January TBR & 2018 Reading Goal

Hi all,

For the longest time, I haven't created a TBR for the month, so with the new year starting, I wanted to try it out again. So, for January I created a TBR with the help of my little sister, so half of these were my picks and half were hers. I have five different category's and we both picked one book each for that category.

Classic

My pick: 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup.

My sister's pick: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Young Adult

My pick: Wayfarer by Alexander Bracken.

My sister's pick: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.

Adult Fiction / Non-Fiction

My pick: A Mighty Long Way: Carlotta Walls LaNier.

My sister's pick: Victoria by Daisy Goodwin.

E-Book

My pick: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer.

My sister's pick: After Anna by Alex Lake.

Netgalley

My pick: 147 Things by Jim Chapman.

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart.

100 Books

           

Let me know in the comments what your reading goal is for the year, and please share and subscribe if you liked this post.

Until next time,

H.

Beautiful Covers

Hi all,

I know they say 'don't judge a book by its cover' but that doesn't mean that we can't admire a beautiful cover, right?

Here's a little look at ten covers that I think are stunning. All of these are books that I've read, except the last two, which are on my 2018 Most Anticipated YA Books List.

Let me know in the comments what covers you love and please share and subscribe if you liked this post.

Until next time,

H.

My Most Read Authors

Hi all,

I've got some more stats for you today and this time it's a list of my most read authors, according to Goodreads.

                    Author                          Books Read

   

1		Eiichirō Oda	25
2		Jacqueline Wilson	24
3		Karen McCombie	15
4		Lyn Andrews	14
5		Sarah Dessen	13
6		Meg Cabot	9
6		Ann M. Martin	9
8		Ann Brashares	8
9		Lauren Oliver	7
9		Jennifer E. Smith	7
9		Jane Austen	7
12		John Green	6
12		Gayle Forman	6
12		Veronica Roth	6
12		Jenny Han	6
12		Sarah Crossan	6
12		Kiera Cass	6

Most Anticipated YA Books of 2018

Hi all,

With the new year approaching it was time for me to start looking into what books I may be interested in, little did I know that I'd end up with over seventy books on my list so far and that's just going through the Young Adult and a few Historical fiction books.

I can't list all of them here, because that would be insane. So, I've broken it down to just the YA books and just the ones I'm most anticipating. There are a lot of releases from authors I already love and some from new authors for me.

If you want to check out all the books I've added to my 2018 releases list, you can see that here.

Series Continuations

   

Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber

9 Days & 9 Nights by Katie Cotugno

Authors I’ve Read Before

     

Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West

Save the Date by Morgan Matson

Untitled by Jennifer Niven

The Opposite of Here by Tara Altebrando

Goodbye, Perfect by Sara Barnard

Hidden Pieces by Paula Stokes

Authors New to Me

      

     

American Panda by Gloria Chao

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmeo

The Continent by Keira Drake

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

Little Do We Know by Tamara Ireland Stone

The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos

The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Multiple Authors

  

Our Stories, Our Voices

Meet Cute

Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

There you have it. A few of the many YA books I'm interested about in the upcoming year. Thank you for reading. Comment below with what books you're excited about in 2018 and please share and subscribe if you liked this post.

Until next time,

Hannah.

2016 | Top 10 Books

2016 | Top 10 Books

&

 Reading Stats

Hi Guys,

Can you believe 2016 is over already? It seems to have gone so fast, but here we are in a brand new year! 

As always, I've compiled a list of my top ten books I read this year. I have to say it was a great year for me, my shortlist of books on Goodreads was 32 books long and it took me a while to narrow it down and put it in an order. I figured it out in the end, though, so here it is. My top ten books of 2016 and some reading stats too. 

Let me know what you've been reading in 2016.

January 2016 | Wrap Up

Hi guys,

January is over, and it was a great start to my reading year. For 2016, I've set my Goodreads challenge at 100 books, and I made a nice dent in it. So here are the books that I read in January.

1. Night Owls by Jean Bennett
2. Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
3. Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
4. Hello? by Lisa M. Weimer
5. Becoming Famous by Natalie Scott
6. Help Me! by Donna M. Zadunajsky
7. The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life by Tara Altebrando
8. Warning! When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph
9. You Have Seven Messages by Stewart Lewis
10. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
11. Room by Emma Donoghue
12. The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt
13. Paperweight by Meg Haston

Of those 13 books, 5 of them made it onto my list of top books in 2016. So I have high hopes for this year. I don't know how many I'll get through in February, but I am still in a reading mood, so hopefully quite a lot.

Best Book of the Month: Room by Emma Donoghue

New Year, New Books | Book Haul

Hi All,

I went just a little crazy with the buy now button on Amazon these past couple of days, but I figure since we're in a new year, I needed a few new books (I'm using the term need loosely here, since I have hundreds of unread books in my room and on my tablet).

So, I thought I'd start the year off with a quick haul, because I haven't done one in a really long time, and it's something I want to get back into, along with my end of month wrap ups.

These are the books that I've bought over the past week. Let me know what you've been buying recently, and which books your most excited to read in the new year.

Book Haul

1. Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten
2. The Color of Water in July by Nora Carroll
3. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
4. The Lie by C.L Taylor
5. Viral Nation by Shaunta Grimes
6. The Lost and The Found by Cat Clarke
7. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
8. Just Visiting by Dhalia Adler
9. Paperweight by Meg Haston

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2015 | Top 10 Books and Wrap Up

Hi Guys,

Can you believe it? 2015 is over already, and that means it's time for me to wrap up the top 10 books that I read this year. This will include any book I've read this year, and not just 2015 releases. I've excluded any re-reads, so it's the top 10 new to me books I've read this year.

Tell me what you think of my list in the comments below, and let me know what your stand out books have been in 2015.

2015 | Top 10 Books

10. Love Letters To The Dead by Ava Dellaira 

Published - 2014

Goodreads Average Rating - 3.83

9. Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

Published - 2014

Goodreads Average Rating - 3.47

8. Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Published - 2015

Goodreads Average Rating - 4.05

7. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 

Published - 1986

Goodreads Average Rating - 4.51

6. Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg

Published - 2014

Goodreads Average Rating - 3.96

5. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Published - 1963

Goodreads Average Rating - 3.96

4. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

Published - 2013

Goodreads Average Rating - 3.93

3. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Published - 2015

Goodreads Average Rating - 4.03

2. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Published - 2015

Goodread Average Rating - 4.30

1. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Published - 2015

Goodreads Average Rating - 4.20

2015 | Wrap Up

Book Read - 76

Pages Read - 19, 410

My Average Rating on Goodreads - 3.9

And a few honorable mentions...