I’m on the verge of writing again.
I go in spurts. Write wildly. Write nothing. Middle ground? Pfft. So my aim of July is to eat my TBR into submission and then write a book about zombies (what? I’ve always wanted to try zombies…). The TBR-diminishing is going well! I’m not going to the library. I’m not on Netgally. I’m not requesting. I love books, I honestly do, but I am looking forward to a break of them. Because: zombies! So much excitement!
I’m linking up with Tynga’s Reviews for the meme Stacking The Shelves! And also Caffeinated Book Reviewer for Sunday Post! Basically: you recount books you’ve won/bought/collected this week.
Thanks for Messenger of Fear! I can’t even begin to say how excited I am for this one! Because a) Michael Grant is the best and b) I really really wanted to read this and I actually got a copy and c) IT IS UNBOUND! I don’t know why that makes me excited. But it does.
Thanks to Hachette for Boy21! This was a complete surprise…but the best kind. My feels broke in Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, and I love The Silver Linings Playbook movie (confession: haven’t read the book yet), so when this landed in my mailbox I GOT MILDLY HAPPY.
I won Writing Clementine from the Stephanie and Eugenia @ Chasm of Books. Aren’t they the best?! Although I confess, every time I look at the cover I start singing, Oh me darlin’, oh me darlin’, oh me daaaarlin’ Clementine. Sorry.
And then, thanks to Scholastic, I got Sinner. I…I need a moment, okay? I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS BOOK IN MY SHELVES. IT IS ACTUALLY MINE. OH OH OH. WORDS FAIL ME RIGHT NOW, OKAY? This is my favourite author and one of my favourite series, okay? Okay.
I tweeted my failing of words to Maggie Steifvater (who I’ve never ever tweeted before because she’s aaamazing and therefore I’m shy) and she answered! FANGIRLING MOMENT HERE. ‘SCUSE ME.
Occasionally I prowl through NetGalley and request books and get denied. BUT! Miracles happen and these publishers had a moment of weakness for me.
Thanks to Hachette Children’s for The Hit. Which is actually Boy Nobody or I Am The Weapon. Take your pick. Because I am so so so confused as to what this book’s title is.
Thanks to HarperCollins for Falling into Place. I really wanted to read this one, because I followed the author’s (teen writer!) journey from being agented to drafting new books to signing! Exciting, right?!
Thanks to Random House for Are You Seeing Me? Which is about disabilities and road-trips and I requested it in a moment of weakness. It looks fabulous and the cover…I am possibly in love with the cover.
tuesday – Did you know I used to play violin? I blather about it, as well as review Broken Strings, which was full of mistakes.
[click on the covers to go to Goodreads]
I promise a lot of these are actually really short, that’s why there’s so many. But it was still an epic reading week! TWO 5-star reads! When does that ever happen?!!
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown: Both NevilleGirl and Miriam promised me I’d like this. Guess what? I did! [4-stars]
It’s Kind of a Funny Story: Which Emily said is brilliant. She was right. But it was sad, too, ohhh, very sad and relatable. [4-stars]
Dangerous Girls: Which Charnell said was brilliant (and consquentally gave to me because she. is. so. nice) and GUESS WHAT? It was. Mind blowing. I am still in shock. [5-stars]
Sinner: Which I said to myself it will be brilliant. AND IT WAS. It was so fabulous! I adored being back with Cole and Isabel. [5-stars]
As Red As Blood: I loved this! Finnish mystery. Black coffee. Murder. What mare can you want? [4-stars]
Falling Into Place: Again. LOVED. Although it was pretty depressing. [4-stars]
The Seventh Miss Hatfield: Aaaand here comes the weekly raincloud. Ugh. What even was this?! [1-star]
Since I signed up for Instagram, I’ve taken more pictures of my gorgeous little books. So why not share them here? I love books! I love photography! Confetti! It’s a parade!
These are my yellow books.
I don’t usually have room to post all reviews on the blog…so I want to know what YOU want me to post about. Plus: deciding what to read is hard. You do the dirty work. That’s what you’re here for.
