12 Days of Tagmas #3 - The Christmas Song Book Tag

12 days of Tagmas #3 - The Christmas Song Book Tag! 

There’s a lot of christmassy tags / tags that look cool! So, throughout December, I’ll try to do 12 Tags!

I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE SAME! We can celebrate Tagmas together! :D

I saw this tag on Fandoms On The Run, make sure to go check out her blog! 

So let’s get this started! :D

1. “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”, Name a villanous character you couldn’t help but love. 
Ooh! Um I think that AIDAN from Illuminae is considered to be bad, but I still liked it! 

2. “All I want for Christmas is You”, Which book do you most want to see under your Christmas tree? 
The rest of the Throne of Glass series! *-* 

3. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, Name a character which overcomes major obstacles, and learns to believe in themselves. 
I think one of the characters who went through amazing character development and learned about themselves through major obstacles is definitely Percy Jackson. 

4. “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” , Which character do you think would be on the top of the Naughty list? The Nice list? 
Naughty: Sebastian Verlac from the Mortal Instruments
Nice: Jonas from The Giver

5. “Frosty the Snowman”, Which book just melts your heart? 
The Fault in our Stars... 

6. “Feliz Navidad”, Name a book that takes place in a country other than your own. 
Like every book ever? Nah just kidding, but I’ll say Soundless, cus It’s in China. 

7. “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, Which holiday book do you use to spread the Christmas joy? 
Even though I do think Harry Potter is very Christmassy, and Let it Snow is a nice winter read, I would definitely use The Polar Express! 

8. “Sleigh Ride” What character would you love to spend the holidays with? (Doesn’t have to be a love interest!) 
I still don’t really know! I guess I would say the crew at Camp Halfblood, cus I think christmas could be hilarious with them! 

9. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”, Which book would you sacrifice to the fireplace to keep warm? 
NOOO no books should be burned! But I guess the Inkheart trilogy has a lot of pages... *sniff* sorry! 

10. “Do you Hear what I Hear?”, Which book do you think everyone should hear about? 
*Yells* People! Read Graceling! Read Stravaganza! Read I Am The Messenger!


And that’s it for this tag! I’m tagging all of you lovelies to do it as well! C: 

12 days of Tagmas! - 2 - ’Tis the Season Book Tag!

12 days of Tagmas #2 - ’Tis the Season Book Tag! 

There’s a lot of christmassy tags / tags that look cool! So, throughout December, I’ll try to do 12 Tags!

I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE SAME! We can celebrate Tagmas together! :D

Hey all!
So for today’s tag, I’m going with something I saw Regan @PeruseProject do and I thought it looked fun! 

I tag you all to do the same! :D 

1. Do you have a favorite winter read? 
Harry Potter, for some reason, feels like a really christmassy read? I dunno if you agree with me, but it’s so nice to read during the winter by a fireplace! *-* Except we don’t have a fire place... 

2. Pick a book with blue on the cover. 
Let it Snow, by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. It’s blue and it’s christmassy! 


3. Pick a book you would put as a star on the top of your Christmas tree

Ooh this is hard, cus there’s so many pretty covers! But I do think that Magonia was my favorite cover of the year! :D 


4. Pick one place that would be perfect for a winter vacation. 
Okay so I looove going to the Alps for Christmas, so I’ll just stick with that! 

5. Pick a fictional character who you would like to come with you on this Christmas vacation. 
Oh! I dunno actually! This is hard! Any suggestions? 

6. Name a book you really want for christmas. 
The rest of the Throne of Glass series! *-* 

7. Name your favorite movie / treat / activity to do during the holiday season. 
Movie: Probably The Polar Express? It’s so nice ! C: 
Treat: Candy Canes, Pepernoten, Buche de Noel, hot chocolate, and a few others! 
Activity: Aside being with my family in France, definitely ice skating with my friends at the christmas market C: Oh and crafts =p 

Done! What would you say for these? :D 

12 days of Tagmas! #1 - Conquering Kingdoms Book Tag!

12 days of Tagmas #1 - Conquering Kingdoms Book Tag! 

OKAY so it’s totally normal that you don’t know what Tagmas is, I legit just made it up XD There’s a lot of christmassy tags / tags that look cool! So, throughout December, I’ll try to do 12 Tags!

