Top Ten Tuesday (60)- My Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR

Hi thanks for stopping by!!! And welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! 

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

March 15: Ten Books On My Spring TBR

I've pretty mush read all the spring books I want to so I may cheat and add ones I've read already. 

1.  A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas

2. ROSES AND ROT by Kat Howard


3. WILD SWANS by Jessica Spotswood

4. THE PASSION OF DOLSSA by Julie Berry

5. MAGNETIC SHIFT by Lucy D. Briand, (READ & LOVED)

6. FUTURE SHOCK by Elizabeth Briggs, (READ & LOVED)

7. THE REQUIEM RED by Brynn Chapman,  (READ & LOVED)

8. THE STAR TOUCHED QUEEN by Roshani Chokshi, (READ & LOVED)

9. THE CROWN'S GAME by Evelyn Skye, (READ & LOVED)

10. THE ROSE & THE DAGGER by Renee Ahdieh, (READ & LOVED)

So what about you? What are your favorite fantasy books? And check back next week for my Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven't Talked About Enough/In A While .

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (14)- Ten Books I'd Love to Read With My Book Club/If I Had A Book Club

Hi and welcome to my Top 10 Tuesday post! 

Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

January 27: Ten Books I'd Love to Read With My Book Club/If I Had A Book Club!

I don't have a book club but if I did I would add these to our reading list for sure!

1. The STUDY & GLASS Books by Maria V. Snyder. It's my favorite High Fantasy seirs of all time so of course I would add this!

2. The WICKED LOVELY Series by Melissa Marr. Marr's take on Fae is still my favorite to this day!

3. The VAMPIRE ACADEMY and BLOODLINES Books by Richelle Mead. Two words. Adrian Ivashkov. Everyone needs to fall in love with him!

4. THE HUNGER GAMES Series by Suzanne Colins. I may have hated the ending to the third book but this series always makes for some interesting conversation.

5. The WVMP Series by Jeri Smith-Ready. This series is one of my favorite adult PNR's and I love how she ties music into it!

6. PERSUASION by Jane Austen and FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS by Diana Peretfreund. I loved Austen's and Peterfreund's books! I would love to read Persuasion and then Darkness and compare the two!

7. The FIRE AND THORNS Series by Rae Carson. My second favorite high fantasy of all time!

8. The HIS FAIR ASSASSIN Series by Robin LaFevers. My friends and I still talk about this series. We absolutely love it!

9. The CAHIL WITCH CHRONICLES by Jessica Spotswood. I love this historical paranormal and it has a lot of good issues to talk about.

10. The ACROSS THE UNIVERSE Series by Beth Revis. Probably one of my favorite sci-fi's of all time even though the last book did piss me off a bit. This one would be another great one to discuss!

So this is my list. What about you? What books would you have your book club read?

And come back next week for Top Ten Books I Can't Believe I Haven't/Want To Read From X Genre! I'm not sure what I'll do but it should be fun!

Hugs,
Jaime

Top 10 Tuesday (1)- Top Ten Covers I Wish I Could Redesign

So I've never done a Top 10 Tuesday before but I saw the topic and I was like... Oh I have to do this one! There are so many epically bad covers out there and it's time I share the ones that make me cringe the most! Thanks to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting Top 10 Tuesdays!

#1 

White Cat by Holly Black actually the whole series. I adored the first cover and the books and then Simon & Schuster made this disco ball 70's theme with the series and all I want to do is vomit!

#2

Across the Universe by Beth Revis. I adored the very first cover! This series has had so many makeovers I actually got whiplash!

#3

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa. Another series I love and I loved the original cover!

#4

Crewel by Gennifer Albin. I loved the original cover it was so vibrant and colorful!

#5

The Shade Series by Jeri Smith-Ready. Another series I adore and I loved the original covers. I think this was another fail from Simon & Schuster.

#6

Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood. The original cover was so stunning! I'm still scratching my head as to why Penguin Teen changed this one.

#7

Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey. This book was an ok read but it did deserve a better cover. They tried with the paperback edition and it is a bit better. But still not great.

#8

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer. I really, really loved the first cover and this was an epic fail in redesigns.

#9

Delirium by Lauren Oliver. Hated this revamp the original was soooooooo much better!

#10

The Hollow by Jessica Verday. I actually still have this one on my bookshelves and it reminds me of the Pretty Little Liars opening scene she looks like a doll. I also have the new paperback that was for once in my opinion the right redesign from Simon & Schuster.

So what do you think? Do these make you cringe as much as me? Let me know!

This was kinda fun I may have to do Top 10's more often!

Blog Tour- Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood and a Giveaway!

Welcome to the STAR CURSED blog tour! I’m so excited to be a part of this tour! I love Jessica’s books I read STAR CURSED a few weeks back and it was even better than BORN WICKED!!!! So check out this cool tour Jessica has put together and enter the giveaway!

With the Brotherhood persecuting witches like never before, a divided Sisterhood desperately needs Cate to come into her Prophesied powers. And after Cate's friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, a war-thirsty Sister offers to help her find answers—if Cate is willing to endanger everyone she loves.

