Back AT IT

Well its that time of the year, school season! Which means STRESSSS! Life in general  can be stressful especially when you’re trying to make something of yourself. No one can seriously sit down and say, “I think I want to be a failure in life.” Its something we are all afraid of. I’m extremely afraid that I will be a failure because I still don’t fully know what I want to do with my life.  In my dream world I’d love to be able to buy a big VW van and drive around the country writing about my adventures and taking shitty pictures in random bars and post statuses about all the new weird and corky people I’ve encountered along the way. This all would be absolutely wonderful, unfortunately that can not happen at the moment. I’m stuck in between trying to get a degree and finding my path in life. Maybe I’ll end up being able to live out the dream one of these days. Maybe this dream will happen way sooner than expected, hell that would be wonderful. Any ways my life in books looks like it will be going a lot better! I cut back on the amount of days I work and now have a lot more free time to read! Now I just have to decide what to pick up.

you can only go up from the bottom chickadees!

The Change Up

Everyone says change can be good or bad it just depends on what you’re changing. I think everyone can agree that change is hard no matter what it is. Right now I’m trying to change how I live and get a little more organized in ALL aspects of my life. I will always be that spontaneous person that will wait to the last minute to do certain things but I can say that my life has some messy areas that need cleaned up!

Its a hard battle that seems never ending and some days I lose those battles.

• Trying to eat better – I think most of us are trying to be healthier people but DAMN you never realize how hard it is to give up that favorite snack in exchange for something healthier until you try and give it up. Emphasis on the try.
• Keeping that clean space – I have never like cleaning my room much it seems like a hassle when you know it will be messy right after cleaning but I’m trying this whole cleaning thing out. Its relaxing to come home to a clean room and a made bed.
• Writing days –  I try and have a day where I just write stuff down. Doesn’t matter what it is I just try and get something down on paper. Most weeks that doesn’t happen because I get so busy that I push it to the back burner.

Hey just taking it one day at a time. That’s all any of us can do. How are YOU trying to change it up?

Books I’m currently reading

• The Martian –  Andy Weir
• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard(The Sword of Summer) – Rick Riordan

 

Long Time No Books?!😟📚

Well a lot has happened over the past few months and I haven’t been able to update my blog at all, but that is ALL changing and so is my blog! I will still have book related post but I will also be doing life update post and much much more. Don’t think of this as a one stop book blog! Think of it as your daily life indulgent blog! So lets have fun on this new journey!
Oh and I got a Harry Potter themed tattoo! 

Little baby wizard elephant!

Small Book Haul📚

Well I picked up a few books while I was out yesterday and figured Id share my finds!

I found two Sophie Kinsella books while I was at one of my local Goodwill and needless to say I’m a little excited because I’ve heard some good things about her books and have been wanting to read something from her so I’m going to give it a go and see how I like her books! The first one I got was “The Undomestic Goddess” and the other one is “Twenties Girl”

The other book I got was given to me by a friend for my birthday and that is “The Killing Moon” by N. K. Jemisin. I have no idea what this book is about really but my friend thinks I will really enjoy it so I’m hoping its good!

Comment below and tell me what you think about Sophie Kinsella or if you have any book suggestions for me!

Top 5: Books/Series Ill never finish

Well there are probably tons and tons of books I’ll never get around to reading. Here are some that I just have absolutely no interest in reading/finishing.

1. The Glitch series, by Heather Anastasiu. I picked up all three of these books off of Bookoutlet for under $10 so I figured I’d give it a try. It couldnt be THAT bad right? Wrong! I read the first book and immediately regretted my decision on buying all three books. Very bad writing and just an over all terrible story line. I think maybe if I was like 13 I might have halfway enjoyed and thats a big MAYBE.

2. Four, by Veronica Roth. Well considering I did not enjoy the divergent series one ounce I definitely will not be picking this up. I feel like reading the same scenarios from this book from another perspective will be even more terrible than having to read it the first time.

3. Vampire Diaries, by L.J Smith. Ill just say it, I’m not into the whole vampire and while were at it we can add on the Twilight series too. I don’t really know much about the Vampire Diaries series but I already know I’m not going to like it. Vampires just aren’t my thing.

4. Kathleen Hale. Ill Just leave that at that. I probably wont read anything from her because she can’t handle a bad review. I feel like this is just really unprofessional. Obviously not everyone is going to like what you write or do in life. Well to each their own and I wish her well.

