Stacking the Shelves (58)

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I did not buy any books this week I did however get a book from my Christmas gift cards.

Gifted

Unravel Me- Tahereh Mafi

Borrowed from the library

Level 2- Lenore Appelhans

What We Saw At Night- Jacquelyn Mitchard

What did you get in your mailbox?

Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves

Title: Dear Teen Me
Author: Multiple authors
Source: Borrowed from the library
Series: N/A
Rating: 4/5















Dear Teen Me includes advice from over 70 YA authors (including Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder, to name a few) to their teenage selves. The letters cover a wide range of topics, including physical abuse, body issues, bullying, friendship, love, and enough insecurities to fill an auditorium. So pick a page, and find out which of your favorite authors had a really bad first kiss? Who found true love at 18? Who wishes he’d had more fun in high school instead of studying so hard? Some authors write diary entries, some write letters, and a few graphic novelists turn their stories into visual art. And whether you hang out with the theater kids, the band geeks, the bad boys, the loners, the class presidents, the delinquents, the jocks, or the nerds, you’ll find friends--and a lot of familiar faces--in the course of Dear Teen Me.

It's really hard to write a review of a book that is essentially a collection of diaries. I feel like I am being slightly intrusive and getting an inside look into people's personal lives.

I really liked this book because there is a lot of things I would like to tell my teen self. I would tell myself not to worry that the boy you meet in the 9th grade will one day be the one you are getting married to and that your friends will stand by you no matter what and I would also tell myself I was going to lose my mom way to soon and it will hurt a lot but you will get through it.

This book was really touching, there was some really sad stories but I loved each one. I do not miss being a teenager. I miss not having as many worries and being care free but I am so glad I am out of high school and mostly acting like an adult.

Scarlet- Marissa Meyer

Title: Scarlet
Author: Marissa Meyer
Source: From the publisher
Series: Yes
Rating: 5/5













Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.

As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.

This review contains spoilers if you have not read Cinder which I suggest you do immediately since it is amazing, 

I am going to confess this right now. I liked this more than Cinder. This never happens. I normally love the first book the most but for whatever reason this book has decided to make me break the trend. This series just gets better and better. Amazing.

Scarlet is on the hunt for her grandmother who has gone missing. She tries talking to the police but they think her grandmother has committed suicide or has taken off for good and was not kidnapped. As Scarlet is preparing to start her search she meets a boy named Wolf who offers to help her find her grandmother. As Scarlet and Wolf are searching for her grandmother there path crosses with Cinder. I missed Cinder and Kai but most of all Iko. I am so glad she is back. 

Scarlet has a short fuse and loses her temper easily. She is very mistrusting of Wolf but slowly they start to trust each other and there is some romance involved. Cinder is stuck in jail trying to figure out how she can escape and help Kai. Queen Levana is still threatening to invade earth if Kai refuses to marry her or if she cannot execute Cinder. There was not much from Kai this book which made me a little sad but the ending did not leave me being his biggest fan. 

The story mostly revolves around Scarlet and Wolf but Cinder make an appearance and the story of her continues. Kai makes the occasional appearance but not as much as I wanted. I miss him. Queen Levana reveals a little more of her past which I hope will be revealed further in future books.

I cannot state enough how amazing this book was. Cinder fans will be swept off there feet. It is just so good.  I need the third book.

Stacking the Shlelves (57)

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I got a ton of books this week but I only paid for one and it was on sale for $5.99. I am quite proud of myself. I have even already finished reading it to make myself feel better about buying it.

Bought on Credit

A Discovery of Witches- Deborah Harkness
Let The Great World Spin- Colum McCann (I had a copy but someone borrowed it and never brought it back)

Gifted- Thanks to my amazing fiancée

Cinder- Melissa Meyer

Bought New

White Horse- Alex Adams

Borrowed from the Library

Gates of Paradise- Melissa De La Cruz
The Arrival- Shaun Tan
Maus- Art Spiegelman
Janie Face to Face- Caroline B. Cooney
The Demon's Lexicon- Sarah Rees Brennan


What did you get in your mailbox?

January Wrap-up/ February TBR

This month I feel like I accomplished a lot this month. I got a lot of reading done and I also did a lot of wedding planning. Yay Me. I read 19 books to start the year off. 

This month I read...
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- Sherman Alexie
Bro Code for Parents: What to Expect When You're Awesome - Barney Stinson
The Farm- Emily McKay

Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayers

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) – Lemony Snicket

Harriet the Spy- Louise Fitzhugh 

Dear Teen Me- Multiple Authors

The Peach Keeper- Sarah Addison Allen

The Eternal Ones- Kristen Miller

Just One Day- Gayle Forman

Shut Out- Kody Keplinger

Audrey, Wait!- Robin Benway

Glitches- Melissa Meyer

There is No Dog- Meg Rosoff
The Woman In White- Willkie Collins
White Horse- Alex Adams
Shift- Jeri Smith-Ready
The Arrival- Shaun Tan
Maus-Art Spiegelman

In February I hope to read...

One Day- David Nicholls

Vesper- Jeff Sampson

Charmed Thirds- Megan McCafferty
Lullaby- Amanda Hocking
Janie Face to Face- Caroline B. Cooney
The Demon's Lexicon- Sarah Rees Brennan (Audio)