ramblings of the perpetual new girl

Thanks to the  Broke and the Bookish  for hosting. If you follow me on Goodreads, you'll know I'm about 21 books behind my goal of reading 100 books this year. No pressure! None, right? Anyone else panic when they log onto Goodreads or feel awfully proud when they're going on to write a review? That's me lately, LOL!  --> An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir --> Lock & Mori by Heather Petty --> Cress by Marissa Meyer --> Attachments by Rainbow Rowell --> Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell --> Half Wild by Sally Green --> Jackaby by William Ritter --> Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles --> The DUFF by Kody Keplinger   --> My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins

Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga's Reviews is meant for sharing books you are adding to your shelves. They can be physical, virtual and/or ARCs. They all count if you've got your grubby paws on them. :) Oh you readers... guess what all has been happening this week?! Laini Taylor has THREE MORE books coming and a gift paperback set right in time for the holidays at the end of this year. Woohoo! That's some of the best news ever! So excited about these books. Although it just added another book to my must read pile for 2016. Don't miss out on the special Twitter event this June so we can get to read a never-before-written chapter from Eretz. Just tag tweets of your favorite quotes with  #UnlockLainiTaylor  and after 613 hashtags have been reached, we'll get it.  Hope you have had a good book week too! My haul is relatively small compared to what I usually get lately. Check these books out though... I haven't read a lot of these so that's good f...

How could Kody Keplinger fill out the story she started in The DUFF ?! Uh... she could give their family a happily ever after where Wesley's parents get their act together and Amy finally feels safe, secure and gets the best BFF a girl could ask for. Except that BFF Sonny isn't all she's making herself out to be. Truly confused over just how to be herself, Sonny affects Amy in ways that take her back to a bad place before her parents and brother became the solid fixtures in her life. However, that doesn't keep readers from bonding with Sonny and Amy and surprisingly becoming quite protective of both of them. TITLE:   Lying Out Loud AUTHOR(S):  Kody Keplinger SERIES:  Companion novel to The DUFF PUB INFO:  Scholastic Press/April 28, 2015 ACQUIRED HOW?  Edelweiss e-ARC BOOK RATING:  Lemon Tart So Bianca and Wesley remain my favorites, but seriously Amy Rush has picked a choice friend here in Sonny. She's a mess and a lying ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! My goal today was to review Lying Out Loud by Kody Keplinger, however, I am too intrigued by these Top Ten Tuesday features that The Broke and the Bookish host. Today's feature means I get to list the top ten books on your Spring TBR List. Too excited about this list, you all... seriously... ridiculously excited to think about these books! Books that I already have in my hands, just haven't read yet: Half Wild by Sally Green ~ magical communities that tackle racist ideas involving children raised to feel like they do not belong and good and bad labels fall into a grey area where cruelty and prejudice make allies of the worst of enemies An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir ~ Rome-inspired fantasy where the wilds of political gain depends on an unwilling soldier and a rebel scholar... yeah... that's a brilliant pairing The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson ~ so much love for this series, so of course I am freaking excited ab...

Before you judge me for not reading this book sooner, maybe wait to judge after I tell you that it was the movie trailer that totally sold me on reading this book. To be honest, the title and cover of this book turned me off back when I was given an ARC of it to read. Something about that label is just so offensive that I couldn't bring myself to even pick the book up and check out what might be on the inside. And I do know not to judge a book by its cover. So shame on me. I totally judge myself for taking so long to get around to one of the best teen books I've read in regards to coming into your own as a person and learning how to be part of a functional couple. Yeah... I believe that there are high school students mature enough and self aware enough to have meaningful sex, a meaningful courtship where the two persons in the relationship grow together. TITLE:  The DUFF AUTHOR(S):  Kody Keplinger  SERIES:  Stand Alone PUB INFO: ...