Bout of Books 11.0 TBR

Hey guys!

This is my TBR post for the Bout of Books 11.0 TBR!
If you want to see how I’m doing through out the day make sure to follow me on twitter @iireadingii for all of my 140 character updates!

1. Entwined by Heather Dixon

2. Unravel Me by Taherah Mafi

3. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

4. Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

Those are all of the books I plan on reading for the Bout of Books Readathon!
Look out for daily updates!

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Alyssa’s Reviews – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Hey guys!

Welcome to my review of Thirteen Reasons Why!
I finished this book last week and ADORED it!

Summary (Via Goodreads):
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

Plot:
The plot and overall summary of this book was really intriguing to me. I then found out that a lot of book bloggers had read it and really enjoyed it, so I thought I would give it a go!
This book was even better then what people were saying! The overall writing style of this book was unlike anything I had ever read before!

Character:
I thought that Clay Jensen was an out standing character in this book. You could tell that he was very kind and didn’t want to hurt a sole.
Although, Hannah Baker was another story. I thought that Hannah said very silly and non-thought through things on her tapes. Hannah was interesting. I loved her stories and the way that Clay further explained them.

Overall Thoughts:
I absolutely adored this book and it’s guide lines. The writing style captured the essence of Jay Asher’s story. Rating: 5/5 stars!

That’s my review!

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Friday Reads {08/15}

Sorry for not posting everyday this week! I tried to think about posts that are easy to write but I just got my braces on ad let’s just say they are very uncomfortable. Although, to make up for that I have a book review that is going up tomorrow, so look out for that!

This weekend, all I plan on reading is Entwined by Heather Dixon. Entwined, is a fairytale retelling of my all time favourite fairytale: The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

I will probably end up finishing this during the Bout of Books 11.0 readathon, which starts this Monday (August 18). I will be posting my TBR for this readathon on Sunday!

That’s it for today!

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Top Ten Tuesday {08/12}

Top Ten Tuesday is a fun weekly link-up in the community where we provide a prompt and other lovers of listmaking join in on it with their own top ten list. Feel free to have less than 10 or more if you need to at times and put a spin on the topic if you need to! Just please link back to us if you are participating 🙂

This weeks topic: Top Ten Books, I’m Not Sure I Want To Read…

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Listen, I read the first few chapters and liked it but it wasn’t really my thing. My mom is reading this now, so I’ll see how she likes it!

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If you liked any of these books or think I should read them, tell me in the comments below!

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Making Up for Monday {08/11}

(Making up for Monday is a weekly meme in which there is a new question every monday and it is your job to write an answer. Want to participate in this meme? Here is the link to all of the questions: http://www.alotofreadingandalittlewriting.blogspot.ca/p/making-up-for-monday.html)

What books would you recommend most?

Obviously, the books I would recommend are all from my all time favorite series, The Land of Stories series by Chris Colfer. The books in this series are: The Land of Stories:A Wishing Spell; The Land of Stories:The Enchantress Returns; and The Land of Stories:A Grimm Warning. The fourth and final book in this series will be coming out sometime in Fall of 2015.

Thats all for tonight!

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New Blog Features!

If you have been on the actual site of my blog, then you have seen the 4 new pages on the header bar right beneath the owl!

The new pages are there for easier access to certain posts on my blog.

Library Page:

This page is currently under construction but will be used to share with you all of the books I own and have or have not read.

Book reviews:

This page is a link page to all of my book reviews that I have posted.

Social Media:

This page shows you all of my usernames for different social media networks, such as: Instagram; Twitter and my bloggish email address.

Contact Me:

This page is mostly for publishing houses and authors to contact me if they want to send me books for review.

Those are all of the recent new features on my blog!

Look out for more of these!

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Friday Reads {08/8}

Hey guys!

Welcome to another Friday Reads, where I share with you the things I plan on reading on the weekend!


The only book I plan on reading this weekend is “Servants of the Storm” by Delilah S. Dawson. Thanks to Simon and Schuster for sending me this book to review! I’m so excited to read it!

Thats it for today!

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Third Sentence Thursday {07/8}

Hosted by: http://www.thatswhatsheread.com.au

(Take any book you are reading and flick to a random page. Share the third full sentence from that page with the blogosphere as a “taster” of the book! You can also share your thoughts about the sentence (does it affect the novel? did you like the language used? was it so short that it adds suspense?) It’s a fun, fast way to offer your readers a ‘snapshot’ of a particular book.)

“There is an uneasiness after your best friend tries to kill you.”-The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani.

