| BOOK HAUL | MY DECEMBER 2018 BOOK HAUL

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Hello lovelies ! I can’t believe it’s already the last book haul of the year ! I hope you all have been spoiled for Christmas, and got promising books !

  • Caraval by Stephanie Garber. I’ve been wanting to read this book for so long !
  • Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake.
  • The Dark Vault by Victoria Schwab. So I can add it to my Schwab’s collection.
  • Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, the collector edition because I’m weak and the book is gorgeous !

That’s it ! Which books did you get this month ?

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| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – TOP TEN BOOKS THAT SURPRISED ME

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Hello lovelies ! It’s time for a Top Ten Tuesday ! TTT is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl !

Today’s theme is Top Ten Books That Surprised Me.

  • Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins. I read it years ago and I wasn’t expecting too be hooked that way !
  • After by Anna Todd. Same as above. I bought her book because I was gonna see her a second time at a bookish event and I wanted to give her work a try. Oh boy !
  • The Air He Breathes by Brittainy C. Cherry. Another good surprise !
  • The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski. It was totally a cover buy. Well I don’t regret it at all !
  • An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. One of the very few books I bought because of the hype. I’m always afraid when it comes to reading a hyped book.
  • Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Another very good surprise !
  • A Court Of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas. One of my now favorite series !
  • The Lux series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Another big positive surprise !
  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. It’s a life changing book, in my case. It opened my eyes !
  • Cinder by Marissa Meyer. The Lunar Chronicles is another good surprise !

That’s it ! What’s on your Top Ten Tuesday this week ?

 

| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – MY TOP 10 OTPs

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Hello lovelies ! It seems I haven’t posted a TTT in ages ! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by ThatArtsyReaderGirl !

Today’s theme is love freebie. I decided to do my top ten OTPs ! It doesn’t mean that the following couples exist in said books, and I won’t tell if that’s the case, in order to avoid spoilers.

 

  • Feyre and Rhysand from A Court Of Thorns And Roses trilogy ! My precious babies !! I can’t wait to read the next book set in this world !
  • Kaz and Inej from the Six Of Crows duology ! These two are sooo awesome !
  • Jem and Tessa from The Infernal Devices, yep team Jessa ! This is my favorite trilogy and these two are so special to me !
  • Hardin and Tessa from the After series !
  • Emma and Jules from The Dark Artifices trilogy ! Yeah, I know, shadowhunters, again !
  • Kell and Lila from the Shades Of Magic trilogy ! Ah, these two !
  • Dylan and Silas from All Broke Down, the second book in The Rusk University series !

 

  • Jamie and Claire from Outlander. These two are couple goals ! I admire what they’re sharing !
  • Ridge and Sydney from Maybe Someday ! This is my favorite romance book, it says a lot !
  • Tatiana and Alexander from The Bronze Horseman. I read this last month and it stayed with me !

That’s it ! What’s on your TTT ?

| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – TOP TEN BOOKS THAT WILL MAKE YOU READ THE WHOLE DAY AWAY

top-ten-tuesdayHello everyone ! It’s that time again ! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish.

Today theme is : top ten books that will make you read the whole day away !

The most obvious picks for that TTT are romance books. They are, in my opinion, quick reads but also you can’t help yourself but want to know EVERYTHING.
So, the whole After series by Anna Todd is one of these books. SO gripping, I was literally obsessed with his story ! It was unputdownable !
Anna And The French Kiss and the two companions novels by Stephanie Perkins. I adored these books and it was so difficult to put them down !
The Rusk University series by Cora Carmack. Same deal haha !
The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West. Such a cute and gripping story !

But they are also fantasy series that can fit in that TTT. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling of course being the most evident one.
The Throne Of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is another amazing series that is captivating !!
The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare totally had this effect on me. I was living, breathing and eating among Jem, Tesssa and Will.
The Six Of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo is another perfect example ! So gripping ! And it reminds me… I still need to write my reviews for these two books… ahem.

The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer is another series that comes to my mind for this week’s topic.
And there’s also the Shades Of Magic series by V. E. Schwab. I adore these books and I can’t wait to finally get my copy ! My preorder never arrived…

That’s it ! I hope you enjoyed this Top Ten Tuesday ! Have you read any of these books ?

| TAGS & CHALLENGES | THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BOOK TAG

the-beauty-and-the-beast-booktagHello lovelies ! It has been ages since I made a tag ! So let’s start to change this, shall we ?

