resist cover reveal! (time for a paaartttyyy!)

December 1, 2015 Emily 3 Comments

BOO! ‘Betcha weren’t expecting me to pop up in your inbox or feed or whatever you’re following me on where ya? Nope! That’s because today is Tuesday, and I haven’t posted on FTB on a Tuesday in quite some time. (Which is a bit of a shame, considering Top Ten Tuesday is on a Tuesday, and I miss doing that, so maybe I’ll start making an exception??) ANYWAY. Back to the topic at hand.

The reason I’m posting on Tuesday IS… drum roll… it’s time for the RESIST cover reveal!!

Wait. You already knew that?? Whaaaaat? (oh dang you title. you ruined the surprised again.)

Whale. Might as well get into it now.

Miss Emily Ann Putzke’s newest novel, Resist, will be available for you and everybody to read in February 2016! That’s just two months away! I haven’t read any of Miss Putske’s books (unfortunately) but they look amazing and she’s amazing (her blog is awesome and clearly she’s awesome because she’s an Emily duh) so I’m excited to be reading this.

Because. Guys. LOOK at this gorgeous cover.

It’s one of the prettiest things I’ve ever seen. I might cry.

But you probably wanna know more about this book now don’t you? okay okay. Here goes.

SYNOPSIS:

Munich, Germany 1942—Hans Scholl never intended to get his younger sister involved in an underground resistance. When Sophie Scholl finds out, she insists on joining Hans and his close friends in writing and distributing anti-Nazi leaflets entitled, The White Rose. The young university students call out to the German people, begging them to not allow their consciences to become dormant, but to resist their tyrannical leader and corrupt government. Hans knows the consequences for their actions—execution for committing high treason—but firm in his convictions, he’s prepared to lose his life for a righteous cause. Based on a true story, Hans, Sophie and all the members of The White Rose resistance group will forever inspire and challenge us to do what is right in the midst of overwhelming evil.

Available in paperback and ebook on February 22nd, 2016

It’s set in 1942. WWII. That’s my faaaaaavorite.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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so that was the resist cover reveal! what your thoughts? isn’t the cover so preeeettttyyyy? (oh and family members i’d love a pre-order of this for christmas!) if not i’m definitely pre-ordering it soon! until tomorrow, bookworms!

reviews

cress by marissa meyer

November 30, 2015 Emily 4 Comments

Title: Cress

Series: The Lunar Chronicles #3

Author: Marissa Meyer

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Source: library

About: In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.

Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who’s only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.

When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.

Psssst. Hey you. yes, you. If you haven’t already looked, take a peeksie here and here for my reviews of Cinder and Scarlet, the first two books in this series, The Lunar Chronicles. There’s no spoilers in any of these reviews so go wild and then read the books and come back here to talk to me about them! thanks. -emily

Oh. My. Stars.

I skipped a shower for this book. I stayed up till 1:30 A.M., which, unlike most teenagers, is a rare thing for me. I wouldn’t let myself eat until I finished the next chapter. I am LOSING MY MIND! And I keep telling people that I cannot believe myself, that I cannot be enjoying a complete sci-fi book, but oh my flying pancakes I’m head over heels!

Wheeeeeere should I begin??? Ummm. Oh. CRESS. The newest character in this four-book series. Every book adds a new perspective – Cinder and Scarlet, and now Cress (short for Crescent), and together they shall save the world from evil Queen Levana of Luna. (Aka the moon.) Meanwhile, the girls have some pretty smokin’ dudes who tag along and the whole series is this epic romance-sci-fi-fairy-tale thing. So Cress, the newest character, is a Rapunzel retelling.

