LGBT Month is hosted by Cayce at Fighting Dreamer and Laura at Laura Plus Books. It runs throughout April and it’s here to celebrate LGBT readers, LGBT authors and of course LGBT books! Here on Istyria book blog there will […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming books that we eagerly anticipate! Why I’m waiting: I want more good LGBT books and I hope this book will be […]
Excerpt His eyes darted back and forth over mine, and the crease in his forehead faded as his boyish smirk tugged at his lips. “Kiss me,” he whispered, his face so close to mine his breath tickled my cheeks. There […]
One Window, Two Views will be a weekly meme where we will discuss a topic from each of our points of view. Please join the discussion! Arianne: Sci-fi is going to be huge this year. Huge. And it’s not just […]
Title: Panic by Lauren Oliver Published: March 4th, 2014 by HaperCollins Source: ARC (thanks to ALA!) Format: Paperback Genre: Contemporary Age group: Young adult Reviewer: Arianne Grade rate: C Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town […]
Excerpt I yawned as I closed my laptop and blinked at the television clock – 10:00 PM – I hadn’t even eaten yet. I began to stand, but dropped back down on the couch when I heard the giggle from across the hall; it […]
Title: Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini Release date: May 31st 2011 by HarperTeen Source: Purchased Format: Paperback Age group: Young adult Genre: Contemporary/Mythology Reviewer: Arianne Grade rate: A How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying […]
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming books that we eagerly anticipate! Why I’m waiting:It’s Katie McGarry.
Re-read & Review is a new, (two-)weekly feature on Istyria book blog. The basic idea of this feature is that I re-read and review books that I’ve read, but not reviewed. (Or they have a review, but it’s so short […]
So I normally don’t post Cover Reveals, but there are exceptions. And this is one of them. I was a beta reader for the lovely Sarah last year for her novel Promise Me This and I loved it, so I […]
Hello everyone and welcome to Reading with ABC’s stop of Liz Czukas’s Ask Again Later. This blog tour is sponsored by Merp Squad, find more information about the rest of the tour here. About the Book Title: Ask Again LaterAuthor: […]
Title: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone Release date: October 9th 2012 by Hyperion Source: Purchased Format: Paperback Age group: Young adult Genre: Contemporary Reviewer: Arianne Grade rate: A- Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives […]
Review Oh my god I loved On The Fence even more than The Distance Between Us! It was so perfect and amazing and I had a smile on my face the whole time. Kasie West, you’re brilliant and I love […]
Review I said it before, and I’ll say it again. You have read this book before! It’s pretty much the same recipe as most of the other New Adult Contemporary books. And sometimes that’s okay because the book is awesome. […]
I normally don’t post Cover Reveals on my blog, but the author was asking so nice and the book does sound pretty great. The cover is designed by Gio Design Studios.
Review Although this book started strong and had an emotional moment towards to end, most of the time I was just bored. Most books in this genre are basically the same, but it’s the way it’s executed that matters. And […]
Oh wow. I don’t even know where to begin with this book. I’m going to try to talk about the book and I’m going to avoid the camp topic as much as possible because I’m afraid my review will be […]
Title: Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg Published by: Point Release date: February 25, 2014 Source: ARC from ALA-MW Format: Paperback Genre: Contemporary romance Age group: Young adult Grade rating: A+ For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first […]