Bookish Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Despite all the things that I've gone through this year, I feel like I have so much to be grateful for. I have a supportive family, amazing friends, go to my dream school, and am a part of an fantastic bookish community. So, here are just a few bookish things that I'm grateful for this …

A Brief Note on Shipbaiting in YA and Respecting Authors

I really didn't want to write this post. Like I really really really didn't. However, I feel like this is something important that we should talk about. I'm going to try to handle this post in a somewhat sensitive way, but if I say anything that offends you or is problematic, please please let me …

Waiting on Wednesday: Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper Author: Kerri Maniscalco Genre: Historial Fiction Pages: Hardcover, 336 Publication: September 20, 2016 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against …

Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Title: And I Darken Author: Kiersten White Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: Hardcover, 475 Publication: June 28, 2016 Synopsis: No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to …

Waiting on Wednesday: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Title: Holding Up the Universe Author: Jennifer Niven Genre: Contemporary Pages: Hardcover, 400 Publication: October 4, 2016 Synopsis: From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone—and love someone—for who they truly are. Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest …

Top Ten Characters I Would Crush on if I Were also a Fictional Character

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the lovely ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic: Top Ten Tuesday REWIND -- go back and do a topic you missed over the years or recently or a topic you really want to revisit So, I've gone through their handy spreadsheet, and …

Book Blogger Positivity Network #1: Keep it Positive

Okay guys. The truth is out... I love the blogging community. You may ask, "Halee, was that really a secret? The blogging community is awesome." And it is. But I just feel like I don't say it enough. I love the blogging community. I've been a part of it for the better part of 4 years, and …

Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Author(s): J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne Genre: Fantasy; Play Pages: Hardcover, 343 Publication: July 31, 2016 Synopsis: Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the …

Review: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Title: Ruin and Rising Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy Pages: 422, Hardcover Publication: June 17, 2014 Synopsis: The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient …

Waiting on Wednesday: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Title: Caraval Author: Stephanie Garber Genre: Fantasy Pages: Hardcover, 416 Publication: January 31, 2017 Synopsis: Before you enter the world of Caraval, you must remember that it’s all a game . . . Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their ruthless father. Now Scarlett’s father …