Fun fact: I LOVE Rapunzel. Even though the only thing I really have to compare Cress to is Disney’s version and various other book retellings… I love her. Also… I love her prince. Typically in a retelling, the characters of the fairy tale have the same personality and background story (with a twist, obviously). And Rapunzel is one of my favorite fairy tales. I’ve also always had a crush on Eugene (or Flynn, whatever floats your satellite – HAHAHA) and Cress’ “Eugene” – Captain Carswell Thorne – is hilarious. I loved how things get serious and he’s there ready to crack a joke! And he’s cute, according to my wild imagination, so win-win!

“That’s true. I am rather attached to my nose.” – Thorne

I have to say that Cress is my favorite character thus far. I think she’s a lot like me (at least more like me than Cinder or Scarlet) and she’s so sweet and naïve and GOSH, I just want to pinch her cheeks and give her a big hug. She’s a romantic – she fell in love with Captain Thorne before she even met him, which… For me… I can relate to, cause I fall in love with some people after only knowing them for two pages. 😉 She’s also just… ADORABLE, I can’t even describe it! So yes, loved Cress.

I missed Scarlet’s perspective though! I didn’t get a lot of her but I’m sure I will in Winter.

“Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?” – Cress

Cress is the definition of a page-turner. The whole crew was split up for the majority of the book, so I liked switching perspectives from one person to another. It got pretty tense there for a while, but I loved the scenes where everyone was together, goofing off like normal teenagers in between saving the world.

“You can help me pick out a tiara after we’re done saving the world.” – Cress

Can I also mention the length of these awesome books?!! This one was five hundred and fifty pages! And – get this – Winter is EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN! 827! So if you’ll excuse me Imma read that now.

Oh – but before you go – enjoy this video with quotes from The Lunar Chronicles that will tear your heart out and make you cry because IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL.

so have you read the lunar chronicles? whatcha think?? how do you like thorne?!!! (be still my beating heart. sigh) which character’s your favorite? (cress for the win!) and which book is your favorite?? (mine is scarlet or cress so far, i can’t decide! on the one hand MORE WOLF in scarlet but gosh cress was amazing too…) talk to you below!

monthly recaps

november 2015 recap & giveaway winner announcement!

November 28, 2015 Emily 14 Comments

Where is this month going?! LISTEN. There is a mere thirty-three days left in the year! What? When did that happen? Which means Christmas is coming (can’t believe Thanksgiving went that fast) and hopefully that means more BOOKS! (Because that’s obviously the one thing I need more of.)

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the books.

I read five books this month, which isn’t my best, but it’s definitely a lot better than last month’s. I read The Witch Of Blackbird Pond for school (and it was amazing!) plus it’s my last school-required book for the year so yay for blog-required books! And then, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, those other four up there. That would be The Lunar Chronicles. The series you convinced me to read and I fell madly in love with. You can read my reviews for Cinder and Scarlet (the titles link to the review) if you want, ’cause then we can talk about them and gibber on and on and on! Be on the lookout for Cress and Winter’s reviews in the next two weeks, or follow me on Goodreads here to always get a sneak peek of what I’m reading. (Seriously. I’m on Goodreads allll the time.) Oh and I’ve just started Going Rogue by Robin Benway yesterday, so maybe I’ll finish it before December. Hopefully I can make it to six this month!

the posts you liked best.

Stacking the Shelves #25 got a bunch of hits, and I can only assume this is because of the adorable picture of my books and bunny slippers.
And in second place, Fictional Characters Who Rule The World – which I thought was a pretty awesome post, too, so thank you very much for that.
And in third, my review for Cinder by Marissa Meyer, which is to be expected because you’ve been waiting for me to read this series for months and months now amirite??

on your blogs.

Izel shares her concerns for Winter by Marissa Meyer (which I read after reading Winter but thought it was a spot-on post – just don’t read it unless you’ve finished Cress!)
Trisha had her very first blog birthday and is also taking a hiatus… and I miss her!!
Madi is almost to 50 followers and she needs your help to get there, so GO & FOLLOW HER OKAY?
Katie is making me feel like a jealous little writer with her 10,000-words-in-a-day NaNoWriMo, but she’s such a fabulously fast writer and it really inspires me. Love your updates, girl, keep ’em coming!
Grace shares why she hates Black Friday, and I have to say… she made some pretty good points.
Amanda writes to Christian teens about sticking with your faith and it’s so thought-provoking and inspiring… just like ALL of her posts! (Go read them please.)

what to look for on the blog.

