Feature and Follow Friday: 8/21/15

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

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This Week's Question:

If you could have any animal in the world as a pet, what would you pick? Fictional ones count too!

Answer:

I think I would want a horse like Blackjack from the Percy Jackson series. I mean how awesome would it be to have a talking horse that flies??? TOTALLY AWESOME!

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Feature and Follow Friday: 08/14/15

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

• (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
• (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
• Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
• Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
• If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
• Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
• If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers
• If you’re new to the follow Friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

This Week's Question:

If you could have an endless supply of food what would it be?

Answer:

This question is hard for me because I pretty much ADORE foods of all kinds. The problem is, I do get tired of routines very easily, so it would have to be a food I REALLY enjoy and could eat forever. I guess in that case I'm going to have to go with probably either oranges or mangos. Ugh! So good! I could eat about ten of each in one sitting.

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Feature and Follow Friday: 08/07/15

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

• (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
• (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
• Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
• Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
• If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
• Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
• If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers
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This Week's Question:

If you could have 3 wishes granted, what would they be??

Answer:

1.) An Amazon gift card with an infinite amount of money on it

2.) The power to waterbend

(Yes, like they do in The Last Airbender. I'm obsessed)

3.)  Long successful lives for my friends and family

(I feel like if I did not add this last one in you guys would probably think I'm am materialistic and selfish person)

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Stacking the Shelves & Confession Saturday: Gale Hawthorne

So I usually do a Stacking the Shelves post on Saturday, but I have also found a cool new weekly feature from The Reading Armchair that I really liked. So I thought it would be great to just combine the two every week into one post. First I will show the books I have gotten in the last week and then it will be my letter to a fictional character. Two for the price of one!

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where you can show off all the new books you have acquired in the following week.

Books for Review:

Recorder and Randsell by Meme Higashiya

Warren the 13th by Tania del Rio

(Both were sent by the publishers through Netgalley)

Bought:

Slide by Jill Hathaway

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

From the Library:

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen

Confession Saturday is a weekily feature hosted by The Reading Armchair. Basically each week you write a letter to any character out of a book addressing your thoughts towards them and letting them know what you think of them. This looked so much fun and I hope you will decide to join in too! There is a linky on The Reading Armchair's post.

This Week's Character:

Gale Hawthorne

From:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

*WARNING: This letter contains spoilers for all books in the Hunger Games Trilogy and contains ranting and sass. Read at your own risk.*

Dear Gale,

          I feel like I have been on the fence with you through out my time reading the Hunger Games Trilogy, but I believe the end of Mockingjay is where I cut it off. I really did want to love you Gale, but it just didn't work out because of you being....you.

          Let me be honest with you here, you were really nothing special to me in the first book. Now don't get me wrong here. I thought you were a good friend and you gave Katniss a good pep talk before the Games, so I made a note that you were an honorable person. That's about where it ends for my feelings and attention towards you in the first book. And I know you are not to blame because you were not very present..or should I say important for most of the first book, so let us have no hard feelings here.

          Now book #2, Catching Fire, is when things got complicated. I am not going to act like I had a problem with your sudden confession of love to Katniss, but let's be real here, you really muddled things up. I mean really? Why did you wait so long to show these feelings? Why did it take Katniss "pretending" or should I say being in love with Peeta to get you to wake up? Get it together man! You know what? I actually felt sorry for you. You made me confused and conflicted. I didn't know if I was Team Gale or Team Peeta. Then came the part where you asked/begged Katniss to run away with you. It was all so irrational, yet really cute and even pretty funny. This is about the time where I actually began to have some adoration and respect towards you. At the time, I did not believe it was wise for you and Katniss to run away, but by the time it was announced that Katniss would be going into the Hunger Games a second time, I sure wished you had left. Oh and that dreadful whipping scene broke my heart! I could not bare to see you in such an awful position being tortured by the capital.

          This is where we get to the 3rd book, Mockingjay, where the real issues I had toward you become apparent. I just don't know what happened to the funny, cute, thoughtful Gale from the first two books. Some how you grew distant and I did not like it AT ALL. I guess it might be because you were all wrapped up in the revolution and ready to get revenge against the capital, but still... Even through most of Mockingjay, I had faith that you would go back to the Gale I loved. Then I get to the end of the book and see that Katniss and Peeta are together and you are off being all important and what not. That is great and all that you are successful but are you serious??? No goodbye? No catch you later? No letter to see how Katniss is doing? TO THIS VERY DAY, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU JUST DISAPPEARED LIKE THAT! Ok I get it. It was probably best that you left, so Katniss and Peeta could be together, but you could of at least said SOMETHING...ANYTHING. Are you mad at Katniss? Sad? Do you not like her anymore? No one knows! So I'm done with you. This is where I cut it off. Holding all these confused feelings for so many years cannot be healthy.

                                                                                   Sincerely,

                                                                                   Chioma

Waiting on Wednesday: The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow

Hosted by: Breaking the Spine

Publication Date: September 22, 2015
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction



A world battered by climate shift and war turns to an ancient method of keeping peace: the exchange of hostages. The Children of Peace - sons and daughters of kings and presidents and generals - are raised together in small, isolated schools called Prefectures. There, they learn history and political theory, and are taught to gracefully accept what may well be their fate: to die if their countries declare war.

Greta Gustafsen Stuart, Duchess of Halifax and Crown Princess of the Pan-Polar Confederation, is the pride of the North American Prefecture. Learned and disciplined, Greta is proud of her role in keeping the global peace — even though, with her country controlling two-thirds of the world’s most war-worthy resource — water — she has little chance of reaching adulthood alive. 

