Holiday Booktubeathon 2016 TBR

Hey everyone! The Holiday Booktubeathon, (a small three day version of the Booktubeathon, hosted by Ariel Bissett) is starting today! It's three books in three days, and there is a challenge for every day. You can find more information about the Holiday Booktubeathon on thier youtube or twitter, but for now I'm sharing my TBR for this year.



Day One: Read a book that has your favorite color on the cover.

My favorite color is purple, so I have chosen The Cellar by Natasha Preston; which features an ominous purple flower on the cover.

Day Two: Read a book from a genre you discovered this year.

One of my professors this semster really liked short stories, which was a genre I had never really read before. We read a lot of them this year but did not get to this anthology, so The Best American Essays 2015 is my pick for day two!

Day Three: Read a book that was gifted to you.

My wonderful friend Chloe got me The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith for christmas, and I'm super excited to read it for day three!

So That's my TBR for the next three days, comment below and tell me what you guys are reading for this awesome read-a-thon! Thanks for reading, and I'll see you all soon!

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (3/5 Stars)

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The Road
Cormac McCarthy

In a post-apocalyptic world, the only thing left in a man and his son's life is the road. They travel down it with a shopping cart, going south for the winter. They don't know what they're looking for, they have no idea what's out there. The worst part? The man won't last much longer.


First off, this book has no quotation marks around the dialouge. It was definitely something to get used too, although I don't think it distracted from the story once I was used to it. Also there are no chapters, making it confusing if you're trying to read it for and English class like  I was. This isn't like a normal post-apocalyptic novel either. There's nothing in this world, and no realistic hope for the man or his son to survive, making it one of the most depressing books I've ever read. The ending was also unrealistic, but you'll see what I mean if you read this book.

This book's greatest strength are the depth of the characters. Although there are only two main characters, they both have a lot of emotion and mystery behind them, which really make you think about what might have happened to them and what might happen to them in the future. The greatest weakness of this book is it's insightfulness, just because I don't think it has much. The book to me is depressing just for the sake of making people sad, and it doesn't really have much moral or lesson to it.

Writing- 5
Pace - 5
Plot Development- 5
Characters - 8
Enjoyability - 5
Insightfulness - 3
Ease of Reading- 8

Overall, I gave this book 3 stars, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone to read. Thanks for reading another one of my reviews, stay tuned for my next review of I, Robot by Issac Asimov! Happy Holidays!

December 2016 releases you should be excited about!

Hey Everyone! Unfortuatley I could only find 3 books that are released this month that I was interested in. It's a rough month for book releases :(

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Thirteen Reasons Why (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jay Asher
December 27th.

This book was a huge hit when it came out ten years ago, and now it's re-released with a pretty new cover and "special additional content". If you were a fan of the original story, I definitely  reccommed checking this one out.

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Spindle 
E. K. Johnston
December 6th (today!)

It's the sequel to A Thousand Nights,  and a princess is born, causing the princess and the spinners to work together to the curse made by a demon at bay. If you liked the first book, check this one out!

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Ever the Hunted
Erin Summeril
December 27th

Britta Flannery feels most at home in the woods, but when her father is murdered, she has to face one of the hardest decisions she'll ever face in her life.


Those are all the books that I have for you this month, hopefully we will have our full list of five next month. Until then, you all have a great month and happy holidays!

December Wrap Up 2016

Sorry I'm so late with this post, finals are this week so I forgot about my wrap up until just now. The good news is, I read more books this month! So without further ado, here are the books I read in December.

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The Road (3/5)
Cormac McCarthy

I read this book for my english class, and it was extremely depressing. It's one of those books where there is a little bit of good, but it mostly is just a book full of despair and just a bunch of death. Really fun! However, I gave it three stars so it was still good.

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I, Robot
Isaac Asimov
(3/5 Stars)

I read this book for my philosphy class, and it our discussions honestly stressed me out because I'm terrified of AI and the robots taking over and killing me! But nonetheless, I also connected with the characters and enjoyed the writing of the novel.

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Sula
Toni Morrison
(4/5 Stars)

Toni Morrison is fantastic. I love her writing style and I love literature set in the 1920's and 30's, so I really enjoyed this book. It also feautrues a lot of female leads, which is a great plus. Definatley reccommend.

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Blood Brothers
Colleen Nelson
(2/5 Stars)

This was the first NetGalley book I've recieved in awhile, but it just was not that good. The writing was simple and the characters were annoying and unrealistic. But I did enjoy seeing finally getting back into reading ARC's again.

That's all I read this month: I expect to read even more next month because I'll finally be on break and have a bunch of time to read! Thanks for reading and I'll see you tommorow with December releases you should be excited for!