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS! Okay, well… maybe one Christmas giveaway. (Because I am broke trying to buy presents for people, grr!) The amazing Melanie Dickerson has agreed to sponsor a giveaway for any one of her books this December. Which one do you want to win?? (Tell me below and the book that gets the most requests will be the one I tell her to giveaway!) You can read my reviews for her books: The Captive Maiden, The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest, and The Princess Spy. Though those are definitely not all of the books she’s written – you can look at them here before telling me which one you want to win! Her newest book, The Golden Braid, just hit shelves November 17th!
A birthday bash! Miss Jane Austen is turning 239 on December 16, and this calls for a PARTY! I’ll be doing… something special, so keep your eyes peeled.
2016 reads! 2016 is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, peoples. I’ve already got December’s reviews scheduled which means I’ll be making a page for the reviews I post in 2016 soon… and this is scaring the heck out of me ’cause 2015 is the fastest year I’ve ever lived through, geez. And – AND – this means For the Bookish’s second birthday is right around the corner… (omg my baby is growing up so fast!)
OTHER FUN STUFF. I honestly have no idea what’s going to happen on the blog in December because I’ve recently hit a bout of blogger’s block (thus the influx of tags) soooooo. Who knows?!

NOW! Are you ready to see who won the $10 Barnes & Noble gift card giveaway?? ARE YOU? Hmmm?

And the winner is… *drum roll please* …. BROOKE! Congratulations, Brooke! I’ll be emailing you soon to get your gift card sent off. 🙂

what fun stuff did you do in november? what books did you read? and what are you looking forward to in december? (it’s beginning to look a lot like christmaaaaasssss….!!!)

tags & awards

twenty things you might not know about me tag

November 25, 2015 Emily 2 Comments

Hi all! By now, you know how much I love talking about myself. I could go on and on and on and on and on… online that is. For some reason I get shy when people ask me about myself offline. Is that weird?! Probably. But I always do feel more comfortable online than offline, which might be a bad thing but oh well. And look at there – another thing you know about me! I put a lot of myself into this blog, ’cause it’s the one place I can always be 100% myself and I love that. So today, thanks to Madi for tagging me, I bring you: twenty things you might not know about me!

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Rules:

Copy and paste the questions below and turn them into a blog post.
At the bottom of the post tag from 2-10 bloggers to answer the questions.
Use the title 20 Things You Might Not Know About Me Blog Tag.
Give credits to the person who nominated you.

How tall are you? 5’7… I swear I haven’t stopped growing since I was eleven.

Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what is it? I can touch my tongue to my nose. I could also consume one whole pizza in a surprisingly short amount of time if my mom would let me.

What is your biggest blog-related pet peeve? Typos. I know I probably make them a lot, too, but… uggghhh that irks me half to death. Also when people misspell contractions, but that’s just a general pet peeve.

What is your biggest non-blog-related pet peeve? Cliques. I hate feeling left out or not apart of the group, even if said person(s) aren’t trying to make me feel that way. I’m not the most talkative person in public situations so it sometimes takes me a while to feel apart of a group. Plus it’s just plain annoying.

What’s your favorite song? Currently… Cheek to Cheek by Fred Astaire or any Christmas song by Michael Buble. But this changes nearly everyday.

What’s your favorite Etsy shop that isn’t yours? Hannah Everly skirts!! She happens to be the sister of Rachel Coker (who writes the most amazing books) and I am in love with them all! Fun fact: I’m wearing one of her skirts in my profile picture.

What is your favorite way to spend your free time when you’re alone? BLOGGING. Or reading. Or writing. Oh! Or watching Boy Meets World orrrr Gilmore Girls. YAAASSSS.

