French Toast w/ Extra Wipped Cream

YES! I am so excited because Finals are FINAL-LY over. Yup, all of my classes for this semester are officially, O-V-E-R...over! Which means that I can start focusing on my reading skills, which to me are very important. I would say second on my "Important things that I love that would be life threatening to live without". I know long title. Anyways...the top is college. Which is now on break for winter!! EEEP! I know can you sense my excitement or do I need to squeal more?

So first off, I would like to announce that I am probably, most likely, not going to finish reading the Premonition series by Amy A. Bartol. As much as I loved her books at one point in my very short magnificent life, it turns out that love has dulled. *Looks up at the ceiling* I don't know why, but suddenly everything about this book bothered me. (I really cannot believe I am writing this!)  Okay so what didn't I like? I mean it wasn't that long ago, right? Well, it kind of was and I think that was part of the problem. I bet if the author had written that last book a year after the release of the fourth book, I would be a happy camper and she would've gotten five stars. Unfortunately, she didn't and like everything else in the world, I changed. I don't like ketchup (nor did I ever technically), I'm not really following Paranormal romance (mostly because everything is either werewolves or were-something), and I don't like the premonition series anymore.

Okay, one thing that bugged me now that the old me didn't really care about, was the writing style. New me likes something that sounds effortless and realistic (yeah I am big on realism lately).This was neither. The accents were a bit distracting and I didn't really like the way the author put in "fancy" wording in random places. I have nothing against learning new words or having them in books, it is called a book for a reason. She put them in the most uncomfortable places and it just felt weird to me. I know! It felt like the way an adult would speak not a young adult who just graduated high school. Some of these words weren't spoken, but they were "thought" so to speak.

Either way, I couldn't go through with it. I went to the second chapter and jumped ship. A lot of the scenes I once thought made sense seemed a lot more imaginary. I guess, that's because I'm in college now. Before I just hade the idea of what college was.

What I haven't figured out yet is whether or not I will be going through with my plan to not finish this book. I'm thinking yes, but I am curious on what is in that last book. Again, if she had just written it years ago, I would have been a very happy girl.

So what am I planning to read now? Here's my reading schedule for the next week or so:

1. The Wait for You series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

This is a series that I also started a while ago (just not years ago). I think the last time I read it was about a year ago. I really liked it and this author is without a doubt my FAVORITE author. She will always be my favorite no matter how much time passes (I hope). I stopped after the first book because when I first started reading NA I had a bit of an aversion to reading sequels because they had new characters and blah blah blah. I have gotten better after time and I think I am ready to finish this series.

2. Some Sort of Happy by Melanie Shaw

I basically got this one because I heard it was funny and the setting was college.

3. Dirty English by Isla Madden-Mills

This one seems good, but I'm not sure if I want to jump on it or not. I've heard great things about it and it has good reviews so I think it'll be good :)

Anyways! That is my list so far and it is subject to change at any time!!!! Just like all the other times. I tend to change my mind A LOT!

Have a great Holiday Sweeties and I'll be writing soon!

~ P

Corrupt little gumdrops!

WTF...did I just read??? Uh. Okay so I think that this book was just not my cup of tea. Yeah...I don't know *scratches head* I really wanted to like it and some of the scenes were superbly written, but it was ah...corrupt (in just so many ways). The title fit this book like SO well. Wow. I am like freaked out and a little in shock by this book...

Okay so I guess I should explain myself a little bit more. *Takes a deep breath* I feel like it was a very INTERESTING read. I was sucked into a world that is full of pure chaos, craziness, and corruptness. The book was very good in the sense that I was intrigued. I was pulled in by my hair and the entire time I couldn't decide whether I wanted to keep going or pull myself away. It took a lot of persuading on my part to keep going *wince* but I did. I wanted to see where the author was going with some of those surprises. What the reaction of some of those twists were going to end up like. Unfortunately curiosity kills the cat. Me, being the metaphorical cat who ends up with 8 live instead of 9. I felt like Alice falling through a darker rabbit hole and not being able to see the opening. (Please excuse my overuse of metaphors)Basically, it was just very hard to resist going forward and with each turn of he page my interest started to rise through the freaking roof! At the same time some of these scenes were just so "corrupt" that I wanted to turn away and fling the book across the room. I just didn't really like Rika's choices or many of the characters. Grr...I don't know. I don't want to spoil the book for those who love really dark romances.

I also wanted to talk about Michael and Rika's relationship. It was one of the most twisted relationships I've EVER read. I've read dark books before, but this one definitely is at the top. *sigh* now I feel like a wimp because I'm pretty sure I am the only one who feels this way :( but I won't lie it was exactly my feels the ENTIRE time.

