Kaniesha's July 2015 Roundup

Finished:

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:

Lirael by Garth Nix

Still Reading:

The Infinite by Lori M. Lee

Dropped:

Fire & Chasm by Chelsea M. Campbell

Katya's World by Jonathon L. Howard

When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Sterling

 * Will probably pick up the latter two again. Fire & Chasm was just too terrible to continue.

Acquired:

The Eternal Ones

All You Desire

Born Wicked

Summer and Bird

Our posts from July:

Monthly Releases

Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 15/25

Dive Into Diversity: 5/12

Debut Author Challenge: 6/10

Fairytale Challenge: 2/5

Summary:

Didn't get any reading done at all this month, much to the surprise of no one. I don't know what it is about summers but I just can't focus on anything. Might have to do with me gaining a love interest and being a bit preoccupied.... nevertheless, I just got back from a mini vacation last night that I really enjoyed. I needed the break from work and the sun on my skin! I'm basically golden now. I love it! Will hopefully get back to books soon, but I don't promise anything!

Kaniesha's June 2015 Roundup

Finished:

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey Rating: 3/5 stars

Uprooted by Naomi Novik Rating: 5/5 stars

Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge Rating: 4/5 stars

Sabriel by Garth Nix Rating: 5/5 stars

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Still Reading:

The Infinite by Lori M. Lee

Katya's World by Jonathon L. Howard

When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Sterling

Fire & Chasm by Chelsea M. Campbell

Dropped:

None

Acquired:

None

Our posts from June:

Monthly Releases: June 2015
Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For the Rest of 2015
Read Play Blog: June 2015
Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far In 2015
 
Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 15/25

Dive Into Diversity: 5/12

Debut Author Challenge: 6/10

Fairytale Challenge: 2/5

Summary:

June was kind of a slow month! I was going through some things mentally (another depression relapse, yay!), so I'm just kind of behind and dizzy. From the looks of it, I think I'm going to go ahead and guess that July is going to be a lot better. Fingers crossed! Also definitely check out The Girls of the Kingfisher Club if you like retellings! It's incredible. I need to get more serious about all the challenges I joined in January - I've only hit the half mark on a few even though I've read over 30 books! I can't wait until some more anticipated releases go out this year, ahhhh!!

Kaniesha's May 2015 Roundup

Finished:

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Rating: 6/5 stars (new ultimate fav!!)

Sacrifice by Brigid Kemmerer Rating: 5/5 stars

The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski Rating: 5/5 stars

The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker Rating: 4/5 stars

Shadowplay by Laura Lam Rating: 4/5 stars

Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater Rating: 5/5 stars

The Walled City by Ryan Gaudin Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Infinite by Lori M. Lee

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey

Katya's World by Jonathon L. Howard

When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Sterling

Fire & Chasm by Chelsea M. Campbell

Still Reading:

None

Dropped:

Rush by Silver Eve Rating: 2 stars

Just too uninteresting. Main character is conveniently part Japanese and took Kendo as a kid. It's constantly brought up throughout the story because ~that's where she got her skills~ but there's no substance to it. All she does is talk about a boy. Every other page is about the boy, or her being in this situation she doesn't understand but THE BOY must know. She must get THE BOY to tell her everything, but she's got to be tricky about it.. because why would the boy know she wants to know.. like HOW could he POSSIBLY guess that other people want information? Who knows!

Acquired:

When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Sterling

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Our posts from April:

Kaniesha's April 2015 Roundup

Kaniesha Reviews: Scarlett Undercover

Kaniesha Mini Reviews: Rush, Sacrifice, The Witch Hunter

Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 15/25

Dive Into Diversity: 5/12

Debut Author Challenge: 5/10

Fairytale Challenge: 1/5

Summary:

I have surprisingly read less fantasy than I thought I would. I've read 28 books but only 15 have been fantasy? I mean that's over half by fantasy is my thing! I'm getting behind in the diversity and debut author challenges but I am confident that I can catch up soon. 

I've also been reading way more than normal even though I thought I got into a slump this month. 7 books is crazy for me. Like, unheard of. I struggled with a lot of books the end of the month, that's why it says I've started like five more. I don't know if I want to read any of them! Fire & Chasm isn't bad, The Girl at Midnight is kind of annoying but I'm actually almost finished, The Infinite is depressingly bland... sighs. Books!

Besides that, I've been gaming and working as usual! I've got a new coworker so I might be reading less, since I've been doing all my reading at work. Who knows though, only time will tell.