5.EndGame The Calling, by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton. Just doesnt seem interesting and after all this controversy surrounding his “Memoir, I’ll just take a pass on anything he has to write.

📚TBR Change Up!📚

Well since this reading slump completely ruined my chance of finishing the books on my June TBR I’m going to change it up! I’m going to power through Allegiant so I can say I finished the series and then I think I’m gonna to read a couple graphic novels to get me out of this slump! I got a couple Cthulhu graphic novels that I’ve been wanting to get to so I might as well read them now! Hope Everyone else has stuck to their TBR’s! Let me know what you are reading!

Reading Slump Blues😨

Huh hit a reading slump 😦 I haven’t had the urge to read after reading the divergent trilogy. It just was so boring and dragged out. I don’t know what I should try to read to get me out of this slump. What should I do AHHHHH!!

June TBR!

I would like to read around 6 books in June it is my Birthday month so no doubt I’ll be picking up a few new books and I will also be going to the Beach so here are my picks for the month!

PS, I Love You by: Cecelia Ahern
I’ve been wanting to read this for a long time and I finally bought it off Amazon about a week ago so I’m looking forward to reading it!

The Assassins Curse & The Pirates Wish by: Cassandra Rose Clarke
This duology is one that I’ve had a while and just haven’t picked up but I figured I’d finally pick it up!

Shadow and Bone by:Leigh Bardugo
I seem to be so far behind in my reading that it takes me forever to get to new and popular books. Since I’m in college and have to read tons of novels for class I never have time to read stuff I want to so Finally I will be getting to this series!

So far that’s my list like I said I’ll probably be buying/receiving books for my birthday so I’ll end up reading a couple of those as well!

Review: Divergent

I know, I know I late to the divergent scene but hey i finally read it. What I’m about to say might stun a lot of people but……. I did not like divergent. I put off reading this book for the simple fact that I did not think I would like it very much. I finally decided that I’d watch the movie though because why not its only like an hour of my life. I actually liked the movie and wish I hadn’t read the book know…..sighhh.

I didn’t completely hate the book but it frustrated me to no end! First off we just are thrown into this dystopian world with know knowledge of how the world has become the way it is. There is like a slight mention of a war and then you get small bits of information regarding the factions. I love dystopian books they are some of my favorites but this novel just missed the mark for me. How can you have this dystopian world and not elaborate more on how everything happened and more importantly how the factions operate! There really is not that much information regarding the factions and I think that is what irritates me the most! I don’t understand how you can have this story revolving around these factions and not even explain them properly. And the trains….did that bother anyone else or just me? like where do they come from! why are they just always running through the town? it seems like no one uses them, so they are just the legitimately used so the dauntless can jump on and off them? isn’t there some sort of power restriction? why are the trains always running, seems like a waste of energy to me. I just cant.

Also did anyone else find the relationship between Tris and Four to just be painful to have to read? like no, just no. It was so forced it was just awful to have to read. I don’t know maybe it gets better in Insurgent, I’ll debate about whether I’m going to read it or not. I might just finish the series that way I can say I finished it but that just sounds like a lot of wasted hours to me so I dont know. I know this is probably an unpopular opinion but I had to say it

I just really wished it talked about the factions more….*big sigh*

J. Lynn aka Jennifer Armentrout

So I just have to say that New Adults are starting to become my guilty pleasure in terms of reading. I always end up sitting down and finishing them in one sitting. I very much enjoyed reading this book. I know it had that same thing you see in most contemporary romance book with the bad boy turned good and the girl that’s trying to run from her past but I got to say this book kept me engaged from beginning to end! And lets just say Cams character didnt make it that hard for me to stay engaged. Phew if only all men were like this in person!! The relationship between Cam and Avery was adorable and it wasnt overtly sappy or drawn out like a lot of novels tend to make them. The chemistry they had together was amazing and the steamy scenes they shared were lets just say that got your heart racing. I liked that you kind of knew the problems with Avery from the start and it wasnt like you were completely surprised by it. I think a lot of authors tend to drag it out. For example the novel “Speak” never came out and said what happened until the end but you basically knew and it was annoying because you were just left reading the story like “When is it gonna be said” I think when its said right at the beginning it makes it a lot easier to get a feel for the character and understand them better. All in all this book for me was an excellent summer read and I definitely recommend it if you are looking for a New Adult book to pick up for a quick read!
I will say that if you are a person that has triggers when reading certain issues I would not read this book.