Month: November 2014

Top Ten Tuesday: Sequels I C..

Top Ten Tuesday: Sequels I Can’t Wait To Get

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at Broke and Bookish.  This week’s topic is sequels I can’t wait to get.  1. Invaded by Melissa Landers (Sequel to Alienated) 2. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (Sequel to Seraphina) 3. Death Marked by Leah Cypess (Sequel to Death Sworn) 4. The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski (Sequel […]

November 18, 2014
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Perfected by Kate Jarvik Bir..

Perfected by Kate Jarvik Birch

Perfected by Kate Jarvik Birch Release Date: July 1, 2014 Publisher: Entangled Teen 304 Pages Received: Borrowed from library Format: Hardcover Rating:  3.5 Nuts               Description: Perfection comes at a price. As soon as the government passed legislation allowing humans to be genetically engineered and sold as pets, the […]

November 17, 2014
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Storytime Sunday: Where Ther..

Storytime Sunday: Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire by Me

Storytime Sunday is a weekly meme hosted here at The Book Nut in which I share short stories from both myself and others. Some may be just writing practice: setting and character sketches, mini stories, whatever. Others may be full fledged short stories. If you write and would like a short story featured on the […]

November 16, 2014
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Getting to Know You Blog Hop

Getting to Know You Blog Hop

This hop is hosted by Cuddlebuggery from November 15-29th This is the Getting to Know You Blog Hop so let’s  talk about me for a second. I’m 22 and a college graduate with a degree in English Literature and a minor in Writing. I’ve had a large book collection all my life but it has sort […]

November 15, 2014
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Stacking the Shelves #19

Stacking the Shelves #19

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and allows bloggers to show the books they’ve bought, borrowed, or were sent each week.  This week has been kind of crazy and unorganized, kind of like the pictures with today’s post! Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate (Goodwill) Rot and Ruin by Jonathan […]

November 15, 2014
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Book Pet Peeves #14: Bad Mov..

Book Pet Peeves #14: Bad Movie Adaptations

When a movie of a book I enjoy comes out I start to get really nervous. I don’t know about you, but I always have this big debate with myself over whether it’s going to be worth it to go see it. For some this discussion only lasts a few seconds. For instance I’ll always […]

November 14, 2014
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The Abortionist’s Daug..

The Abortionist’s Daughter by Elisa DeCarlo

The Abortionist’s Daughter by Elisa DeCarlo Release Date: November 18, 2014 327 Pages Received: From Author Format: Paperback Rating:  3.5 Nuts                 Description: In 1910, scandal rocks upstate New York when Dr. Horace Daniels is convicted of accidentally killing a woman when performing an abortion. Six years later, his […]

November 13, 2014
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Discussion: Book Boyfriends

Discussion: Book Boyfriends

  Book Boyfriends   Book Boyfriend is a term thrown around the book world a lot but is rarely explained. So what is a “Book Boyfriend”? To me it’s a guy you connect with in some way while reading. It doesn’t have to be the love interest of the story, just a guy that you can […]

November 12, 2014
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Support..

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Supporting Characters That Need Their Own Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Broke and Bookish. Today’s topic is the ten supporting characters that deserve to have their own books. This should be fun (and easy). I love a lot of supporting characters. 1. Harshaw from Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. Harshaw and Oncat need their own story, […]

November 11, 2014
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Etiquette and Espionage by G..

Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger Release Date: February 5, 2013 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 307 Pages Received: Netgalley after release to promote book 3 Format: eBook Rating:  3.5 Nuts             Description: Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother’s existence. Sophronia is more […]

November 10, 2014
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