Cate doesn't want to be a weapon, and she doesn't want to involve her friends and Finn in the Sisterhood's schemes. But when Maura and Tess join the Sisterhood, Maura makes it clear that she'll do whatever it takes to lead the witches to victory. Even if it means sacrifices. Even if it means overthrowing Cate. Even if it means all-out war.

In the highly anticipated sequel to BORN WICKED, the Cahill Witch Chronicles continue Cate, Maura and Tess's quest to find love, protect family, and explore their magic against all odds in an alternate history of New England.

STAR CURSED releases on June 18. You can read the first chapter here. 

Pre-order links: Indiebound | Barnes & Noble | Amazon

As part of the blog tour, each day Jess is revealing an annotated snippet from STAR CURSED. 

If you add up the page number from each stop during the tour, you can enter to win a one-of-a-kind annotated ARC plus a star trio necklace! Find the other stops below, and on June 21, enter the Rafflecopter here:

Mon, 6/3:  Good Books & Good Wine

Tues, 6/4:  Ex Libris Kate 

Wed, 6/5:  Mundie Moms 

Thurs, 6/6:  Presenting Lenore

Fri, 6/7:  Hobbitsies

Mon, 6/10:  Green Bean Teen Queen 

Tues, 6/11:  I Read Banned Books

Wed, 6/12:  Two Chicks on Books

Thurs, 6/13:  Forever Young Adult

Fri, 6/14:  The Story Siren

Mon, 6/17:  YA Bibliophile

Tues, 6/18:  Marie Lu 

Wed, 6/19:  Beth Revis

Thurs, 6/20:  Veronica Rossi

Fri, 6/21:  Marissa Meyer

About Jessica:

I grew up in a tiny one-stoplight town in Pennsylvania, where I could be found swimming, playing clarinet, memorizing lines for the school play, or—most often—with my nose in a book. I've been writing since I was little but studied theatre in college and grad school. Now I live in Washington, DC with my brilliant playwright husband and a cuddly cat named Monkey.

Find Jess online:

Website | blog | Twitter | Facebook | Cahill Witch Inspiration pinboard

Swoon Thursday (6)- Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood

Ok so you said you’d like me to keep doing Swoon Thursdays and I am here to please! Thanks to the lovely ladies at YA Bound for this awesome meme! I love being able to a share swoon-worthy snippet with you!

So this week I’ve decided to share a swoon-worthy scene from one of the books I read a little while ago but it doesn’t come out until June! This book was awesome and I know you all will be dying to get your hands on it after this passage!

STAR CURSED by Jessica Spotswood

This book was awesome and Finn is probably one of my top 10 book boyfriends. He’s just so dreamy and self-sacrificing. He would do anything for the girl he loves!

“Cate,” he murmurs, and his voice is hoarse with wanting.

“I know,” I stroke his stubbled jaw with one finger, then curl my hands around his waist. I rest my head against his shoulder, inhaling the scent of tea and ink, of Finn.

Happiness chokes me.

I didn’t know if I would ever be able to do this again.

His hands are tangled in my hair, roaming over my back, tracing the lines of my hips, as if he’s reassuring himself it’s really me and I’m really here, in his arms, safe and sound. His lips work their way from my temple to my cheekbone. I tilt my face up, eager for his kiss.

It does not disappoint.

So what did you think? Does this make you want to add it to you TBR? I’d love to hear what you think!

Authors ARE Rockstars Tour Stops

We are so excited to finally be able to announce the line-up for the AUTHORS ARE ROCKSTARS TOUR! While we still have a few stops available on the tour, we wanted to post the full tour now so that you can see just who is on tour and when and where they will be appearing so you can mark your calendars.

There are currently 101 stops on the tour this August, way more than we ever anticipated joining the tour, but as there are so many authors that are rockstars we aren’t really surprised.

We can’t wait for the tour to kick-off on August 1st as we have seen some seriously great questions, guest post ideas and top ten list topics for our rockstar authors on tour. And we even got a peek at a few reasons why these bloggers think their authors are such rockstars.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

We hope you will join in the fun, follow the tour and see just what each of these bloggers thinks about the rockstar authors they are hosting!

And be sure to check back before August 1st as we will be updating the tour schedule below with any new authors that have joined the tour or any changes to tour dates or stops.

The Tour

August 1st
Tour Kick-off Posts at Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books
Karsten Knight stops at Fiktshun
Jus Accardo stops at Two Chicks On Books

August 2nd
Lissa Price stops at- Two Chicks On Books
Alexander Gordon Smith stops at Jean Book Nerd
Stacia Ward Kehoe stops at Dizneee's World of Books

August 3rd
Suzanne Young stops at Chick Loves Lit
Gabrielle Zevin stops at Kaitlyn in Bookland
Rachel Harris stops at Hackeroo’s Reviews

August 4th
Scott Tracey stops at Bookalicious
Susan Dennard stops at Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Reviews and Goodies
Jessica Spotswood stops at Narratively Speaking