How was everyone's May? :D

Kaniesha's April 2015 Roundup

Finished:

Bloodwitch by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Rating: 4/5 stars

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski Rating: 5/5 stars

Fake ID by Lamar Giles Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Scarlett Undercover Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Shadow, Shadow by V.B. Marlowe Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour Rating: 5/5 stars

Everneath by Brodi Ashton Rating: 5/5 stars

Gates of Thread & Stone by Lori M. Lee Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

Rush by Silver Eve

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Still Reading:

None!

Dropped:

Elfin by Quinn Loftis

One word: bleh

Acquired:

When My Heart Was Wicked by Tricia Sterling

Our posts from April:

Kaniesha's March 2015 Roundup (Posted late.. woops)

Read Play Blog: April 2015

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Authors

Kaniesha Reviews: Fake ID by Lamar Giles

Kaniesha Reviews: Shadow, Shadow by V.B. Marlowe

Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 13/25

Dive Into Diversity: 4/12

Debut Author Challenge: 4/10

Fairytale Challenge: 1/5

Summary:

I have read a LOT of books this month! I mean, eight's not a lot to other people but it is SO many to me. Possibly too many but I am really on a roll! The month started off okay, went a bit downhill but then it got great again! Fake ID, Scarlett Undercover and Shadow, Shadow were some weird books to read but they were alright. Click my Fake ID review for more of my thoughts on that one. I still haven't made too much headway into the Fairytale challenge, and right now I'm realizing I might've guessed on the fantasy one. I thought I read a LOT more fantasy but I don't know what I actually consider fantasy. I mean does high fantasy count? Why does it count? I don't know. It's pretty vague to me, really. So I'm just up to 13 by my own definition. How was everyone else's April? :D

Kaniesha's March 2015 Roundup

Finished:

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima Rating: 5/5 stars

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Rating: 2/5 stars

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch Rating: 4/5 stars

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson Rating: 5/5 stars

Jackaby by William Ritter Rating: 5/5 stars

The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

I finished The Sin Eater's Daughter on the 31st so none!

Still Reading:

None!

Dropped:

None!

Our posts from March:

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books I Would Classify As All Time Favorite Books From The Past 3 Years

Reading Challenge Update:

(I really need to organize this so let's ignore this for March).

Summary:

Oh GOODNESS I'm posting this late! I've been so busy and I didn't think about this at all! So my birthday was March 27 as some of you might know from last year, and all I did was shop around the mall. I got some new things including a blue flower hairband from Charlotte Russe that is ADORABLE! I sadly have not bought any books but I do believe my friend Edward bought me one which I am looking forward to getting ~ ~ Besides that, March was a somewhat forgettable month, not that I mind.

It has been a slow month for Deux Lectrices but with my job I haven't felt like sitting down to write any book things nor do I have the time or energy! I have been reading more than normal though which is better than nothing! Hopefully that'll lead to more book concent in the future. We do however now have deuxlectrices.com which is awesome :D I think I might be moving us over to Wordpress in the near future as well, but we'll see!

How was everyone else's March?

Kaniesha's February 2015 Roundup

Finished:

Pantomime by Laura Lam Rating: 5/5 stars

The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare by Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas Rating: 5/5 stars

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:

The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

Still Reading:

None!

Dropped:

None!

Our posts from February:

Monthly Releases: February 2015

Kaniesha's January 2015 Roundup

Booking Through Thursday: February 12

Read Play Blog: February 2015

Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 2/25

Dive Into Diversity: 0/12

Debut Author Challenge: 0/10

Fairytale Challenge: 1/5

Summary:

Hmmm, February isn't the slowest reading month for me, surprisingly! I've been reading mostly when I'm at work when things are slow and I've gotten a couple books read that way. But I still don't want to review anything, so my posts on the blog have been very minimal :( I'm really losing my motivation for book blogging but it's not just this, I'm losing motivation for a lot of things. Life slump! Especially with working, I'm just too exhausted to deal with anything, *throws pity party* Heh, hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon.

How was everyone's February?

Kaniesha's January 2015 Roundup

Finished:

In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken Rating: 4/5 stars

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

Pantomime by Laura Lam

Still Reading:

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Amity by Micol Ostow

The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross

The Iron-Jawed Boy and the Siege of Sol by Nikolas Lee

Our posts from January:

Kaniesha Posts: Reading Challenges for 2015

Kaniesha's Yearly Roundup #2: 2014

Blogging Through Thursday (on a Friday~): January 08

Read Play Blog: January 2015

Reading Challenge Update:

Flights of Fantasy: 0/25

Dive Into Diversity: 0/12

Debut Author Challenge: 0/10

Fairytale Challenge: 1/5

Summary:

I've finally gotten a job! Which actually means a lot less time for reading :( I don't think I'll hit my goal for 50 books this year. I don't even think I'll get CLOSE. I'm really bad at time management, but hopefully by the end of February I'll get my life together. At least now I have money to buy books : ) How was everyone else's January? Any new good releases?

