New Years Resolutions Book Tag (Wow, long title)!

Hi all! So since it is New Years Eve, I thought I would do a New Years Tag! Now for my tags, I never really get tagged I just do them so I won't be tagging anyone or will be tagged by anyone! Let us get started with this tag now!

1) An author that you haven't read before that you would like to read:

Kerstien Gier! I hear such amazing things about this Ruby Red trilogy and the more I hear, the more I want to read!

2) A book you would like to read:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor! UGH THE URGE TO BUY IT!!! WALLET SAYS NO! AHHHHH!

3) A classic you would like to read:

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum! I love this movie so dearly, it will always have a special place in my heart so I will be reading this super soon!

4) A book you would like to re - read:

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins! It was so cute! So perfect! So inspiring! Ahhhh...

5) A book you've had for ages and want to read:

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. I am so in love with her Mortal Instruments series and I cannot wait to read the Infernal Devices trilogy. THE URGE!

6) A big book that you want to read:

Cress by Marissa Meyer. I am reading Scarlet and I am the most excited about reading Cress! I am so in love with this series... It might be my favorite? Maybe? I don't know?

7) An author you have previously read and would like to read more of:

Jennifer L. Armentrout. I love her, she is my favorite author ever. And I am so excited for Wicked (Her new book that is coming out)! I read her Lux series and LOVE!

8) A book that you got for Christmas that you would like to read:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer because 1) covers are BEAUTIFUL and 2) because this HUGE burst of enthusiasm has got me thinking...

9) A series you want to read from start to finish:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon! Another one with a GINORMOUS amount of enthusiasm! I need to read this! Good thing I ordered it in my huge 15 book pile.... Is that bad?

10) Do you set reading goals? If so, how many books do you want to read in 2015?

100 or 150... I can do this! WOOOOO!

So that was the New Years Resolutions Book Tag! I hope you enjoyed it! I will have another post up tomorrow so yea! Bye!

xxx

-Ella

HUGE December Haul (14 Books!!)

Hi guys! So as you can see from the title of this post, I will be sharing all the books I have gotten in the month of December! Let's get started shall we?

1) So the first book I have got is My True Love Gave To Me by.... Various Authors. There's a lot of them! But this book is the perfect December read because it has twelve holiday stories! So I started this book this week. For the holidays! 

2) The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings. Yes, I know, I have this book, but I bought it for my friend so I hope you like it, Maeve!

3) Doon by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon! I am so excited for this book!! I have heard nothing but the most amazing things about it! It is about these two girls that somehow cross over this bridge and go to Scotland! I LOVE SCOTLAND! And it has romance and mystery and awesome stuff!

4) Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I am also super excited about this one as well because everyone is so in love with this series, but I still haven't gotten on the bandwagon yet and UGH! I need to read this... Soon. It's about this girl whose touch is deadly and it also has romance and action and sounds super cool!

5) Blood Red Road by Moria Young. I don't really know what this is about, but I saw the cover online and it looked super awesome so woo!

6) The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephan Chosbosky... I think that's how you spell it.... UGH I am so ashamed that I haven't read this yet! GOSH!
7) Outlander by Diana Gabaldon! I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!! I AM SO EXCITED! It is about this woman named Clare Randal and she and her husband are on their honeymoon and she touches this rock and travels back to OLD TIMIE SCOTLAND AND MEETS A GUY IN A KILT AND I AM SO EXCITED! There has just been the huge burst of enthusiasm for this book so I just had to buy it. 

8) Shadowhunters and Downworlders by I think Cassandra Clare? My mom got this for me for Christmas and I screamed. It is a novella that goes with the rest of the Shadowhunter Chronicles so I am super excited to read this baby! 

9) Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. This is the "sequel" (more like companion novel) to Cinder! I really loved Cinder so I am excited to dive into this one! I won't give you the synopses for this because it's the "sequel".

10) Cress by Marissa Meyer! This is the third book the Lunar Chronicles (Cinder and Scarlet)! Excited about this one as well!
11) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin! A.K.A Everyone's favorite series in the entire world. This is about this girl named Mara Dyer and she can't remember anything except for the last few days. She wakes up with amnesia in the hospital and it's about her and her lover to figure out what the heck is going on. That's all I have heard and it sounds amazing!

