Just Take My Money.

Can we take a moment and talk about the craziness that is my Book Wish List on Amazon??? As if I don't have a lot of books already. I am an addict.

But anyway - I wanted to highlight some books I'm looking forward to getting and reading!

First up is Louise Erdrich's Books & Islands in Ojibwe Country. When I was a undergrad and had to take "filler classes" in order to receive financial aid (that's right), I decided to take a couple of lit classes because I was a Psych major and didn't know where else to fit some lit classes haha. Both were taught by the same professor, who was/is AWESOME. The first class was Intro to American Fiction and the second was Native American Literature. I loved both classes, but the Native American Lit course was, and remains, the absolute best class ever. It was through that class that I was introduced to Erdrich's writing and the emotion that her writing gives me has stayed with me ever since. 

This book is already out now - I suggest giving this author a read.





Now, some books I'm looking forward to owning after they release...

All I've read about Zac & Mia is that it resembles Eleanor & Park as well as The Fault in Our Stars.

...

...

I'm sold. Just take my money. 

I'm not entirely sure how Amity is going to work, but I'm a big fan of horror and especially the weirdness that is Amityville horror. With that said - you know I'm looking forward to this. 

Conversion is apparently about a series of symptoms/illnesses plaguing the teenage girl population at a boarding school. These symptoms, however, have a striking resemblence to those experieced during the Salem witch trials.

It sounds creepy - I'm in.

This one is out now - hope to get it as soon as the cash flow comes haha













Hope you enjoyed this new type of post! Talk to me - I feel like conversing with my online people...if I HAVE online people....

Also, thinking of starting up my book channel on YouTube again...

Book List: Most Powerful Books

I came across this list when reading Book Riot and thought I'd give it a go with how many I've read. 9 out of 35 - eesh. I need to read more it seems! How many have you read?

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (123 votes)
2. The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (59)
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (54)
4. 1984 by George Orwell (38)
5. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (36)
6. The Bible (33)
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (30)
8. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (30)
9. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (28)
10. Beloved by Toni Morrison (27)
11. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (25)
12. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (20)
13. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (19)
14. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (19)
15. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (18)
16. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (18)
17. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (18)
18. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (18)
19. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (18)
20. The Giver by Lois Lowry (17)
21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (17)
22. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (16)
23. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (16)
24. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (16)
25. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (15)
26. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (15)
27. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (14)
28. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (14)
29. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (14)
30. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (14)
31. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (14)
32. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (14)
33. Night by Elie Wiesel (14)
34. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (13)
35. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (13)

Hello fellow readers! Some of you remember my review for The Last Witch by Debbie Dee (if not, you can find it here). Well, I am pleased to be able to post the cover reveal of the sequel to The Last Witch, The Underground Witch!

Isn't it beautiful, ladies and gents? It truly is. I'm excited for this book, who else is??? If you haven't read the first one, what are you waiting for??

Here's some more background on the book and its author:


Book Synopsis

As the last of the Incenaga Witches, Emmeline has been tortured, abused, and forced to use her power to kill. But unlike the Incenagas before her, she has survived. With her freedom restored, she should feel safe, invincible even. After all, she has the protection of Erick’s army and a power strong enough to obliterate any enemy. Yet Emmeline lives in fear for the next person who will try to control her, and no one can seem to find the tyrant threatening to claim her.

Until it’s too late.

With everything on the line, and the enemy at her throat, Emmeline has no choice but to convince Erick she no longer loves him (or risk him following her) and disappear with the one person she vowed to hate. But when she finds a way to take back her freedom and fight for Erick, will Emmeline be able to use her power like never before? Even if it kills her?

In The Underground Witch, the second novel of the Incenaga Trilogy, Debbie Dee delivers enough adventure, heartbreak, and suspense to captivate readers at every turn.