I was tagged by Jesse from Booksatdawn to do the Beauty And The Beast book tag ! Seeing all the hype around the movie, I thought fitted to make that one !

Rules:
  • Thank the person who tagged you.
  • Mention the creator →Kirsty @ kirstyandthecatread
  • Match a book to each of the songs/characters below.
  • Tag as many people as you like.

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“TALE AS OLD AS TIME”A POPULAR THEME, TROPE OR SETTING YOU WILL NEVER GET BORED OF READING

Oh, that’s quite a difficult one. Hmm… let’s say the nice vampires ?

BELLEA BOOK YOUR BOUGHT FOR IT’S BEAUTIFUL COVER THAT’S JUST AS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE TOO

Six Of CrowsSix Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

I marathoned the Grisha trilogy so I could read the Six Of Crows duology. I was really attracted by this stunning cover !
Seriously, look at it !
But the book ended being totally worth the hype ! One of my favorite reads for 2016 !!

BEASTA BOOK YOU DIDN’T EXPECT MUCH FROM BUT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED YOU

AfterAfter by Anna Todd, and the whole series !
I only picked up this book because I was to meet her again and I wanted to read at least one of her books before ! Well, I was positively surprised ! It’s far from being perfect, but I really enjoyed it ! I grew obsessed with the After series while reading it !

Now I need to buy the Landon duology !

GASTON – A BOOK EVERYONE LOVES THAT YOU DON’T

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LEFOU A LOYAL SIDEKICK YOU CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE MORE THAN THEIR COUNTER PART

cinderIko, from Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I can’t tell you how much I love Iko !
She is so funny, and loyal ! I think she has the best quotes !
But don’t get me wrong, I do love Cinder too !
It’s just that the sidekick character in this book is THAT awesome !!!

I am currently reading Cress, the third book in The Lunar Chronicles series and enjoying it so far !

MRS. POTT, CHIP, LUMIER & COGSWORTHA BOOK THAT HELPED YOU THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME OR THAT TAUGHT YOU SOMETHING VALUABLE

Me Before YouMe Before You by Jojo Moyes. This book, oh this book guys ! It opened my eyes on so many important things !

I realized that I needed to live my life at its best and enjoy every minute of it ! It’s such a wonderful read !
I highly recommend it if you haven’t read it already  !

“SOMETHING THERE”A BOOK OR A SERIES THAT YOU WEREN’T INTO AT FIRST BUT PICKED UP TOWARDS THE END

Falling Kingdoms The Falling Kingdoms series by Morgan Rhodes. I wasn’t really planning on buying it but I kept seeing these books everywhere and I got intrigued !
I still need to buy Crystal Storm that came out back in December though !
But I’m really enjoying this series so far ! I even read the first two books in the spin-off series, Spirits and Thieves !
It’s such a great world, so well built and the characters are really interesting !

“BE OUR GUEST” – A FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU’D LOVE TO HAVE OVER FOR DINNER

CLOCKWORK ANGELlJem Carstairs, from The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare.

But let’s be honest, I don’t want to just have him over for dinner, if you get what I mean ! Ahem.
Jem is my bookish crush, my bae. So OF COURSE it has to be him !
Also, if you haven’t read this trilogy, what are you waiting for ?! these books are AMAZING !!

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I tag :

Donna from chocolatenwafflesblog

Lipsy from Lipsyy Lost & Found

Kat from Life and other disasters

Jenna from Reading With Jenna

That’s it ! I hope you enjoyed this post !

| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – TOP TEN SERIES I WISH HAD MORE BOOKS

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Hello lovelies ! It’s time for another TTT ! It’s a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish.

Today’s theme is Top Ten Series I Wish had more books.

Most of these series have great endings but I love them so much I wish it would keep going on !

The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare is my favorite trilogy. I miss Jem, Will and Tessa so badly ! Even though we get to “see” glimpses of some of the TID characters in her other series, I wish The Infernal Devices had more books.

The Six Of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo is just amazing !!!! But two books… ah, it’s  too short !

The Archived by Victoria Schwab is for now a duology. But I know the author still hopes to be able to publish a third book. I hope she’ll manage it !

The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Because I need more Harry Potter stories in my life !

The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, and its spin off series, Bloodlines. I love this universe so much and I’m so sad I finished reading all the books from these two amazing series !

