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Book Review: Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction (although I wish it wasn’t) Age Recommendation: EVERYONE I cannot believe that I forgot about this book. A very nice family friend gave me this book as a gift and another one: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them for my birthday! For those of you who don’t know (tsk tsk), these books are mentioned in the Harry Potter series and I am elated that J.K Rowling decided to actually write them! I hope she publishes The Monster Book of Monsters next.    😉 All in all, this was a great book and I found it … Continue reading Book Review: Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling

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Book Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

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Rating: 5 out of  stars Genre: Fiction (if only it wasn’t) Age Recommendation: Everyone (I cannot stress this enough) Another one of the amazing books mentioned in the Harry Potter series has come to life in J.K. Rowling’s hands. I found this book especially funny because it is Harry’s property and he has written his own funny notes all over the book. To be honest, I found his notes more interesting than the actual text of the book (which I am sure was the author’s intention). Also, I just realized- they’re making a movie on this book!!! It will be released next … Continue reading Book Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

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Sisterhood Of the Worlds Bloggers

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Hey everyone! I recently got nominated by The Outsidehook (thank you!) for the Sisterhood of the Worlds which is basically a tag where you answer questions about yourself and then nominate other bloggers for it. The rules are: 1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link to their blog. 2. Answer the questions that the blogger who nominated you has provided. 3. Nominate ten other bloggers (I am choosing only four-can’t think of many) 4. Create ten questions for your nominees and notify them of their nomination. Questions from the outsidehook:  What’s your favorite TV show? I’m going to say Psych … Continue reading Sisterhood Of the Worlds Bloggers

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Book Review: Paint Me A Monster by Janie Baskin

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 14 and up This book was very unnerving because it was centered around child abuse. When I first picked up the book, that was not what I imagined it would be about. Also, I found the book was confusing because the first hundred or so pages spanned six years (but there was no chronology) so I found it difficult to keep up with the story. ——————————————– Margo and her older sister Liz are surprised to see another being enter their house- a baby boy named Evan. Evan is a chubby boy and their … Continue reading Book Review: Paint Me A Monster by Janie Baskin

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My 2015 Reading Challenge: The Halfway Mark

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So it’s been exactly six months since I’ve announced my 2015 Reading Challenge, so today, I decided to post an update on how it’s going. In addition, my parents are no longer participating in this challenge 😦 but I would still like recommendations for books in the categories that I have not read yet. As of now, I have finished 12/30 books in my 2015 Reading Challenge. However, school’s out now so hopefully I will be able to write more reviews!   A book that makes you cry- The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and Maybe One Day … Continue reading My 2015 Reading Challenge: The Halfway Mark

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Book Review: Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 14 and up I loved this book but I felt that there were several unnecessary plot twists and that took away from the book. ——————————————— Rory Vaughn lives in a world of technology. A world where there are apps that make decisions for you. A world where intuition is something to be frowned upon and rationality means letting devices make all the choices for you. Rory isn’t a huge fan of technology and sees no reason to use an app to make all of her decisions. In addition, the Doubt (i.e., … Continue reading Book Review: Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

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Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass (Book Four of the Selection Series)

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 14 and up This book was a lot more appealing to me because it was written from the point of view of a princess rather than the prince. However, this book had a cliffhanger and Ms. Cass just has to write another one now. Also, there are two fantastic book covers for this book so I’m going to include them both! Feel free to comment and tell me which one you like better! ——————————————— The future queen of Illea is standing in front of her people, ready to announce the biggest … Continue reading Book Review: The Heir by Kiera Cass (Book Four of the Selection Series)

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Book Review: The One by Kiera Cass (Book three of The Selection series)

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommended: 14 and up I found this book to be the most exciting out of all three in The Selection series and I can’t wait to read The Heir next which is the fourth book in this series that I actually didn’t know existed until the author tweeted about writing a fifth one!! —————————————— America has made it to the top three contestants- however, now she will be put to the real test. America has to see her fellow competitor flogged when she falls in love with a guard at the palace. … Continue reading Book Review: The One by Kiera Cass (Book three of The Selection series)

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Book Review: The Elite by Kiera Cass (Book 2 of the Selection Series)

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Genre: Fiction Age Recommendation: 13 and up I felt that a fair bit of this book was redundant and that this book could easily be added into The One (The Third book of the Selection series) and it wouldn’t make that big of a difference. ——————————————– America has made it to the top six girls in the Selection- an elaborate process determining the future queen of Illea. America’s love, Aspen, has become a guard in the royal palace in order to get closer to America but the prince and future king, Maxon, is vying … Continue reading Book Review: The Elite by Kiera Cass (Book 2 of the Selection Series)