Kaniesha's November 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride Rating: 5/5 stars

The Young Elites by Marie Lu Rating: 3/5 stars

Burn Out by Kristi Helvig Rating: 4/5 stars

The Rose Master by Valentina Cano  Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Still Reading:

Amity by Micol Ostow

Acquired:

None

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Under My Skin by Shawntelle Madison

The Rose Master by Valentina Cano

Our posts from November:

Monthly Releases: November 2014

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Want to Reread

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR

Summary:

My reading for November was a lot better than past months but still not my best! I doubt I'll go over my page goal if I hit it at all - which is 20k. I'm sitting at around 19200 pages for the year, last time I checked. But hitting that last goal is the last thing on my todo list, so hopefully I can accomplish it and set myself some (realistic) new goals for next year! See you guys next month for our yearly hauls ;)

Kaniesha's October 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken Rating: 5/5 stars

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan Rating: 5/5 stars

The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas Rating: 4/5 stars

Blood Orange Soda by Michael Larranaga Rating: 2.5/5 stars

Started:

Amity by Micol Ostow

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride

Still Reading:

None! (Yay!)

Acquired:

None

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

None

Posts from October:

Monthly Releases: October 2014

Booking Through Thursday: October 2, 2014

Deux Lectrices Talks: Reading Slumps

Kaniesha's TTT: Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character Driven Novels

Kaniesha Reviews: Salt & Storm ARC by Kendall Kulper

Kaniesha's TTT: Top New Series I Want To Start

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Ten New Series I Want To Start

Booking Through Thursday: October 23, 2014

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Movies / Shows To Read Or Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit

Booking Through Thursday: October 30, 2014

Kaniesha Reviews: Blood Orange ARC by James Michael Larranaga

Summary:

I'm finally getting back into the habit of reading :D 4 books finished this month! Better than the past two months where I read one and two respectively. I've kinda faded out of my video game and youtube obsession - so I'm back to doing what I like to do best. Reading! Mostly. I'll still be gaming and watching youtube videos, I'll just have to manage my time and hobbies better! How was everyone else's October? :)

Kaniesha's September 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Perfect Lies by Kiersten White Rating: 5 stars

Started:

Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

Still Reading:

Blood Orange Soda

Acquired:

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

The Knife's Edge by Matthew Wolf

THE VINES by Christopher Rice

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

Posts from September:

Combined Post: September 2014 Releases

Heather Reviews: The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg (slight, but not big, spoiler warning)

Heather Reviews: Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Kaniesha's TTT: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR

Summary:

Spent another month playing video games and watching a boy play video games on Youtube! I'm really sorry to the few readers we have and to Heather for my super giant lack of book interest the past few months :( I really didn't expect my reading slump to last so long! I'll be working on getting myself back into books though, so don't worry! How was everyone else's September? Better than mine, I hope!

Kaniesha's August 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Altaica by Tracy M. Joyce Rating: 2 stars (reviewed!)

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Rating: 4.5 stars

Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper Rating: 4.5 stars

Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo Rating: 4.5 stars

Started:

True Fire by Gary Meehan

Of Neptune by Anna Banks

Still Reading:

Eragon by Christopher Paolini *this is a re-read

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Acquired:

Pantomime by Laura Lam

Katya's World by Jonathan L. Howard

The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard

* won from a giveaway hosted by UTM Reviews, thank you again :D

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Sacrifice by Brigid Kemmerer

Posts from August:

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I'm Not Sure I Want to Read

Kaniesha Reviews: Altaica ARC by Tracy M. Joyce

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books People Have Been Telling You You MUST Read

Heather Reviews: Tithe by Holly Black

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Really Want To Read But Don't Own Yet

Summary:

I spent most of August watching videos on Youtube. I've found a new favorite Youtuber, and I'd link him here but he's kind of vulgar and ridiculous. Didn't get too much reading done, not a surprise, the American school system is still a part of my routine. (Meaning it was summer and I wasn't going to do too many productive things). Plus I tend to read 2x or 3x as much in November and December so I'm looking forward to that! ARC August didn't go too well, I only read two but I'll get to two more within the next week without a doubt. I haven't worked on the reviews of the ones I did read though, bad me! I did really love both books (Afterworlds and Salt & Storm) but both had problems I'll tell you guys about later. Regardless, high recommendations for both from me! How was everyone else's August?