August 5th
Michelle Gagnon stops at Fiktshun
Jackie Morse Kessler stops at Books With Bite
Ann Redisch Stampler stops at Booking It With Hayley G

August 6th
Gena Showalter stops at My Para-Hangover
Cayla Kluver stops at Catching Books
Jody Gehrman stops at Epic Book Nerd
August 7th
Bethany Griffin stops at The Bookish Brunette
Lauren Oliver stops at Fictitious Delicious
Anna Carey stops at Good Choice Reading

August 8th
Jordan Dane stops at Sarah’s Books & Life
Claire LaZebnik stops at Peace, Love, Teen Fiction
Melissa de la Cruz stops at Debbie’s World of Books

August 9th
Tiffany Truitt stops at The Bookaholic
Heather Anastasiu stops at Falling For YA
Amy Kathleen Ryan stops at Bookshelvers Anonymous
Alyxandra Harvey stops at Bookpics

August 10th
Leah Clifford stops at Books Over Boys
Inara Scott stops at Smiling_Ina’s Bookish Corner
Rachel Cohn stops at Justin's Book Blog

August 11th
CJ Redwine stops at Bibliognome
Jodi Meadows stops at Librarian Mouse
Stephanie Thomas stops at My 5 Monkeys
Fiona Paul stops at Fiktshun

August 12th
Sarwat Chadda stops at Page Turners
Courtney Summers stops at A Good Addiction
Mary Lindsey stops at IB Book Blogging
Kate Avelynn stops at Shortie Says

August 13th
Kim Harrington stops at Geek Chic
Saundra Mitchell stops at Poisoned Rationality
Suzanne Lazear stops at What the Cat Read

August 14th
Lisa Desrochers stops at Emilie’s Book World
Brodi Ashton stops at Emily’s Reading Room
Sarah Beth Durst stops at Winter Haven Books

August 15th
Chloe Neill stops at A Book Obsession
Emmy Laybourne stops at Proud Book Nerd
T.M. Goeglein stops at Book Briefs
Marianna Baer stops at Tsk, Tsk, what to read?

August 16th
Rachel Vincent stops at Nina Reads
Courtney Allison Moulton stops at The Book Cellar
Jennifer L. Armentrout stops at Confessions of a Bookaholic

August 17th
Jennifer Bosworth stops at The Readers Antidote
Dan Krokos stops at Jenuine Cupcakes
Becca Fitzpatrick stops at Katie's Book Blog
August 18th
Gretchen McNeil stops at YA Book Queen
Michelle Zink stops at Mercurial Musings
Gina Damico stops at Lisa Loves Literature
Jennifer Castle stops at Little Shelf

August 19th
Wendy Higgins stops at Stuck In Books
Elizabeth Norris stops at Literary Exploration
Veronica Rossi stops at Singing & Reading in the Rain

August 20th
Lisa Stasse stops at Two Chicks On Books
Robin LaFevers stops at In the Best Worlds
JA Souders stops at The Book Goddess
Elizabeth Miles stops at Book Twirps

August 21st
Julie Kagawa stops at Starting the Next Chapter
Rae Carson stops at The Book Swarm
Tahereh Mafi stops at Brooke Reports

August 22nd
Lesley Livingston stops at The Ravenous Reader
Ingrid Paulson stops at The YA Sisterhood
Talia Vance stops at Magical Urban Fantasy Reads
August 23rd
Cara Lynn Shultz stops at The Reading Geek
Colleen Houck stops at Making the Grade
CC Hunter stops at Lady Reader’s Bookstuff
Kelly Keaton stops at The Bookish Type

August 24th
Victoria Schwab stops at Moonlight Book Reviews
Dan Wells stops at A Life Bound by Books
Mike Mullin stops at Xpresso Reads

August 25th
Kimberly Derting stops at Avery’s Book Nook
Julia Karr stops at Wholly Books
Carrie Harris stops at The Bursting Bookshelf

August 26th
Lisa Burstein stops at I’m a Book Shark
Lisa and Laura Roecker stop at Gypsy Book Reviews
Miranda Kenneally stops at Paper Cuts

August 27th
Cynthia Hand stops at The Starrey-eyed Review
Sara Zarr stops at The Fake Steph
Simone Elkeles stops at YA Reads
Amber Kizer stops at Belle Books
Michelle Hodkin stops at Word Spelunking

August 28th
Marissa Meyer stops at Fiction Freak
Tara Fuller stops at Tater’s Tall Tails
Victoria Scott stops at Mostly YA Book Obsessed
Sarah Crossan stops at Moonlight Gleam's Bookshelf

August 29th
Jeri Smith-Ready stops at Bookhounds
Chloe Jacobs stops at The Reviews News
Melissa West stops at Stories & Sweeties

August 30th
Michelle Rowen/Morgan Rhodes stops at The Book Hookup
Sarah J. Maas stops at Ink Scratchers
Katy Longshore stops at A Little Shelf of Heaven

August 31st
Maria V. Snyder stops at Two Chicks On Books
Tessa Gratton stops at Fiktshun
Danny Marks stops at Citrus Reads

September 1st
Tour Wrap-up Posts at Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books