2014 Wrap-Up

Hey everyone! Today is the 31st of December, the last day of 2014! This post will be the last post I will post as of this year! I am so very surprised and delighted that I was able to continue this blog for such a long time. I have to admit that at a few points in time, as I felt that my blog wasn't reaching greater heights and I could spend the time blogging to do other things, I had wanted to give up. However, I have since decided not to and will be continuing this blog into the New Year of 2015 and onwards! Here, I present to you a wrap-up of everything I have done this year! 

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Total Books Read in 2014= 63

Here is the list of books that I've read this year:

Number of Book Reviews as of 2014= 31

By Alphabetical Order:

a

Avery (Blog Tour) - Charlotte McConaghy

b

Bang In The Middle - Robert Shore

Brunette Ambition - Lea Michelle

c

City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare

City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare 

Cress - Marissa Meyer

d

Dorothy Must Die - Danielle Paige

i

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins

I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella 

k

Keeping Her - Coma Carmack

l

Love, Rosie - Cecelia Ahern

m

Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore - Robert Sloan

p

Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods - Rick Riordan

r

Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo

s

Scare Crow - Julie Hockley 

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

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The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan

The Bravest Princess - E. D. Baker 

The Covenant Series - Jennifer Armentrout

The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken 

The Fault In Our Stars - John Green 

The Geography of You and Me - Jennifer E. Smith  

The House of Hades - Rick Riordan 

The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen

The Unofficial Girls Guide to New York - Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin

The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski

To All The Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han 

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We'll Always Have Summer  - Jenny Han

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart

What I Thought Was True/Sneak Peak Review - Huntley Fitzpatrick, Huntley

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Acknowledgements

For this end year thank you message, I would first like to thank every single book blogger out there - you guys gave me the courage to start this blog and start posting my various views about books! 

Next, thank you to all the book tours who have given me opportunities to participate in their book events and learn more about how books are publicized. 

Thank you to the different authors and publishers who work so hard to publish books and for constantly treating us book bloggers greatly and giving us ARCs to read and love!

Finally, thank you to everyone who has ever read a post on my blog! Thank you so much guys!

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Waiting on Wednesday #25 - The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted on Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection by me is:

The Winner's Crime

Author: Marie Rutkoski

Publication Date: 3rd March 2015

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Page Count: 416 Pages
(Hardcover)

Summary from Goodreads: 

Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love.

The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret.

As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

My Thoughts regarding this book:
This one is another one of my most anticipated books of 2015. I really really adored The Winner's Curse because of its concept and everything that I even wrote a full review about it. The link to that review is here. I loved it so much that I gave it a 4 out of 5 stars, back when I was using that system. :D Can't wait to 

--- Do comment down below and let me know of your WoW! ---

Book Blast - Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly

Angel Burn

By: L.A. Weatherly

Series: Angel #1

Publication Date: 27th December 2011 (paperback), 24th May 2011 (hardback)

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Page Count: 464 (paperback), 449 (hardback)

Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal Angels

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

They're out for your soul.
And they don't have heaven in mind...

Willow knows she's different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people's dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. 

But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself does. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces and that he's one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems; least of all good and evil.

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About the Author

Lee Weatherly was born in 1967 and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. She lives with her husband in Hampshire, England, where she writes, goes on walks, tries out new recipes and has a cat named Bernard.

L.A. Weatherly is the pseudonym for Lee Weatherly. You can follow her on Twitter at @LA_Weatherly

Links: Website | Twitter | Goodreads | Facebook


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