Day: October 6, 2017

Book Tag

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Happy FriYay Lovelies!! Have any fun plans for the weekend?!? As for me, my boyfriend and I will be going to Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor. If you’ve been following me, then you may have read/know that I love scary movies and being scared. We usually go to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, but the mazes doesn’t look that great this year and I just don’t have the budget to afford the front of the line pass so we decided to skip it. I’m pretty excited for Dark Harbor though since I haven’t been in a while. Hoping to get some good scares tomorrow!!!

Anyway, today I decided to catch up on my blog postings and did this really fun tag I saw on Nose Stuck on a Book. If you’re not following her yet, then definitely check out her lovely blog. She writes awesome reviews and always have fun book tag posts. Now let’s get to my Soundtrack to My Life Book Tag.

Opening Credits: Favorite Childhood book

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Growing up, I actually didn’t like reading that much. When I moved here to the U.S. from the Philippines I struggled so much with my reading classes. I never continued with the series, but I remember reading that book for one of my summer reading projects and really enjoying it. Probably took me forever, but I thought it was absolutely magical

Waking up: A book that got you out of a reading slump

YA contemporaries/romances or NA romances usually do the trick for me. I rarely get into reading slumps, but when I do, I always try to find something that is a quick and fun read. The last one that got me out of a reading slump was Northwoods Magic. If you’re interested, you can read my review for that book here.

School: A book you had to read for school that you ended up loving

Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite classics. To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in Rye are some of my other loves.

Falling In Love: An author you love so much you want to read all of their books

Am I allowed to have more than 1? Because I do – Marie Lu, Tahareh Mafi, Marissa Meyer, Kasie West, Jennifer Niven, Jenny Han, Nicola Yoon, Leigh Bardugo, S.E. Anderson, Paula Stokes, Colleen Hoover and Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Fight: Book with the best action sequences

The Legends of Orkney Trilogy (a middle-grade series), The Lunar Chronicles, The Legend Series and the Doon Series had some awesome action scenes that kept me on the edge.

Break up: A book or series you didn’t finish and do not intend to finish

I really try not to DNF a book. I usually just put it aside for a while if I really can’t get into it and try again sometime later whenever that is. The most recent one I almost did DNF was Mask of Shadows and the last one I “put aside” (more than a year ago) was And I Darken.

Hanging With Friends: Book you think everyone else should read

The Lunar Chronicles, The Doon Series, The Young Elites Series, and A Messy, Beautiful Life (I just recently finished this one and it hit me so hard).

Breakdown: Book that seriously affected you/had you crying your eyes out

I’m such a big cry baby. Seriously I can watch something and not know the whole story and still cry. The most recent book that really got to me one was A Short History of the Girl Next Door. I wasn’t expecting to be crying till my eyes hurt, but I did. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover broke me into pieces. I remember reading The Notebook in high school and crying a lot. I’m just an extremely emotional person.

Roadtrip: You favorite series (more than 3 books)

The Lunar Chronicles, Doon Series, and Twilight (just because this really got me back into reading)

Flashback: Your favorite book from 5 years ago

Mannn I’m getting old cause I can’t remember. I think it was probably The Hunger Games series.

Getting Back Together: What book can you not stop rereading

I don’t reread as much as I want to since there are soo many books on my TBR. I’ll probably reread a few chapters of my favorite books (and there’s too many to mention) when I’m in the mood or want to relive certain parts. The last book I remember rereading and loving was Inception by Bianca Scardoni. It’s a YA paranormal romance with angels and vampires.

Wedding: A book that is really special to you

Do I have to answer this? I mean how can I pick one book special to me when most of the books I’ve read have their own special place in my heart?

Moment of Triumph: Longest book you’ve ever read

I believe it was Winter from the Lunar Chronicles.

Death Scene: Book or series you wish had ended differently

The Midnight Star. I loved the ending. It was bittersweet and the perfect conclusion…but there’s a small part.. a very very small part of me that wanted it to go a different way.

Funeral: Book with the best or worst epilogue

The Selection and The Legend Series. I thought they were wonderfully done.

End Credits: Who do you tag?

EVERYONE OF COURSE! So if you’re reading this, then TAG!

Hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did answering them. If you want to do this, don’t forget to tag me in your post so I can read what you have to say! Really excited for all you lovelies to do this.

Sincerely Karen Jo

First Lines Fridays

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FIRST LINES FRIDAYS IS A WEEKLY FEATURE FOR BOOK LOVERS HOSTED BY WANDERING WORDS. WHAT IF INSTEAD OF JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER, ITS AUTHOR OR ITS PRESTIGE, WE JUDGED IT BY ITS OPENING LINES?
  • PICK A BOOK OFF YOUR SHELF (IT COULD BE YOUR CURRENT READ OR ON YOUR TBR) AND OPEN TO THE FIRST PAGE
  • COPY THE FIRST FEW LINES, BUT DON’T GIVE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE BOOK AWAY JUST YET – YOU NEED TO HOOK THE READER FIRST
  • FINALLY… REVEAL THE BOOK!
COPY AND PASTE THE TEXT AND BANNER (OR MAKE YOUR OWN!) ABOVE FOR YOUR OWN FIRST LINES FRIDAYS POSTS.  MAKE SURE TO COMMENT YOUR FIRST LINES BELOW SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN CHECK THEM OUT!

Okay here goes!

A guard steps in front of him, snatching him from his thoughts. Felix looks up and stifles a cry. The guard is looking down at him, his face filling Felix’s vision. There’s something familiar about the guard’s face, and it feels to Felix that the floor tilts beneath his boots, because that face… That man…

 

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No Vain Loss (No Ordinary Star #3)

M.C. Frank

29215280

Expected Publication December 5, 2017

A soldier is summoned to the North Pole, days before the year changes, told to fix the great Clock for a celebration. He has no idea what to do.
A girl, hunted for the crime of being born, almost dies out on the ice. She is rescued by the last polar bear left alive.
A library waits for them both, a library built over a span of a hundred years, forgotten in the basement of an ice shack.
The world hasn’t known hunger or sickness in hundreds of years. It has also forgotten love and beauty.
This is the One World.
The year is 2524.
Inspired by the short stories of Ray Bradbury, this futuristic young adult novel in three parts is set in a world where Christmas -among other things- is obsolete and a Clock is what keeps the fragile balance of peace.
Written in three parts, this is the breathtaking story of how two unlikely people change the world, and each other, one book at a time.
In No Vain Loss, the world is on the brink of the greatest war humanity has ever known. Lives will be lost. New truths will be revealed.

This series is so amazing!!! I am absolutely head over heels in love and the damn FEELS are just too much. I don’t want it to end ever!!!

Add No Vain Loss on Goodreads

Thanks for reading and have a fantastic weekend!!

Sincerely Karen Jo.