Kaniesha's July 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Threats of Sky and Sea by Jennifer Ellision Rating: 3.5 stars (reviewed!)

The Young World by Chris Weitz Rating: 5 stars (reviewed!)

On the Fence by Kasie West Rating: 3.5 stars

Started:

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Altaica by Tracy M. Joyce

Eragon by Christopher Paolini *this is a re-read

Dropped:

Kundalis: Storm Dragon by Frances Pauli Rating: 2 stars

Still Reading:

Blood Orange Soda by Michael James Larranaga *but I'll probably drop this

Acquired:

Illusions of Fate ARC by Kiersten White

The Perilous Sea ARC by Sherry Thomas

Deliverance ARC by C.J. Redwine

* all three won from giveaways

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Taken by David Massey

A Myth to the Night by Cora Choi

The Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn't Fly by P.T. Jones

Posts from July:

Kaniesha Reviews: Threats of Sky and Sea by Jennifer Ellision

Kaniesha Reviews: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Kaniesha Reviews: The Young World by Chris Weitz

Kaniesha Posts: 2014 ARC August

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Authors I Own the Most Books From

Sorry we've gotten lazy about book blogging again. I told you guys at the end of June why I'd personally be taking a break. Video games! All my brain is thinking about is video games. I've been playing this game called 7 Days to Die nonstop. Check these out (My screencaps on Steam. Yes, I used the name Celaena. Did you think I wouldn't?). Plus, I've gotten back into Skyrim and I've been going crazy with mods. And I started a tumblr sideblog for Skyrim! Other than that, July was just normal and boring for me. I've put in some job applications as well, please send me some luck! How was your July? :)

Kaniesha's June 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Breakshield by J.B. Rockwell Rating: ★★★★ (reviewed!)

Coin Heist by Elisa Ludwig Rating: ★★★★★ (reviewed!)

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine Rating: ★★★★★ (review soon!)

Rebel by Amy Tintera Rating: ★★★★★

False Sight by Dan Krokos Rating: ★★★.5

The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton Rating: ★★★.5

Started:

Blood Orange Soda by James Michael Larranaga

Threats of Sky and Sea by Jennifer Ellision

Still Reading:

Kundalis: Storm Dragon by Frances Pauli

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Acquired:

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Altaica by Tracy M. Joyce

The Young World by Chris Weitz

Threats of Sky and Sea by Jennifer Ellision

Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane

Posts from June:

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books That Should Be In Your Beach Bag

Kaniesha Reviews: Divided by Elsie Chapman

Kaniesha Reviews: Breakshield by J.B. Rockwell

Kaniesha's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I've Read So Far This Year

Kaniesha Reviews: Coin Heist by Elisa Ludwig

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR List

Heather Reviews: The Radleys by Matt Haig (mild spoiler warning)

As always, I read a lot in the middle of the month but don't read anything the last week of the month. I don't know why this happens. It happened this month because of the Steam Summer Sale but I don't have an excuse for any other time.

But let me tell you guys about the Steam Summer Sale. Steam is this huge platform/program/company that manages games. You install the program onto your PC and from there you can purchase a huge number of games and manage them all from this program. You can also download game demos, add friends, edit your public profile, level up, trade cards, craft badges, etc. So this sale is annually and there are HUGE discounts, meaning I bought many very games for a surprisingly low number in comparison. I'm not really sure about numbers but I believe I spent around $70 for 10+ games. And these are games that are normally $15+ each. So if I disappear from the book blogging world for a while, you know where I've gone. (And I totally want to post up a discussion thread about this. It is so difficult to manage more than one time consuming hobby!) My favorite buy/sent game (my friend bought and sent me some games too) would be Battleblock Theater, 7 Days to Die and Borderlands 2. Please watch this Battleblock Theater gameplay if you're at least 15 years old and not afraid to listen to boys cuss and generally be boys.

As for books, my favorite June read was definitely Of Metal and Wishes and I can't wait to write and put up a review of it for you guys. It is SO good. It hurts SO much. While I was screaming about it on twitter, the author told me there's going to be a sequel! A SEQUEL!!! I thought it was a stand alone, so my heart soars again.