I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE SAME! We can celebrate Tagmas together! :D

*Does a little Dance* I am done with exams! Three week break coming my way! :D 

Hey everyone! 

So now that I’m all done with uni for a while, I took some lazy time to catch up on what I missed on Youtube, including booktube. And there, I saw that two of my favorite booktubers (Jessethereader and Abookutopia, who you should check out if you haven’t already!) did this tag!

So you probably heard about the Falling Kingdoms series. I’m one of those people who hasn’t read them yet, but would love to read them. Some of you may know that book 4 (if I’m not mistaken) is coming out next year! 

To honor that, the author, Morgan Rhodes, created this tag centered around the universe her book is set in, but relates to different books! Aaaand I thought the questions were so great that I could do the tag as well! :D

So let’s get this started! 

1. In Mythica, there are constant betrayals, and you cannot trust anyone. Which book character would you trust to be your sidekick on this adventure? 

Ooh starting off on a tough one! I think some characters I could trust would be Percy Jackson, Lucian Mulholland (Stravaganza series), Katsa Middlunds (Graceling series), or Peeta (Hunger Games). They each have their own qualities that make them both trustworthy and useful as a sidekick! So hard to choose just one though!

1. You will come in contact with people who would want you dead in Mythica. Would you be an archer, like Katniss or an assassin, like Celeana? 

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I do archery... I own a child’s standard bow (for when I was younger) and a recurve bow which I use now...

Do I even need to officially answer this? 

1. What fantasy would would you like to conquer? 

SO MANY OF THEM! But, I think The Seven Kingdoms from Graceling would be EPIC! That or Alagaesia from Eragon! 

1. Which fictional character would you choose to rule at your side? 

Ooh so this is both a book-boyfriend question and a ruler question! Wow! Let me think about that! This is really hard, but I think I might say prince Po, from Graceling again. (That series is so underrated!) Sorry for using the same series again, but it just fits!

1. Who would you throw into the dungeon?

Sebastian Morgenstern!

1. Who gets stabbed in the back? 

Ooh, so like who would be naive enough to get stabbed in the back? I might get hate for this, but Tris Prior. She’s constantly stabbed in the back anyway, right? 

1. What elemental magic would you choose to wield? 

WATER LIKE NO QUESTION ASKED ABOUT THAT! 

So that’s the Tag! Feel free to do it yourself, let me know if you do! 

Also, I’m participating on #Abookishholday on instagram, so every day in December, I post a picture! :D 

let me know if you have any tags you want me to do! :D 

Top Ten Tuesday - Author Discoveries

Top Ten Tuesday - Top Ten new-to-me authors that I discovered in 2015! 

Heya! 

Welcome to a new Top Ten Tuesday, brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish! Top Ten Tuesday (aka TTT) is a weekly blogger meme where you write lists of your top ten (insert topic here)!

                                 

This week’s theme is the top ten new-to-me authors that I discovered in 2015! 

Okidokey let’s get this started! 

1. Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass)
2. Sabaa Tahir (An Ember in the Ashes) 
3. Maria Dhavana Headley (Magonia)
4. Sarah Dessen (Saint Anything) 
5. Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) 
6. Marissa Meyer (Cinder) 
7. Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen) 
8. Julie Kagawa (The Iron King) 
9. Susan Ee (Angelfall) 
10. Nathan Filer (The Shock of the Fall) 

Just... these authors.... 10/10! :D They wrote some of my new favorite books, and I can’t wait to see what else I can discover from them!  Any suggestions? o: Like I know I have to finish Throne of Glass, Lunar Chronicles, and Iron Fey, but anything else from these authors I should check out? 

And that’s it for this week! 
What author did you discover this year?
Have a great day! 

Soundless, by Richelle Mead

Soundless, by Richelle Mead

Hey all! 
I just finished reading Soundless, by Richelle Mead! :) 

Goodreads Blurb: 
"From Richelle Mead, the #1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy and Bloodlines, comes a breathtaking new fantasy steeped in Chinese folklore. 

For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from self-sustaining. Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom. 

When villagers begin to lose their sight, deliveries from the zipline shrink and many go hungry. Fei’s home, the people she loves, and her entire existence is plunged into crisis, under threat of darkness and starvation.