What’s your favorite junk food? Reese’s chocolate (whoever put peanut butter and chocolate together is the Albert Einstein of all sweets) or chewy Chips Ahoy. Seriously, why even bother making the hard ones.

Do you have a pet or pets? If so, what kind and what are their names? I’ve got two cats – Mittens (who we believe to be part dog) and Maisy (who is full-on sassy cat) – and a dog, Beasley. (We’ve had him for three or four weeks and I am in looove. I’ve missed having a dog since Oreo got sick a few years ago.) 🙁 Oh and three turtles – Squirt, Tutu, and Zoom – four fish (Flo, Speedy, Gil, Alpha), and a snail (Gary!)

What are your favorite fiction and nonfiction books? Fiction… ooh there’s so many. Code Name Verity, The Book Thief, The Selection series, The Ascendance Trilogy, The Lunar Chronicles. And nonfiction would be probably be The Hiding Place.

What’s your favorite beauty product? Concealer. If that’s all I have with me, I can make do. It covers the blemishes and dark circles under my eyes (iiiiiiit’s allergy season – year round for me, ugh) so BAM.

When were you last embarrassed? What happened? Alright, so… me and a friend were at the store when I went to use the restroom. A few of the stalls were out of order and there was a line (what else is new in the women’s bathroom) so it took a minute. When I came out there was a good-looking guy standing there and she goes “You took a while in there” and he walked AWAY before I could say there was a LINE SO IT’S NOT ME I PROMISE.

If you could only drink one beverage (besides water) for the rest of your life what would it be? Coffee! Wait, scratch that. I mean creamer. With a little coffee inside.

What’s your favorite movie? You’ve Got Mail (helloooo Tom Hanks) (and, okay, cute book stores.) Or Tangled, because. Eugene.

What were you in high school: prom queen, nerd, cheerleader, jock, valedictorian, band geek, loner, artist, prep? Whale. This is awkward. I’ve got a year before high school. (Though if I’d been born ten days earlier I could have gone into kindergarten a year earlier GRR) buuuut definitely not prom queen, cheerleader, artist, prep, or jock. So? Nerd/Valedictorian/band geek? ACTUALLY I’m all of those things. I’m kind of a teacher’s pet. (wink wink Principal Mom.)

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? England. Mostly for the accents.

PC or Mac? Mac, is this even a question. PC’s… don’t get along with me.

Last romantic gesture from a crush, date, boy/girlfriend, spouse? He woke me up this morning with a giant lick on the face. (*waves* Hey Beasley!)

Favorite celebrity? T-Swizzle. Mostly her old songs, but I still love her.

What blogger do you secretly want to be best friends with? Hannah Everly. Or Audrey (whose blog is currently under construction.)

Annnnd there we have it!

I TAG YOU: Amanda // Hayden // Katie // Ana

Have fun, and I hope you can participate!

feel free to answer any of the above questions below! until next time, and have a happy thanksgiving!

reviews

scarlet by marissa meyer

November 23, 2015 Emily 4 Comments

Title: Scarlet

Series: The Lunar Chronicles #2

Author: Marissa Meyer

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Source: library

About: Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison–even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner.

(If you haven’t read my review for the first book in this series, Cinder, I suggest you do that before reading this here.)

Hello people of Earth. Today I shall try to write a proper review, but I kid you not if it looks more like this.

Marissa Meyer has blown me away. I bring you a review to the second book of The Lunar Chronicles, a series that never ever ever in a billion gazillion trillion years would I have picked up on my own. Two weeks ago, if you asked me if I’d like to read a book about cyborgs and people from the moon and Lunars-who-are-programmed-to-kill-and-act-like-wolves who fall in love and save the world and omgomgomg… I would have laughed so hard.

I don’t even know where to begin… um. Okay. Scarlet and Wolf.

