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Tag: Sci-Fi

Book Reviews, Dystopian, Sci-Fi

Echoes of War- Cheryl Campbell

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 aliciareadsit

Publication Date: September 10, 2019 Publisher: SparkPress Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 384 Dates Read: September 14-16, 2019 Format: eARC and Paperback provided by NetGalley & Publisher

Tagged Adult Fiction, Dystopian, Fiction, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction2 Comments
Book Reviews, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, YA

Before the Broken Star- Emily R. King

August 14, 2019 aliciareadsit

Publication Date: June 1, 2019 Publisher: Amazon Publishing Genre: YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi Pages: 300 Dates Read: August 11-14, 2019 Format: Paperback

Tagged Emily R King, Fantasy, Fiction, Sci-Fi, YA, YA Fantasy, YA Fiction, YA Sci-Fi2 Comments
Book Reviews, Sci-Fi, YA

Aurora Rising- Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman

July 15, 2019July 22, 2019 aliciareadsit

Publication Date: May 7, 2019 Publisher: Knopf Books Genre: Sci-Fi Pages: 470 Dates Read: July 7-8, 2019 Format: Hardcover

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📚Happy Sunday📚 . 🤔QOTD: Why did you start your book account? . I started this account to be able to just share my love of books, and share reviews with like-minded book nerds like myself! . My life has been super crazy busy lately (as is the norm for this time of year for me), so I had taken a few steps back from posting, but am trying to be more consistent now. . Do you ever struggle with time-management? I am seriously the worst with my time management 😂 Especially this time of year. I never seem to have enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do 🙈
🤓Hey Friends!💕 . 🤔QOTD: What is your most anticipated release of 2020? . I have quite a few I am really looking forward to, including: -A Heart so Fierce and Broken -One of Us is Next -Chain of Gold -Ember Queen -The Balad of Songbirds & Snakes -Aurora Burning -The Betrothed -Crescent City -Bone Criers Moon -The Boundless -The Damned And of course, if SJM really does come out with ACOTAR 4, I am all for that! 🙌🏼 . That is quite a list, and I’m sure I will only be adding to it as the year goes by 😂 . This gorgeous dust jacket is one of the beautiful TLC jackets from @beaconbookbox and @kat_adara . The pin is from my Supernova preorder incentive. It came with 3 different enamel pins from the world of Marissa Meyer and I LOVE them! 😍💕
📚Hey Bookworms!📚 . ❄️Don’t forget your comment!❄️ . 🤔QOTD: What are some of your favorite Holiday tradition? ❄️ One of my very favorites is that my family gets together, and all the kids make homemade Christmas Cards. We then take those and some purchased items (gift cards, gloves, candy bars, etc.) and we travel to the City and hand them out to the homeless. ❄️ My family also always gathers canned food and such and we find a family in need and deliver it to their home anonymously. ❄️ Those are a few of my very favorite Holiday traditions, but there are SO many that we always do every year. . Reading Update: I am currently reading 3 books and making progress on each 😂 I would really love to get to 150 books this year, but we will see 🤷🏻‍♀️
🥰Happy Monday!🥰 . 🤔QOTD: Do you have a favorite Holiday movie? . We are BIG movie people (next to books of course 😉) and we cannot get enough Holiday movies 😂 . We do an advent calendar every year from Dec 1-Dec 24, and each day has a fun holiday activity + 1-2 holiday movies that we do that day! ❄️ . A few of our favorites include, Arthur Christmas, Christmas Vacation, It’s a Wonderful Life, and The Santa Clause 😊 . Reading Update: I am SO CLOSE to being done with The Gilded Wolves, so I decided to start The Starless Sea, because I’ve been dying to read it 😊
📚Series Sunday📚 . 🤔QOTD: Do you collect more than one edition of a book? . This is honestly the first time I’ve done so, and it’s #becauseofbookstagram but also because I NEEDED the extra content from B&N 😂 (P.S. Totally worth it!) . Plus, you can’t argue that the covers aren’t also gorgeous in Black 😍 . Hope everyone is having a fantastic Sunday! We are in full Holiday swing at my house! Christmas music is on 24/7 and I am currently creating our Holiday cards to send out in a few weeks ❄️ . We are also going to go see some fun Christmas light displays tonight, and my kids could not be more excited 😂
