Punday #8

Hey guys, I’m sorry these have been so inconsistent. I’m trying, though!! I hope you enjoy them when they do come, at least. This is one of my favorites, so I hope it puts a smile of your face! ☺

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Top 5 Wednesday || Disappointing eye candy

Hey guys! Top 5 Wednesday, on a Friday again, I know. I just didn’t want to post two of them in a row! Anyway, this week is disappointing eye candy; a book whose beautiful cover drew you in, but in the end had let you down in more than one aspect.

This meme was created by Lainey and GingerReadsLainey on Youtube. You can find the Goodreads group here.

Review: The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz

The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
Series: Descendants #1
Published: May 5th 2015 by Disney Hyperion
Pages: 311pg.
Format: Hardcover / Source: Owned
Genres: Young adult, Middle grade, Fantasy, Fairy tales

Goodreads synopsis:
Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon and made to live in virtual imprisonment on the Isle of the Lost. The island is surrounded by a magical force field that keeps the villains and their descendants safely locked up and away from the mainland. Life on the island is dark and dreary. It is a dirty, decrepit place that’s been left to rot and forgotten by the world.

But hidden in the mysterious Forbidden Fortress is a dragon’s eye: the key to true darkness and the villains’ only hope of escape. Only the cleverest, evilest, nastiest little villain can find it…who will it be?

Maleficent, Mistress of the Dark: As the self-proclaimed ruler of the isle, Maleficent has no tolerance for anything less than pure evil. She has little time for her subjects, who have still not mastered life without magic. Her only concern is getting off the Isle of the Lost.

Mal: At sixteen, Maleficent’s daughter is the most talented student at Dragon Hall, best known for her evil schemes. And when she hears about the dragon’s eye, Mal thinks this could be her chance to prove herself as the cruelest of them all.

Evie: Having been castle-schooled for years, Evil Queen’s daughter, Evie, doesn’t know the ins and outs of Dragon Hall. But she’s a quick study, especially after she falls for one too many of Mal’s little tricks.

Jay: As the son of Jafar, Jay is a boy of many talents: stealing and lying to name a few. Jay and Mal have been frenemies forever and he’s not about to miss out on the hunt for the dragon’s eye.

Carlos: Cruella de Vil’s son may not be bravest, but he’s certainly clever. Carlos’s inventions may be the missing piece in locating the dragon’s eye and ending the banishment for good.

Mal soon learns from her mother that the dragon’s eye is cursed and whoever retrieves it will be knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years. But Mal has a plan to capture it. She’ll just need a little help from her “friends.” In their quest for the dragon’s eye, these kids begin to realize that just because you come from an evil family tree, being good ain’t so bad.

Top 5 Wednesday || Buzz words

Hey guys! Today I’m bringing back top 5 Wednesday… on a Friday. For a while I was out of the loop with this feature, but I want to try to join in again. So this one is my top five buzz words, the words I look for or the ones that catch my eye when a book is described.

This meme was created by Lainey and GingerReadsLainey on Youtube. You can find the Goodreads group here.

(A late) Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Series: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #1
Published: September 27th 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 418pg.
Format: Hardcover / Source: Owned
Genres: Young adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance

Goodreads synopsis:
Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war.

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious “errands”, she speaks many languages – not all of them human – and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out.

When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Tag time: The book courtship tag

Hey! As per usual, I wasn’t tagged, but I seen somebody do this one and wanted to do it myself. So here we go.

Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (With slight spoilers)

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Series: The Grisha #1
Published: June 5th 2012 by Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 368pg.
Format: Softcover / Source: Owned
Genres: Young adult, Fantasy, Adventure

Goodreads synopsis:
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.

Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

Top 5 disappointing books of 2015

Hey guys! So you may have noticed I haven’t been participating in Top 5 Wednesdays for the past few months and that’s because I haven’t been enjoying the topics or had much selection for those topics. But I want to join in on the meme again, so I’ll be listing something else if I can’t relate to the topic of that week. This week I’ll be listing the top five books that disappointed me the most in 2015.

My 2015 in books

Hey guys! I know I’ve been a little MIA, but what better way to end the year with this survey made by Jamie @ PerpetualPageTurner. All images were taken from her post as well, so thank you, Jamie! Although I’ve only made this blog in August, I’ve been reading all year long so I thought I’d still participate. Also, just a warning, I’m being choosy and only answering a couple certain questions (it’s so long, ok). So let’s get to it!

Pundays #7

Hello! I’m here to deliver another punday to you. Hope you enjoy and it makes you smile! 😄

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