The romance was… odd, but phenomenal. From the very moment I met Wolf, I was on high alert. This book is a Little Red Riding Hood retelling, and I was preparing myself for a major twist in which Wolf was the bad guy. Throughout the book, I had no idea if he was good or bad, but two pages after meeting him I was head-over-heels. It wasn’t until the very last chapter I knew for sure, and let me just tell you. By the end of this book?

I… I just can’t compute. (Look at me, even using Lunar Chronicles jokes. GAH, YOU GUYS you’ve brought me to the dark side! You don’t even have cookies, but you have Wolf and Kai and I’m so in.)

Apparently, as each book in the series progresses, the previous characters’ perspectives are kept in the new book. I LOVE that! So I still got to stay with Cinder and Kai and Queen Levana, which was awesome. However, in the first book, Cinder, the romance was a let-down. I was promised more Kai moments in this one (aka: getting to know the beautiful Prince Kai more) and I was excited about that because he *seems* amazing but I still feel like I know next to nothing about him. Cinder and Kai’s relationship is still confusing at this point, but I’m only halfway through the series, so no making my mind about that yet!

The plot for Scarlet was beyond incredible. Again, Cinder wasn’t as amazing as I had expected (the plot was predictable and like I said, the romance was confusing) but Scarlet completely knocked my socks off. I already told you I could never make my mind up about Wolf, and… I basically couldn’t make my mind about ANYTHING in this book. Brooke kept telling me what an emotional roller coaster it was, and she was 100% right. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that gave me this many emotions at once.

I almost forgot one of my favorite characters! CAPTAIN THORNE. I’m so glad Marissa Meyer put him in the book, because right when things got mushy or serious, he cracked a joke and I was laughing out loud. LOVE.

That’s pretty much all I’ve got to say… at this point I’m just speechless, with butterflies already anticipating the next book!!! Good thing I’m not a booktuber, because there’s no WAY I could talk through this review.

5 (BAZILLION) stars! 😉

have you read the lunar chronicles?! do you want to?? (you better!) if you have, please fangirl with me below. i need to get these emotions out somewhere!! also – thoughts on the gif choices in this review? i typically don’t use that many but felt it was necessary for this particular book!

stacking the shelves

stacking the shelves #25

November 21, 2015 Emily 7 Comments

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting yesterday… I got behind on posts and I’ve lost my MIND over The Lunar Chronicles, GOSH. WHAT IS IT DOING TO ME OMG. I also haven’t done a stacking the shelves in forever because I haven’t gotten anymore books lately! I HAVE NO NEED. I have five bazillion of them I need to read but right now I’m completely transfixed with The Lunar Chronicles… and I may or may not have a huge crush on Wolf. (He’s my favorite, imagine that.) Speaking of, my review for Scarlet will be up Monday!

Dear neighborhood kids passing by as I stood in the middle of my yard in bunny slippers for this picture: don’t judge. We all have our quirks and mine happens to be taking pictures of books in my pajamas. I know what you’re thinking, “that weird home-school girl again.” But it turned about super cute and I DON’T CARE.*

*Kay maybe I care a little bit but LEAVE ME & MY BABIES ALONE.

Winter by Marissa Meyer: OMG I CAN’T YOU GUYS. I DON’T WANT THIS SERIES TO END BUT I MUST FINISH. I’m at 230/550 pages into Cress, the third book in the series, and… I’m dying. Ohhhh my gosssshhh. Plus: Wolf. And Thorne. (Oh and thanks, mom, for buying this for me!! Otherwise I would have been in debt because – Christmas gifts burning up my wallet, urgh – and I NEED THIS NOW. Love you! xoxo)

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: Much better than Cinder, in my opinion… though I did love still having Cinder and Kai’s perspectives in it. Review coming to you Monday! Wherein I flip out over WOLF. Can somebody wrap him up for me for Christmas? because… I’d love you forever.

