Hey everyone! I just wanted to give a quick update here since it has been a bit since I posted a review or anything else. I’m currently undergoing clearance for surgery so that means on top of a full 40 hour work week and my college classes, I am now running to multiple doctor’s appointments a week. Luckily it has been slowing down as I only have 2 tests/procedures left to go through before scheduling my actual surgery date. I do have 2 books that I have read and still need to review and am finishing a third. I’ll be out of work recovering for 3 weeks which should also allow me ample time to both catch up on my reviews and read a couple more books. But I am still here, I am still reading and I will still be reviewing! So with that being said, keep a look out over the next few days for an ARC review of a book that is set to be released on Tuesday March 19.
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Hello 2019!
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog, Confessions of a Bookaholic! I have been absent from here for about two years now. There’s really no reason other than I haven’t been reading anywhere near as much as I used to. I am maybe lucky now if I finish a book once every 2-3 months. I recently decided to check out my blog and of course it brought back some good memories. (Although I definitely like to think, or at least hope, my writing style has changed/improved.) I have officially decided that I will return to my blog and I will set goals for myself this year with my reading. After some thought, the blog layout and design will remain the same. I will also be posting updates relating to the blog on my Twitter (COABookaholic1) and Instagram (confessionsofabookaholicblog), both which are located in the widgets at the bottom of this page.
What you should plan to see this coming year on my blog:
– One book review every two weeks (at least)
– Top Ten Tuesday Posts weekly
-*Possible* ARC reviews again
-Hopefully 2-3 book tours this year
I am currently participating in an A-Z challenge in a group I am in on Goodreads and with that being said I am currently on book #1 which I am doing the letter ‘B’ first. I also don’t have any connections anymore to publishers or authors for ARCs so I am hoping as the months progress maybe I can reconnect and get some I am interested in to feature reviews here. I also didn’t participate much in book tours in the past but I would like to try next things this year and will be on the look out and hope to participate in 2-3.
With all of this being said, I am still working 40 hours a week and now going to school full time of top of it for elementary education and know my one course requires some community service hours outside of the classroom. I am hoping I can give myself enough time on some evenings and especially on the weekends to get some reading done and to get some posts schedule for the upcoming week.
So, welcome back and here is to 2019!
Top Ten Tuesday 10/25/2016
Woo hoo, first official book related post since I have been back! I love Top Ten Tuesdays and it could be because I love to make lists but I love also being able to quickly share some of my top ten favorite books pertaining to a certain topic. This Tuesday’s topic is:
Halloween related freebie: ten scary books, favorite horror novels, non-scary books to get you in the Halloween/fall mood, bookish halloween costumes, scariest covers), scary books on my TBR, etc.
So my top ten list is going to be…Top Ten Young Adult Thrillers
*Seriously if you’re looking for some last minute creepy thrillers to get you in the mood for Halloween, I would recommend any of these.*
1.) Ten by Gretchen McNeil
2.) The Bargaining by Carly Anne West
3.) Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
4.) The Third Twin by C.J. Omololu
5.) The Ruining by Anna Collomore
6.) Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
7.) The Cellar by Natasha Preston
8.) The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy
9.) The Rules by Nancy Holder
10.) One Was Lost by Natalie D. Richards
If you’re looking for more scary/thrillers leave me a comment and I can suggest some more as I had about 20 and had to cut the list in half.
Update From Last Post!
I know I said I would be posting a review with an update tonight. Unfortunately my laptop isn’t cooperating with me and will not load or allow me to edit my review any further than where I am at now. I will get on the desk top tomorrow morning and finish uploading the images and editing the post.
