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The Symptoms of My Insanity by Mindy Raf Series: N/A Source: Bought Publisher: Dial Books Publication Date: April 18, 2013 A laugh-out-loud, bittersweet debut full of wit, wisdom, heart, and a hilarious, unforgettable heroine. When you’re a hypochondriac, there are a million different things that could be wrong with you, but for Izzy, focusing on what could be wrong might be keeping her from dealing with what’s really wrong. I almost raised my hand, but what would I say? “Mr. Bayer, may I please be excused? I’m not totally positive, but I think I might have cancer.” No way. Then everyone at school would know, and they would treat me differently, and I would be known as “Izzy, that poor girl who diagnosed herself with breast cancer during biology.” But Izzy’s sense of humor can only get her so far when suddenly her best friend appears to have undergone a personality transplant, her mother’s health takes a turn for the worse, and her beautiful maybe-boyfriend is going all hot and cold. ...

So, actually, I haven't done one of these haul things for three months. I usually make a video for them - and I did film one, but... well, I filmed it before going on vacation abroad, and had no time to edit it, and eventually, I never did finish it -- plus the stuff I said in it became quite outdated. Then, I was just... two lazy to film one again. So, I'm going back to my roots with a normal, photographic haul! You can just stare at the pretty pictures (of which I am SUPER proud) and like them on my  Instagram   if you like what you see - and you could read my reasoning for getting the books/tidbits about them bellow if you'd like :) Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger   - This was a birthday present, from me to myself. I've been dying to dive back into the historical, steampunk fantasy world Carriger created with her newest series! Plus, the cover is soo pretty!  Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff  - this is a birthday present from my best friend! This one lo...

Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead Series: Vampire Academy #5  Source: Bought Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: May 18th, 2010 Age Genre: Young Adult Dimitri gave Rose the ultimate choice. But she chose wrong... After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's-and to her best friend, Lissa. It is nearly graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives beyond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows he's out there, somewhere. She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he won't rest until Rose joins him... forever. So, as I'm starting my Vampire Academy experience on The Book Babe's Reads at book five, I'll sum up some things for you: I have been reading the Vampire Academy series for about...

CLICK HERE TO READ AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW!  So as you guys know, I just moved here. And that means my old blog now lies abandoned... alongside all my old reviews. But because I feel like some of them don't deserve such an awful treatment, I'm going to slowly move my favorite reviews here,  especially  if my opinion differs than Megs. (though some editing may occur, as I'm a little OCD about my reviews, and the older they originally are, the more likely I am to have things I want to rephrase).  Cinder   by  Marissa Meyer Series:   Lunar Chronicles #1 Source:  own paperback Publisher:  Puffing Books Publication Date:  January 5th 2012 Age Genre:  Young Adult Originally published:  Sep 11, 2012 Cinder, a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life become entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's she finds herself at the...

Of Scars and Stardust by Andrea Hannah Series: N/A Publisher: Flux Publication Date:  October 8, 2014 After her little sister mysteriously vanishes, seventeen-year-old Claire Graham has a choice to make: stay snug in her little corner of Manhattan with her dropout boyfriend, or go back to Ohio to face the hometown tragedy she's been dying to leave behind. But the memories of that night still haunt her in the city, and as hard as she tries to forget what her psychiatrist calls her "delusions," Claire can't seem to escape the wolf's eyes or the blood-speckled snow. Delusion or reality, Claire knows she has to hold true to the most important promise she's ever made: to keep Ella safe. She must return to her sleepy hometown in order to find Ella and keep her hallucinations at bay before they strike again. But time is quickly running out, and as Ella's trail grows fainter, the wolves are becoming startlingly real. Now Claire must deal with her attraction to Gr...

Ashley from Nose Graze and Creative Whim is trying to start a reading site that combines all the greatest things about the existing ones (such as Goodreads, Book Likes and the such) and more . Just reading what the site will have to offer makes me salivate (in a good way) But for the site to happen, Ashley needs backing. Here is where you come in - you can donate, or just spread the word. But please, do it fast, because there are only 3 days left to get the needed founding, and this site NEEDS to happen, for the sake of all Book Lovers out there. DONATE HERE   (and read more about the site) Nitzan ★

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon Series: The Bone Season, #1 Source: Provided by the publisher for review Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: August 20, 2013 It is the year 2059. Several major world cities are under the control of a security force called Scion. Paige Mahoney works in the criminal underworld of Scion London, part of a secret cell known as the Seven Seals. The work she does is unusual: scouting for information by breaking into others’ minds. Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare kind of clairvoyant, and in this world, the voyants commit treason simply by breathing. But when Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city—Oxford, erased from the map two centuries ago and now controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants highly—as soldiers in their army. Paige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He ...

Ink by Amanda Sun Series: Paper Gods #1 Source: Gifted to me by Megs <3 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date:  June 25th, 2013 Age Genre: Young Adult On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building. Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they'll both be targets. Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive....

Who Wore it Better is an original meme I brought with me from Drugs Called Books. In it, instead of discussing fashion or cloths, we discuss book covers from different countries, and who has the best cover. The meme is co-hosted with the lovely Amanda from  The Book Badger  and will be featured on her blog every other week, so check her out as well!   This Thursday, I'll be discussing different covers for Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, in celebration of Isla and the Happily Ever After finally releasing (I've been waiting for sooo long!!) 1.  English  - so this is the original and most well known cover for this book. It's also the reason it took me years  to decide to read the book. I really don't like it . I don't like the colors, I don't like the composition, I don't like the models... It looks very childish (to me) and doesn't attract me at all . If it wasn't for winning a giveaway and this book being the prize, I probably would nev...

The Darkest Part of the Forest  by Holly Black Series: N/A Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date:  January 13, 2015 Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for. Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once. At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking. Until one day, he does… As the world turns upside down,...

Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn Series: Broken Hearts & Revenge, #1 Source: Netgalley (Thanks, Fiewel & Friends!) Publisher: Fiewel & Friends Publication Date: May 13, 2014 Summer, boys, and friendships gone sour. This new series has everything that perfect beach reads are made of! Gemma just got dumped and is devastated. She finds herself back in the Hamptons for the summer—which puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her former best friend that she wronged five years earlier. Do people hold grudges that long? When a small case of mistaken identity causes everyone, including Hallie and her dreamy brother Josh, to think she’s someone else, Gemma decides to go along with it. Gemma's plan is working (she's finding it hard to resist Josh), but she's finding herself in embarrassing situations (how could a bathing suit fall apart like that!?). Is it coincidence or is someone trying to expose her true identity? And how will Josh react ...

CLICK HERE TO READ THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW ON MY NEW BLOG, AFTERWORDS Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian  Series:   Midnight Breed #2 Source:  Library Age Genre: Adult    Original Pub Date: Jan 1st, 2007 He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black-clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his world--a shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror. Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not need--but now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she h...

CLICK HERE TO READ AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS REVIEW!  So as you guys know, I just moved here. And that means my old blog now lies abandoned... alongside all my old reviews. But because I feel like some of them don't deserve such an awful treatment, I'm going to slowly move my favorite reviews here,  especially  if my opinion differs than Megs. (though some editing may occur, as I'm a little OCD about my reviews, and the older they originally are, the more likely I am to have things I want to rephrase).  Switched by Amanda Hocking Series:   The Trylle Trilogy #1 Source:  own paperback Publisher:  St. Martin's Griffin Publication Date: January 3rd 2012 Age Genre: Young Adult Originally published: Sep 16, 2012 When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole l...