Cress by Marissa Meyer: EEP I love Cress! She’s a lot more like me than Cinder or Scarlet and I totally love her and Thorne together. Can’t wait to finish!

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard: I was standing in the checkout line at Sam’s buying (okay MOM buying) Winter and and the cashier noticed the book and said “Oh I need to get my daughter to read this.” I then proceeded to squeal and tell her how good it was and she said if I liked The Lunar Chronicles I needed to read Red Queen. And, SURPRISE, I already had it at home! I’m excited to see what this is like… I have no idea what to expect but if it’s anything at all like The Lunar Chronicles I’ll be hooked.

Going Rogue by Robin Benway: I read the first in the Also Known As series in September in… a day? (Creds to Trisha for the amazing recommendation) It was AMAZING. Super light and all fluff, but also captivating and mysterious! I’m anxious to read this after The Lunar Chronicles, because I may need to give my heart a break… (it’s currently breaking into a thousand tiny pieces, just sayin’. Thanks a lot guys.) But on another note, it has Jesse and Maggie and they are positively cuteness overload.

The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer: Errrmm… I’ve heard/seen this around a little but haven’t picked it up, just because I had so many other books (with lots of recommendations behind them) waiting for me. I just didn’t really want to waste any time on a book I hadn’t heard much about and/or wasn’t sure would be good or not. BUT it does look adorable and again, I may need a lighter read after The Lunar Chronicles. I can absolutely see myself loving this a few years ago, so maybe I’ll enjoy it. 🙂

what books did you get this week? and what do you think of mine? and peoples: talk to me about the lunar chronicles! i’m in LOOOOVE.

tags & awards

the book life tag!

November 18, 2015 Emily 4 Comments

Hello blog readers! I didn’t have a post scheduled for today, so I’m throwing this together at 9AM before the mother calls me to school in half an hour and so begins my procrastinating Latin. Again. Sigh… SO as a result I googled up some fun book tags and found the book life tag, which I’ve never seen before and it looks supah cool so Imma do it. (Oh and I was tagged by the ever-beautiful-wonderful-lovely-coolest-girl-ever emily @ for the bookish. If you were wondering.)

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I’m not 100% sure how the tag works, but you can answer the questions as “my best friend is LIKE this book character” or “my best friend I would like TO BE is this book character” so I’m going to do both.

who would your parents be?

My dad would definitely be Liesel Meminger’s Papa from The Book Thief. He made her a dictionary on the basement wall so she could learn to read. He’s sarcastic and always cracking jokes and I can definitely see my dad as him.

My mom? … hmmmmm. I’d say she either reminds me of America Singer’s mother, Magda, from The Selection series, because she’s always trying to get me to do stuff outside my box, things I would never normally do – but turn out good for me anyway. OR Mrs. Hawthorne from The Mother/Daughter Book Club series, because she and Emma are so close and my mom’s pretty much my best friend. 🙂

who would be your sister?

Ramona Quimby from Beverly Cleary’s books. It’s almost uncanny, you really have no idea.

who would be your brother?

Whale. I don’t have a brother but I do love Klaus Baudelaire from The Series of Unfortunate Events. I can only imagine what a brother in my family would be like, so I’m kind of imagining a younger version of my dad. Besides, I think Klaus would make an adorable little brother.

Klaus Baudelaire, the middle child, and the only boy, liked to examine creatures in tide pools. Klaus was a little older than twelve and wore glasses, which made him look intelligent. He was intelligent. – The Series of Unfortunate Events, Book #1: The Bad Beginning

who would be your pet?

I’m totally cheating here because he isn’t a BOOK character, but Maximus from Tangled. Mittens is the cat-version of Max.

where would you live?

In the quaint little town of Pumpkin Falls in Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick. Even the name sounds adorable. Pumpkin Falls. Yes please. (Not to mention they have a beautiful little bookstore!)

who would be your best friend?