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Ooh I am still awating my copy of Messenger of Fear though I am starting to think it also got lost in the mail (my mail has been very weird lately. turns out a lot of books that i was meant to receive never even reached my house *side eyes post man*) so yeah *sighs* I also got Sinner! It's so pretty in person and I seriously cannot wait to dig into it. Have a lovely week, Cait! <33
Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead has to be my favourite read this week. Man it was amazing. Hope you have fun reading!
I've been looking at some of these for myself! Hope you enjoy them.
Those are some really nice pictures. My best read of the week was undoubtedly The Hiding Place, which is Corrie ten Boom's memoir. That was beyond amazing and beyond touching.
You got some interesting books. I always love when a surprise comes in the mail. That's always great.GraceBooks of Love
Books, pretty books!I have a copy of Writing Clementine which I am yet to read due to my teetering TBR pile–but I am supersuper excited about. I will be curious to see what you think about that one!
Michael Grant! I haven't read Gone yet whoops… I will read that series before Messenger Of Fear I SWEAR. I think we must have a similar reading speed (Cait), as I started reading in March and have read nearly 80 books now – long blogging break. Can you believe I didn't read for over a year? Talk about burn out. :/Under The Mountain
Mail can be weird. I saw most people stacking Sinner last week, but I only got it mid-this week. For goodness sakes, I'm still in NSW! Where did it go?! For a post-office holiday?? -_-
I've seen a lot of hype about that one going around the internet-world!
I sometimes stare at them too, just eyeball them on my bookshelves and croon "preciousss" like Gollum did to the Ring.
That is such a good book! The movie was really…I'm going to say "awful" but not in the it-was-made-badly just I-couldn't-sleep-after. It was so so sad.
Mail surprises are hit and miss usually but I WAS SQUEEING WITH HAPPINESS AT THIS WEEK'S SURPRISES.
Their prettiness just makes me happy. I really really like taking pictures of books. IT IS MY NEW FAVOURITE THING. Ugh to those teetering TBRs, they're just a bit scary, right? Mine is down to 15 which is actually quite good and I'm not stressing about it so much. Which sounds warped because 15 is still a lot.
Michael Grant is awesome. XD I read all the Gones but I didn't actually try the BZRK series. I think I will though. Ohhh, that is quite the burn out. 😐 I think we probably are similar, since you said you read 5 books a week? I try for that. But when I'm super motivated, I can crank it to 6. A break will be nice, though. 😉
Ooh zombies! I've always wanted to write a zombie book myself but just never found the time or motivation to do it! Good luck! I'm trying to tackle my tbr now that my reading slump finally seems to be over, so you go kick some tbr butt!
I've never ever done it and I've dabbled in almost every other YA genre so IT IS TIME. (Although my sister's sworn never to read it.) Yay for the ends of reading slumps!!
Wonderful books this week. So glad that you loved Sinner…it was wonderful 🙂 Seriously, all of Maggie's books are awesome. Good job on keeping your TBR stack down. I need to work on that too. Hopefully you feel tons of motivation to write 🙂
Ohhh, she's just the best writer of the world. I'm 100% certain. Usually I feel meh about at least one book by an author who's written a lot, but not hers. They're like all 4-5 stars. x)
The Hit is retitled from Boy Nobody and The Mission is retitled The Lost Mission, but also know as I am The Mission. It's confusing, but as long as you pay attention to the numbers, you're good, and the series is fantastic! This weeks been mad busy with the reading and the planning and the read-a-thon-ing, but it's been good 🙂 You read a lot this week, you should be proud! 😀
Hehe, I am secretly pleased. x) And that tbr is getting tiny and I'm HAPPY. But seriously, The Hit/Mission/Nobody is quite confusing me. I wish authors/publishers wouldn't change their book titles. Covers I can handle. Titles mess me up. I wanted to read The Moment Collector and The Vanishing Season until I figured they were the same book. -_-
MAGGIE REPLIED TO YOUR TWEET CAIT? *fangirls with you!* And lucky you for getting an ARC of Sinner! You deserve it! <3And LOL about The Hit! Give us a firm title please! Hopefully you enjoy it though! And I just finished Falling Into Place and I echo your thoughts exactly. The writing was beautiful, but it seems we agree that it was a bit too "tell-y," you know? Still, a very worthy debut!And I can't believe Abigail Haas can't get a US book deal for Dangerous Boys. She's such a talented writer, and it's a shame her books are being underread because they are so. darn. good!Thanks for sharing & happy reading! <3
I'M STILL BASICALLY FADSJFLKADSJF. I always freak out about tagging authors on twitter. What if it annoys them? Omg, what if it BOTHERS them? I still don't know the answer, hehe, but I was very very excited to get a reply. And personally I think "Boy Nobody" is a way better title than "The Hit." No one asked my opinion when they changed it, obviously. I was so so surprised about Abigail Haas' books not being that popular. I thought they must beg MEGA famous because they're just that good.
