Diary of a Bookworm

Here are nine (!) titles that are going to be released within the next week: If you are looking for a stand alone title...     I am currently reading Solitaire , and even though I found the beginning to be slow and quite mind numbing after the 25% mark it starts getting very interesting (mostly because the author finally explains why the main character is such a downer). It is about this depressing sort of girl who is living out her teenage years in a shell of her own making, not wanting to get close to people, hating everything and everyone, including herself. It is a very dark and often times depressing look at the teenage years, and then a ray of light starts to come out... I dare say the first 25% may be worth it. I am very interesting in reading Where Sea Meets Sky because it says to be a true depiction of your 20s (and I am currently going through those soo). If you are looking for sequels...          I LOVE Chronicles of Nick! Such a boy ...

T itle: A Wicked Thing A uthor: Rhiannon Thomas S eries: A Wicked Thing B ook #: 1 P ages: 337 R eading  L evel: YA B ook  R ating:  G oodreads  R ating: 3.51 P ublished: February 24th, 2015 Rhiannon Thomas's dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining of Sleeping Beauty and what happens after happily ever after. One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale. Her family is long dead. Her "true love" is a kind stranger. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept. As Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. With her wedding day...

T itle: Red Queen A uthor: Victoria Aveyard S eries: Red Queen B ook #: 1 P ages: 320 R eading  L evel: YA B ook  R ating:  G oodreads  R ating: 4.11 P ublished: February 10th, 2015 The poverty stricken Reds are commoners, living under the rule of the Silvers, elite warriors with god-like powers. To Mare Barrow, a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts, it looks like nothing will ever change. Mare finds herself working in the Silver Palace, at the centre of those she hates the most. She quickly discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy Silver control. But power is a dangerous game. And in this world divided by blood, who will win? T aschima's  POV : "They taint me, tease me, trying to make me crack. But I won't. I won't." I am seriously divided in my rating here, because I seriously liked some aspects of Red Queen but at the same time during most of the middle of the book I was a bit bored. I gues...

Currently Reading : First Year (Black Mage #1) by Rachel E. Carter Reading Queue (list of books I WISH I could read at the same time): Solitaire by Alice Oseman, The Treatment (The Program #2) by Suzanne Young, and Timeless by Gail Carriger . Here are five (!) titles that are going to be released within the next week: If you are looking for a stand alone title...     I am SO looking forward to The Walls Around Us! " The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices—one still living and one long dead."   It seems to be a very good written weird/spooky story, on the lines of Bleeding Violet by Dia Reevs perhaps. Written in the Stars seems to be a YA diversity book (it is about a girl whose parents want to arrange marry her, and so they bring her back to their mother country -Pakistan- so she can learn about her culture... and find the perfect husband) all I am hoping for is that it does justice to the culture it repre...

T itle: A Darker Shade of Magic A uthor: V. E. Schwab S eries: A Darker Shade of Magic B ook #: 1 P ages: 400 R eading  L evel: Adult B ook  R ating:  G oodreads  R ating: 4.26 P ublished: February 24th, 2015 Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. People fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. Once there was Black London - but no one speaks of that now. Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell smuggles for those willing to pay for even a glimpse of a world they’ll never see. This dangerous ho...

  Recently I have been re-reading, as well as finishing, the Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. I had previously read the series all the way to Heartless , and then other books got in the way of me actually finishing it. Now because of the release of Prudence (releases today!) I decided to finally finish off the series. I am right now in the last book, Heartless, and I think I am finally ready to put out my Alexia Tabarotti dream cast! **The people I've cast may be impossible (like Lord Akeldama) but this is just to give you an idea of how these characters look in my head. I hope you like them, and please feel free to leave suggestions!! Lucy Punch as Ivy Hisselpenny   "Ivy Hisselpenny was the unfortunate victim of circumstances that dictated she be only just-pretty, only-just-wealthy, and possessed of a terrible propensity for wearing extremely silly hats."  Ivy may be a little silly, but she is a loyal friend. She is also more than meets the eye, being inst...