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Weekly Update

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In case you missed it, here are this week’s blog posts:

Tags this week:

I’ve been reading:

Recently acquired:

  • Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
  • I also got lost all self-control at my library’s annual sale! I’m planning on doing a separate post about what I got there.

2 things this week:

  • I’ve noticed that WP isn’t sending me notifications for every ping, so if you’ve tagged me in something and I haven’t responded, please let me know!
  • I got my BookCon autographing tickets! Of all the authors, I can’t believe I’m going to meet Sarah Dessen. I’ve loved her books since I was in middle school. 😭

Blog hopping:

  • Ally wrote about the types of book reviewers. I think I’m “critical and doesn’t care.” What are you?
  • Siobhan discussed trigger warnings and whether bloggers have a responsibility to include them in reviews.

Song of the week:

Since I did the Fall Out Boy Book Tag, I might as well share my favorite Fall Out Boy song of all time. I used to BLAST this album in my bedroom when I was a dramatic teenager.

How was your week? What’s the best thing you read or listened to? Anything interesting happening in your life? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Book review: Miss Mayhem by Rachel Hawkins

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Ask Me Anything by Molly E. Lee
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Links: Amazon • TBD • Goodreads
Publication Date: April 7, 2015
Source: Purchased

Life is almost back to normal for Harper Price. The Ephors have been silent after their deadly attack at Cotillion months ago, and her best friend, Bee, has returned after a mysterious disappearance. Now Harper can focus on the important things in life: school, canoodling with David (her nemesis-turned-ward-slash-boyfie), and even competing in the Miss Pine Grove pageant.

Unfortunately, supernatural chores are never done. The Ephors have decided they’d rather train David than kill him. The catch: Harper has to come along for the ride, but she can’t stay David’s Paladin unless she undergoes an ancient trial that will either kill her . . . or make her more powerful than ever. 

It’s been a while since I read Rebel Belle, but I remember enjoying it an awful lot. It was a ton of fun, gave me some serious Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes, and there were so many things about it that I thought were great! I had planned to read Miss Mayhem much earlier than I did, but I kind of forgot about it until I stumbled across this book at a used bookstore (for $1!!) a few months ago.

I think that three-star reviews are the hardest ones to write, because I just don’t have that much to say. I didn’t love this. I didn’t hate it. It was entertaining enough that I finished it in about 24 hours, but not entertaining enough that I’m sad it’s done.

Harper is still a great character. She’s so strong, she’s just trying to do the right thing, and she knows how to use good manners as a weapon. She finally gets her best friend, Bee, back, and it was so great to see their friendship and how they supported each other. Harper’s Aunt Jewel was amazing and I wish she could just adopt me.

Aside from those high points, though, the book was just okay. The book is only 272 pages, but it felt like it moved very slowly. There’s only one real plot point in this book (aside from a lot of relationship drama), and while it’s interesting enough, it’s not enough to support nearly 300 pages, and I didn’t really feel like any progress had been made by the end of the book.

It almost feels as though Miss Mayhem was written to set up Lady Renegades. Given that Lady Renegades has a lower Goodreads average than Miss Mayhem, though (3.41 vs. 3.48), I’m not really sure that I want to take the time to read it. If you’ve completed this series, I’d be really curious to hear what you think. Is it worth continuing?

#killingthetbr: four months on shelf
#ps19: a book about someone with a superpower
#romanceopoly: magic row

Have you read Miss Mayhem? What about Lady Renegades?
Let’s talk in the comments!

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Weekly Update

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In case you missed it, here are this week’s blog posts:

Tags this week:

I’ve been reading:

Recently acquired:

  • Entangled Teen mailed me a physical copy of Ask Me Anything! It was such a surprise! ❤

5 things this week:

This week has kind of flown by in a blur after a very exciting weekend. Some things that happened since the last Weekly Update are…

  • Riding the world’s tallest rollercoaster! (And somehow surviving it.) The comic below is actually me and my boyfriend before and after. I am, of course, the one saying, “This seems genuinely unwise.”
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  • Going to my friend’s son’s birthday party! I unexpectedly got to play with a very cute puppy while we were there.
his name is Oliver
  • Watching The Conjuring, which actually, literally gave me nightmares. (Yikes.)
  • Baking a gluten-free carrot cake for my manager!
  • MEETING BROODS (WHAT?!) and making a new friend at the concert!

The rest of the week was pretty boring and mostly consisted of my cat screaming at me for letting my boyfriend leave.

Song of the week:

DID YOU KNOW TAYLOR SWIFT RELEASED A NEW SONG?!?

How was your week? What’s the best thing you read or listened to? Anything interesting happening in your life? Let’s talk in the comments!

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Weekly Update

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 In case you missed it, here are this week’s blog posts:

Tags this week:

I’ve been reading:

Recently acquired:

1 thing this week:

  • I found out that there’s a used bookstore about twenty minutes from my house and I may have gone a little crazy!

Blog hopping:

  • Lily shared five upcoming releases to add to your TBR!
  • Sam talked about the pros and cons of secondhand books!

Song of the week:

Andrew McMahon has been one of my favorite musicians since I was fourteen years old (half my life!!) and this week, he released a new album. Here’s Teenage Rockstars.