I have The Hit for review as well, I know a lot of people loved it so I'm excited.
Same! I saw people liking it, and what can I say? I swim with the crowd.
Looks like got some awesome books this week 😀 I hope Matthew Quick's new book lives up to expectations!The fact that Abigail Haas can't get a book deal in the US is very sad 🙁 Such a talented writer! Dangerous Girls was so incredibly good and super awesome. And thanks for linking to my post 😀 <33
SO DO I!! *flails a little* He's a really epic contemporary writer and this one just sounds sooo good. I didn't even know it existed!
So many pretty books, don't mind if I just sit and drool over them! I really hope you enjoy your reads! They look like a lot of fun. I'm hoping to finally read some Maggie Stiefvater this summer. I've heard great things.
It's okay, I'm practically drooling over them myself. Soooo beautiful. #happiness. If you want to hear MORE great things about Maggie Stiefvater I can talk your ear off. Her books are brilliant.
Look at those books! I've never read from Michael Grant before, but I really want to! (Do I start with Eve & Adam or Gone?) I haven't read from Matthew Quick, either. 🙁 But I watched like 5 minutes of The Sliver Linings Playbook! 😀 All of his books have fun-looking covers. Sinner! I DNFed Shiver, but I've heard good things about Sinner. 🙂 I need to pick up Dangerous Girls to start fangirling with you and my PH blogger friends! Oooh and *follows on Instagram*
Gone. Definitely Gone. Eve & Adam I enjoyed, but it's kind of cheesey. Hehe. xD The Silver Linings Playbook is incredible and although I couldn't help thinking of Katniss the ENTIRE time. I'm not sure Sinner would be interesting if you didn't like Shiver?
Oh no, The Seventh Miss Hatfield was terrible? Now I'm depressed as I've been so excited to read that for months now 🙁 What went wrong?Thea @ Gizzimomo's Book Shelf
Aw, sorry! You might like it! DON'T LISTEN TO JUST ME! I had trouble with the premise, personally, I just found it a bit random with kind of disturbing themes. But if you like period dramas, you'll probably enjoy it!
What a lovely post! Really enjoyed reading it. It's cool that Maggie replied to your tweet. ^^ This week I haven't read ANY good books. 🙁 I've only given 1 and 2 stars unfortunately. There is this Everything Leads to You that wasn't BAD but gave it 2 stars. Glad you have a ''4-5 stars'' week though! 😀 Happy reading!Lola @ Hit or Miss Books
Ugh, don't you hate weeks like that?? They're rotten. Make me not feel like reading. But I'm all pumped up with reading atm because I've hit so many good ones!
I'm so jealous of Sinner! I keep seeing it and its pretty cover every time I walk into the bookshop, and it's so tempting to buy it. Sadly, I'm trying not to get any new books at the moment. Also, your yellow books look so pretty!
