Thanks to the lovely Aimee @ Deadly Darlings for tagging me to do the Secret Life of a Book Blogger Tag. This will be fun!
How To Find Time To Blog
People always ask me how I find time to blog. Being a high school student who takes multiple APs, attempts to maintain a good GPA, does lots of extracurriculars, still tries to go to the gym a few times a week and possibly cook, and (if she's lucky) read, it's a wonder that I have time to blog.
Here's the thing. We are all busy people! One important aspect to building a blog is to post consistently, and therefore you must make time to blog. There's no rule like "hey you must blog every. single. day." Nor is there one that says "you can only blog every three days."
ARC Review ~ Walk on Earth a Stranger
Series: The Gold Seer Trilogy
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Page Length: 432 Pages
Publication Date: September 22nd, 2015
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Source: eARC via EW (Thanks Harper!)
Goodreads
Lee Westfall has a secret. She can sense the presence of gold in the world around her. Veins deep beneath the earth, pebbles in the river, nuggets dug up from the forest floor. The buzz of gold means warmth and life and home—until everything is ripped away by a man who wants to control her. Left with nothing, Lee disguises herself as a boy and takes to the trail across the country. Gold was discovered in California, and where else could such a magical girl find herself, find safety? Rae Carson, author of the acclaimed Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy, dazzles with this new fantasy that subverts both our own history and familiar fantasy tropes.
ARC Review ~ Everything, Everything
Author: Nicola YoonGenre: YA Contemporary
Page Length: 320 Pages
Publication Date: September 1st, 2015
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Source: ARC via author (Thank you, Nicola <3)
This innovative, heartfelt debut novel tells the story of a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she’s ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more.
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Review ~ 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
Genre: YA Dystopia/Poetry
Page Length: 244 pages
Publication Date: May 12, 2015
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Source: Borrowed via library
Goodreads
In the year 2054, after decades of gender selection, India now has a ratio of five boys for every girl, making women an incredibly valuable commodity. Tired of marrying off their daughters to the highest bidder and determined to finally make marriage fair, the women who form the country of Koyanagar have instituted a series of tests so that every boy has the chance to win a wife.
Sudasa doesn't want to be a wife, and Kiran, a boy forced to compete in the test to become her husband, has other plans as well. Sudasa's family wants nothing more than for their daughter to do the right thing and pick a husband who will keep her comfortable - and caged. Kiran's family wants him to escape by failing the tests. As the tests advance, Sudasa and Kiran thwart each other at every turn until they slowly realize that they just might want the same thing.
This beautiful, unique novel is told from alternating points of view - Sudasa's in verse and Kiran's in prose - allowing readers to experience both characters' pain and their brave struggle for hope.
APCB Adds #2
APCB Adds is a feature where I share my latest Goodreads book additions here to show you what you could be looking forward to.
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