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    2013 Year End Book List

    It’s time for the big post! Are you ready?  This is the post where I list out all the books I read this year, along with links. It’s my hope that maybe you’ll find a hidden gem you missed, and this also helps keep me organized! I had set a goal of 175 books to read this year, and then changed it to 200 books when I hit the first mark. I didn’t quite make 200! I hit 198 though, which is pretty darn awesome. Here’s to 2014! Books Read in 2013 January Zephyr The West Wind (Chaos Chronicles #1) by…

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    2014 Blog Goals!

      It’s time to set some blog goals for 2014! Every year I set myself a few, hopefully attainable, goals to help me out with this blog. It will always be my hobby, always something I love, but it still needs organization to run smoothly :). Plus I love setting goals! First let’s look at my goals for 2013: 1. Schedule, Schedule, SCHEDULE! I wanted to make sure that I scheduled posts ahead of time, so I had things ready when life got busy. Truth? I didn’t really do much of that this year. I still want to get better…

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    Most Anticipated Books of 2014

    Plugging along here on the end of the year wrap up! Today it’s all about the books that I am most looking forward to in 2014. Let me tell you, this was a hard list to create. There are SO many books coming out that I want to read! Still, I promised myself I’d only pick five so here they are. MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2014 Burn (Pure #3) by Julianna Baggott  (February 4, 2014) It’s funny that Fuse was on my list of most anticipated books last year, but it’s true that I totally love this series! There’s something about the…

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    Books I Missed in 2013

    It’s almost 2014! I’ll be spending the next few days wrapping up things around here, and getting things all shiny for the new year! To start things off, I thought I’d share the Top 5 Books I Missed in 2013. All bookworms know that we can’t read all the books, as much as we’d love to. Here are the five I can’t wait to catch up on in 2014. Red Hill by Jamie McGuire I saw amazing things about this book all around the blogging community. Add the fact that I’m a total zombie fanatic, and you have a book…

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    November Wrap Up

    Happy December everyone! I can’t believe that it’s already the end of the year. Seriously, it flew by! I can’t wait to say hello to 2014! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in November: (A) Leave the Lights On by Karen Stivali – Review (4/5) (NA) Everything Between Us by Mila Ferrera – Review (3/5) (NA) Attempting Elizabeth by Jessica Grey – Review (3/5) (A) The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani – Review (3/5) (MG) Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible #2) by Stephanie…

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    October Wrap Up

    What a month! I was a busy bee, but not always with reading. Let’s see how much reading I actually finished last month, shall we? I’m so close to my goal! ********** (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in October:(A) Oddities and Entities by Roland Allnach – Review (3/5) (NA) Time Spell by T.A. Chase – Review (3/5) (MG) The Grotto Under the Three by John A. Theo Jr. – Review (3/5) (YA) Scorched by Mari Mancusi – Review (3/5) (YA) Pendomus…

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    September 2013 Wrap Up

    Happy October all! It’s the start of my favorite time of year. Sweaters, hot coffee, and good books under warm blankets :). Let’s take a look at what last month looked like in terms of reading, shall we? (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in August: (A) Noah’s Rainy Day by Liv Bergen – Review (5/5) (YA) Resilient by Patricia Vanasse – Review (4/5) (YA) The Silent Deal (The Card Game #1) by Levi Stack – Review (4/5)** (YA)…

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    August Wrap Up

    (YA) = Young Adult / (NA) = New Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade ** Books read in previous months Books read and reviewed in August: (YA) Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey – Review (4/5)** (YA) Infinityglass (Hourglass #3) by Mary Lindsey – Review (4/5) (A) Mystery Girl by David Gordon – Review (4/5) (A) Wilde Nights in Paradise by Tonya Burrows – Review (4/5)** (YA) Welcome to the Darkness by L.M. Justus – Review (3/5) (A) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo – Review (3/5) (NA) Dreamscape by Christie Rich – Review (3/5) (YA) All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill – Review…

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    July Wrap Up

    (YA) = Young Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade / (C) = Children ** Books read in previous months Books Read and Reviewed in July: (YA) Chantress by Amy Butler Greenfield – Review (2/5) (MG) Monsters on the March (Scary School #2) – Review (5/5) ** (MG) The Northern Frights (Scary School #3) by Derek the Ghost – Review (4/5) (A) Snow Day by Dan Maurer – Review (4/5) (A) League of Somebodies by Samuel Sattin – Review (3/5) (A) Love Him or Leave Him by Sara Daniel – Review (4/5) (YA) Land of the Awoken by Ben…

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    Must-have summer reads from the JKS Summer Beach Reads Tour!

    It’s that time of year again. The sun is shining, the temperatures are rising, and we are all shirking our jeans in favor of skirts and shorts :). It’s summer time my friends, and what better way to celebrate than with books?  I am proud to help kick off the Summer Beach Reads Blog Tour by JKSCommunications! Today I’ll be sharing with you some must have teen reads for your beach adventures. TEEN READS LIST All Our Yesterdays by Christin Terrill Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter / Author Website / Amazon “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a…