Don't worry! I get having to resist the temptation! It is gorgeous and I absolutely adore it..hehe. So it's worth it. 😉 YAY FOR YELLOW BOOKS. I'm having a lot of fun on instagram.
Ahhhh that is so exciting that that author replied to your tweet! I would have been freakin' out too! That's exciting. I wish I could get through as many books as you and Mime do, man! I am such a slow reader. I swear I've only read like, two or three books this year. *hides under desk* XD
I'm still fangirling quietly. x) I'm a speed-reader and if I don't like the book, I read faster…which is bad, maybe? *hides under desk with you*
Lol, lovely notes again 😉 I don't think I have yellow books but yours look so pretty on that photo 😀My new pretties 🙂
I didn't realise I had enough yellow books to even MAKE a decent photo. But apparently it's not an unpopular colour. 😉
Falling into Place was SO GOOD!I am happy you liked the book by a Finnish author – great to see some Finnish authors getting translation deals in the YA genre :)Good luck with the writing!
Yay, I agree! It's awesome to see some writers who aren't just English. And I was really happy with Falling into Place. I've wanted to read it for AGES and so I was a little worried it wouldn't live up to expectations. But nope. It was awesome. x)
I admit that I started to request The Hit but all of the title changes made me hesitate for some reason and then I didn't. I really enjoyed Falling Into Place and Boy 21 looks really interesting and I loved Leonard Peacock!
I've just been curious for ages, so I went ahead, but honestly the title changes were REALLY frustrating. And I'm still secretly worried I've got the sequel or something instead of the first.
Thanks for the shout-out! It's so nice of you to mention SOI in your blog post:)And I just thought that you should know that you and your love of Maggie Stiefvater has been a very strong influence in me reading Maggie Stiefvater, haha. I just finished The Raven Boys, and I really enjoyed it!
I like your blog! I LOVE IT! Ohhh my gosh, I'm really really happy that you tried Maggie Stiefvater!! ISN'T SHE AMAZING?!! *throws confetti and cake*
I have always wanted to read Maggie Stiefvater's books but always seem to not have the opportunity. Great haul.
They are awesome. They are fantastic. I recommend them a lot. Yes.
You have so many good books! I only have Messenger of Fear from your line-up, and I'm not planning to read that anytime soon with the US release date kinda still weeks away, but I'm excited to see what you think of it! I know what you mean by Boy Nobody… err, I Am The Weapon… errr… The Hit. Man, so many names I can't even. I wish they only stuck to one… it's so confusing now, and there are people out there who are pretty anal on getting the same versions and stuff! Do you think there are people who bought all three? o.oFaye at The Social Potato Reviews
It's still kind of fair away for Australia too, I believe? I'm not sure it'll be my top read. Hehe. I'm neck-deep in The Book Thief at the moment and that's slowing me down nicely. Ugh to all the names of the Boy Hit Weapon. -_- It's confusing. I would be FURIOUS if I bought it twice or something!
I just love book mail. Obviously, I buy it all for myself, but I can feign a pretty substantial degree of surprise (and a lot of genuine excitement) anyway 😉 I really need Falling Into Place! For some reason, it has just appealed to me since I first heard of it. I also really want to read Messenger of Fear (which I voted for in your poll!) and agree that that (lack of) cover is pretty fun. I am so sad to read about the author of Dangerous Girls not being able to get a book deal! Every blog or review I read about her books is positively glowing (which, upon reading her blog post, I understand is not enough… but still!) so I am definitely going to have to get myself a copy.
Oh that'd be me too, if I ever bought books. I get surprised just remembering what I reserved at the library. Seriously, my notices come in and I'm like, "Wow, what a good idea to read that book! Never would've remembered it!" My brain is swiss cheese, fabulous.Falling into Place was definitely good! GO FOR IT. And I'm excited for Messenger of Fear just because it's Michael Grant. And yesss, it is sad about Abigail Haas, I honestly thought she must be very famous because her books are so good. It makes me want to buy a copy to giveaway or something.