Since this is the second book in the series I wanted to giveaway a sentance that wasn’t a big spoiler. Obviously since Sophie and Agatha were put into opposite schools then what they THOUGHT there personality’s match one of them was going to try and kill the other… So far this book is very good and once the third book comes out (in 2015) I will be sure to do a non-spoiler trilogy review!

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WWW Wednesdays {06/8}

Originally featured at Should Be Reading… WWW Wednesdays is all about answering the following three questions:


  1. What are you currently reading?

I’m currently reading “The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes” by Soman Chainani. This is the second book in TSFGE trilogy. I’m only a 3 pages into it so I don’t know my feelings on it yet. I read the second book back in May, and for the most-part I enjoyed it!


2. What did you recently finish reading?

The book I recently finished was Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher! I’m going to be posting a review for this book in a few days, so look out for that!

If you didn’t already know Thirteen Reasons Why is being made into a movie! Hannah Baker is going to be played as Emma Watson and I’m so happy about that! I just found this movie poster online!!!!


3. What do you think you’ll be reading next?

I believe I’m going to be reading my ARC copy of Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson. Thanks to Simon and Schuster for sending this to me! I owe them a review so badly so I hope I’ll get through this one quick!

I hope you guys enjoyed this weeks WWW Wednesday post! Answer the questions below so I can see what you’ve been reading!

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Teen Choice Award 2014 Votes!

As you may know I’m trying to post every day, but I didn’t have anything scheduled for today. So I decided to tell you the nominees I’m voting for in the TCA 2014!
I will tell you each category and nominee but I will boldthe band/person I chose!

MOVIES
Choice Movie: Action
Divergent
Edge of Tomorrow
Godzilla
Maleficent
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Choice Movie Actor: Action
Jamie Campbell Bower, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow
Theo James, Divergent
Kellan Lutz, The Legend of Hercules
Mark Wahlberg, Lone Survivor

Choice Movie Actress: Action
Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
Lily Collins, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Elle Fanning, Maleficent
Angelina Jolie, Maleficent
Shailene Woodley, Divergent

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Thor: The Dark World
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Andrew Garfield, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Chris Hemsworth, Thor: The Dark World
Liam Hemsworth, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Halle Berry, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Scarlett Johansson, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and X-Men: Days of Future Past
Natalie Portman, Thor: The Dark World
Emma Stone, The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Choice Movie: Drama
American Hustle
Heaven Is for Real
Million Dollar Arm
The Fault in Our Stars
Veronica Mars

Choice Movie Actor: Drama
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Russell Crowe, Noah
Jason Dohring, Veronica Mars
Ansel Elgort, The Fault in Our Stars
Jon Hamm, Million Dollar Arm

Choice Movie Actress: Drama
Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Emma Watson, Noah
Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars

Choice Movie: Comedy
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Blended
Ride Along
The Other Woman
Vampire Academy

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Will Ferrell, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Kevin Hart, Ride Along
Ice Cube, Ride Along
Johnny Knoxville, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Adam Sandler, Blended

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy
Christina Applegate, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Drew Barrymore, Blended
Zoey Deutch, Vampire Academy
Cameron Diaz, The Other Woman
Emma Roberts, We’re the Millers

Choice Movie Villain
Michael Fassbender, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Jamie Foxx, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Kelsey Grammer, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Kate Winslet, Divergent
Donald Sutherland, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Choice Movie Scene Stealer
Sam Claflin, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Nicholas Hoult, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Anthony Mackie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Ellen Page, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Nat Wolff, The Fault In Our Stars

Choice Movie Breakout Star
Ansel Elgort, Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars
Theo James, Divergent
Elizabeth Olsen, Godzilla
Nicola Peltz, Transformers: Age of Extinction
Wyatt Russell, 22 Jump Street

Choice Movie Chemistry
Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, The Other Woman
Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff and Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars
Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, Ride Along
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street

Choice Movie Liplock
Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Will Poulter, We’re The Millers
Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, The Fault In Our Stars

Choice Movie Hissy Fit
Godzilla, Godzilla
Kevin Hart, Ride Along
Jonah Hill, 22 Jump Street
Ice Cube, 22 Jump Street
Jason Sudeikis, We’re The Millers

Choice Summer Movie
22 Jump Street
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Earth to Echo
Hercules
Think Like a Man Too
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Choice Summer Movie Star
Jonah Hill, 22 Jump Street
Dwayne Johnson, Hercules
Melissa McCarthy, Tammy
Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg, Transformers: Age of Extinction