Charlie from Rachel Coker’s Interrupted. She’s sweet, bubbly, outgoing… flirty, and hilarious! I feel like we’d get along great – she’s just what I need sometimes. 🙂

who would be your significant other?

Are you kidding me?! How about significant others? Because the truth is, I’m in love with waaaayyy too many fictional boys. Here, I’ll name a few. Maxon, Aspen, Jaron, Kai, Ky (the other Ky), Zander, Mr. Darcy, Darcy (the one from the Mother/Daughter Book Club), Sam, Frank, Gilbert, Jesse… I’ve lost track. I WANT THEM ALL! But if I guess, I suppose, if I had to choose…. Maxon Schreave would be it. He’s so cute and awkward and incredibly dorky, but gosh darn it, America, STEP ASIDE. *swoon* okay I’ll stop ranting now.

So that was the book life tag. What characters would be in your life??! Oh, and before I forget: I tag everyone reading this! If you want to do it, go ahead! Can’t wait to see your answers. 😉

books, reviews

cinder by marissa meyer

November 16, 2015 Emily 10 Comments

Title: Cinder

Author: Marissa Meyer

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Source: library

About: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.

WHAT IS HAPPENING. I read a book about cyborgs and creatures from the moon and tech-talk-stuff 100,000 years into the future and I enjoyed it. Going in, I knew Cinder was 100% sci-fi and I was pretty wary about it… but I loved it. There are so many thoughts to process right now, so I’ll try to make this review make sense… (but sorry if it doesn’t, but peoples, it’s YOUR FAULT if I’m going crazy! YOU’RE the ones who got me to read it!) 😉

Where to start… okay. Well, I’ll start it with how the book started. Tech talk. I rather hated it. It confused me and I couldn’t past it a few months ago when I first started Cinder but Brooke told me to push through it, so I did and… the rest of it was great. But the tech-talk I could have done without… even though I know it had a purpose, I did not grasp it at all, so I skimmed and focused on the cute (in my mind, obviously) prince and kept going.

The characters? AWESOME. Lovelovedloved Iko and Peony. Although… well… words can’t really describe my feelings enough right now, so.

It was… a lot to take in. I’m not a sci-fi person, so it was pretty much my first real sci-fi book. I wish I could have gotten to know Prince Kai better; I was a little let-down by the romance, but there are three more books so I’m crossing my fingers for more fangirling moments.

The ending…. oooh, the ending.

I spoiled it for myself. I know, I know, how could I?! Well, I was looking at how many pages the book was, and my eyes… slipped. But, to be honest, I feel like I would have seen it coming anyway. It wasn’t the most shocking ending, and I feel like I did have high expectations for that. But again, there are THREE MORE books to be read so I’m crossing my fingers.

That said. I was hooked. I was totally into the book and attached to the characters and I can’t believe myself! Cinder was a unique character (obvs, she’s a cyborg for crying outloud!) and the overall story line was amazing and original.

Four stars! 🙂

so what did you think of cinder?

giveaways

50-follower barnes & noble giftcard giveaway!

November 14, 2015 Emily 13 Comments

So, a few weeks ago this happened.

My bloglovin‘ account hit fifty of you peoples (actually we are now at 52!) and while that’s a small milestone it still deserves to be recognized because I’M EXCITED, you all are so so sweet and I like giveaways and you like giveaways so we’re doing a giveaway. My allowance is small and I’m pinching pennies to buy Christmas presents (seriously, friends/family reading this, if you get a gift from me consider yourselves special because I am BROKE) so it’s only a $10 Barnes & Noble gift card, but hey, ten bucks buys a book and when we hit a hundred… you can bet that giveaway will be big. 🙂

Oh and good news UN-Americans! This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL because I’ll be emailing the giftcard, so whether you live in the U.S. or Timbuktoo you can enter! It’s a party for all!

