I Love You? Series: The DIMILY Trilogy #1 Author: Estelle Maskame Published: 01/12/2015, Sourcebooks Fire Pages: 416 Source: Netgalley & Sourcebooks Fire Format: Ebook Rating: 4.5/5 Love is everything but expected. Eden Monro came to California for a summer of sun, sand and celebrities what better way to forget about the drama back home? Until she meets her new family of strangers: a dad she hasn't seen in three years, a stepmonster and three stepbrothers. Eden gets her own room in her dad's fancy house in Santa Monica. A room right next door to her oldest stepbrother, Tyler Bruce. Whom she cannot stand. He's got angry green eyes and an ego bigger than a Beverly Hills mansion. She's never felt such intense dislike for someone. But the two are constantly thrown together as his group of friends pull her into their world of rule-breaking, partying and pier-hanging. And the more she tries to understand what makes Tyler burn hotter than th

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Thankful For

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is a Thanksgiving freebie. So I'm going to do top ten four books that have had a massive impact on my life for which I'm thankful for.

The Sunday Post (22 November)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Feature & Follow (20 November)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Book Review: Papina, Katie Hamstead

Title: Papina Author: Katie Hamstead Published: 05/07/2015 Pages: 301 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 3/5 Forrest and Braydon Miller moved to the small town of Papina to follow their dreams and start a family. Braydon loves her new life in the quiet town, kept alie by the prestigious boarding school overlooking the valley. She is so proud of her husband's work, helping the teens on the reservation. Until one day, Forrest doesn't come home. Scandal spreads when one of the teenagers is found missing, too. But Braydon refuses to believe her husband would leave her. When the teen is found, she isn't talking - literally. While Braydon's heart is breaking, she needs to hold her crumbling life together, raise her son, and find a way to love the teenaget enough to find the truth of what happened to her husband.

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Quotes From the Past Year

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is the top ten quotes from books I've read in the past year.

The Sunday Post (15 November)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Feature & Follow (13 November)

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of  Parajunkee’s View  and Alison of  Alison Can Read . Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

Book Review: Lost Princess (Kingdom of Cymmera #2), Dani-Lyn Alexander

Title: Lost Princess Series: Kingdom of Cymmera #2 Author: Dani-Lyn Alexander Published: 13/10/2015, Kensington Publishing Corporation Pages: 162 Source: Netgalley & Kensington Publishing Corporation Format: Ebook Rating: 4/5 Ryleigh Donnovan's life changed forever the day she met Jackson Maynard, a Death Dealer, and followed him home to the kingdom of Cymmera. Now she is trying to care for her sister while saving a realm she knows nothing about... Jackson has reluctantly accepted the throne of Cymmera, in place of his father. But his world is in turmoil, the kingdom under constant threat of attack. Worse still, Jackson suspects there is a traitor among his court. A powerful prophet has suggested a way to protect the realm, but that solution may drive Jackson and Ryleigh apart forever... When a magic relic goes missing, Ryleigh has no choice but to journey in search of it. When Jackson discovers Ryleigh is missing, he must make a choice that will either claim their d

Top Ten Tuesday: Book to Movies I Need to Watch

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is the top ten book to movies that I NEED to watch!

The Sunday Post (8 November)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of  Caffeinated Book 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.

Book Review: How to Be Brave, E. Katherine Kottaras

Title: How to Be Brave Author: E. Katherine Kottaras Published: 03/11/2015, St Martin's Press Pages: 288 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2.5/5 An emotional contemporary YA novel about love, loss, and having the courage to chase the life you truly want. Reeling from her mother's death, Georgia has a choice: become lost in her own pain, or enjoy life right now, while she still can. She decides to start really living for the first time and makes a list of fifteen ways to be brave - all the things she's wanted to do but never had the courage to try. As she begins doing the things she's always been afraid to do - including pursuing her secret crush, she discovers that life doesn't always go according to plan. Somethings friendships fall apart and love breaks your heart. But once in a while, the right person shows up just when you really them most - and you learn that you're stronger and braver than you ever imagined.