Yay, I am so glad that you enjoyed Sinner, I received that one recently as well and I'm excited to delve into Maggie's beautiful writing! That is awesome that the author tweet you. I still need to read GONE by Michael Grant, I know you will encourage me to read it 🙂 Falling into Place and Are you Seeing me sound pretty good as well, I saw the cover and thought it was pretty striking! Have a lovely week Cait!
YOU KNOW ME TOO WELL. Go on, run off and read Gone and then love it and then tell me you loved it and then read Messenger of Fear. Never say I don't direct people's lives. 😉
Zombies definitely need more love. I adore the White Trash Zombie series.
I've really not read enough zombie books, but I do like the movies. XD
There's something really special about an unbound review copy, I refuse to even stack mine, it's resting neatly on my shelf. Sinner is gorgeous! I liked the Wolves of Mercy Falls series too and looking forward to starting mine soon.Zombies? I'm in. Every one is writing books lately, but no one will let me read them. Cooooome orrrrrrn, let me read one, just one. Pwease?
I know, right?! It makes me feel like it's straight off the author's desk or something. (Don't bust my dreams. I realise authors don't print their own books there's publishing houses and blah blah…but IT MAKES ME FEEL.)Aw, you ask so nicely, but no. It's all for me. I AM SELFISH.
Love your fangirl tweets to Maggie. I love her writing, it gives me shivers. I need Sinner ASAP!And ohhh I didn't realise Amy Zhang had a new book. It has a great cover too, I need to check this one out.Fab haul, enjoy 🙂
It's just brilliant! She has yet to write a book that I haven't given 4-5 stars. XD That's Amy Zhang's first book…you might be thinking of Kat Zhang?
Hooray for Sinner! Can we talk for a minute about how much I love Cole? And Isabel? And Cole and Isabel together? <3 Sinner was one of my must-grabs at BEA and I was so thrilled when I got my hands on it that I *almost* did a cartwheel. I loved it. I find myself lacking words other than that to describe the story, however, so I've yet to review it. I do really need to get around to that soon. Have a great week! My Sunday Post!
OMG YOU WILL LOVE MESSENGER OF FEAR! It is just…. gahh! It's so good. I think I liked it better than Gone. P.S. Death of a Saint is about zombies, and it definitely a must read (first book is Deadlands), it's amazing.
Yay yay yay! I'm so glad that you liked The Coldest Girl in Coldtown! Also, I love the cover of Are You Seeing Me?
Great books! I hope you love them all. Thanks for stopping by!Amber @ Fall Into Books
I think you read mostly YA? Maybe some lit fic? I like your yellow books though. It is a nice way to group them graphically. My Sun PO: http://fangswandsandfairydust.com/2014/07/sunday-…
MESSENGER OF FEAR!!!! Sounds freaking amazing. AND YOU HAVE SINNER, yay! So happy you got it, AND SHE REPLIED BACK TO YOU! The Hit (UK) Boy Nobody (US) and I Am The Weapon (US retitle) all still the first book. :/ I Am the Mission (US #2) & The Mission (UK #2) I think it's in that order. I kind of like all the titles, because they do really fit into the whole story when you think about it after you finish the whole thing. So kudos for titles that actually make sense publishers, BUT STICK TO ONE TITLE. CONFUSING. It is amazing though, very addictive. Haven't read Dangerous Girls yet (though I have it) but freaking LOVED Dangerous Boys and need to recover from it. Mind. Was. Blown. Honestly, I can't believe it though, I mean, she is one of the best thriller writers I've come across, it's just AMKDF. Underrated. 🙁
OK OK I love your books I really, do, and I'm glad you really enjoyed Sinner (and wow author replied!!!) and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (which I'm sure you've noticed I'm planning to read) BUT WAIT.WAIT.WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BOOK THIEFI SWEAR CAIT. IF YOU DON'T RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED I WILL BE MAD.
NEVERMIND I SPECIFICALLY CHECKED ON GOODREADS TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE READING AND I AM HAPPY NOW.
