Top Ten Tuesday: Longest Books

                Hello everyone!  Top Ten Tuesday is just how it sounds, a topic is picked and we put our Top Ten for that in a post and share and check out everyone’s answers.  Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

The top ten today is:  Longest books I’ve ever read*

*1 book per series & author

Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer at 827 pages

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling at 759 pages

Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4) by Stephenie Meyer at 756 pages

War Storm (Red Queen #4) by Victoria Aveyward at 662 pages

Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3) by Laini Taylor at 613 pages

Moon Chosen (Tales of a New World #1) by P.C. Cast at 608 pages

Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead at 594 pages

Beautiful Creatures (Beautiful Creatures #1) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl at 563 pages

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi at 525 pages

Coming soon long reads…

Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare at 720 pages

Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas at 702 pages (previous it said 900+)

               These are some of the longest books (series) I have read thus far that I can recall.  What do you think of my picks.  What are some of the longest books you have read?  

               

~Stacking the Shelves #63~

                Welcome to Stacking the Shelves was created by Tynga and the full details can be found on her page.  Basically you showcase the books you bought or received each week.  Little, or not so little, weekly book hauls. 

Physical Books:

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3) by Kerri Maniscalco

E-Book (Review):

Sugar Spells (The Spellwork Syndicate #2) by Lola Dodge

Audiobooks:

Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor

                Another good small week.  I have some pre-orders I’m waiting on but I never count them until they arrive.  Share a link below with what goodies you got this week. 

~Can't Wait Wednesday: The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1)~

                Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Wishful Endings.  Basically books that are not yet out that we are dying to get our hands on.  This week’s pick is:

The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Out:  1/15

From Goodreads:

                Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure.

                Paris, 1889:  The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.  In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie.  But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined:  his true inheritance.  To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin will need help from a band of experts:

                An engineer with a debt to pay.  A historian who can’t yet go home.  A dancer with a sinister past.  And a brother in all but blood, who might care too much.        

                Together, they’ll have to use their wits and knowledge to hunt the artifact through the dark and glittering heart of Paris.  What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive.

Why I’m Waiting:

                 I have really enjoyed this authors Star-Touched books and I am intrigued to learn more about this past life of decadency and secrets. 

                What are you waiting on?  Tell me below what you think of this title and leave a link to your CWW as well so I can check it out.

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I'd LOVE to meet1

                Hello everyone!  Top Ten Tuesday is just how it sounds, a topic is picked and we put our Top Ten for that in a post and share and check out everyone’s answers.  Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. 

The top ten today is:  Authors I’d LOVE to meet!

Okay so I’ve been beyond lucky to have meet as many amazing and wonderful authors and I have and continue to do so, many of which are FAVE authors, though I'm always down for meeting them again.  I would love to meet all the authors I have every/will ever read but here are a few that top my list.

Richelle Mead: Vampire Academy, Bloodlines, Georgina Kincaid, Dark Swan, The Glittering Court, and Age of X 

Cassandra Clare: All things Shadowhunters & Magisterium 

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter!

Stephanie Meyer: Twilight

Aileen Erin: Alpha Girl & The Shadow Ravens

Christina Bauer: Angelbound, Angelbound Origins, Beholder, Fairy Tales of the Magicorum

Lola Dodge: The Shadow Raves & The Spellwork Syndicate

Tricia Levenseller: Daughter of the Pirate King

Holly Black: Modern Faerie Tales, Curse Workers, The Folk of the Air, & Magisterium

Stephanie Garber: Caraval

               

                So what do you think?  Tell me what you think of my list in the comments below.  Also please link back to your Top Ten as well so I can check out your list and see what I missed!

Wink Poppy Midnight

                Hello happy readers!  So today I have for you a new to me author.  I had been intrigued by her book in the past and as I am on my way to go to an event with her today I wanted to read at least one book first so I chose Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke. 

Rating:  4 Stars

                Every Story needs a hero.  Every story needs a villain.  Every story needs a secret.  Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles.  Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee.  Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them.  Wink.  Poppy.  Midnight.  Two girls.  One boy.  Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.  What really happened?  Someone knows.  Someone is lying. 

               

                That is the summary of this book on Goodreads and it was the best I could do because it is a book that is very strange in deed.  Seriously this is strange but in a good way.  We have three very different POV’s and we go back and forth in some ways and see different things in different ways and never fully know what is happening and is it magical, spiritual, or something else.  The character relationships and romance in here is really odd too but you are bulled in and fascinated trying to untangle and unwind it all. 

                Each character is vastly different.  Midnight was my favorite.  He was caught between some serious hard spots and still he tried to keep moving forward.  He kind of rolled with the punches as it were.  Poppy was a b**ch.  Seriously I wanted to strangle her 99% of the time….maybe more.  Sometimes a mean bully has something from their POV that makes up for it but her POV generally made me dislike her all the more.  Wink.  Wink is very odd living in a parallel story to the books she reads to the other kids.  She is whimsical and never fully clear on things which at times could be frustrating.

                This is a very vague review I know but the book itself is very unique and vague.  Strange and odd are my words for this.  It has a different air to it that just keeps you guessing.  The book flew by for me.  I listened to the audiobook and finished it quickly.  Each chapter flew by and I felt myself pulled in different directions and half the time unsure which way it was going or what I wanted to happen.  It will definitely pull you out of your head and get you lost in this world.  The closest thing it reminds me of is the feeling I have when I watch American Horror Story, I like it but half the time I'm not sure how anything will relate, turn out, or come together, but strange as it is it usually always does and until then just buckle in and enjoy the strange.   I liked being on my toes and kept guessing. 

                Until next time…

~Stacking the Shelves #62~

                Welcome to Stacking the Shelves was created by Tynga and the full details can be found on her page.  Basically you showcase the books you bought or received each week.  Little, or not so little, weekly book hauls. 

Physical Books:

Check, Please!:  #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

Black Wings Beating (The Skybound Saga #1) by Alex London

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Audiobooks:

Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake

Wildcard (Warcross #2) by Marie Lu

                This was a huge week for me!  I'm so excited!  Two are for an event I'm going to which makes it even more fun!  Share a link below with what goodies you got this week. 

Movie Corner #18

                Hello happy movie fans!    So it's been a blah two days off but I did just get some books I can share on Saturday so that brings me up.  I didn't see many movies but I did see two that I really enjoyed so I call it a win!  That said here is what I’ve seen the last two weeks:

A Simple Favor:  5 Stars

                This movie had my interest from the start since I adore Anna Kendrick in so many of her movies and the trailer had me hooked.  I could totally relate to having a friend who seems so much more sophisticated than myself and how sometimes you think you know people only to find that you don't.  I loved the concept and the way the movie played out was amazing.  So many fun and smart moments to keep you on edge.  It had lots going for it for sure and I liked it even more than I thought I would so that's a huge plus!

The House with a Clock in Its Walls:  5 Stars

                So I saw this movie last night finally and it was so much fun.  It was everything the trailers promised.  It was funny and cute an full of magic for sure but it also layered in much deeper moments and themes as well.  I really enjoyed the movie and the visuals are amazing.  The magic in general was well done but the house was a character all itself and managed to be both creepy and amazing! 

*****

                Not that many sadly but bright side I've really loved the two I saw.  I do have some more I'm excited to see and I'm already sorting out which are top priorities.  The next two weeks some top contenders are Hellfest, Night School, Small Foot, Little Women, Venom, The Hate U Give (though I need to read the book first),  and A Star Is Born.  I can't see them all  but I do hope to see several….which do you think sound most interesting?  What movies have you seen recently?  What should I see?