Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday - Queen of Shadows

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spines (check her out here), that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. I know that I haven't done this in a LONG time, but I've decided to do this one because of the book.


This week's most anticipated book is Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas.


Here's the goodreads synopsis for it:
"Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past...

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.
Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world."

I am so insanely excited about this book, 'cause last time I checked, it didn't even have a title or cover. Look at it now! I love the redish pink color, and how she looks ready to take her revenge. Heir of Fire was an awesome book which ended with the characters in awesome situations (whether good or bad). Does anybody know if we're going to see Rowan at all? I mean, with the events of Heir of Fire, I can't be sure. I'm eager to see Chaol, Dorian, Manon, and Aedion, but Celaena the baddass of them all still wins first place. Am I the only one who's a little confused about the hair? What happened to it? I do like how it tells the transformation of her to the queen that she is. Anyways, I don't feel like that summed up my excitement, but just bear with me.

This book will be out on September 1st, 2015. SO EXCITED!

Friday, March 27, 2015

All My Series

Halo guys! Today I'm going to list the series that I haven't finished and will be finishing, and the series that I'm all caught up with.

Series that I'm finished with:
Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Flower Power by Lauren Myracle
Trading Faces by Julie DeVillers
Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Legend by Marie Lu
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Series that I'm caught up with:
The Remnant Chronicles (The Kiss of Deception) by Mary E. Pearson
The Iron Trial (Magisterium) by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
Firebird (A Thousand Pieces of You) by Claudia Gray
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Series that I'm unfinished with:
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey (haven't read The Infinite Sea)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie  Perkins (haven't read Isla and the Happily Ever After)
Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness (haven't read The Ask and the Answers & Monsters of Men)
Luz by Jennifer L. Armentrout (haven't read Opal, Origin, & Opposition)

So that was it! My goal is to finish these five unfinished series by the end of this year. Most, if not all, of the next book in the series that I'm caught up with will be out sometime this year, so I'll be reading those as soon as I can get my hands on them. What are some of your unfinished series? Also, if you have any ideas as to what post I should do next tell me in the comments below as well.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Versatile Blogger Award

A new blogger award! I was nominated by the awesome people that is Haley and Carina from My Addiction Books & Jayne from Booking Awesome. Thanks so much for nominating me!

Rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and include a link back to their post
2. Select 15 blogs/bloggers that you've recently discovered or follow regularly and that you think are excellent
3. Let them know they've been nominated (be sure to send them a link for the post)
4. Tell your nominees 7 things about yourself.



1. To start from the basic, I am an Indonesian girl living in Texas, a girl of two siblings, and a girl of black hair.

2. My favorite animals are cats.

3. I (well, my family) used to have 4 cats in Indonesia before we left them for US. One day, a black cat followed my maid inside the house after she took out the trash. We ignored it, of course, until it became a she who was pregnant and about to give birth soon. So, we gave her a home in our garage so that she can have her kittens. One day after I came back from school my mom told me that she (the cat, not my mom :P) had 3 kittens. We couldn't play with them until the 3rd week, when we let them free inside the house. After that, I played with them and watched them grow. It was so heartbreaking to leave them. More so when the phone where I had pictures of them when haywire and deleted everything. Including the pictures.

4. I lived in Australia for two years when I was in preschool, and one of the only thing I could vividly remember that at school, we had nap time. Amazing, right? We would have blankets at school and just took a nap. I miss those days.

5. I have glasses, and my friends asks why I don't change to contacts, but to be truthful, I am scared of them. The only reason is that when I was about 8 (or was it 10?), I was in a McDonald restroom, and I saw somebody putting theirs on. Me being so young, I thought that the lady was poking her eyes. I didn't even know what contacts were. It was a very traumatizing experience.

6. My obsession with BTVS started when I saw Buzzfeed's post of Beginner's Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I saw this really awesome picture that perfectly depicts my road to obsession. I'll link it here. Anyways I'm in the beginning of season 6 (and 3 for Angel).

7. I am obsessed with quotes. You probably already know it, but it's true. I have a board in Pinterest that has 400+ quotes and it's s little bit ridiculous, but who cares!

I nominate (I'm just going to do 4):
Anna from Unqenchable Reads
Jasmen from This Girl Reads a Alot
Amber from Books of Amber
Katie from Kittens and Books

Okay! That's it for today. It's good to be back in the blogging routine. Thanks for reading!