About Debbie

Website – http://www.debbiedee.com/
Goodreads - http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6535967.Debbie_Dee
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/debbiedeeauthor
Twitter - https://twitter.com/_DebbieDee

introduced by The Broke and the Bookish

Most Intimidating Books

10. Anything by Dickens

9. Les Miserables

8. Atlas Shrugged

7. Infinite Jest

6. Don Quixote

5. The Canterbury Tales

4. The Pale King

3. War and Peace

2. A Clockwork Orange

1. Ulysses

introduced by The Broke and the Bookish

Books I Wish I Would have Read as a Kid

10. The Little Princess

9. The Secret Garden

8. A Christmas Carol

7. Where the Wild Things Are

6. The Giving Tree

5. Harold and the Purple Crayon

4. Corduroy

3. The Kissing Hand

2. Madeline

1. The Wizard of Oz 

Starting something new...

I have...a lot of books.

So, in order for me to move along my reading pile (which is...a LARGE pile), I am going to be creating a new monthly post. It's kinda like a TBR video...without the video. 

Or maybe I will film a video? Hmm.

Anyway, I will be focusing on 4 or 5 books per month that I want to read. I will make a post about it and then after I read each one, I will post my reviews about them. 

So, that's coming soon. I hope I can succeed in this - I just have so many books lol

Not my gif - is it yours? Let me know and I will credit!

NPR's 100 Best Teen Books

1. Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
2. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
4. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
5. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
7. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
8. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
9. Looking for Alaska - John Green
10. The Book Thief - Mark Zusak
11. The Giver Series - Lois Lowry
12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
13. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
14. Anne of Green Gables Series - L.M. Montgomery
15. His Dark Materials Series - Philip Pullman
16. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
17. The Princess Bride - William Goldman
18. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
19. Divergent Series - Veronica Roth
20. Paper Towns - John Green
21. The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare
22. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
23. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
24. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
26. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
27. Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer
28. Uglies Series - Scott Westerfeld
29. The Infernal Devices Series - Cassandra Clare
30. Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
31. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
32. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series - Ann Brashares
33. The Call of the Wild - Jack London
34. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green
35. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
36. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
37. Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
38. A Separate Peace - John Knowles
39. Vampire Academy Series - Richelle Mead
40. Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix
41. Dune - Frank Herbert
42. Discworld/Tiffany Aching Series - Terry Pratchett
43. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
44. The Dark is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
45. Graceling Series - Kristin Cashore
46. Forever - Judy Blume
47. Earthsea Series - Ursula K. Le Guin
48. The Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
49. The Princess Diaries Series - Meg Cabot
50. Song of the Lioness Series - Tamora Pierce
51. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
52. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
53. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
54. Hush Hush Saga - Becca Fitzpatrick
55. 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
56. It's Kind of a Funny Story - Ned Vizzini
57. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy - Libba Bray
58. Mis Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
59. The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
60. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
61. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier
62. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
63. A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
64. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
65. The Bartimaeus Trilogy - Jonathan Stroud
66. Bloodlines Series - Richelle Mead
67. Fallen Series - Lauren Kate
68. House of Night Series - P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
69. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
70. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
71. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
72. Unwind - Neal Shusterman
73. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
74. The Maze Runner Series - james Dashner
75. If I Stay - Gayle Forman
76. The Blue Sword - Robin McKinley
77. Crank Series - Ellen Hopkins
78. Matched Series - Ally Condie
79. Gallagher Girls Series - Ally Carter
80. The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
81. Daughter of the Lioness/Tricksters Series - Tamora Pierce
82. I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
83. The Immortals Series - Tamora Pierce
84. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia C. Wrede
85. Chaos Walking Series - Patrick Ness
86. Circle of Magic Series - Tamora Pierce
87. Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor
88. Feed - M.T. Anderson
89. Weetzie Bat Series - Francesca Lia Block
90. Along for the Ride - Sarah Dessen
91. Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Series - Louise Rennison
92. Leviathan Series - Scott Westerfeld
93. The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
94. The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
95. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen
96. Gone Series - Michael Grant
97. Shiver Trilogy - Maggie Stiefvater
98. The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley
99. Wintergirls - Laurie Halse Anderson
100. Betsy-Tacy Series - Maud Hart Lovelace

BBC Reading List

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy.
48. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth.
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt.
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo