The End of Shadowhunter's Library Blog

I just have a quick post that is unfortunately coming now, and it is to announce that I am ending my blog.

Now, allow me to explain as to why I am doing so.

1. I just don't feel the same spark I do when I blog nowadays.
2. School, and also the fact that I am not reading as often as I am now.
3. When I am writing for this, I feel like it's more of a burden than fun to blog.

So, I'm sorry that I am ending my blog. I will still keep it up for you guys to see, it's just that (unless I have the desire to bring this back to life) I think that this blog will be boring if I continue doing it if I'm not having fun or have inspiration.

-Blaze

Taylor Swift Book Tag

This tag was originally created by TheBookLife (original video here). I saw this from a video on Kat from Katytastic (click here to check the video out) and I thought that it sounded pretty cool even though I am not the biggest Taylor Swift fan. And this tag has been around for a long time. So, let's do this!

The Start of Me & You by Emery Lord (Review)

Series: Standalone

Genre: Contemporary

Book Length: 384 pages
Publication Date: March 31st, 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:
 Following her pitch-perfect debut Open Road Summer, Emery Lord pens another gorgeous story of best friends, new love, & second chances.

Brimming with heartfelt relationships and authentic high-school dynamics The Start of Me and You proves that it’s never too late for second chances.

It’s been a year since it happened—when Paige Hancock’s first boyfriend died in an accident. After shutting out the world for two years, Paige is finally ready for a second chance at high school . . . and she has a plan. First: Get her old crush, Ryan Chase, to date her—the perfect way to convince everyone she’s back to normal. Next: Join a club—simple, it’s high school after all. But when Ryan’s sweet, nerdy cousin, Max, moves to town and recruits Paige for the Quiz Bowl team (of all things!) her perfect plan is thrown for a serious loop. Will Paige be able to face her fears and finally open herself up to the life she was meant to live?

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Coffee Book Tag

Saw it on Kat from Katytastic's channel (click here for video) and this tag was created by BangadyBangz (click here for video). So let's start this!

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Review)

Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 338 pages
Publication Date: January 6th, 2015
Publisher: Knopf
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.
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I'M BACK

Yes, after a month and a half and my life getting a little bit crazy (with my reading live practically non-existent), I am back!

I am planning on have a post up every week, alternating between tags and book reviews, starting next Friday. Hopefully, this will work out well and that you guys are excited for my posts to come~

-Blaze

Temporary Hiatus (Update)

Hey guys, I am here to announce that I will be on a temporary hiatus from blogging. I do have a couple of reasons for doing so:

1. I really want to take a break from blogging. I don't want the pressure of feeling like I have to rush and hurry to put up a post for the blog at least once a week. Especially with school and wanting to read a lot and with my personal life, I want to take a break from my blogging life until I have more time to spend with putting posts up.

2. I do not like constantly having reviews up for my blog. Because nobody likes to have the same kind of posts consecutively. I want to do tags or discussions, but I am just super lazy and I have not done a lot recently.


And the question that is probably on your minds is when will I return to blogging? Well, I will either take a month to a month and half break; with the exception of reviews I might put up in-between.

I hope that you guys understand why I'm doing this and I will talk to you guys later!

Favorite Books + Series (2015 EDITION)

So, there are a lot, and I mean a lot, of books and series that I absolutely love to every core of my existence. And I haven't really done one of these kind of posts, I kinda of did last year but my thoughts on them weren't the most coherent and I want to combine both into one post. Without further ado, let's start this.

Fairest by Mairssa Meyer (review)

Series: The Lunar Chronicles 0.5
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Book Length: 220 pages
Publication Date: January 27th, 2015
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all?

Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now.

Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series.
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In Time by Alexandra Bracken (Mini-review)

Series: The Darkest Minds #1.5
Genre: Dystopian,  paranormal
Book Length: 89 pages
Publication Date: July 16th, 2013
Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide
Format: Ebook

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Synopsis:

Gabe's life has been devastated in the wake of the economic crash. The only option left for someone like him to escape his tragic past is to leave his small town behind and to attempt to become a skiptracer. This already almost impossible task is made all the more difficult by his first score, a young girl who won't speak, but who changes his life in ways he could never imagine.
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Half Bad by Sally Green (Review)

 

Series: Half Bad #1
Genre: Fantasy, paranormal
Book Length: 394 pages
Publication Date: March 4th, 2014
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

 Wanted by no one.
Hunted by everyone.

Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Nathan's only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it's too late. But how can Nathan find his father when there is no one safe to trust, not even family, not even the girl he loves?

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100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith (Review)

 Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 277 pages
Publication Date: September 16th, 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved.

Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned—and learn how to write their own destiny.
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I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Review)

Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 371 pages
Publication Date: September 16th, 2014
Publisher: Dial
Format: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

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Top 14 books of 2014

Wow, another year has come and gone. I am excited for this next year where many things will happen and I will read so many books, some I will hate and most I will at least like. But today, we are talking about my top 14 books of 2014.
Because some of these books are going to be hard for me to place in my order of absolute favorites, I'm just going to list my favorites through the year in the order which I read them in. I do have a disclaimer that there is still some time left in the year and I may end up finishing another book or two before it ends, so it might change.

2014 in Reading!/2015 Challenges/Goals!

Wow, it's hard to believe it's almost 2015! And it's the time of year for reflection and setting goals and challenges for the following year. I am doing that as well. Especially towards the reading because I would love to spend more of my time reading.
For those of you who are waiting for my top books of the year to come out, that should be coming later in the week, either on New Years Eve or Day if I am not lazy.
Sorry for this intro that is short, but let's looks back on my 2014 reading year and my goals for 2015.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (Review)

Series: Anna and the French Kiss #1
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 372 pages
Publication Date: July 16th, 2013 (Original Publication: December 2nd, 2010)
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Format: Paperback

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Synopsis:

Can Anna find love in the City of Light?

Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she's less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year.

But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he's taken —and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she's waiting for?

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12 Days of Christmas Book Tag

Happy holidays everyone! I am here to do the 12 Days of Christmas Book tag. I first saw this on Kassidy Voinche's channel (click here to see said video) and this tag was originally created by LizzieLovesBooks and click here to see her video. My procrastination has kicked in and I am doing a Christmas book tag last minute, and unfortunately at this moment I will not be able to provide much of an example for any of these. I will show the cover and title of these books and hopefully after the holidays pass by I will come back and add explanations for these. Anyway, let's get started.

Say What You Will by Cammie McGoveren (Review)

Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 343 pages
Publication Date: June 3rd, 2014
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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Synopsis:

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.

Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.

When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.

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Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King (Review)

Series: Standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Book Length: 307 pages
Publication Date: October 14th, 2012
Publisher: Little Brown
Format: Hardcover
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Synopsis:
Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities--but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she's never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person's infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions--and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying: A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women's rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may not see a future for herself, but she'll do anything to make sure this one doesn't come to pass.

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The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (Review)

Series: Mara Dyer #2
Genre: Paranormal
Book Length: 528 pages
Publication Date: October 23rd, 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover 

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Synopsis:

Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.
She can’t.

She used to think her problems were all in her head.
They aren’t.

She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets.
She’s wrong.

In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?

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