Goodbye 2019 & New Year’s Resolutions for 2020

It’s December 31st, New Year’s Eve! It’s been a whirlwind of a decade and a busy and amazing year as well. Before I jump into my New Year’s Resolutions for 2020, I want to thank you all. Thank you all for being here, whether your new or have been here for a while, thank you. When I first started blogging, I never knew what it would have turned into today. I started this blog back on February 25, 2016 almost halfway near the end of the decade (which I'll be doing a separate post to celebrate that 4 Year milestone in 2020). I am honestly amazed and thankful for all of the people I have met along the way in the blogging community. Normally, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, however this year, things will be different. I thought it would be a great way to kick off the new decade by creating some blogging New Year’s Resolutions and encourage myself to set some new goals and challenge myself to do more by trying something new. Let’s talk about my 2020 New Year’s Resolutions.

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’m going to be reviewing Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Back in mid to late October, I was finally able to pick this book up.  I'd seen so many good things about the story, I knew that I needed to read it as soon as possible.  Also, look at this cover! It's absolutely gorgeous!

Can't Wait Wednesday #12 - Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

How’s it going everyone!  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday.  It's been a little bit since I've written one of these, but luckily I'm on Winter Break until mid-January, which means I have tons of more free time to write blog post and read!  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in.

The End of the Year Book Tag | 2019 Edition |

Happy Monday all! I can’t believe we’re almost a month away from the new year.  It’s crazy to think that a whole year has just passed within the blink of an eye.  Today, I'm going to be doing The End of the Year Book Tag I've been seeing this tag floating around Book Twitter recently and since I did this tag last year, of course I decided to jump on board and do it again!  We're only about less than a week away from Christmas and soon it'll be New Year's before we all know it.  Let's jump right in with the tag!

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco - Book Review

Hello bookish friends! Today, I’ll be reviewing Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco.  Back in early November, I finished it... The whole series, it's finished.  I'm kind of sad to see the series come to a close, but I was excited to see how it all ends.

Bet You Didn’t Know Tag

Happy December everyone! I hope you're all having a lovely day!  Today, I'm doing the Bet You Didn't Know Tag.  I was tagged by the lovely Geraldine over at Geraldine Talks. First, I want to say I'm sorry for taking way to long on this tag! I was tagged back in August and I completely got side tracked when it came to writing this post. Not only was I struggling with coming up with 7 facts about me (which is very hard by the way), life ended up getting very busy around that time.  I was also supposed to have this go up before November 30th, but that didn't work out, so December 2nd it is. Anyways, let's jump right in!

Can't Wait Wednesday #11 - Greythorne by Crystal Smith

Happy Wednesday!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day. I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday!  The more I write these post, the more dangerous my TBR has become, its teetering on the verge collapse! There are so many books being published, I don't know if I'm going to be able to keep up because of how slow I read.  Guess that's what it means to have a never-ending TBR...  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.

The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter.  This year, my reading has been the bests it's been in two years.  I've discovered the only way to keep it going is to constantly switch up the books I'm reading, which is how I ended up snatching this book up in the process!

The Fall Bucket List Book Tag

Happy Monday all!  I hope you're all having a fantastic start to your week! Today, I'm going to be doing The Fall Bucket List Book Tag! I want to say thank you to Macey over at Brine and Books for tagging me. I loved the idea of this tag and we're halfway through autumn already.  Time seems to be flying by so fast, soon it'll be Christmas and before we know it the New Year!

Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco - Book Review

Hello all. Today, I’ll be reviewing Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco.  I'm getting closer to finishing this series and I'm sad that I'm getting closer to this series coming to an end.  However, I'm just as excited to see how it all ends!  But before I could do that, I had to read this novella!

Can't Wait Wednesday #10 - Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin

Happy Wednesday all.  I hope you're having a fantastic day.  The more I write Can't Wait Wednesday posts, the more I realize how large my TBR has grown in such a short amount of time.  Guess that means I need start reading faster, if that's the case!  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in!

10 Books I Read When I Was Younger ~ My Bookish Thoughts

Today, I thought it would be fun to walk down memory lane!  I've read a lot of books when I was growing up and I thought it would be fun to share a few of the ones that I remember reading!  As much as I wish I could remember all of the books that I read, which feels like forever ago, I'm going to try to share 10 books that I mainly remember reading.  For the ten books that I have listed, I tried to stick to books that I had read from either 6th grade or below because after 6th grade, I stopped reading and right around the time I started reading again, I had created my blog & had already reviewed those books.  Let's jump right in!

Escaping From Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Escaping From Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco.  I've never been one to binge read an entire series, but here I am, doing exactly that!  As soon as I finished Hunting Prince Dracula, I immediately jumped into this book.  Let's jump right into my review.

Can't Wait Wednesday #9 - All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Happy Wednesday all!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday.  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.