I get such a kick out of authors responding to reviews, especially via twitter. That validation makes those days when posts go unnoticed all worthwhile. 🙂
I loved The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. I've had a couple authors respond to me on twitter and it's fun to hear from them. You got some good books so have fun reading. And writing! I really like your header, too, with the two stick figure girls…very cute.
The Hit/Boy Nobody is AMAZING! I don't generally read thrillers but I read this one and I absolutely adored it!!! HOPE YOU LIKE IT! 😀
That's cool about Maggie Steifvater! I haven't read any of her books. Yet. I know, I'm a total slacker. It'll eventually happen though. Enjoy the rest of your books!
Dangerous girls sounds good, hope you enjoy. Have a great week!
Dangerous Girls was amazing!!! I just finished Dangerous Boys and it was good too. Happy reading!
I also write in spurts and I'd love to get back into mine but I'm also working on my TBR pile but if I could only stop adding to it. Oh well….Have a great week.
I'm so trying not to add to mine. I'm happy that it's shrinking, I'll tell you that!
OMG OMG OMG Boy Nobody/ I Am the Weapon/(and now The Hit apparently?) (how many titles can one book possibly get?? LOL) I LOVE THAT SERIES SO FAR!! I've gobbled books one and two down like candy and I want moarrrrrrrrrrr.. ok I'll try to contain myself 😀 I've only read one book of Matthew Quick's but I liked it and I still haven't seen Silver Linings Playbook but I WANT to and I WANT to read the book too! It looks awesome! The book I read was called The Good Luck of Right Now 😀 I haven't read anything by Maggie S. but she is awesome on twitter and I want to read one of her books one of these days!Also, Messenger of Fear looks amazingtastic and unbound is cool! I'm gonna check that one out on goodreads, see if it's my thing.. but the title implies it is.. mwuahahAre you seeing me sounds like an awesome premise.. also going to be checking that out on goodreads! And Dangerous Girls and As Red as Blood – added to the wishlist, DONE and DONE.
bahahaha I went to goodreads and realized I already HAVE As Red as Blood, I got it last week I think? LOL I just didn't recognize your cover.. or the author apparently. 😀
Haha to Red as Blood!! OH WELL. At least you know it definitely appeals, right?! XD I'm loving the UK and US covers of that one..I can't even pick a favourite. Oh and Messenger of Fear just looks delicious. I don't know what it is about unbound but it just makes me feel like a spweshul snowflake or something. I HAVE AN UNBOUND BOOK! HUZZAH.
YES WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOREVER. I mean, I love Sam and Grace so much, but Cole/Isabel always stole the show. They're banter is the most epic thing ever and, I confess, I was a little worried before I started…but IT WAS AMAZING.
YAYAYA!!! That's what I want to hear. And we know how much I adored that one. ^-^ I actually own Death of a Saint, but I couldn't find the first one anywhere. 😐
Isn't it awesome? It's kind of like that simplistic sort of cover…it just calls to me. x)
There's a 99.9% chance that I will love them.
I do read all YA!
I AM STILL FREAKING OUT WITH HAPPINESS THAT I GOT A REPLY. I mean eeeeeep! And I'm always up for a Michael Grant read, though, confession: I have not read BZRK yet.Ohh! Thanks for explaining those titles. That does make sense. I feel like the titles feel a bit generic (like "The Hit") but so long as they reflect the book, I'm good! ONE TITLE THOUGH PLEASE. Ugh. It's hard.
OKAY. GOOD. YOU'RE STALKING ME SUFFICIENTLY. I'm nearly done. Only 100 pages to go!! EEEEP and AFDJSLKAFD it is very very good.
Oh it does! It does! And I mean, I don't expect them to answer, because I'm sure they're really busy writing awesome stuff…but I really love that they do.
