December 2016 TBR

Since I already know what I want to read & I'm half way/almost done with 2 books already I think this final month in 2016 will be a little more successful! So here is what I plan to ready during the month of December...

The Assassin's Blade

by

Sarah J. Maas

This book is a compilation of 5 short stories previously not available in print featuring characters from the Throne of Glass world. We get to learn about Celaena's early days in the Assassin's Guild & how she freed herself from Arobynn & met Sam. 

Empire of Storms

by

Sarah J. Maas

This is book #5 in the series (not counting the novella book). There is supposed to be one more that comes out in September of 2017 & that will be the conclusion. 

Heartless 

by

Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer is the NY Times Bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles Series that has 4 main books & 2 novella books. This new standalone book is a retelling of the Alice in Wonderland featuring the character The Queen of Hearts. 

A Thousand Nights

by

E.K. Johnston

Spindle 

by

E.K. Johnston

The Secret of the Sphinx 

by

Samuel Bavli

Roseblood

by

A.G. Howard

November 2016 Wrap Up

I had a pretty ambitious TBR for this month & I wasn't sure I was gonna accomplish much with Thanksgiving & the winter weather & guess what? I didn't LOL But that's ok! Here's what I did read/start reading

The City of Bones

by

Cassandra Clare

It took me longer than expected to finish this book & I think that's what set me off course. You can see my full review here. I also watched the movie & I plan on doing a comparison/review this week!

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The next two books I started recently & plan to finish quickly but not this month since it's the last day of November!

The Assassin's Blade

by

Sarah J. Maas

I have "read" all of this series by listening to the audiobooks. It allows me to read another book but listen to this great series! Check out my review of Heir of Fire here. I don't have any other reviews because I hadn't started my blog until after I had read the first 2 books & for some reason skipped Queen of Shadows although I did read that one this summer. I'll definitely do a review on the next 2 books (including this one).

Heartless

by

Marissa Meyer

She is one of my top 10 authors & I have read almost her entire Lunar Chronicles series. Once again I read them all before I started this blog but I plan on doing a re-read next year so stay tuned for that & the review of this one after I finish it. 

The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

The City of Bones

Author: Cassandra Clare

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster Children’s)

Year: 2007

Genre: Fantasy

Age: YA 13+

This is my second time attempting to read this book. I tried several years ago when the movie was coming out and just couldn’t get past how annoying Clary is. But I was able to get through it this time & truthfully I’m not sure if I’m going to continue with the series. It was ok but it wasn’t earth shattering so we’ll see.

In this first book of a now complete series we meet Clarissa (Clary) Fray & her mother Jocelyn. They live in New York upstairs from a gypsy woman. Clary has had a pretty normal life so far. Her father was killed in a car accident when she was young so she has no memories of him. She has no other family that she knows of aside from her mother who is a brilliant artist. Simon is Clary’s best friend who is really geeky & also very in love with her. One night while the pair are out on the town trying to get into a club called Pandemonium Clary spots a trio of strange teenagers. The only problem is no one but she can see them. Getting mixed up with the group out of concern & curiosity she finds out that they are Shadowhunters who are there to kill a demon. Jace Wayland & Alec & Isabelle Lightwood all reside in a place they call The Institute. They live there with the Lightwoods who are currently away, a man named Hodge, & a very smart cat named Church.

It isn’t long before Clary realizes she’s in a little over her head. Her mother has been kidnapped by a group of Downworlders lead by an evil man that was thought to be dead named Valentine. He is after something called The Mortal Cup & will do anything to find it. Jace & the rest of the Shadowhunters plus a very scared Simon all band together to help Clary find her mother & stop Valentine. Along the way the group battles werewolves, almost gets eaten by vampires, falls through portals, fights demons, & encounters The High Warlock of Brooklyn. But after their journey will it be enough to save Clary’s mother & stop Valentine from using The Mortal Cup to destroy man kind?

Likes: This book was very fast paced & you get a broad understanding of the world & characters

They made this book into a movie several years ago & I enjoyed it although it was slightly different from the book

The world that is portrayed in this book is also connected to ours which makes it more believable

Dislikes: The world however is slightly confusing, there is a lot of back story that I’m sure we don’t get to hear all of just in this first book

Very long book, almost 500 pages!

Rating:

November 2016 TBR

So I know it's already November 8th & I'm a little behind on posting something like this but here is what I'm hoping to read this month (It's pretty ambitious so we'll see)!

The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

I had previously tried to read this book when the movie came out several years ago but Clary just annoyed me to no end, much like Bella in Twilight. So far I'm about 100 pages in & it's pretty good. If I can get through it I hope to read the whole series in the coming winter months.

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

This is book two in the Miss Peregrine trilogy & I really enjoyed the first one so I'm hoping this one doesn't suffer from second book syndrome. 

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

This is book three in the Miss Peregrine trilogy so theoretically if I make it through book #2 I will read this one next.

The Secret of the Sphinx by Samuel Bavli

This is a book that sounded interesting & had an eye catching cover. I got it as a digital ARC from Netgalley & plan to do a review.

Roseblood by A.G. Howard

This is another digital ARC that I received from Netgalley & I am so excited about. I had this book pre-ordered on my NOOK but now I have it! I also have the first book in this author's other series about Alice in Wonderland but have yet to read it. I have heard great things so far & I'm really excited to get to this one.

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

This is a book that I heard about & saw when it first came out & it looks interesting. It's a retelling of the classic story. I'm reading it because I received a digital ARC from Netgalley of the soon to come sequel. 

Spindle by E.K. Johnston

I received this book as a digital ARC from Netgalley & I'm hoping to get to it after I read the first one pictured about. Once again it's a fairy tale retelling of a classic story.