My 2019 End of the Year TBR

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day.  Its getting closer to the end of the year and we all know what that means, our reading goals are catching up with us and we only have two months left to finish them before we all create our new TBRs for next year!  I know many have already completed theirs, which I applaud you for already completing yours!  After looking at my reading list, I have about 3 books left of my 30 books read in 2019! For today's post, I thought it would be fun to share the books that I hope to finish reading before the year is up!  Let's jump right in.

Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco.  Its been a little bit since I finished the first book, but I knew that as soon as the final book in this series was published, I needed to binge read the rest of the series!  It's taken me a little bit to get through the series because of my busy schedule, but whenever I could, I would jump right back into this series.  Anyways, enough of me digressing, let's jump right in!

Can't Wait Wednesday #8 - The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller

Happy Wednesday all.  I hope you're having a fantastic day.  I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday post.  These post are the most fun to write.  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in!

The Waffle Book Tag

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I'm doing the Waffle Book Tag. There have been so many new bookish themed tags that I've been finding recently, especially breakfast themed ones!  I saw this tag over on Kat's blog, Novels & Waffles, and its been one that I've been super exited to answer!

Can't Wait Wednesday #7 - The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday!  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig.  I'd seen so many good things about this book and I knew I needed to get it immediately.  One of the main things that interested me about this book as how it was a dark gothic retelling of the 12 dancing princesses.  Also look at the cover, it's absolutely gorgeous!  Before I get too carried away, let's jump right in to my review.

Can't Wait Wednesday #6 - Across a Broken Shore by Amy Trueblood

How’s it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  It's time for another Can't Wait Wednesday!  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in!

Three Quotes, Three Days #3 Book Tag

How's it going everyone! It's the 3rd and finally day of the Three Quotes, Three Days book tag.  This was such a fun book tag and in case you missed Day 1 or Day 2, you can go check those out to see what books and quotes I chose!  Let's jump right in with the third and final quote!

Three Quotes, Three Days #2 Book Tag

How's it going everyone! Its Day 2 of the Three Quotes, Three Days Book tag.  If you missed my previous post, click here to go check it out!  Other than that, let's jump into our second quote of the day!

Three Quotes, Three Days #1 Book Tag

How's it going everyone! Today and for the next two days, I'm going to be doing the Three Quotes, Three Days Book Tag.  I've seen a few people do this tag and I thought it would be a lot of fun to share a few of my favorite bookish quotes!  I saw this tag on Nicola's blog, Fantastic Book Dragon.  For her final day, she had left the tag open for anyone who was interested in doing the tag so I thought I should jump in on all of the fun!

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.  I've been interested in reading this book series for a while, but I just hadn't gotten around to reading it until July.  After it was announced that the books were going to be turned into a tv show on Netflix, I decided it was time to jump into this series and see what the book was like!

Can't Wait Wednesday #5 - Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day.  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday.  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for!

The Fairy Tale Book Tag

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a great day!  Today, I'm doing the Fairy Tale Book Tag.  I saw this tag over on Delly's blog, Delly Bird.  I went looking through all of the bookmarked tags and I thought this would be a fun book tag to do.  Let's jump right in!

Top Ten Favorite Video Game Characters

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day!  Today, I'm going to be talking about my top ten favorite video game characters.  Back in early July, I saw Destiny over at Howling Libraries, blog post that talked about her favorite Video Game characters. Later she suggested, turning this type of post into a tag and I for one readily agreed that this would be a super fun tag..  I finally got around to doing this tag and talking about one of my favorite hobbies, video games!

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco.  This has been a book that I've wanted to read for a long time and I wish I would have gotten to it sooner!

Can't Wait Wednesday #4 - A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

Hello all! Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday. These posts are honestly one of the most fun to write, so they are definitely sticking around for a while (as long as I have time to write them, of course). If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for. Let's jump right in!

Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett.  I ended up breaking a little bit from my Summer Reading List because I needed to change up what I was reading, since I'm a mood reader.  So I decided to pick up this book, which was good change of genre from what I had been reading.

Can't Wait Wednesday #3 - American Royals by Kathrine McGee

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday.  If you're not familiar with the meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in!

The Rapid Fire Book Tag

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I'm doing the Rapid Fire Book Tag.  I saw this tag over at Nicola's blog, Fantastic Book Dragon.  I've been meaning to do a few more bookish tags this year and when I saw this one, it caught my eye.  I love doing bookish tags, but they either look similar to ones I've done in the past, or more than half I can't answer.  Let's jump right in and answer some questions!

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson.  I got this book a few months back and I was really excited to get into it.  But, with my main focus being school, this book got push back multiple times, until I was finally able to get around to reading it recently.

Can't Wait Wednesday #2 - The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a great day.  Today, I'm back with another Can't Wait Wednesday.  If you're not familiar with this meme, this is a bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming release books that we're excited for.  Let's jump right in with the next book I'm excited for!

The Currently Reading Book Tag

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I though it would be fun to do another bookish tag called the Currently Reading Book Tag!  I saw this tag over at Emily's blog, Emily the Book Nerd.  I haven't done that many bookish tags this year since so I thought it would be a good change of posts, just to mix it up a little (especially since my reading has been so slow this year).  Anyways, let's jump in!