Isn't it awesome?! Just makes me feel so epic…eeeh they responded to ME. Aw, thanks! My sister drew our header. xD
I think I'm the only person who hasn't read any Maggie Stiefvater! D: I really need to fix that soon. I love the cover of Falling into Place and Do You See Me? Both sound like great reads!Oh, Coldest Girl in Coldtown, unfortunately me and it did not get along so well, haha. But I'm glad to hear that you still enjoyed it. Hope you enjoy your new books and have an awesome week, Cait!
You do need to fix that. 😉 Although I hope you like it when you do read it…hehe, I rave about it SO much I must be a little annoying sometimes, lol. Aw, sad to hear you didn't like TCGiC. The beginning I found a little slow, but I was fully in love by the end. Gavriel was sweet and I love his quote about the books.
I hope I like it too! And I love thrillers and mysteries so I'm pretty sure it's going to be an epic one. XD
I RECOMMEND THEM.
It was good. It was dangerous. Fairly mind-blowing too.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I want to read Dangerous Boys so so badly now.
I love your pics!! 🙂 So pretty. I'm totally fangirling with you. It's so amazing when an author responds to your tweet. Recently Leigh Bardugo responded to mine and I was like *CREAMING* So yeah I get it. Also I'm tying to stay away from NG as well I really need to catch up with all the books I already have. Great post, Cait 🙂
*hi fives for fangirling* OHHH LEIGH BARDUGO??!! YOU'RE AMAZING. That would be epically exciting. XD
I have Messenger of Fear and Sinner but I haven't read them yet. I loved Coldest Girl, I hope you did too 🙂 Happy reading and thanks for stopping by!
I did! 4-stars for me! I just had a bit of issue with the slower beginning, and wondering where it was all going, but the ending won me over completely. 😉
I see you read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown.. my goodreads book club is actually discussing that book this month if you want to check it out: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_folder/2351… (shameless plug) but seriously stop by if you want. How fun that an author tweeted you back!! So so fun!
Haha! I'll check it out for sure. 😉 THANKS for that link!
I am not ashamed to admit it, I am a little jealous of that beautiful copy of Sinner 🙂 But I am happy you received a copy, and that you enjoyed it.And YAYYYYY for the tweet from Maggie! *fangirls with you*
Ohhh, I hope you get a chance to read it, Kristy! IT'S SO GOOD. I'm very very lucky I know.
I like never post on Instagram. I should use it or just delete that account. 🙁 Yay for the Maggie love, both yours and hers. So much awesome. And I love that cover for Are You Seeing Me? WIN! Hope you enjoy all your new reads!!!
I'm so new on instagram it's a massive novelty. Hehe. Although I do have quite the gymnastics to take photos on my parents' nikon and then transfer them to my ipod…but STILL. I'm loving it. XD
I loved The Silver Linings Playbook – I also have Boy 21 sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read! I hope you do give SLP (the book) a try at some point. The movie had the same feel, but the book was different enough that I was glad to have read it. I watched the movie first, and it was still a great read! I'll be interested to see what you think of Boy Nobody. I read that last year and still am not entirely sure of what I think! Grats on your 7-book week – I finished 5 and thought I was a rock star! Which I clearly am, but you're obviously, like, Mick Jagger or Beyonce or something.
I will definitely try SLP just because I love comparing things to their movies, too. 😉 And if the movie was a total win, then the book should be too, right?! YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR. I'm just insane. CUCKOO mostly.
yay! I have Messenger of Fear on my shelf but I haven't read it yet! Love the yellow instagram pic and can't wait to hear your thoughts on Boy 21. Thanks for stopping by Becoming Books.- meghann
I'm really seriously excited for Boy21. I didn't even know it existed!!
I'm reading Messenger of Fear right now, and OH MAN! It's REALLY good! You should read that one next!Lisa
Yaay for so many exciting books!!! You're just getting me so excited to read Sinner. I'm literally considering just dropping everything and reading it now. :O Congratulations on winning the giveaway! Isn't it such a cool feeling when chance goes your way? I really need to read a Mathew Quick book one day as well. I've heard a lot about his books but I've just never felt the need to read something by him until now. 😀