Bookopoly – October’s TBR

Here's My Picks:

Roll 1: Alyson Noel – Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel

Roll 2: TBR VET – A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

Roll 3: (Double) Poll Pick – The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah

Roll 4: Library Book – Blood and Honey by Shelby Mahurin

 

Books I also want to read in October:

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Books Read in 2021

So 2021 was just as bad a year as 2020 because of COVID-19 and because of me being ill but I was able to surpass my goal of reading 40 books and I read 46. A lot of my reads in 2021 were rereads due to not being able to go to the library and me not wanting to buy more books until I had read the ones I already own.

Here's what I read in 2021:

1. Gravity Happens Lizzie James
2. Elbow Grease: Teamwork Wins! by John Cena
3. Wintercraft Jenna Burtenshaw
4. Blackwatch by Jenna Burtenshaw
5. Legacy by Jenna Burtenshaw
6. In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It by Lauren Graham
7. Addicted to Love by Alice La Roux
8. Claws that Catch by Alice La Roux
9. Paint it Red by Alice La Roux
10. Good Girl by Alice La Roux
11. Breeding Lilacs by Alice La Roux
12. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
13. Shadowed Heart by Candace Wondrak
14. Point of Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
15. Layers of Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
16. Brink of Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
17. Spread of Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
18. Escaping Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
19. Surviving Extinction by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
20. Myths and Legends by Laura Greenwood
21. Die for Me by Amy Plum
22. Summer Hollow by Jennifer Malone Wright
23. Keeper Vs Reaper by Jennifer Malone Wright
24. Keeper of the Peace by Jennifer Malone Wright
25. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
26. Oi Aardvark by Kes Grey
27. Another Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass
28. Hidden by Cathy Glass
29. Damaged by Cathy Glass
30. Cut by Cathy Glass
31. Will You Love Me? by Cathy Glass
32. Daddy's Little Princess by Cathy Glass
33. The Saddest Girl in the World by Cathy Glass
34. Pool House by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
35. The Brick Slayer by Harold Schechter
36. The Pied Piper by Harold Schechter
37. Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie by Harold Schechter
38. Beauty Slain in Bath by Harold Schechter
39. The Veil by Rachel Harrison
40. Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing up by Jessica Brody
41. City of Villains by Estelle Laure
42. Fated by Alyson Noel
43. Payback by Natalie Y Moore
44. A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
45. Isabella the Warrior Queen by Kirsten Downey
46. Missing: A Boy and the Evidence Against His Accused Killer by Joaquin Sapien

My goal for 2022 is 40, I know I can read that as I've done it before but with life going back to being 'normal' again means I will be going back to work after my operation as well as having my final year of university starting later this year.

I hope you all get to do plenty of reading in 2022 and you all keep safe x

Read in 2020

So 2020 was a crap year for many reasons one being COVID-19 however because of COVID-19 I was able to surpass my goal of reading 35 books and I read 50. Most of my reads in 2020 were rereads due to not being able to go to the library and me not wanting to buy more books until I had read the ones I already own.

Heres what I read in 2020:

1. Flashpoint by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
2. Web of Lies by Elizabeth Knox et el
3. The Dark Kingdom Anthology by Krissy V et el
4. Lady and the Biker by Glenna Maynard
5. Blush For Me by M. K. Moore
6. Kickflip Summer by Danielle Jacks
7. Smoulder by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
8. Hide and Seek by AJ Everheart
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
10. Grandad's Girl by Emma Louise
11. Can I Let You Go? by Cathy Glass
12. Fallout by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
13. Evermore by Alyson Noel
14. The Society by Michelle Brown
15. Decay by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
16. Empowerment by Alice La Roux
17. Girl on Point by Chloe Lukasiak
18. Convergence by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
19. Master by Alice La Roux
20. Mercy by Tara Ellis and Mike Kraus
21. Barren by Yolanda Olson
22. Matus by Jason Hes
23. Matatus by Ally Vance
24. Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
25. Inhuman Behavior by Faith Ryan
26. Shadowland by Alyson Noel
27. Pins and Needles by Ashleigh Giannoccaro
28. Coquette by A. A. Davies
29. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel
30. Night Star by Alyson Noel
31. Everlasting by Alyson Noel
32. Radiance by Alyson Noel
33. The Orphans by Martina McAtee
34. Shimmer by Alsyon Noel
35. Shade by Mere Joyce
36. The Friendship by Alison Croggon
37. Wicked Mourning by Heather Boyd
38. Haunted by Willow Cross
39. The Vampire Hunter's Daughter by Jennifer Malone Wright
40. The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas by Tom Fletcher
41. The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate by Tom Fletcher
42. Dreamland by Alyson Noel
43. Elbow Grease: Get out and Play by John Cena
44. Elbow Grease: My Monster Truck Family by John Cena
45. 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
46. Heist Society by Ally Carter
47. Whisper by Alyson Noel
48. Double Crossed by Ally Carter
49. Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
50. Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

My goal for 2021 is 40, I know I can read more that that I proved it this year but I'm hopinglife goes back to being 'normal' again which means I will be going back to work as well as having college and university this year.

I hope you all get to do plenty of reading in 2021 and you all stay safe x

Read in 2019

Below is the list of books I read in 2019.

Read in 2019:

1. Haven: Revenge of the Viper by D. C. Akers
2. Chef-A-Rella by Marie Agerton
3. TAG by AJ Everheart
4. Heritage by Tara Ellis
5. Return to Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
6. Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel
7. Drusilla by Melissa Frost
8. Anastasia by Melissa Frost
9. Sleepless by Melissa Frost
10. To the Room of Dark Souls by David McMullen-Sullivan
11. The Secrets of Sanctuary by Tara Ellis
12. Descent by Tara Ellis
13. Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
15. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
16. In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody
17. The Great Summer Sewing Bee by Alexandra Brown
18. A Witch’s Blood by Cheri Winters
19. The Transfer by Veronica Roth
20. The Initiate by Veronica Roth
21. The Son by Veronica Roth
22. The Traitor by Veronica Roth
23. Sinclair by Alice La Roux
24. TAG by AJ Everheart
25. A New Witch in Town (Not to Mention the Cat) by Dani Corlee
26. A New Witch in Town (the Other Side of the Moon) by Dani Corlee
27.  Pixie and the Green Book Mystery by Coraline Grace
28. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
29. The Child Bride by Cathy Glass
30. The Vamps: Our Story: 100% Official by The Vamps
31. Because of You by Eve Ainsworth

To Read in December

As I have completed my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 3 book to read this month off my shelf as college is closed for 2 weeks and I won't be able to get some books from the library or maybe not be able to take them back on time but if I do get some from the library I'll post what I've got.

I still do my beta reading, I have University and College.

This month off my shelf I picked:

1. The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
2. The Bone Thief by Alyson Noel
3. Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham

To Read in October

To keep up with my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 2 books to read this month.

Just because I have set these 2 books for this month that does not mean that I will finish all of the books on the list as I do beta reading and College.

This month I have picked:

1. Faking 19 by Alyson Noel
2. The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody

Review - Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel

Title: Laguna Cove

Author: Alyson Noel

Series: N/A

Pages: 224 pages

Release Date: July 25th 2006

Format: Paperback

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: In Alyson Noël's Laguna Cove, moving to sunny Southern Cal feels like punishment to 17-year-old Anne. The hippie-ish school is different from her old one on the East Coast, and the social scene is all about hanging out at the beach and surfing. And then there's Ellie: beautiful, competitive queen of the social scene who takes an instant disliking to Anne. So when Chris--one of Ellie's oldest friends and, oh yeah, the most gorgeous guy in school--reaches out to Anne and offers to teach her how to surf, sparks fly...in more ways than one ...