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer.  I had been keeping my eyes on this book and when I saw someone on Twitter saying the eBook was on sale, I decided to snatch it up immediately!  I've been wanting to read this book for a while after I'd seen previews of the book before it was released.

Can't Wait Wednesday #1 - The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day.  Today, I'm brining something new to the blog called, Can't Wait Wednesday!  This is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and talk about upcoming book releases that we're excited for!  This was originally called Waiting on Wednesday that was created by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  I've seen several other bloggers do this bookish meme, and I thought it would be fun to do it as well!  With so many books being published, I thought it would be fun to talk about the one's that I'm excited for.  I'm going to do this every other week, so I don't run out of books too quickly, so let's jump right in!

Popular YA Books/Series I've Never Read~ My Bookish Thoughts #4

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I thought it would be fun to bring back my blog's series called, My Bookish Thoughts, and talk about some new bookish things.  For my third year of blogging, I said that I was going to try to start writing other bookish things instead of my normal book reviews and book tags, so here we go!

The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing, The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy.  I got this book as a Christmas gift from a family member and it had been on my wishlist for a little while.  The whole idea of the story really interested me and after seeing Krysti over at YA and Wine rave about the book a while back, I knew I needed to give this book a try.

My Summer Reading List

Happy Summer everyone!  I hope you're all having a lovely day.  Today, I thought it would be fun to share my summer reading list that I hope to accomplish this summer.  Even though it isn't officially summer until June 21st, but I thought it would be fun to share a few of the books that I hope to finish reading before my fall classes start.  I'm going to have my reading split into two sections, one for eBooks and one for the physical books that I own.  For this list, I don't have a theme, besides trying to get through as many backlogged books as I can so they might not be "summer read" worthy, but we'll roll with it!  Let's jump right in.

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo.  Back in late December, there ended up being a few eBook sales and I couldn't resist not  getting a few of the ones on sale.  I've heard some really great things about this book and I knew I needed to put this book on my TBR ASAP.  I finally got around to reading it in April.

Blogger Recognition Award

How's it going everyone!  I hope you're all having a fantastic day.  I have a special post for today!  On May 18th, I was nominated by Heather over at The Frozen Library for the Blogger Recognition Award!  So a big thank you to her for nominating me!  Let's jump right in!

The Selection by Kiera Cass - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing The Selection by Kiera Cass.  This has been a book that's been on my TBR for several years and I finally got around to reading it back in April.  During my little break I was in the mood to read about a prince and I decided to pick this one up and give it a try.

Books I'll (Probably) Never Read Book Tag

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a great day.  Today, I'm going to be doing the Books I'll (Probably) Never Read Tag.  I saw this over on Angela's blog, Hiding Behind Books Blog, and it looked really fun.  It's been a while since I've done a bookish tag and I have a few saved that I thought would be fun to write, so let's get started!

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.  This has been one of the most talked about books in the book community and I decided to give it a try.  I'll be honest, I was slightly worried about reading this book because of the hype surrounding it.  However, I decided to give this book a try because I've been really interested in reading fantasy recently.

Happy May Update & April Wrap-Up

Hi everyone!  It's been a long while since I've written an update for the blog.  Today, I'm going to talk about a few things: why I've been gone, blog posts, my reading, and over all update you on what's been keeping me busy over the last month.  For starters, this little hiatus, if you want to call it that, was completely unplanned, though it was 100% needed!  I've taken unplanned breaks in the past from blogging, but normally I was still behind the scenes writing posts for the next month.  However, this break meant that I haven't written an actual post in a month.  Anyways, here's why I was gone...

Balancing School & Reading~ My Bookish Thoughts #3

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a lovely day. Today, I thought it would be fun to talk about how to balance school and reading. Obviously, a lot of us may be in school, whether it's high school or college, and we're all trying to find a balance between the two. Most of the time, homework might get in the way of reading (and blogging if you're a blogger), in addition to lots of other stuff that happens in our lives. This puts anything we enjoy doing on the back burner. Sometimes it feels like it's impossible to be able to balance our time between responsibilities, having fun, and relaxing. For this post, I thought it would be a good idea to share some tips/ideas about how to balance these two factors with each other and possibly help you during your school life!

Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington - Book Review

How’s it going everyone. Today, I’ll be reviewing Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington. This book has been on my TBR for a little while and in February, I was finally able to start reading it. At the moment, I’ve been keeping my eye out on Jessica’s new book that is set to release on April 9th and I’m super excited for it! For now, back to this book, let’s jump right in!

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - Book Review

Hello everyone! Today, I’ll be reviewing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.  This has been a book that I've debated on reading for a long time now.  I've heard both good and bad about the book and just about everything when it comes to this book series.  This is the first Sarah J. Maas book that I've read, I know shocker, but I decided to jump right into this book and see what all of the hype was about and whether or not it was worth it, and let me just say the hype was right.