Enter Elián Palnik, the Prefecture’s newest hostage and biggest problem. Greta’s world begins to tilt the moment she sees Elián dragged into the school in chains. The Prefecture’s insidious surveillance, its small punishments and rewards, can make no dent in Elián, who is not interested in dignity and tradition, and doesn’t even accept the right of the UN to keep hostages. 

What will happen to Elián and Greta as their two nations inch closer to war?

Hold on a second. Can we just take a moment to appreciate how AWESOME this synopsis sounds? I mean if that right there does not explain why I am so excited for this book to be released, I do not know what will! Mark your calendars because it comes out in a little less than 2 months from now! Wow I didn't realize how long that actually is *tear* 

Feature and Follow 7/24/15

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The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it’ll allow us to show off more new blogs!

• (Required) Follow the Follow My Book Blog Friday Hosts {Parajunkee & Alison Can Read}
• (Required) Follow our Featured Bloggers
• Put your Blog name & URL in the Linky thing. You can also grab the code if you would like to insert it into your posts.
• Grab the button up there and place it in a post, this post is for people to find a place to say “hi” in your comments and that they are now following you.
• If you are using WordPress or another CMS that doesn’t have GFC (Google Friends Connect) state in your posts how you would like to be followed
• Follow Follow Follow as many as you can, as many as you want, or just follow a few. The whole point is to make new friends and find new blogs. Also, don’t just follow, comment and say hi. Another blogger might not know you are a new follower if you don’t say “HI”
• If someone comments and says they are following you, be a dear and follow back. Spread the Love…and the followers
• If you’re new to the follow Friday hop, comment and let me know, so I can stop by and check out your blog!

This Week's Question:

What is your favorite movie?

Answer:

How can I only pick one??? How about I show you my top 3 instead? Ugh...even only picking three is very hard! Basically all my favorite movies are ones having to do with song and dance. I just really like great music and choreography. So my favorites are....

Step Up 3D

High School Musical 2

(actually all of the HSMs but especially the 2nd one)

The Sound of Music

 

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Way to Never by O. E. Boroni

Hosted by: Breaking the Spine

Series: The Never Trilogy #2
Publication Date: July 25, 2015
Publisher: Wave Corporation
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance

*WARNING: This synopsis contain spoilers for the first book The Beginning of Never by E.O. Boroni so read at your own risk!*

Nathan Roque first met Lenora Baker, a beautiful, exasperating, and bitter girl when she was just fifteen years old. He fell so deeply in love with her that he suspected that in his lifetime, nothing else could ever mirror the kind of commitment that she drew out of him. But she is left heartbroken when an unfortunate incident drives them apart.

Thirteen years later, he sets out to reach out to her when he can no longer resist the consuming thoughts of her that have haunted him for so long. However, the same demons that caused him to let go of her in the first place are still holding him back. But when he is thrust into a situation where he has no choice but to become professionally involved with her, a Pandora’s Box of angst, resentment, and passion is unleashed.

Now they are forced to make the decision on how to proceed. But will it justify the one that they made in the past, or will it mock it?

As some of you may already know, I am very much a fan of YA contemporary romance novels (Especially when they are by people like Rainbow Rowell and Stephanie Perkins). I was really interested in this series after I saw the synopsis for the first book and I picked it up. I very much enjoying the first book and I actually posted a review for it yesterday. Check it out here. I am so ready to continue on to this next book because I need to know what happens next to the characters. The last book just left me heart broken. Only 3 more days!



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Stacking the Shelves #4

So before I get started with the books I must say a few things.

Thank You So Much To Everyone Who Has Followed This Blog! It Has Reached....

120 Blog Followers!!!

Like whaaat? I am so thankful and excited! I totally remember when I had only 1 follower (lol).

I will definitely be doing a GIVEAWAY at 200 (Oh and its going to be good; You just wait!)

Next thing is....

I Created A Goodreads Group!

YA Book Blogger & Booktuber Buddies
21 members

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This group was created to help book bloggers and booktubers make friends and support each other. This group is meant to be a family of YA bloggers and youtubers who give advice and help promote those who are a part of this group. This is the place to come for support, blogger/booktube help, tips and tricks, book news, collaborations, co-bloggers, co-vloggers, buddy reads, readathon host help and many more things.

I would really appreciate it if you guys went and checked it out!

Now On To The Books I Got This Week

For Review

 

Believarexic by J.J.J. Johnson - Edelweiss
A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel - Edelweiss
Beyond Reach (True Calling #2) by Soibhan Davis - Netgalley


Bought

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Incendiary by Chris Cleave

Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

The Other Normals by Ned Vizzini

A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

(All From Book Outlet)

From the Library

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Prodigy by Mary Lu

Thank you guys again. Definitely link your Stacking the Shelves posts in the comments so I can check them out. Also, let me know what you think I should read first.
You Should Probably Go Check Out: How to Reduce the Number of Unread Books You Own

Waiting on Wednesday: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Hosted by: Breaking the Spine

Series: To Kill a Mockingbird #2
Publication Date: July 14, 2015
Publisher: Harper
Genre: Literary Fiction



Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.

Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.

Ok so yes, this book just came out yesterday, but I feel that it still needs to be mentioned. I have literally been dying to have this book in my hands ever since they announced its release date earlier this year. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED the book To Kill a Mockingbird and I was so ecstatic to hear a sequel was finally being published for it. To Kill a Mockingbird will always be a part of my all time favorite books, and it is a book I feel EVERYONE should read at least once at some point in their life. You already know that this book is currently in my possesion and will be read ASAP. Expect a review soon!