Hi everyone!
Today Miss Mayhem (Rebel Belle #2) by Rachel Hawkins officially comes out!
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Alyssa’s Reviews – Me Being Me is Exactly As Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy (ARC)
Hey guys!
Today, I’m going to be writing a book review for the book Me Being Me is Exactly as Insane as You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy! I recieved this book for review from Simon and Schuster Canada for an honest review.
Synopsis:
A heartfelt, humorous story of a teen boy’s impulsive road trip after the shock of his lifetime—told entirely in lists!
Darren hasn’t had an easy year.
There was his parents’ divorce, which just so happened to come at the same time his older brother Nate left for college and his longtime best friend moved away. And of course there’s the whole not having a girlfriend thing.
Then one Thursday morning Darren’s dad shows up at his house at 6 a.m. with a glazed chocolate doughnut and a revelation that turns Darren’s world inside out. In full freakout mode, Darren, in a totally un-Darren move, ditches school to go visit Nate. Barely twenty-four hours at Nate’s school makes everything much better or much worse—Darren has no idea. It might somehow be both. All he knows for sure is that in addition to trying to figure out why none of his family members are who they used to be, he’s now obsessed with a strangely amazing girl who showed up out of nowhere but then totally disappeared.
Told entirely in lists, Todd Hasak-Lowy’s debut YA novel perfectly captures why having anything to do with anyone, including yourself, is:
1. painful
2. unavoidable
3. ridiculously complicated
4. possibly, hopefully the right thing after all.
Review:
I really enjoyed this book!
I personally loved making lists and this book was full of them! I was really touched by his story. Family issues have never been impacted by major family issues, but it was very interesting to see a different point of view. Personally, this book was a very big eye opener to me. Although, this book was a little bit slow for me, but overall it was well paced.
Since this book is full of lists, it was a very quick read for me, although it looks HUGE. The cover is really cute and I really like it. The writing style is (ofcourse) very unique with all of the lists. Some of the lists did not relate to the story, but it made the book even more interesting to read as you can learn more about him.
The characters are really interesting and great! I especially liked to learn more about the mother and her back-story.
Overall:
I really loved this book and gave it 5/5 stars!
I hope you guys enjoyed this book review!
Thank you to Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me an ARC for this book! Be sure to grab your copy now!’
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Happy Easter & DIY Easter Bookmarks!
Hi everyone!
In honour of Easter, I’m going to be making a DIY Easter Themed Book Mark!
Let’s get started!
Materials:
Bookmark Sized Colours
Scissors
Tape
1. Cut out small “egg shaped” oval’s on different strips of construction paper.
2. Next, you are going to want to tape all of the bookmarks down, and it should look somewhat like this!
3. Finally, you can outline the eggs in a silver sharpie, just like I did! You can also design/decorate the easter eggs like you may do during this time.
Now, you’re all finished!
I hope you guys liked this Easter DIY Bookmark design!
Happy Easter to all of those celebrating!
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Happy Passover!
Hi everyone!
Today marks the first full day of Passover! For anyone celebrating, have a wonderful Passover, and good luck this week 😉
See you guys tomorrow for a cute Easter DIY!
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DIY Bookish Mugs!
Hey guys!
Today, I’m going to be showing you some design’s that you can make all by yourself, using only a few materials to create your very own bookish mug!
PLEASE READ: I am only using these mugs for decor and storage, so I did not use oil based sharpies or bake it in the oven. I will not be drinking out of this mug.
Materials:
- Blank/White Mug
- Sharpies (I used Black and Silver)
- Pencil
First, I purchased a white mug (I actually got 2) from my nearest Dollar store. They were $1.25 each.
I then sketched out my designs with a pencil first. I used an HB pencil, but I’m sure others would work, too! Feel free to get inspiration Online.
Finally, I outlined my mug’s, and here is how the first one turned out! For the front side, I drew an open book with a picture in the right corner! By the picture you can’t tell, but I used the silver sharpie for outlining the “words” (squiggly lines” and picture.
On the back of the previous mug, I included my favourite bookish quotes! Here are the ones I used:
- Books belong to their readers.
- Everybody should believe in something, I believe I’ll read the next chapter.
- You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books, and that’s kind of the same thing!
For my second mug, I wrote the word “Reading” all the way around it, and coloured the outer part of the handle in a thick silver sharpie, a well as the dots.
I hope you enjoyed my DIY Bookish Mugs! Many of you seem to love my diy’s, and if you do stay tuned to my Easter bookmark DIY! I worked really hard on these mugs, and it definitely payed off!
Anyone who will be celebrating Passover tonight, Happy Pesach (Passover)!
