It's Monday! hosted @ Book Journey
How was everyone's week? Did you get in some good reading?
I was so stressed out this week, dealing with family issues and having three papers for school due within days of each other, that my brain was turning to mush and I could feel a nervous breakdown a coming on. So, I asked, and luckily, got approved, for extensions on two of those papers, Phew! That relieved some of the stress.
On a lighter note, I read some good books and the weather wasn't crap this week, so there's that :-)
THIS PAST WEEK ON MY BLOG
Review: Day 21
Top Ten Anticipted Debuts
Review: Obsidian
Review: The Witch of Salt & Storm
Chatty Saturday: Libraries
NEXT WEEK ON MY BLOG
2014 Releases I Meant to Read but Never Got to
Waiting on The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Review: All the Bright Places
Chatty Saturday
RECENT READS
Both of these books took me totally by surprise and I enjoyed them both, immensely.
I went into this book not knowing anything about it and I think that added to my enjoyment of it, as I was asking "what the hell is going on?" the whole time. And that ending, I need the next installment, STAT.
Really enjoying this one, it's very unigue. Although, it does remind me a little bit of Justin Cronin's The Passage.
READING NEXT
I haven't read any of the books I have been planning too for the past few weeks, so for next week , I am just going to read whatever takes my fancy. And of course, I will be working my way through my second term reading list for university.
ADDITIONS TO MY TBR
After reading Obsidian I just had to get the next book in the series. I bought Never Never because I needed a very quick read and it is only 140 pages long, and by two authors I have never read, but want to.
I have Golden Son on hold at the library, and even though it was released on Thursday, they still haven't added it to their catalogue. The wait is killing me, I need it now.
Stacking the Shevles hosted @ Tynga's Reviews
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I hope you all have a fabulous week and read some very excellent books.
Good luck with your papers!
ReplyDeleteTerri M., the Director
Second Run Reviews
Thanks, Terri, I need it ;-)
DeleteSo glad they extended your time! Don't let the pressure get to you.
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Haha me too! I'm trying not to :-)
DeleteLove Jennifer L. Armentrout and Colleen Hoover. I hope you enjoy reading the Lux series, I know I love it!
ReplyDeleteMy STS: http://bookchick2013.blogspot.ca/2015/01/stacking-shelves-011115.html
I loved the first book, so here's hoping I love the rest ;-)
DeleteGood for you. It can't hurt to ask and it worked out!
ReplyDeleteYou have some really great books. Several are making the rounds and I bet jump on them!
My Sunday Post - http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/01/11/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-92-and-the-sunday-post/
It did work out indeed, it was such a weight lifted to get those extensions.
DeleteI think that you would enjoy all of the books I recently read - they are that good :-)
The Girl with All the Gifts is on my read-before-summer list. I will have to read Passages afterwards because you have me interested in the similarities. I have both Red Rising and Golden Son, I haven't read them yet, but I will soon. Just about everyone has been raving about them both. Right now I am reading Compulsion. Sorry I'm so late with The Sunday Post visit. I am just now getting to the last few blogs on the Linky.
ReplyDeleteI am interested to hear not only what you think of both The Girl with all the Gifts and The Passage, but also if you found any similarities between the two.
DeleteI can't believe that you have Red Rising and Golden Son, but haven't read them yet! Waiting to get my hands on Golden Son is killing me lol
I have seen Compulsion around quite a bit, I will have to look in to it.:-)