The Islanders by Katherine Applegate. I read this series when I was a teen and I felt like I was living among these beautiful characters, on Chatham Island !

Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning. I flew through this series !

Bridget Jones series, by Helen Field. I love this character so much and I wish I could read more about her story and her mishaps !

The Rusk University by Cora Carmack. I know she’s writing the fourth one and I can’t read to get my hands on it !

That’s it ! What’s on your TTT this week ?

 

 

| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – MY TOP TEN FAVORITE COVERS

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Hello everyone ! How are you ? It’s finally time for another Top Ten Tuesday ! In case you’ve been living under a rock, TTT is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish.

Today the theme is : All about the visuals: Top Ten Favorite Graphic Novels/Comics or Ten Comics on My TBR or Top Ten Favorite Picture Books
But I’m twisting the theme a little. I decided to to my top ten favorite covers. Since it’s a vast topic, I’m narrowing it to the books I own.

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi was a cover buy ! This cover is absolutely stunning !
Lady Midnight by  Cassandra Clare is one of my favorite covers for 2016 ! It’s so gorgeous !
The Archived by Victoria Schwab is so pretty ! It’s pretty rare that I appreciate a cover with a real person/face on it !
Cinder by Marissa Meyer and the whole series in fact. I love them so much !

Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo ! And don’t let me start with the colored pages !
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (and the whole trilogy) ! Yep, another Cassie’s book ! I can’t help it, she has always stunning covers !
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks, another trilogy with beautiful covers !
Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Her only series with pretty covers haha !

Inconceivable! by Tegan Wren ! Look at how gorgeous this cover is !
And finally, It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover ! Gorgeous with a meaning !

That’s it ! What are your favorite covers ?

| WRAP UP & TBR | NOVEMBER 2016 WRAP UP

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Hello lovelies ! I’m a little late but here is my November wrap up ! I only finished two books this month !

  • Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren ! I met them at the Festival New Romance ! They were so nice and this book is pretty funny and addicting ! I gave it 5 stars !
  • Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I have been anticipating this read ! It’s the reason why I finally picked the Grisha trilogy, that I really enjoyed ! This one is even better in my opinion ! I obviously gave it 5 stars !

That’s it ! What have you read in November ?

| MEMES | THIS WEEK IN BOOKS #19

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Hello lovelies ! Wow, yesterday a TTT, today a TWIB ! I’m back on tracks !! Well, at least I hope so ! This Week In Books is a weekly meme hosted by Lipsyy Lost & Found.

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Last week I was reading Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I loved it so much ! And that ending ! That’s why I am currently reading Crooked Kingdom.  It’s only my third book of the month. I barely have time left for reading or blogging !
My next read will be either The Air He Breathes by Brittainy C. Cherry or A Torch Against The Night by Sabaa Tahir. This is the sequel to An Ember In The Ashes. I’m waiting for it to be delivered, though.

That’s it ! What are you currently reading ?

| MEMES | TOP TEN TUESDAY – 10 BOOKS I AM THANKFUL FOR

top-ten-tuesdayHello lovelies !  It’s that time again ! Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish. I missed doing it last week !

This week’s theme is a Thanksgiving freebie ! I chose to do the Top Ten books I am thankful for !

  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. This book brought me so much ! This is my TOP 1, seriously! There’s so much to learn from it ! I try to appreciate life more, to enjoy the little things.
  • November 9 by Colleen Hoover. One word : self-confidence.
  • Maybe Someday, also by Colleen Hoover. Because it’s my first CoHo book !
  • After by Anna Todd. The whole series, in fact ! Because it turned me into an obsessed mess ! It didn’t happen for months , maybe years ! I think the last was while I was marathoning The Infernal Devices !
  • Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo ! I finished it yesterday and I am so glad I decided not to be afraid of the hype !
  • City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare. It’s one of the first book I read in English when I decided that the original version was better. Cassandra Clare’s books are a big part of why I decided to keep reading in English.
  • Clockwork Angel and the whole The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare ! It’s my favorite trilogy ever and gah ! I can’t put words on what these books made me feel !
  • The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson because it reconnected me with the “classic” fantasy !

And finally Heir Of Fire and Queen Of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas ! Because I read them with Donna from chocolatenwafflesblog ! Thanks to these books, I got to know a wonderful and funny person !

That’s it ! The 10 books I’m the most thankful for !