Also, I wanted to answer a VERY popular question I get asked almost every time I make a DIY and take pictures. This question is; “What camera do you use for your pictures?” Surprisingly, I actually just use my iPad Mini 2nd Generation! I like to “enhance” my photos and mix up a ton of pictures so that the quality looks gorgeous. I have the WordPress app for iPad downloaded, so I upload my pictures in a draft post, and then I can access them by clicking the “Add Media” section once I do a post with them!
I will see you guys tomorrow for a new post!
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April BOTM!
Hi everyone!
For this month’s book of the month for the Reading, reading, READING Book Club, I have chosen…
WHERE THINGS COME BACK BY JOHN COREY WHALEY!
I have been meaning to read this book for a while now, and I finally picked it up! I thought that it would be super fun to read this as part of my book club/good reads group BOTM!
JOIN US HERE: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/156785-reading-reading-reading-book-club
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April TBR!
Hi everyone!
I can’t believe how fast March has gone by, it feels like just yesterday it was March 1! Today, I’m going to be sharing with you my April TBR! Now, my TBR is not quite set in stone, but these are the books I hope to read!
First, I hope to read Walking on Trampolines by Frances Whiting. I was gladly sent a review copy by Simon and Schuster Canada! I have actually had this book on my TBR for about 2 months, but I WILL be reading it, as I have planned out a review date for next week, so it MUST be read!
Next, I will indulge into this book, which is one of my most anticipated books of the year! I am so excited to start reading The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (DMD #2). STORY TIME: I actually was planning on buying this the day that it came out, but the only book store that DID’NT have it was mine! What great luck I have…
I received this beautiful ARC last month from Penguin Canada and I’m so excited to dive into it! Like It Never Happened by Emily Adrian, sounds like a book that is right up my ally, so I’m pretty sure I’ll enjoy it! Also, once I finish this book, I will be officially finished all of my ARC’s, but by the time I have finished this, I probably will have another one…
I will then be reading To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, so that I will be prepared for the final book in this duolgy next month when it releases! I may be getting an ARC for the next one, so we will see how that turns out! Also, the next book comes out the day before my Birthday!
Finally, I will be reading my Book Club/Goodread’s Groups’ BOTM, which I will be announcing tommorow! Join the group here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/156785-reading-reading-reading-book-club
So, yeah! That’s it for April’s TBR. I feel like I will be getting a lot of reading done this month, and I hope that’s true!
See you guys tomorrow!
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Book Release Day: The Hunted by C.J. Hart
THE HUNTED by C.J. Hart…. Is Here! RELEASE DAY!
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Series: The Abandoned Series
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Just your average boy-meets-girl, boy-kills-people story.
The Native American Navajo tribe has stories of a monster so wicked, so blood-thirsty, that they are to be hunted down and slaughtered. But are they just legends? Or is something sinister lurking in the shadows? The Yee Naaldlooshi—skinwalkers—have the ability to transform themselves. And they can be anyone. Anything.
The Hunters—a group dedicated to tracking the creatures—are hot on their trail and they won’t stop until every last one is dead. But are they all as evil as foretold? Seb, alpha of the Taylor, Arizona reservation pack, begins to question the acts of their kind. But he’s broken a rule and must choose between killing the girl he loves or risking everything to save her. Cassie must fight for her survival. The pack is after her. And they’re no joke. Cass is about to find out how sadistic they can be.
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March Wrap-Up!
Hi everyone and welcome back!
It has felt like I haven’t been posting for a week and a half, but I scheduled the 10 previous posts 10 days ago, so this is my first time “live” blogging in almost 2 weeks!
Anyways, this month was a good month for me. I only read for the first 2 weeks of March and yesterday, but then kind of took a reading break to really focus on school work!
This month, I read 5 books, which I am quite happy about!
I started off the month by finishing Me Being Me Is Exactly As Insane As You Being You by Todd Hasak-Lowy! I don’t want to give my thoughts away, as my review will be up in a few days!
Next, I read Hit by Delilah S. Dawson! Again, my review will be up soon, so I don’t want to give away any of my thoughts!
Then, I read Sea Change by Diane Tullson, which I really liked and gave 4/5 stars! See my review here: https://readingreadingalldaylong.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/sea-change-by-diane-tullson/
I then read Hopes and Dreams by Steve Dougherty, for a project I’m doing Barack Obama on. I have gotten a lot of questions as to why I chose President Obama for my project when I am Canadian, but I thought that he would be an interesting choice.
March 2014 Wrap Up: https://readingreadingalldaylong.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/march-reads-and-april-t-b-r-s/
Overall, I had a good reading month and am currently 7 books ahead of my 50 book Goodreads reading goal!
Let me know how March was reading wise for you in the comments below!
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Book Release Day: The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige!
Hi everybody!
If you have been reading my blog since April 2014, you would know that Dorothy Must Die is one of my all time favourite books/series, and today the second book comes out!
Here is the beautiful cover:
I have a project, presentation and a quiz today, so I will be sure to pick this book up after school!
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Reading, Reading, Reading 