Happy New Year

It’s a New Year!! I can hardly believe that we are entering 2018.  This past year has flown by.  Below is a list of the top twelve books that I read this year.  There are definitely more favorites but if I didn’t stop at twelve my list would just keep on going.  I am not putting them in any particular order.

• The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman
• Ruby Red Kerstin Gier
• Roar  by Cora Carmack
• Scarlet by A. C Gaughen
• The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver
• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• The Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
• The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo
• It by Stephen King

 

Happy New Year!!!!

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Book Review: The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Karou is a girl with blue hair that grows straight out of her head. She sketches monsters that mightbe real and she speaks more languages than she should be able to.  Who is she?  She’ll find out as black handprints appear on doorways across the world from winged strangers who have come from the sky.  As strange things happen and a war brims can Karou figure out who she is?

I loved this book so much.  Karou was a relatable character and from the first word I was dragged into a story of family, love, and uncertainty.  This book kept me up late because I had to know what would happen.  Immediately after I finished it I read the next two books.  This series is a MUST read. I highly recommend it. You’ll be as wrapped up in this story as I was and will never want the series to end.

#TheReadingQuest Wrap Up

I recently completed the #ReadingQuest.  It was a month long reading challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed.  I read seventeen books.

Character Class:Knight
The first book of a series: Daughter of Smoke an Bone by Laini Taylor
Book with a verb in title: Rise of the Isle of the Lost by Melissa De La Cruz
A book with a weapon on cover: Stalking Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalo
A book with red cover: Fury by Rebecca Lim
A book that has a tv/movie adaptation: BFG by Roald Dahl

Mage
A book with a one word title: IT by Stephen King
A book that contains magic: The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
A book based on mythology: Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
A book set in a different world: Roar by Cora Carmack

Side Quests
Open World: Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
Respawn: Fire Artist by Daisy Whitney
Time Warp: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
A book cover with striking typography: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
A book published by a small press: The clockwork three by Matthew J. Kirby
A book with a partially obscured face: Muse by Rebecca Lim
Grind: The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
Multiplayer: Seraphina by Rachael Hartman

Total:
Level 7
320 experience points
754 health points