But soon Fei is awoken in the night by a searing noise, and sound becomes her weapon.

Richelle Mead takes readers on a triumphant journey from the peak of Fei’s jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiugo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever...”

This book was nice! 
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Wow that sounds so boring, but don’t judge, I’m sleepy =p 

I really enjoyed reading Soundless! To be honest, I started this without any expectations, but ended up being pleasantly surprised! 

So I don’t know much about Chinese folklore and mythology! This wasn’t huge on it, but it still created a nice atmosphere for the book. 

What I really found intriguing about this book was the fact that nothing was described with sound! Rocks wouldn’t crash down, birds wouldn’t sing... and when Fei can hear, she describes the sound in such detail, it really makes you think how lucky we are to have sound everyday! It was really peculiar to read something with no sound. It’s not something I noticed at first, but then I read something with sound-words, and I was surprised by it! So strange! XD

The main character, Fei, was a really strong character, ready to do what was right. Li Wei was also cool :) However, I feel like they were a bit predictable, especially as far as their relationship went. It was sweet, but I really saw it coming. 

 Another thing I loved about this book is that it felt like a fairy tale! I love fairytales, and this honestly was like reading about the Legend of Fei, the girl who could suddenly hear, and, with her friend, travelled to help her village. It was nice! :) 

Anyway I’m going to cut off my review here, sorry it’s pretty short! But I hope it gave you a good idea of what I thought! :) 

I’m giving this a little 4/5 feathers :) 

Have you read Soundless? What did you think? Let me know! :D

Feature and Follow ~17~

Feature and Follow ~17~

Hey all! 

Welcome to a new FF! 

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Also, you can follow me via GFC, email, Google+, Facebook, or goodreads! Let me know how you follow me, and I'll make sure to follow you back! 

Question: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? 


Okay so I lived in Italy for 10 years, so I’ve had my fair share of Gelato! My two favorites are Stracciatella (Chocolate chip), and Lampone (Raspberry) 

What about you? Let me know and I'll see you again soon for another FFF! :D



Stop! Wait a minute...

Caroline where have you been?! You used to post nearly every day! 

I know I know and I’m very sorry. I’ve been kinda drowning in work, and will be until next Thursday. I’m finishing off three courses and have my finals on Thursday! Here’s a few bookish updates for you guys! 

- I took the many dictionaries off of my self, suddenly having like an extra foot / 30 cm of space, so I re-organized my shelf in a way that makes it actually look bigger, and really pretty :) I put some christmassy fairy lights around it, as well as some Christmas decorations! I’ll post a picture sometime soon, because, honestly, it’s a mess right now! 

-I’m almost done with Soundless! Review to come this weekend, hopefully! *fingers crossed!* 

- So I went to the book fair, which was a bit disappointing, cus the english section was reduced this year, with like 5 YA books, most of which were in the middle of series that I haven’t started yet, or I have read. The Dutch YA section, however, had fantastic books! Sad that I can’t really read dutch... /: I ended up getting a book for my friend, a book on how to draw dragons for my brother, and a middle grade book for me. Pictures will also be posted soon! :) 

- AND THE MOST EXCITING NEWS FOR LAST! GUYS I GOT ACCEPTED TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOR A SEMESTER! I’m so excited!!! *_* 

Top Ten Tuesday - Top Ten 2016 Debuts!

Top Ten Tuesday - Top ten 2016 debuts

Heya! 

Yes it’s already Wednesday, I’m sorry! 

Welcome to a new Top Ten Tuesday, brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish! Top Ten Tuesday (aka TTT) is a weekly blogger meme where you write lists of your top ten (insert topic here)!

                                 

This week’s theme is the top ten debuts I’m looking forward to in 2016! 

Okidokey let’s get this started! 

1. Blackhearts, by Nicole Castroman
2. The Girl from Everywhere, by Heidi Heilig
3. Rebel of the Sands, by Alwyn Hamilton 
4. Fear of the Drowning Deep, by Sarah Glenn Marsh
5. This is where it ends, by Marieke Nijkamp 

I know I only have 5 this week, but I’m not sure what I’m looking forward to! I like seeing as things are published! 

And that’s it for this week! 
What debut can you not wait for? :)
Have a great day!