Please read the rules and then you can get going. 🙂

This giveaway IS open internationally. (Like I just said, obviously, but in case ya missed that. Just so you know.)
I will announce the winner on November 28th on For the Bookish, but I will also be emailing the winner.
If said winner of the giveaway does not respond to the email within 48 hours, I will be picking another person to get the gift card.
Once the winner replies, I will send the gift card via email!
Please; no cheating the system. If I find that you are you will be immediately disqualified.

Now go ENTER!

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what do you plan to get with the giftcard if you win??

fictional characters

fictional characters who rule the world.

November 13, 2015 Emily 13 Comments

I have a confession to make.

I am obsessed with Myers-Briggs personality types. I could sit on the internet all day long reading about myself if I could. In fact, I HAVE. The personality types are scarily accurate. (You can read all about yourself if you take the test here.) I’ve taken it several times, and sometimes I get an ISFJ, and sometimes I get an INFJ. Most recently I was an INFJ, but I relate to both. Fun fact: INFJ’s make up only 1% of the population, so Emily here is a rare specimen.

Being an IN/SJ, I love relating to people. According to several websites, this can be a bad thing, because I tend to be picky about my friends and thus have a hard time making them. WHICH – helloooo, bookworm over here – IS WHY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS MAKE MUCH BETTER FRIENDS.

In friendship it is as though INFJs are searching for a soul mate, someone who shares every facet of their passions and imagination. (x)

I’m particularly fond of these fictional peoples, because they are me and we will rule the world someday, mark my words. Some of them are ISFJs and some are INFJs but that’s okay because I get to be both, lucky me!

queen elsa from frozen

We like to hide out in our bedrooms. We have strong emotions we don’t know what to do with. And we both have to deal with pesky little sisters at times. (Both named Anna, would you look at that.)

rory gilmore from gilmore girls

Rory Gilmore is said to be both INFJ and ISFJ, just like meeeeee! She loves to read, is incredibly smart, and has great taste in boys. (HE READ JANE AUSTEN FOR HER.)

meg march from little women by louisa alcott

Fun fact: I was doing some research and Little Women is evidently a good classic book for ISFJ’s to read. I’ve been in love with this story since I was eight, and Meg has always been a favorite March sister of mine. She’s the eldest of the four (go figure, right?) and she’s very sensible.

marlin from finding nemo

You know Marlin. Marlin, Nemo’s dad?? The worry wart. The one who would do anything for his son. I can see it. Besides, he’s sarcastic and is bad at jokes and that is 100% Emily.

elizabeth bennet from pride & prejudice

Lizzie and I are one in the same. Kind of judgmental (there’s the J in ISFJ) – we all know how she treated dear Darcy at the beginning. She likes alone time, and again, she is very witty. Quick with the comebacks too. (Jane Austen is said to be an ISFJ, too! I KNEW IT.)

cinderella

I cannot see the Disney version of Cinderella, no no no. She’s much too go-with-the-flow if you ask me. But take Danielle from Ever After? Or Sam from A Cinderella Story? (Both Cinderella retellings.) I love their sassiness and hard work ethic. Their prince was never their main priority – but in the end they got him anyway right?? 🙂

kathleen kelly from you’ve got mail

Yesssss. My favorite movie. *swoon* She owns a bookstore, has a hard time standing up for herself (but once she gets enough she is DONE man!), loves daisies… and Tom Hanks plays the love interest. Ummm YES.

AGAIN. THE ISFJ’S LOVE INTEREST READ PRIDE & PREJUDICE FOR HER. Boys, take note.

mia thermopolis from the princess diaries

Goofy. Clumsy… very intelligent. And every time I watch the movie, Mia’s princess transformation really inspires me. On a side note, as Jane Austen (who’s not a fictional character, just a writer of them, but whatever) and Mia Thermopolis, Anne Hathaway has played two ISFJ’s. (Becoming Jane is THE BEST movie ever, just sayin’.)

so what’s your myers-briggs personality type??! and what fictional characters are like you? and tell me: are you as interested in personality types as me? aren’t they the coolest?