As for the rest of my life, my sister graduated high school on June 14th and I'm really proud of her. I'm also really glad we're all putting high school behind us. GOODBYE, HIGH SCHOOL FOREVER! (Until we have kids but even then that's 15+ years in the future, hahaha).

How was everyone's June? Was it as fantastical as mine?

Kaniesha's May 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder Rating: ★★★.5 (might review)

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terril Rating: ★★★★★

Dollhouse by the Kardashians Rating: ★★ (review soon!)

Bang by Lisa McMann Rating: ★★★★★

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins Rating: ★★★★★ (might review)

Divided by Elsie Chapman Rating: ★★.5 (review soon!)

Started:

Breakshield by J.B. Rockwell

Kundalis: Storm Dragon by Frances Pauli

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Still Reading:

The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton

Acquired:

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas won from ABC Reading.

Edelweiss & Netgalley:

Divided by Elsie Chapman

Shield and Crocus by Michael R. Underwood

Coin Heist by Elisa Ludwig

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Of Metal and Wishes by Sarah Fine

Posts from May:

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Book Covers I'd Frame As Pieces of Art

Deux Lectrices Discuss: Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor (Major Spoiler Warning)

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn't

Heather's Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books About Friendship
Deux Lectrices' Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books That Make Us Want to Write
Deux Lectrices Discuss: The Diviners by Libba Bray

So May was a really slow book blogging month for me! I didn't post any reviews or solo posts. But! I've got a review for Divided scheduled for next week plus five or six other posts in the work so I should be a lot more active in June, hopefully. June is going to be busy! My sister is graduating, we're going to a kpop concert in DC, Ruin and Rising is coming out on the 17th, Nicktoons is having an Avatar marathon on the 13th... can't remember anything else off the top of my head but I'm hoping for the best in June. Any fun things happening for you guys next month?

Kaniesha's April 2014 Roundup

Finished:

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Rating: 4/5 stars

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo Rating: 4/5 stars

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Rating: 4/5 stars (reviewed!)

Shattered Secrets by Krystal Wade Rating: DNF (reviewed!)

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor Rating: 5/5 stars

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:
Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terril
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Still Reading:

Dollhouse by the Kardashians

The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton

Acquired:

The Only Boy by Jordan Locke

Giveaway won, thank you!

April was super neutral for me for books. Shattered Secrets, the one I marked as DNF and dropped, put me in a more or less 10 day reading slump. I spent a majority of my time during that reading a few pages here and there of DoGaM and playing Skyrim. Though I did finish 1 more book than I normally do. (5 books seems to be my month limit even if I can read three times that if ALL I did was read. Too bad I can't do that!)

My posts from April: 
Top Ten Most Unique Books I've Read
Top Ten Characters Who I'd Date: Book Boyfriends (and Girlfriends) Edition
First Wired Weekends / Our 100th post
Top Ten Books to Read if You Like Adventure Time

Kaniesha's March 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina Rating: 4/5 stars
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Rating: 4/5 stars
White Hart by Sarah Dalton Rating: 3.5/5 stars (reviewed!)
The Seers by Julianna Scott Rating: 5/5 stars (reviewed!)
The Diviners by Libba Bray Rating: 5/5 stars
The Iron-Jawed Boy and the Hand of the Moon by Nikolas Lee Rating: 4/5 stars

Dropped:

Coda by Emma Trevayne
Nothing wrong with this one, just really boring and a lot of me asking myself "Why?". Not for me.

Started:

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Dollhouse by the Kardashians

The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Approved on Netgalley:

Amity by Micol Ostow

Acquired:

Cinder, Scarlet, Cress signed hardcovers from Cuddlebuggery giveaway! YAY!

Fake ID, Champion and These Broken Stars from NovaTeen event!

The Diviners, The Bone Season, The Song of Achilles, Huntress, Unremembered, What's Left of Me, Prophecy, Tiger Lily, False Sight, All Our Yesterdays, etc checked out from the library!

March was... fantastic, book wise! I kind of had a rough period of time because of some things but any obstacle can be overcome with time, patience and a bit of bravery! Speaking of bravery..

I saw Divergent which was SO good. There was a lot in the book that's missed in the movie. You know how the things that really stand out to you when you read, like the characters thoughts and what's significant to THEM? That's always missing in the movies. All we get to see is their exterior, so there are things I tried to point out to my sister while they were happening, like I told her to count the scene changes when Tobias went under his fear landscape with Tris for the first time. We don't really get a good reaction from Tris when she sees Marcus after that, either. Okay, I have a lot of complaints but it was SO good. You should definitely see it.

