Showcase Sunday #51

Showcase Sunday is a new weekly Meme that I am taking part of. This weekly meme is hosted by Vicky over at Book, Biscuits and Tea and for more info click on the SS image which will take you straight to the blog. Click images to take you to Goodreads.

 

Physical Books

 

  

 

Gifted Kindle Book

 

 

Thanks to Vonnie over at Vonnie's Reading Corner for my RAK

 

Kindle Books Bought

 

 

 

Free Kindle Books

 

  

 

 

Review Kindle Books

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Showcase Sunday #45

Showcase Sunday is a new weekly Meme that I am taking part of. This weekly meme is hosted by Vicky over at Book, Biscuits and Tea and for more info click on the SS image which will take you straight to the blog. Click images to take you to Goodreads.

 

Physical Books

 

  

 

Kindle Books Bought

 

 

 

Kindle Books Won

 

  

 

Review Kindle Books

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Free Kindle Books

 

  

 

BOTM #15

Here is my December Book of the month post. I have done a vlog of the books that I have read and also books that I am going to read in January.



Here's the books I read in December:

• Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black 4/5
• Love Sucks by Sage Collins 3.5/5
• Echo by Alyson Noel 2/5
• First Frost by Liz DeJesus 4/5
• Lullaby by Amanda Hocking 4/5
• Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout 5/5
• Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett 3/5
• Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan 3/5
• Ruby Blue by Julie Cassar 3/5

And the book of the month goes too...

So in December I only read one book that was 5/5 so it was easy to chose which book was the best of this month. I really enjoyed this book as there was always something going on and it kept playing with my emotions. For my full review click here.

It's Monday What Are You Reading? #60

It's Monday What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we plan our reading week!
(Click on images to send you to Goodreads)

Finished Reading

(Click on title for review)

Echo by Alyson Noel

First Frost by Liz DeJesus

 

 

Currently Reading

 

Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

Not much going on yet I am enjoying it more than the first book.

 

 

Reading Next

 

Pure by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I can't wait to read this book as I really enjoyed the first one and I also loved the Lux series. Well it will be this or Opal but I don't have that yet.

 

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

I am hoping to read this over the next weekend just in time for Christmas.

 

 

 

 

So that's what I'm planning over the next week let me know what your reading in the comments box below (or leave links to your post).

Book Review: First Frost by Liz DeJesus

Format: ebook

Publishers: Musa Publishing

Published: 22nd June 2012

Pages: 274

Main Characters: Bianca

Date Started: 6th December 2012

Date Finished: 13th December 2012

Rating Given:

 

Blurb from Goodreads:

Fairytales aren’t real…yeah…that’s exactly what Bianca thought. She was wrong.

For generations, the Frost family has run the Museum of Magical and Rare Artifacts, handing down guardianship from mother to daughter, always keeping their secrets to “family only.”

Gathered within museum’s walls is a collection dedicated to the Grimm fairy tales and to the rare items the family has acquired: Cinderella’s glass slipper, Snow White’s poisoned apple, the evil queen’s magic mirror, Sleeping Beauty’s enchanted spinning wheel…

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Frost wants none of it, dreaming instead of a career in art or photography or…well, anything except working in the family’s museum. She knows the items in the glass display cases are fakes because, of course, magic doesn’t really exist.

She’s about to find out how wrong she is.
 

When asked which books that I wanted to read from Musa Publishing this book stood out the most as it sounded like a book that I would love and I wasn't far wrong.

I love this cover as the blue is very eye catching. It also reminds me of a mixture of a looking mirror and frost which is very fitting for this story.


When I first started this book I wasn't actually sure that I was going to enjoy it as nothing was happening and everything was very much mundane. When Bicanca found out her and her families history it did start to pick up and it built up to a brilliant story that I very much enjoyed. When things did get better I found that there was a lot happening and enjoyed everything that was happening and kept me entertained. There was a bit of romance that was done in a way that had me gripped from the moment it started I would have liked to have had a bit more but only because I enjoyed it. I love the twist on the fairytale classics that we all know and love it brought out the inner child in me even if this was aimed for the Young Adult genre.

 

I thought the characters where very entertaining. Bianca started out going about her life not knowing who she really was and it was great to see her change once she found out. Her best friend was really sweet and very trusting which everyone needs. Terrence was a great male character and another sweet person who I really did feel for him. The Prince was really funny and reminded me of the Princes that are in the fairytales. Bianca's parents where great and it was nice to see that they wasn't evil like in most fairytales and even most other books that I have read.

 

Overall I found it a captivating story once it got started and I can't wait to read more from this author.

It's Monday What Are You Reading? #59

It's Monday What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we plan our reading week!
(Click on images to send you to Goodreads)

Finished Reading

(Click on title for review)

 

Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black

Love Sucks by Sage Collins

 

 

Currently Reading

 

Echo by Alyson Noel

I just can't seem to get into this book and I'm nearly halfway through, hopefully it will pick up by the end.

 

First Frost by Liz DeJesus

I have only read the first chapter so nothing has really happened yet but I think I'm going to like it.

 

 

Reading Next

 

Lullaby by Amanda Hocking

Looking forward in seeing how this story continues.

 

 

So that's what I'm planning on reading this week, let me know what you're reading (or leave links to you post) below.

 

It's Monday What Are You Reading? #58

It's Monday What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we plan our reading week!
(Click on images to send you to Goodreads)

Finished Reading

(Click on title for review)

 

Phoenix by Jennifer Mason-Black

Breathe by Sarah Crossan

League of Strays by L.B. Schulman

 

 

Currently Reading

 

Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black

It was a little slow to start with but now I am really into it and it's full of intrigue.

 

Love Sucks by Sage Collins

This is a bit different to other paranormal books but the same in other ways but I am enjoying it.

 

 

Reading Next

 

Echo by Alyson Noel

 

First Frost by Liz DeJesus

 

 

 

 

So that's my week of reading planned, let me know what your reading below.