TELEVISION
Choice TV Show: Drama
Hart of Dixie
Pretty Little Liars
Switched at Birth
The Fosters
Twisted

Choice TV Actor: Drama
Keegan Allen, Pretty Little Liars
Jake T. Austin, The Fosters
Lucas Grabeel, Switched at Birth
Ian Harding, Pretty Little Liars
Avan Jogia, Twisted

Choice TV Actress: Drama
Troian Bellisario, Pretty Little Liars
Rachel Bilson, Hart of Dixie
Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars
Maddie Hasson, Twisted
Maia Mitchell, The Fosters

Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Arrow
Once Upon a Time
Sleepy Hollow
Teen Wolf
The Vampire Diaries

Choice TV Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Josh Dallas, Once Upon a Time
Joseph Morgan, The Originals
Tyler Posey, Teen Wolf
Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries
Paul Wesley, The Vampire Diaries

Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries
Ginnifer Goodwin, Once Upon a Time
Kat Graham, The Vampire Diaries
Claire Holt, The Originals
Kristin Kreuk, Beauty and The Beast

Choice TV Show: Comedy
Austin & Ally
Glee
New Girl
Sam & Cat
The Big Bang Theory

Choice TV Actor: Comedy
Ashton Kutcher, Two and a Half Men
Ross Lynch, Austin & Ally
Chord Overstreet, Glee
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Choice TV Actress: Comedy
Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory
Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
Laura Marano, Austin & Ally
Lea Michele, Glee
Debby Ryan, Jessie

Choice TV: Animated Show
Adventure Time
Family Guy
Gravity Falls
Regular Show
The Simpsons

Choice TV: Reality Competition Show
American Idol VIII
Masterchef Junior
Survivor
The Amazing Race
The Voice

Choice TV: Reality Show
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Dance Moms
Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Real Husbands of Hollywood
Total Divas

Choice TV Villain
Robbie Kay, Once Upon A Time
Jane Lynch, Glee
Dylan O’Brien, Teen Wolf
Janel Parrish, Pretty Little Liars
Paul Wesley, The Vampire Diaries

Choice TV Reality Personality – Male
Nick Cannon, America’s Got Talent
Rob Dyrdek, Ridiculousness
Adam Levine, The Voice
Nev Schulman and Max Joseph, Catfish: The TV Show
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol XIII

Choice TV Reality Personality, Female
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Abby Lee Miller, Dance Moms
Jennifer Lopez, American Idol XIII
Shakira, The Voice
The Kardashians and Jenner Sisters, Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Choice TV Male Scene Stealer
Darren Criss, Glee
Adam DeVine, Modern Family
Tyler Hoechlin, Teen Wolf
Tahj Mowry, Baby Daddy
Michael Trevino, The Vampire Diaries

Choice TV Female Scene Stealer
Sarah Hyland, Modern Family
Candice Accola, The Vampire Diaries
Eden Sher, The Middle
Naya Rivera, Glee
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Choice TV Female Breakout Star
Nicole Beharie, Sleepy Hollow
Dove Cameron, Liv & Maddie
Adelaide Kane, Reign
Sasha Pieterse, Pretty Little Liars
Emily Bett Rickards, Arrow

Choice TV: Male Breakout Star
Richard Brancatisano, Chasing Life
Brett Dalton, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Tom Mison, Sleepy Hollow
Miguel Pinzon, Mystery Girls
Toby Regbo, Reign

Choice TV: Breakout Show
Being Mary Jane
Chasing Life
Faking It
Reign
Sleepy Hollow

Choice Summer TV Show
Baby Daddy
Girl Meets World
So You Think You Can Dance
Under The Dome
Wipeout
Young & Hungry

Choice Summer TV Star, Male
Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Baby Daddy
Tyler Blackburn, Pretty Little Liars
David Lambert, The Fosters
Tyler Posey, Teen Wolf
Mike Vogel, Under the Dome

Choice Summer TV Star, Female
Ashley Benson, Pretty Little Liars
Shay Mitchell, Pretty Little Liars
Emily Osment, Young & Hungry
Cierra Ramirez, The Fosters
Italia Ricci, Chasing Life

MUSIC
Choice Male Artist
Jason Derulo
Pitbull
Austin Mahone
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
Pharrell Williams

Choice Female Artist
Beyoncé
Miley Cyrus
Ariana Grande
Lorde
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Fifth Harmony
One Direction
R5
Rixton

Choice Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist
Martin Garrix
Calvin Harris
Kaskade
Skrillex
Zedd

