Looking Back at 2018 & My 2019 Bookish Resolutions

I'm not sure why I keep doing this to myself since I'm awful at keeping up with my resolutions, but it seems an ending of the year tradition to talk about what I accomplished throughout the last twelve months and then write some goals for the coming year. While I was writing this end of the year recap, I was surprised with what I accomplished reading and blogging-wise but that's only because I completely forgot about my the goals I set for myself. 😋 So, let's look back at 2018 and share some goals for the new year, shall we?

ARC Review // Fire and Heist

Title: Fire and Heist

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers

Published: December 4th 2018
Pages: 304 pages

"In Sky Hawkins's family, leading your first heist is a major milestone--even more so than learning to talk, walk, or do long division. It's a chance to gain power and acceptance within your family, and within society. But stealing your first treasure can be complicated, especially when you're a wyvern--a human capable of turning into a dragon.

Embarking on a life of crime is never easy, and Sky discovers secrets about her mother, who recently went missing, the real reason her boyfriend broke up with her, and a valuable jewel that could restore her family's wealth and rank in their community.

With a handpicked crew by her side, Sky knows she has everything she needs to complete her first heist, and get her boyfriend and mother back in the process. But then she uncovers a dark truth about were-dragon society--a truth more valuable and dangerous than gold or jewels could ever be."

Reading & Blogging Challenges. Planning an Epic Reading Year

The end of the year is fast approaching (can you believe in a week we will be all living in a new year?!) which means it's time to start organizing a new reading year. I've decided to join a few reading challenges to motivate me not only to read more, but also to discover new genres. Hopefully, these challenges will be helpful in decreasing my ever growing book pile. Furthermore, I will also take part in two blogging challenges to write more discussion posts (something that has been lacking around here).

Sunday Post. All I Want For Christmas Are Books

Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviews.

Hello Book Dragons. How was your week? Mine? Well, my thesis is still giving me headaches, but nothing that a good book can't fix. However, there was some progress - even if was only a five hundred words progress. What have you been reading? Any recommendations that I should add to my Christmas wishlist? I confess my last readings have been a bit disappointing, but I'm still hoping to find a new five stars reading before the year ends.

Book Tag. Bookish Naughty List

It's Book Tag time! Also, it's time to bring Christmas to my blog because it doesn't look like it and Christmas is just around the corner. I was tagged by Shannon McGee to join the Bookish Naughty List Tag created by Jenniely.

Rules:

• Tag & link the person who tagged you;
• Tick/cross off the ones you’ve done;
• Tag another 10 people! If you wish to join it, consider yourself tagged.
  

Review & Blog Tour. Paper Girl

Welcome to the second week of the Paper Girl Blog Tour hosted by YA Bound Book Tours. If you have missed any of the previous tour stops, you can see all the lovely reviews and spotlight posts here.  Scroll down to read my review on this story of heartbreak, strength and paper universes. Also, don't forget to join the Giveaway (it's US only, sorry guys).

ARC Review // A Curse so Dark and Lonely

Title: A Curse So Dark And Lonely

Author: Brigid Kemmerer

Publisher: Bloomsbury YA

Published: January 29th 2019
Pages: 496 pages

Fall in love, break the curse.

It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

Nothing has ever been easy for Harper. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.

Break the curse, save the kingdom.

A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.