And that's the most interesting thing I did to celebrate my 21st birthday! How was your month?

Kaniesha's February 2014 Roundup

Finished:

Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer Rating: 2.5/5 stars
Allegiant by Veronica Roth Rating: 3.5/5 stars
The Shadow Throne ARC by Jennifer Nielsen Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Mind Games by Kiersten White Rating: 5/5 stars
Split Second by Kasie West Rating: 5/5 stars

Started:

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

White Hart by Sarah Dalton

Coda by Emma Trevayne

Dollhouse by the Kardashians

Approved on Netgalley:

White Hart by Sarah Dalton

Acquired:

Twinmaker ARC won from Bibliopunkk

Overall, I did not reach my February goals. I was hoping to read all three of our February picks plus a few more, including releases from the month. Ah well, five books finished is good enough for me. (Especially because I've read at least a fraction into each of the other books I started). How was everyone else's February? I hope you have a good March!! (A certain someone's birthday is at the end of this month... hohoho...)

Kaniesha's January 2014 Roundup

Finished:
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (reviewed!) Rating: 4/5 stars
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas (reviewed!) Rating: 3/5 stars
Insurgent by Veronica Roth Rating: 5/5 stars
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story by Veronica Roth Rating: 5/5 stars
Cinder by Marissa Meyer Rating: 5/5 stars
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:
Snakeroot by Andrea Cremer
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
World After by Susan Ee

Acquired:
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Won from the SimonTeen FB page!)

Approved on Netgalley:
The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Scintillate by Tracy Clark

Dropped:
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal
The first 4% of this book is really slow and boring. I can't deal with it right now. I'll try again later maybe!

January was a lot better than I thought it'd be. I didn't expect to finish 4 books. (Not counting Insurgent since I've been reading it since..... November? That took a lot longer than I originally intended.. life got in the way and someone spoiled Allegiant for me so I was put off for a while :| but still, it's done now and I'm finally on to Allegiant!) But I'm still about 10 ARCs behind and I really need to get caught up. *deep sigh* I just don't know how you 100+ books a year people do it. How'd everyone else's January go?

Happy February!

P.S. Look forward to our Combined Reads (and possibly a new feature post)!

Kaniesha's November 2013 Roundup

Finished:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin / Rating: 4.5/5 stars

The Strange Case of Finley Jayne by Kady Cross / Rating: 5/5 stars

Hover by Melissa West / Rating: 2/5 stars
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross / Rating: 4/5 stars
Champion by Marie Lu / Rating: 5/5 stars
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell / Rating: 5/5 stars
A Dawn Most Wicked by Susan Dennard / Rating: 4.5/5 stars
Something Strange & Deadly by Susan Dennard / Rating: 5/5 stars
The Moth in the Mirror by A.G. Howard / Rating: 4/5 stars

Started:

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

Still reading:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Purge by Sofi Oksanen
Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Approved on Netgalley:

Defy by Sara B. Lawson
Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

Bought:

Angelfall and World After by Susan Ee

Dropped:

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
I couldn't seem to get into this one at the moment. I love her work though so I'll try again later!

Kaniesha's October 2013 Roundup

Finished:

Crown of Midnight by Sarah Maas / Rating: 6 of 5 stars
House of Hades by Rick Riordan / Rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Holders by Julianna Scott / Rating: 5 of 5 stars (reviewed!)
The Transfer by Veronica Roth / Rating: 5 of 5 stars
Legend by Marie Lu / Rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White / Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars (review soon)
Prodigy by Marie Lu / Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Started:

Hover by Melissa West
I really can't decide if I want to drop this one. But I really want to drop it. (I started it before I started House of Hades and look where we are now).
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Re-read(ing):

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Still reading (when will I finish these?)

Purge by Sofi Oksanen
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

Books obtained: 

Marked by P.C. Cast
A friend sent me a paperback copy. (I'll be sending her my hardcover copy of Railsea in return!)

Insurgent Collector's Edition by Veronica Roth
Eragon Paperback Copy by Christopher Paolini
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Fred White
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
(I went book shopping!!)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Crown of Midnight by Sarah Maas
I won these two beauties from Jenn and Mary over at yabooktwins! Thank you so much! After I read Fangirl, I plan on sending it over to Heather :-D

General excitement:

WORLD AFTER IS SO SOON!!!!! Soon... Then Night of Cake & Puppets! Then Snakeroot!! Then.. whoa, Christmas. Then 2014. Whoa. Did this year seem to go by super fast for anyone but me?