12) The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. I know, I know, this is the third book in this series but b=my mom wanted the hardcover while it lasted so... yea!

13) The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum! I love this movie so much and my mom got me the new beautiful hardcover with all these pretty illustrations and I am so happy right now!

14) Silent Echo by Elisa Frelich! This is about this girl who is mute and then she suddenly discovers that she is a siren. Wow. What a strange turn of events. But Maeve is getting this for me and I am super excited! Thank you so much, Maevie! 

So that is it for my huge book haul, I hope you enjoyed it. I will have another post up soon!

Love you! 

xxx

-Ella

2014 Favorites!

Hi guys! So today I saw Katytastics (on YouTube) video of her favorite books of 2014. If you want to watch it, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjrLuLLzYvM

So I decided that I wanted to make one of my own 2014 favorites too! I also will be using her categories.

1) The Best New Series
So I feel like the best new series is The Murder Complex series by Lindsay Cummings. I loved The Murder Complex. It was so amazing and wonderful. It made me cry, laugh, feel the feelings of all the feels..... yes. This was such an amazing story and I NEED THE DEATH CODE RIGHT NOW!! AHHHHHH!!!

2) The Best Installment in a Series
I feel like this award goes to The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy. I loved this book. All it did was make me crave for the third and FINAL book in this trilogy. Can I just point out how much fun Evan and Cassie's relationship is? The banter.... I love it so so much!!!

3) The Best Series Finale
This award goes to, without a doubt, City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. Cassie really knows how to tell a story and how to rap it up. This book made me cry through the entire thing and I am so grateful that I have this series in my life. I loved this book and I am so excited to read all of her books.

4) Best Stand Alone Fantasy
Now I do have some stand alone fantasy books, but the only problem is that I haven't read them yet. I have read one but it does have companion novels. Oh well, I'll count it as a stand alone. So this award goes to Grave Mercy by Robin LaFeveres. I loved this book so much. It was so fun and funny and sweet and kick butt!! AGHHH!! I cannot wait to read the other companion novels.

5) Best Contemporary Novel
This award goes to How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. I Loved this book so so so much. It was so cute with the romance and taught me so much about how family is so important and just this book was so heart warming and wrenching at the same time. This was an amazing story.

6) Best Fantasy
This award goes to Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. This book.. UUUUUUUGHH. The plot line was such a page turner and the characters were so funny and sweet and kick butt!! I really loved this story and how it was told and Sarah, wow, you are one talented person.

7) Best Adult Book
Don't own any.... oops?

8) Best Middle Grade Novel
Now for this one, I didn't finish but when I was reading it, I was having soo much fun! So this award goes to Dormia by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski... I am so sorry Peter, I probably spelled your last name wrong! Sorry!! I was reading this to my cousin and it was super fun and funny and weird and mysterious and cool! I really like this series and I definitely want to continue on with it!

9) Prettiest Book
Now this is a tie between These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner and Alienated by Melissa Landers. Here they are:
    
Aren't they just gorgeous?

10) Best Book Overall
The best book of 2014, according to me, is *drum roll* LUX BEGINNINGS BY JENNIFER L ARMENTROUT! This book made me laugh and cry and feel all nice and tingly inside. Jen can really tell a story with such grace and charm and beauty. This didn't take any time at all to become my favorite series. I am so happy that I read this and I wouldn't trade that experience for the world.

EXTRA CATEGORIES 

11) Worst Book of 2014
Now this award goes to one of my school books. Tangerine by Edward Bloor. I had many problems with this book, those mainly being:
Couldn't relate to the characters
No plot line that I could really see
Too many things all happened at once
They never answered any questions, just added more questions that were never answered.
I really didn't like this book.

12) Best Book to Move Adaptation
Mockingjay Part 1. Holy crap. I walked out of the movie theater frazzled. I was suprised about how perfect this adaptation was. In my opinion, this book needed to be stretched out longer. It needed to be more than 390 pages long. And I am so happy that this movie is in 2 parts. In the book, all we really saw was Katniss's point of view, but in the movie we saw President Snow, Gayle, Peeta, etc and that really did the book justice. We got to go into more detail that way and that was so helpful to the audience who hasn't read the book, and to the fans.