Don't even get me started on Rika's poor decision making skills. I get that she loves Michael, but he's violent with her get's a trip off of her being scared of him and she sees nothing wrong with that. He's constantly making fun of how weak she is because she's an actual human being and has "feelings", actual emotions. He yells at her, pushes her, and scares her continuously. She on the other hand follows him around like a puppy continuously (even after how Michael treats her), ignores his violent fallacies and has no issues that their relationship might be an unhealthy one...in my opinion.

So Basically. I didn't like it. NOT because it wasn't a good book. It was a great book (based on writing alone). The content was good too I guess, just not something that I really enjoyed. That is SOLEY BASED ON MY OWN PREFERENCES. I capitalize this because I don't want someone to not read it just cuz I didn't love it. It was just not my kind of book. I actually sort of enjoyed it (when it wasn't twisted) but it wasn't very high on the book rector scale. I will also admit when I read the excerpts I wanted to read it so badly. So I did. But it wasn't what I expected. It blew me away so to speak.
I dare you to read it. It's definitely a little monster ;)

~P

Every Last Breath...+PIE?

I was so Fan-gurling when I finished this book!! I couldn't decide whether or not I wanted to squeal or re read the last scene. Sooo....I decided to do both! ^^ First DO NOT ask me what was my favorite part! I will not be able to answer this question. Why you ask? BECAUSE IT WAS ALL BEAUTIFUL!! Every damn part had me bursting with every emotion I could muster. Every part was delicious and gorgeous and I love ROTH SOO freaking MUCH! *sigh* yes I know I am using waayyy too many exclamation points   Hey Sweeties, I was so Fan-gurling when I finished this book!! I couldn't decide whether or not I wanted to squeal or re read the last scene. Sooo....I decided to do both! ^ _ ^ First DO NOT ask me what was my favorite part! I will not be able to answer this question. Why you ask? BECAUSE IT WAS ALL EFFING BEAUTIFUL!! Every damn part had me bursting with every emotion I could muster. Every part was delicious and gorgeous and I love ROTH SOO freaking MUCH! *sigh* yes I know I am using waayyy too many exclamation points and capitalizations, but it's necessary. So let's see here...What made me love it so much? I guess just the ending of everything was so well put together and it didn't leave me wondering about anything. I was just sitting there in awe about everything that just happened before me. It was like seeing the perfect pie and getting to eat it too. I was sooo in love with Laylah's decisions in this book, especially since I am not a big fan of hers to begin with. I liked that she picked...ehem blah blah blah... yeah I'm not going to actually say - er write the name because that would spill the beans. Yup and I love beans so no. This book also KILLED me! I was wrecked. I couldn't believe that some of that sh** went down. I was amazed and pissed at the same time (which is not as easy as I made it seem *sniff* lol) Now let's get to Roth because he is literally my FAVORITE character in the entire demon-warden world! He made every part of this book worth reading!! I am not kidding, I was a very happy girl BECAUSE of him. The way he handled all the situations and took care of Laylah. It was the apple to my pie! Gah! I am using so many pie references. I must be craving pie.*sigh x2* Well I am going to keep my review at that. One, because I believe I have killed this review enough. It's dead, no point in killing it some more ;) And two because if I keep writing then I am sure that I am going to spill something BIG. So enough writing for moi! Read it though...I dare you! ~P

Lev and Lemon Shortcakes!

OH. My. GER! I freaking LOVE Lev so much! I really enjoyed this book, it was a little awkward at times, but that was the best part! If I were to choose between chocolate and this book? I would totally choose chocolate. It's inevitable. But Lev would definitely come into a close second. *Taps finger against lips* I guess the best thing about this book was that it was unpredictable - a lot of books cannot grasp this concept. I couldn't really guess what was going to happen (a very common ingredient within Belle Aurora books).

Everything between Lev and Mina was different than anything I've ever read before. Which of course, was WONDERFUL because so many books are very similar in many ways. I mean this wasn't the first Belle Aurora book I've ever read, nor was it the first romance book. So it could've been girl falls in love blah blah blah. The thing is, it held the element of surprise. Some of these scenes were so Uber stressful, because I had no idea if they were going to be together or if she was just going to end up out on the streets again. I think part of the reason it was so surprising is because the characters were different. Lev took broody to another level. He was VERY different from any character I've read about. I can't really describe it (it's one of those you need to read it to see it moments) but he was different, in my opinion.

Lev was different I think because Belle wrote him in a way where because he was so socially awkward it made his character a little sweeter! I loved the awkwardness of his emotions with Mina. It was like watching a little baby deer walking for the first time. It was so cute!

Mina was also a surprise. I always thought that the best part of Belle Aurora's books is that she always adds that sugar with that spice. None of the characters are the same and the girls especially all have that spunk with that spoonful of sugar mixed in. To me, I love characters like that. In other words, she brings out the best in her characters and doesn't muddle their personality because of the problems they face.