My Review: Laguna Cove is a nice easy, fun read about a typical teenager.

Anne’s parents who are in the midst of a divorce, decide that she should live with her dad, she thinks that they are punishing her as she wants to stay with her friends and her amazing boyfriend, she wants to stay on her diving team as she just became captain.

Anne moves to a rich neighbourhood into a house with a private beach which she basically has all to herself as her dad is never home due to his job but he has left his assistant Jake to babysit her although he would rather be out surfing.

Her first day at her new school doesn’t go as she planned as she doesn’t know anyone other than Chris who is Jakes friend and she is over-dressed. Chris introduces her to his friends Lola, Jade and Ellie.

Jade and Lola become friends with Anne and Chris becomes her boyfriend but for some reason Ellie is mean to her and Anne doesn’t realise that it’s because Ellie has liked Chris for years and she is jealous when she notices that he like Anne.

Currently Reading: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Read in 2019: 26/30

Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 Books On My Fall 2019 TBR

1. Faking 19 by Alyson Noel
2. The Bone Thief by Alyson Noel
3. The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody
4. Addie Bell's Shortcut to Growing Up by Jessica Brody
5. Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
6. The Creakers by Tom Fletcher
7. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers
8. Diary of Anna The Girl Witch: Wandering Witch by Vic Connor
9. Diary of Anna the Girl Witch: Fighting Witch by Vic Connor
10. A New Witch in Town (the Other Side of the Moon) by Dani Corlee

Top 10 Tuesday

I didn't like this weeks Top 10 Tuesday topic so I turned it into a Top 10 Freebie: Books/Series I’m defiantly going to re-read.

1. Evermore by Alyson Noel
2. Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
3. Unremembered by Jessica Brody
4. The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen
5. My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
6. The Vampire Stalker by Allison Van Diepen
7. Die For Me by Amy Plum
8. Heist Society by Ally Carter
9. Firebird by Alice La Roux
10. Facing up to Fatherhood by Miranda Lee

Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 Tuesday for this week is: Book Characters I’d Love to Be Besties With (submitted by Michelle @ Pink Polka Dot Blog)

1. Sam – Samantha Wolf Series by Tara Ellis
2. Ally - Samantha Wold Series by Tara Ellis
3. Ember – Sanctuary Cozy Mystery by Tara Meyer
4. Lexi – 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
5. Ever – Evermore Series by Alyson Noel
6. Damen – Evermore Series by Alyson Noel
7. Alice – Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer
8. Seraphina – Unremembered Series by Jessica Brody
9. Rosie – Sleepover Club by Rose Impay
10. Gemma – Fallen Star by Jessica Sorensen

Top 10 Tuesday

This weeks Top 10 Tuesday topic is: Cover Redesigns I Loved/Hated (submitted by Rachelle @ Shell’s Stories)

I know a lot of covers get changed when the books are turned into films or T.V Series so her's a list of 10 books that I have on my shelf where the covers have changed some for the better and other not so much

1. Unremembered by Jessica Brody
2. Unrivaled by Alyson Noel
3. Forgotten Origins Trilogy by Tara Ellis
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
8. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
9. Paper Towns by John Green
10. Blood Red Road by Moira Young

To Read in August

To keep up with my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 3 books to read this month.

Just because I have set these books for this month that does not mean that I will finish all of the books on the list as I do beta reading.