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Iggy Azalea
Eminem
John Legend
Nicki Minaj
Justin Timberlake

Choice Rock Group
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons
One Republic
Paramore
The Black Keys

Choice Male Country Artist
Luke Bryan
Hunter Hayes
Jake Owen
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban

Choice Female Country Artist
Jana Kramer
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

Choice Country Group
Florida Georgia Line
Lady Antebellum
Parmalee
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Choice Country Song
“Bartender,” Lady Antebellum
“Beachin,'” Jake Owen
“Play It Again,” Luke Bryan
“Somethin’ Bad,” Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood
“This is How We Roll,” Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan

Choice Single Female Artist
“Dark Horse,” Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
“Let It Go,” Idina Menzel
“Problem,” Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea
“Team,” Lorde

Choice Single Male Artist
“Happy,” Pharrell Williams
“Mmm Yeah,” Austin Mahone featuring Pitbull
“Sing,” Ed Sheeran
“Stay With Me,” Sam Smith
“Talk Dirty,” Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz

Choice Single Group
“Bo$$,” Fifth Harmony
“Me and My Broken Heart,” Rixton
“Rude,” Magic!
“She Looks So Perfect,” 5 Seconds of Summer
“Story of My Life,” One Direction

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song
“All of Me,” John Legend
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
“Na Na,” Trey Songz
“Pills N Potions,” Nicki Minaj
“Turn Down For What,” DJ Snake & Lil Jon

Choice Rock Song
“Ain’t It Fun,” Paramore
“Love Runs Out,” OneRepublic
“Maps,” Maroon 5
“Pompeii,” Bastille
“On Top of the World,” Imagine Dragons

Choice EDM Song
“#Selfie,” The Chainsmokers
“Animals,” Martin Garrix
“Latch,” Disclosure featuring Sam Smith
“Summer,” Calvin Harris
“Wake Me Up,” Avicii

Choice Love Song
“All of Me,” John Legend
“Boom Clap,” Charli XCX
“Not a Bad Thing,” Justin Timberlake
“Somebody to You,” The Vamps featuring Demi Lovato
“You & I,” One Direction

Choice Break-Up Song
“Amnesia,” 5 Seconds of Summer
“Break Free,” Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
“Miss Movin’ On,” Fifth Harmony
“Really Don’t Care,” Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd
“Story of My Life,” One Direction

Choice Music Breakout Artist
Becky G
Austin Mahone
Rita Ora
Cody Simpson
Zendaya

Choice Music: Breakout Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Fifth Harmony
MKTO
Rixton
The Vamps

Choice Summer Song
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX
“Really Don’t Care,” Demi Lovato featuring Cher Lloyd
“Rude,” Magic!
“Summer,” Calvin Harris
“Wiggle,” Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg

Choice Summer Music Star, Female
Ariana Grande
Iggy Azalea
Becky G
Demi Lovato
Nicki Minaj

Choice Summer Music Star, Male
Luke Bryan
Jason Derulo
John Legend
Sam Smith
Pharrell Williams

Choice Summer Music Star, Group
5 Seconds of Summer
Fifth Harmony
Florida Georgia Line
Magic!
Rixton

Choice Summer Tour
Beyonce and Jay-Z, “On The Run Tour”
Justin Timberlake, “The 20/20 Experience World Tour”
Katy Perry, “The Prismatic World Tour”
Luke Bryan, “That’s My Kind of Night Tour”
One Direction, “Where We Are Tour”

FASHION
Choice Female Hottie
Beyoncé
Selena Gomez
Ariana Grande
Kendall Jenner
Rihanna
Bella Thorne

Choice Male Hottie
Zac Efron
Ryan Gosling
Liam Hemsworth
Austin Mahone
One Direction
Ian Somerhalder

Choice Smile
Selena Gomez
Austin Mahone
Demi Lovato
Harry Styles
Taylor Swift

SPORTS
Choice Male Athlete
Kevin Durant
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Tim Howard
LeBron James
Johnny Manziel
Russell Wilson

Choice Female Athlete
Meryl Davis
Lucy Li
Candace Parker
Danica Patrick
Amy Purdy
Serena Williams

OTHER
Candie’s Choice Style Icon
Iggy Azalea
Ashley Benson
Kendall Jenner
Emma Roberts
Zendaya

Choice Comedian
Jimmy Fallon
Kevin Hart
Mindy Kaling
Andy Samberg
Kenan Thompson

Those are all of the people that I will continue to vote for during the week for the 2014 TCA! Tune in to the Teen Choice Awards on August 10 at 8:00-10:00pm!

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