All of her side characters were also such a plus! I loved Sasha the most oooh and I can't forget Mina's brother! He was sooo adorbs even though he was such a butt at first! They gave this book that extra oomph that it needed and I LOVED IT!!! Like seriously! I AM IN LOVE!

I cannot wait until Aurora comes out with another book! Read it! I dare you to.

Tootsie Rolls and...Tanks

Hola Sweeties,

I literally finished this book a little over 10 hours ago. I won't say I didn't like it because I did, it wasn't 'OH MY FREAKING GOSH I NEED TO READ IT AGAIN' good, though. It was more like 'WELL I FINISHED IT AND I DIDN'T TOSS IT ACROSS THE ROOM' good.

The book was like cheerios without the honey nut part. I felt like it needed something to spruce it up. There were just some parts where I started to feel great and then it was like jumping off a cliff after only falling halfway. A lot of the scenes just felt empty. Then again, there was just so much to actually like about the book too.

The name was very creative! I loved the title and the name - TANK - it's so catchy. Plus, it fit the character so well. Tank was in so many words, interesting. I wish that the author would have stopped explaining everything (in a way) and just "showed" it. Tank's character felt washed down. He was sweet and a teeny bit funny, but he was lacking that reality factor. The GIANT oomph. When a book is great you can practically SEE the character. In this one, I connected a little bit. Just a little.

Now as for the girl MC - Emma Shaw - she annoyed me. I feel like her character was also very watered down, but to say the least, she was annoying. Everything she did was pretty unrealistic, okay ALMOST, unrealistic. Plus she supposedly had anxiety attacks, but they barely came up. The author didn't really expand on any of the important parts that made the character either. So bummer there *Huffs*

Basically, it moved too fast. It was unrealistic. And I liked it to a certain extent. I would write more on it, but I feel like it would ruin the already ruined effect. So read it if you dare....

~ P

P.S. This series was called blue collared workers and I feel like the author should have seriously expanded on that, but all she pretty much expanded on was the relationship between Tank and Emma. Le sigh.

Sugar Cookies and Holly! Another update!

YUP. I am definitely an awful person. I haven't been great about updating, but you can bet your candy canes it's because of FINALS and the HOLIDAYS! Two very stressful events going on at the same time. I swear, I barely finished my assignments on time last week all thanks to ironically THANKSGIVING! *Deep breaths* I guess it's not really that bad if I think about it. I mean I did finish all the assignments on time...

Plus! I have some excellent news! I know I'm a little late with the announcement since it was announced a week ago, but I will now be posting it. Drumroll please! THE LAST BOOK INIQUTY IS BEING RELEASED!!! That's right ladies and gents. The last book in The Premonition Series by Amy A. Bartol. She's one of my favorite authors and I LOVED the series. I haven't read the series in a really long time because this last book took FOREVER to actually be published.

What does this mean?

Well, I will be reading that WHOLE series over again. Yes. I know. There are like five books in total so that will be taking up  a lot of my reading schedule. So here is what my reading schedule actually looks like right now...

1. White Hot Kiss Series.

So this series is being read over again...kind of. I technically read the series already, but mostly the first book. The second book got me upset the first time I read it because she was giving 'I love you' eyes tooooo the wrong person in my opinion. Now that I'm reading it over, I feel so much different about her decision...sort of. I still don't LOVE it, but it's not the hate that I had when I first read it. In fact, I'm not skimming this book this time and I'm actually enjoying it!

2. Corrupt

This one is a standalone (that I am aware of). It's written by Penelope Douglas and the cover is GORGEOUS! <3 I've read two...three....wait...no I'm pretty sure it was two excerpts of this book and I've fallen in love. It just came out and is currently sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. I unfortunately cannot start it until I am done with Every Last Breath (last book in White Hot Kiss series). You can read the summary of Corrupt Here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21981841-corrupt?from_search=true&search_version=service

3. The Premonition Series (All over again...sigh)

I am both excited and a little unenthusiastic to reread this series. I really am excited because I remember loving this series (as I've said multiple times already), but there's that spot of hesitation. I'm a little afraid that I won't like the ending or even the series now that I'm a little older since I've read the series last. *Rolls eyes* I'm being silly. meh.

That's really all I have planned so far. Just three books/series.

*Rubs hands* Alright last but not least I want to add the Goodreads Choice Awards to this blog post. I was amazed and saddened that none of my favorites won this year. Still, all of the books that did win...well I knew only one. Whoopee! Yep I only knew about Colleen Hoover's book Confess. :( So a BIG congrats to her! She is also one of my FAVE authors.

I also wanna say that as this year is coming to a close I want to say that I am trying to finish my Goodreads reading challenge goal. I set it to 123 books but I think I'm going to have to change that. There's just not enough time in the day! What was your goal? Have you read all the books that you set to read? What were some of your faves this year?

Love, P