This month I have picked:

1. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
2. A New Witch in Town (Not to Mention the Cat) by Dani Corlee
3. Fly me to the Moon by Alyson Noel

Top 10 Tuesday

This weeks Top 10 is a Freebie so I picked Top 10 Favourite Books Released In the Last Ten Years (one book for each year) (submitted by Anne @ Head Full of Books)

1. Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw (2010)
2. Dark Flame by Alyson Noel (2011)
3. 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody (2012)
4. Horizon by Alyson Noel (2013)
5. Doll Bones by Holly Black (2014)
6. Unchanged by Jessica Brody (2015)
7. The Case of the Curious Canine by Tara Ellis (2016)
8. Fire Sentinel by Erin Maxwell (2017)
9. Firebird by Alice La Roux (2018)
10. The Secret of Sanctuary by Tara Ellis (2019)

Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 Tuesday's topic this week is Auto-Buy Authors

1. Alyson Noel
2. Jessica Brody
3. Erin Maxwell
4. Alice La Roux
5. Tom Fletcher
6. David McMullen-Sullivan
7. Jessica Sorensen
8. Amanda Hocking
9. Amy Plum
10. Ally Carter

Top 10 Tuesday

Top 10 Tuesday Character Freebie - Characters I fell in love with

1. Damen – Evermore by Alyson Noel
2. Ever – Evermore by Alyson Noel
3. Silas Dane – Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
4. Zen – Unremembered by Jessica Brody
5. Seraphina – Unremembered by Jessica Brody
6. Lexi – 52 Reasons by Jessica Brody
7. Seraphina – Firebird by Alice La Roux
8. Matilda – Matilda by Roald Dahl
9. Luna – Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
10. Samantha – Samantha Wolf by Tara Ellis

To Read in May

To keep up with my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 2 books to read this month.

Just because I have set these 2 books for this month I may not finish them as I do beta reading, I have College and I have an essay to do for University.

This month I have picked:

1. Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel
2. In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody

Review - Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel

 

Title: Art Geeks and Prom Queens

Author: Alyson Noel
Series:
Pages: 240
Release Date: September 1st 2005
Format: Paperback

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary

Buy it: Amazon

Add it: Goodreads

Synopsis: Being the new girl is tough, just ask sixteen-year-old Rio Jones. A New York transplant, Rio has no clue how she's going to fit in at her fancy new private school in Southern California. Plus, being late, overdressed, and named after a Duran Duran song doesn't make the first day any easier for her.

Then Rio meets Kristi. Beautiful, rich, and a cheerleader, Kristi is the queen bee of Newport Beach. And Kristi isn't friends with just anyone, so Rio is thrilled when she's invited to be part of the most exclusive, popular clique. Of course, like any club, Kristi and her friends have rules: Always smile (even if you don't mean it), always dress cute (and never repeat outfits), and always flirt (but only with jocks, preps, and rich college guys).

At first Rio is having a great time, but as she becomes more immersed in this jet-set crowd, she figures out there is one last rule that her new friends forgot to mention: Don't cross Kristi . . 

My Review: Rio is starting a new school mid term, she is a geek and proud but her mum - an almost super model - thinks that Rio could be less geeky and more girly and popular and she goes as far as choosing what Rio should wear on her first day at school so that she will get noticed and become popular.

On her first day she is late and the girl sat next to her in her first class spends the whole time staring at her but during her second class Rio makes friends with Mason and Jas, they are in her art class and they invite her to Jas' house for lunch, while there Rio find out that they smoke weed and because she doesn't want to seem like a loser she joins in and when the three go back to school they end up being late getting caught and getting a weeks detention.

This incident makes her mum tell Rio that she shouldn't hang with Mason and Jas as they are bad for her but Rio doesn't really care what her mum says and the next day she continues to hang out with Mason and Jas.

After a few days Rio becomes friends with Kristi, Kristi is the popular girl but becoming her friend comes at a price, she MUST stop hanging out with her fellow art geeks and spend her time shopping and doing whatever else Kristi says. When Rio invites her new friends home her mum is finally happy to see that she is now friends with the popular group. The problem is deep down Rio is really unhappy being Kristi's friend as there are rules she must follow, but she doesn't want to go back to being the kid no one notices.

Kristi helps Rio to get with JC who just wants to sleep with Rio but she keeps putting it off, Rio's mum and Kristi even plan a party for her that she doesn't want. While being Krisit's friend Rio starts to take drugs, partying and drinking.