✨Happy Saturday Bookworms!✨ . I’m sorry to have not been on here very often lately, but I’m going to try to start posting regularly again . Part of this absence was due to being busy with my shop, but im not going to lie, a large part of it is just because of my mental health . 🤔QOTD: What’s your go-to self care? . For me, the first thing I do is take a step back from what’s triggering my anxiety/depression. Which, I realized, the last few months have been quite overwhelming for me with all the ARCs I was receiving and having to read/review . So...I took a BIG step back and only read 6 books this month (1 ARC, 2 audiobooks and The Folk of the Air reread) and I’ve just been trying to de-stress by not having to post every single day. . The second thing I do is take long baths, hang out more with my family, read when it brings me joy, and eat chocolate 😂 . Anyways, sorry if that seemed like a tangent. My point is, take care of yourself! And also just wanted to share so you know if I ever am not posting every single day, it’s because that’s what I’m doing 😊 . I hope you all had a fantastic Holiday Weekend (for all my friends who celebrated). We had a great Thanksgiving here! We of course indulged in a lot of food and pie, and just had a great time together as a family 😊 . Reading Update: I am still reading The Gilded Wolves and struggling 😂 But I’m about 65% through now, so I’m hoping to finish it here soon. After that I am planning to read The Starless Sea 🥰
🎁Holidays🎄 . I normally don’t put up my Christmas decor until the Saturday AFTER Thanksgiving, but since we will not be home the weeks of Christmas and New Years, We decides to put it up a week early. Plus, I needed more inspiration for my holiday bookmark collection 😂 . 🤔QOTD: What is your favorite holiday during this time of year? . Mine is definitely Christmas, but I do love a Thanksgiving as well. I fell like the two go hand in hand with the spirit of the holidays 😊 . Reading update: I am in MAJOR QoN book hangover mode 🙈 I just want to keep picking it up and rereading it! But I haven’t, and I am *trying* instead to read The Gilded Wolves, and I am STRUGGLING! . All I have ever heard was great things about it, but it’s taken me almost 5 days to get 100 pages in. Have you read it? What am I missing? Send me a DM so we can chat about why this book is taking me 10M years to read 😂
📚BOOKSLEEVES📚 . One of my biggest weeknesses in the bookstagram world is booksleeves 😂 a close runner up is candles 😍🙈 . These aren’t all my sleeves, but they are all my sleeves from my friend Britt @bookinasweater . She makes the best sleeves, and uses the cutest fabrics! 💕 I don’t know if you can tell... but I am truly obsessed with floral anything 😂 . 🤔QOTD: What is your bookish merch weakness? . #bookinasweatergiveaway
🥳BOOK BIRTHDAY🥳 . A very Happy Pub day to @blackholly and The Queen of Nothing! This is my most anticipated read of the year, and I know it is for a lot of you as well! . I don’t know about you, but I am going to be busy reading this beauty today... 😍💕 . . . #mostanyicipatedreadoftheyear #thequeenofnothing #hollyblack #thecruelprince #thewickedking #folkoftheairreadathon #fantasy #yafantasy #yafiction #yabooks #prettybooks #lovetoread #books #booknerd #booklover #bookstagram #instabook #read #reading #readingnow #iread #imreading #totalbooknerd #bookworm #literature #bookish #bookishlove #booksofinstagram
📚 TGIF 📚 . Happy Friday Bookworms! Any fun plans this weekend? . My in-laws are coming to TX for the weekend to see my girls, but other than that, i plan on reading quite a lot! . 🤔QOTD: What is your favorite genre to read? Or what genre do you read the most of? . I tend to read a lot of YA Fantasy and Contemporary Romance, but I do enjoy most genres (not a big fan of non-fic) . Reading Update: still dragging out my reread of TWK because I really want to stay inside the world of Elfhame when Queen of Nothing gets here. I did pick up Polite Society to read as well and I’m having a hard time with the 3rd person POV in it. I’ll keep trying though 😂
✨Happy Thursday!✨ . Hey Bookworms! Not much of a caption today. I have had a pretty crappy week, and I’d just love for you to send me something funny to boost my mood! . Could be a funny joke, or even send me a DM with a funny gif! I’d love to get blasted with good feels today 😌 . P.S. Me and my Reps are giving away a whole bunch of bookmarks over at my shop @alicia_marks_it ✨ You should go enter before the giveaways close Saturday night!
📦BOOKMAIL📦 . Batman agrees with me that today’s #bookmail was epic! 🙌🏼 . Today is also awesome because Disney+ came out and I am still dying over the amount of cool content. I’m feeling a lot of nostalgia as I scroll through and try to decide which show I’m going to watch first 😂 . 🤔QOTD: Are you a big Disney fan?! . We are HUGE Disney lovers in our house! We already own a TON of the movies and shows, and we visit the parks any spare chance we get 😂 . Have you received your BOTM yet? This month I chose When The Stars Lead To You by Ronni Davis and I’m super excited to read it! 🙌🏼 . Want to join BOTM YA? You can join using the link in my bio + use code BFF5 for $5 off your first box at checkout!

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