As for the good news, I will have more time now to read and blog as I have officially left my job at the hospital as of yesterday! I was tired of the B.S. they were putting me through and being treated like I was garbage, so I handed in my badge last night. So while it’s good because I will now be happy and no longer miserable and depressed, I also need to start job hunting asap. I plan on flying through a few ARCs I have this next week and posting reviews on all of them. I am so so soooo happy I will now be able to read and blog like I used to! 🙂
Exciting News & ARC Review
Hey everyone! 🙂 So later tonight I will be posting some exciting (at least I think it is) news at the end of an ARC review. I absolutely ADORED this book so keep a look out for the post im a few hours!
Merry (late) Christmas & Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays! Hopefully “Santa” brought you everything you wanted this year. My family and I celebrate Christmas and as the holiday gets closer things around here get crazier. Add on finals week a week before Christmas plus work five times a week you get pure chaos. So I apologize greatly for the posts I have missed and skipped out on. I haven’t exactly been reading a lot either due to said finals so there wasn’t really any reviews to be typed. It was worth it though because I did good on my finals and Christmas was really good this year. I am one of those crazy shoppers who goes out Black Friday and practically every weekend afterwards right up until Christmas buying gifts. I may have gone a bit overboard this year but it made Christmas morning that much more fun. “Santa” was pretty good to me as well. I made out with some books, dvds, tv series, clothes, and a few other things. Of course the tv series means that while I have been writing this post I have been writing a sentence then staring at the TV for 5 minutes before writing another sentence to only look back at the TV. Luckily I just finished the seventh season of Degrassi so this post is going much faster now 🙂
Although Christmas has come and gone this weekend and the following week will also be just as crazy so I am unsure of how many posts I will get up but my goal is at least 2. I have a friend’s birthday tomorrow and more Christmas celebrating to do with family on Sunday and then next week is New Years Eve which also means my brother and dads birthday. The only break I’m getting right now is from school, although I definitely wish I was getting one from work as well. Still currently working at the hospital and hating it more than ever. I am thinking with the new year there needs to come a new job that I enjoy…or one with a manager that I least enjoy and who treats their employees with respect. For now though I need a job so I am sticking with it and biting my tongue at times. Also with the new year comes with New Years Resolutions. I have no idea what mine are going to be because they never last through January. I definitely thinking getting more use out of my gym membership will make my list as well as doing well in my spring semester classes. Who knows what else will make the list, but honestly probably not much more.
Once again Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all my readers! I hope you’re all enjoying this time of year and have a wonderful last week of 2014.
Top Ten Tuesday 11/04/2014
I unfortunately missed out on last week’s Top Ten Tuesday which I am upset about because I really liked the topic. This week’s topic, Top Ten Books I Want To Reread, is a good one too because there is so many books that I would love to reread if I had the time. Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
Top Ten Books I Want To Reread
1.) The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han – I have read and reread this trilogy countless amounts of times.
2.) Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler – Also have read this book so many times.
3.) Truth or Dare by Jacqueline Green
4.) Compulsion by Martina Boone
5.) The Bargaining by Carly Anne West
6.) Appaloosa Summer by Tudor Robins
7.) Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington
8.) Magnolia by Kristi Cook
9.) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
10.) Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
So that list was super easy to come up with. I know some people cannot or do not reread books but if I absolutely loved the book, I will reread it when I have some free time.
Sorry Sorry Sorry…
So for the past week I have been completely MIA on here and missed out on my Top Ten Tuesday post and have three reviews to type up and schedule. I had orientation for my new job at the hospital on Monday and then they scheduled me Tuesday and Wednesday, so right after class I had to leave to go to work and didn’t get home until around 9pm. As you can imagine I pretty much ate dinner and passed out. Luckily today I have a day off so I am going to get completely caught up because I have no idea what is in store for next week.
I have also been wanting to post this absolutely PERFECT picture I found on an app called iFunny. I know I feel this way many times after finishing a book and I’m sure a lot of you can relate as well.
It’s just too perfect and explains exactly how we all feel when we have a book hangover. I am currently having one while I type this.