Rio eventually starts to date Tyler a senior and becoming more popular than Kristi and she doesn't like this, Rio even has a date to the Moondance and all the seniors like having Rio hanging with them and Drew the guy who Kristi is hooking up with all the time doesn't ask her to go to the dance with him.

Rio, Tyler, Kristi and the others attend a party where they play spin the bottle, at first Rio doesn't want to join in as she doesn't think its right to hook up with someone else while Tyler is with his friends drinking but when he asks her to join in she does. This is where everything starts to change, Drew spins the bottle and ends up kissing Rio and Kristi doesn't like it and when Kristi spins the bottle it lands on Tyler, Rio hopes that Kristi and Tyler won't do anything but instead they leave to go upstairs to hook up. Rio takes herself off upstairs and cries but after re applying her make-up she goes downstairs and have a few drinks and ends up making out with Drew who starts to make a move on Rio who has to kick him to get him off her.

While trying to leave the party Rio and Kristi get into an argument and Rio's whole world starts to fall down around her. Kristi starts to spread rumours about Rio and everyone at school starts to ignore her even Tyler and the rest of the seniors. Kids in the hall start pointing and laughing at her and calling her names, someone also defaces her locker and puts dog poo in the locker and when she tries to tell the Head Teacher what had happened to her locker and who she thinks did it he doesn't believe her.

Now she has no friends Rio pretends to her mum that everything is wonderful until one day her mum tells her that she needs to pick out a dress for the Moondance, Rio snaps she can't take it anymore, she goes into the bathroom and cuts all her hair off and then goes down for her dinner and her mum freaks out and Rio finally tells her everything.

The following Monday Rio goes to school and confronts Kristi and calls her out on all her rubbish and she starts to become friends with Mason and Jas again.

The ending was great as Rio finally gets to be who she wants to be and her mum is happy for her she is even happy with Rio being friends with Mason and Jas again. This story tells it like it is for most young people who go to High School, especially if your new. It basically tells you to be who YOU want to be and NOT what everyone else wants.

Currently Reading: Drusilla: Story of an Ugly Stepsister by Melissa Frost
Read in 2019: 6/30

To Read in March

To keep up with my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 3 books to read this month.

Just because I have set these 3 books for this month I may not finish them as I do beta reading, I have College and I have an essay to do for University.

This month I have picked:

1. Drusilla: Story of an Ugly Step Sister by Melissa Frost
2. Anastasia: Story of an Ugly Step Sister by Melissa Frost
3. Sleepless: Diary of an Ugly Stepsister by Melissa Frost

To Read in February

To keep up with my Goodreads challenge of 30 I have picked 2 books to read this month.

Just because I have set these 2 books for this month that does not mean that I will finish all of the books on the list as I do beta reading and I have College and University.

This month I have picked:

1. Return to Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
2. Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel

To Read in 2019

I've finally put a list together for this year. These are books that I want to read, I probably won't make it through them all due to beta reading, college and university but I am going to try.

This is my 2019 To Be Read List:
Art Geeks and Prom Queens by Alyson Noel

Fly Me to the Moon by Alyson Noel
The Bone Thief by Alyson Noel
Faking 19 by Alyson Noel
Kiss and Blog by Alyson Noel
Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel
In Some Other Life by Jessica Brody
Addie Bell's Short Cut to Growing Up by Jessica Brody
The Chaos of Standing Still - Jessica Brody
Return to Hollow Inn by Tara Ellis
Heritage by Tara Ellis
Descent by Tara Ellis
Someday, Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Drusilla by Melissa Frost
Anastasia by Melissa Frost
Sleepless by Melissa Frost
Enchanted by Aletha Kontis
Hero by Aletha Kontis
To the Room of Dark Souls by David McMullen-Sullivan
Haven: Revenge of the Viper by D. C. Akers
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Allegiant by Veronica Roth