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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

My 'Take Control of Your TBR!' List

Take Control is an annual event hosted by Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer focused on clearing out out insane TBR piles. This is my first time participating and I'm excited!

Throughout March I'm going to dig into my out-of-control TBR shelves. (Literally shelves, guys; three of them.) You wouldn't believe how long some of these books have been sitting there. >_<
I swear, guys, I've been changing this list every HOUR waiting to post it!


From my bookshelves:

The Finnegan Zwake series by Michael Dahl
I am ashamed I haven't read these yet. Ashamed. I wasn't able to finish the series for years because they were out of print, but my dad discovered they were back in print, and completed my set two Hanukkahs ago. There are five books in total, about 150 pages a piece, and I've only read the first three. Plus, they're MIDDLE GRADE MURDER MYSTERIES! Do you have any idea how rare those are?
I told you. Ashamed.

The Undead Road: My Zombie Summer Part One by David Powers King
This is a book I bought last year. I was really excited about it, yet somehow haven't gotten to it yet. :P

(if I have time)
Star Wars: Rise of the Empire by James Luceno and John Jackson Miller

Audiobooks:

Heartless by Marissa Meyer (currently reading)

Sands by Kevin L. Nielsen

(if I have time)
Etherwalker by Cameron Dayton

From my Kindle library:

PWNED by Shannen Crane Camp
Popular cheerleader who 'helps' the captain of the squad pick on geeks, but she's actually a closet gamer herself. I've wanted to read this for ages!

That Girl, Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Story by James Ramos
This is a gender-swapped Pride and Prejudice retelling. This is either going to be really good or terrible and I can't wait to see which it is.

Avis Blackthorn: Is Not An Evil Wizard! by Jack Simmonds
A kids book in the vein of Harry Potter; the only good wizard from an evil wizarding family is off to wizarding school to escape his miserable home life.

Book Club Read:

Airman by Eoin Colfer ^_^

In addition to my library hoard...

Beauty by Robin McKinely (currently reading)

(if I have time)
Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier

Plus, you know, the entire Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, because I haven't re-read them yet and I must be ready for Dragonwatch come March 14. But obviously that doesn't count for Take Control.

I'm going to be honest, I'll be hard pressed to finish these all. But I'm really going to try, because most of these books have been sitting around for years waiting to be read and I'm tired of seeing their sad little spines watching me as I read other books and bring new books home from the library. :(

Let's get reading and Take Control!

Sunday, February 12, 2017

The Sunday Post 001

Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. See rules here: Sunday Post Meme

 Last Week on the Blog 



 This Week on the Blog 



 Internet Shenanigans 

ALL THE BONUS POINTS TO STUDIO C!
One of my favorite shows, a sketch comedy from BYUtv called STUDIO C, appeared on Conan Tuesday night and they were great.



I'm so happy Studio C is getting so much recognition because they deserve it. I hope there are bigger and better such moments coming your way. Congrats, you guys!

 In Real Life 

The best happening this week had to be playing laser tag. My friends and I love laser tag yet somehow forget this and only ever play once a year. Man, I love laser tag.
Excitement! Daring! Fun Exercise!
And yeah. Okay. It's fun to play secret agent but who doesn't enjoy that every once and a while?

Second place goes to a work-related success. For those who don't know, I work as a clerk at a public library. This year, a co-worker and I are instigating a library-wide Adopt-A-Shelf program. It went live this week and we already have people signing up. Success!


 New Additions 

Thanks to my local thrift store:
  • The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Hardcover, sans jacket cover, but the illustrations more than make up for that!
  • Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George I've read the first book of this series and just needed this excuse to get to the rest.
Thanks to barnesandnoble.com:
  • The Blacklist: The Arsonist (No. 123) Graphic Novel
  • Twelfth Doctor with Guitar POP! I adore 12 and his sonic sunglasses and his electric guitar. I couldn't resist!

 Random 

I've started haunting The Blacklist Wiki. I haven't done this with a show since Avatar: The Last Airbender -and I was obsessed with Avatar, guys. You have no idea how much. (Unless you've read this. Then you have an idea.)
While there's no chance of my writing fanfiction for The Blacklist, there's a good chance [more] show discussion/talk is coming to these here parts.
You've been warned.

  What's new with you?