So like I said, 3 books all need reviews so be on the lookout for those. I will have one scheduled for tomorrow, the second for Sunday, Top Ten Tuesday on Tuesday, and the third for Thursday. By then I am sure I will have another 2 or 3 books needing reviews as well. Please forgive me if there is a day or two more between posts than usual, I am not used to this new schedule yet and am trying desperately to keep up on my class work.
Couldn’t Finish Friday Book Review
Title & Author: Feuds by Avery Hastings
Publisher/Year: St. Martin’s Griffin/2014
Genre: YA Sci-Fi, YA Romance
Format: Paperback
Source: Around the World ARC Tours
Other Books By Author: Debut YA Novel
Rating: N/A – Couldn’t Finish
What This Book Is About
In this breathless story of impossible love, perfection comes at a deadly cost.
For Davis Morrow, perfection is a daily reality. Like all Priors, Davis has spent her whole life primed to be smarter, stronger, and more graceful than the lowly Imperfects, or “Imps.” A fiercely ambitious ballerina, Davis is only a few weeks away from qualifying for the Olympiads and finally living up to her mother’s legacy when she meets Cole, a mysterious boy who leaves her with more questions each time he disappears.
Davis has no idea that Cole has his own agenda, or that he’s a rising star in the FEUDS, an underground fighting ring where Priors gamble on Imps. Cole has every reason to hate Davis—her father’s campaign hinges on the total segregation of the Imps and Priors—but despite his best efforts, Cole finds himself as drawn to Davis as she is to him.
Then Narxis, a deadly virus, takes its hold–and Davis’s friends start dying. When the Priors refuse to acknowledge the epidemic, Davis has no one to turn to but Cole. Falling in love was never part of their plan, but their love may be the only thing that can save her world…in Avery Hastings’s Feuds.
(Summary from Goodreads)
My Thoughts on This Book
Well unfortunately today marks my first ever “Couldn’t Finish Friday” post. I was really hoping I never had to do one of these but I couldn’t get very far into Feuds. I have a policy for myself that I have to read at least 50 pages or so before I give up on a book so I continued reading until I just couldn’t anymore. I’m not generally into the young adult sci-fi genre, but I liked the overall summary and thought I would like the book as well. I hate writing negative reviews, but I want/need to be honest. I also don’t want my review to sway anyone’s decision on reading Feuds.
I used to be a dancer so I was really excited that one of the main characters, Davis, was a ballerina. I wish I could have liked her and Cole, but really I couldn’t. There was just so much romance I felt like it was being shoved down my throat. I like when there is some romance in the background between the characters, but I rather read more about more action and thrills. I felt like Feuds could have been amazing and that it could have lived up to more than what it ended up being (if that makes sense). It sounded like an original plot for a young adult dystopian book and I wish I could have enjoyed it more.
Just because it wasn’t for me does not mean it’s also not for you. I’m sure there are a lot of people out there who are going to love this book (there are plenty of positive reviews on Goodreads), so if you were considering reading it, go ahead. The worst that can happen is you’ll stop like I did, but I don’t want my review to sway your overall decision of Feuds.
Top Ten Tuesday 10/07/2014
So last week I skipped Top Ten Tuesday and posted my monthly wrap up for September instead. I wasn’t into last week’s topic either. This week’s topic is Ten Books for Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels. Characters in a novel can make me love or hate a book, so this is going to be an easy week for me. Not all of these books may be published yet and if they aren’t be on the look out for them because they’re great!
Top Ten Books for Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels
1.) Rites of Passage by Joy N. Hensley
2.) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
3.) Looking for Alaska by John Green
4.) Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington
5.) The Secrets We Keep by Trisha Leaver (04/2015)
6.) All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (01/2015)
7.) The Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner
8.) Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
9.) The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
10.) The Ruining by Anna Collomore
So there we go 🙂 Sorry there’s no pictures this week. I’m doing this post from my iPad and it gives me a terrible time when I try to upload photos in the post. All of the books on my list have also received a 4 or 5 star rating and are some of my favorites.
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