13) Most Anticipated Book to Movie Adaptation of 2015
MOCKINGJAY PART 2 PEOPLE!!! These book to movie adaptations are my favorite ever in the entire world. They are so faithful to the books and so awesome! I just.... ahhhh! I need this right now.

14) Most anticipated book release of 2015
Now there are so many books that I am excited about in 2015, but if I had to chose, it would be Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. I - I'm so pumped I just-

So that is all for my favorite books of 2014! Thank you so much for the support! Love you all! Bye!
xxx
-Ella

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

Hi guys! So I will be reviewing How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff. 

Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.
As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

This book was so amazingly real and so influential. It taught me so much about love and family and sticking together; and how that can really help you in so many ways. This was so funny to, I laughed so hard whilst reading this! Meg, you are so talented and such an amazing writer. 

I love you all so much! I hope you liked this blog post! 

Bye!

xxx

-Ella

Sorry!

Hi guys! So this is an announcement more than a regular post. I am so duper sorry that I haven't been posting. School has been hectic and its the holidays! So I have been busy with shopping, and family and school and UGH!! I am really sorry!
So there will be a post right after this.
I do love you all, I have just been super busy.
Love you!!
--xxxxElla

7 Deadly Sins Book Tag!

Hi guys! So I haven't done a tag in a while so I will be doing some tags! I also want to say I am sorry that I haven't been posting! I love you all!! Let us get into it, eh?

1. GREED, what is your most inexpensive book?
Gosh, I really don't keep track of these things!I think Legend by Marie Lu, maybe, because I got that for free in AMAZING condition.

2. WRATH, what is an author you have a love/hate relationship with?
Veronica Roth. Whilst she made such a beautiful story she ****** off my favorite character in Allegiant.

3. GLUTTONY, what book have you devoured over and over again?
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. I love re reading that book... it gets sadder every dang time!! UGHHHH

4. SLOTH, what book have neglected due to laziness?
If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I just can't read it, I don't know, I just can't.

5. PRIDE, what book do you talk about in order to sound like an intellectual reader?
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas... I haven't even finished it but I feel so cool reading it!!

6. LUST, what attributes do you find attractive in a male or female character?
For males I love:
Sarcasm
Witty
Sweet
Doesn't have to be horribly attractive but at least cute
Funny
Doesn't have high expectations
Daemon Black

Doesn't HAVE to be the last one, but that would be nice...

7. ENVY, what book would most want to receive as a gift?
DOON BY CAREY CORP AND LORIE LANGDON!!! I NEEEEED THIIIIS BOOOK GAAAAH

So that is all I have for you today!! I hope you enjoyed it! I love you so so so much!
xxxxx
--Ella

December TBR

Hi guys! So today I will be sharing with you my December TBR (To Be Read)! 

So the first books on my list are my Meg Rosoff books. They are super short and easy reads so I can get through these no problem. Then I will be reading The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings. I am super excited to read this because everyone has been raving about it for forever!!! 

I am so sorry that this post was so short! I love you all! Thanks for viewing! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

xxxx

--Ella

November Wrap Up!

Hi people of the internet! So today I will be sharing with you the books that I read in November! BTW I actually took this picture! HAHAHA 

Ok I know that there is still more November, but when it is Thanksgiving, I believe that it is the end of November. So pretty much all I read was Grave Mercy by Robin LaFeveres. I am currently reading How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff and it is really short! But I might not finish it this week because I am super busy. So if you don't know what Grave Mercy book is about, then you should read my review on it, it is in my older posts. 

So that is all for this post! I hope you enjoyed and I will see you tomorrow!

Love you!

xxxx

--Ella 

MY RESPONSE TO: EBOOKS

Hello people of the internet! So whilst I am on Thanksgiving vacation with my family, I will not be able to post, but I have decided to give you one last post before I leave from Wednsday to Sunday! And for this post I will be talking about my response about Ebooks!

I honestly hate them, sure they are books except easier and more cheap! But personally I really love the feeling of a real book, the smell, the way you turn the pages and how real books ACTUALLY HAVE COVERS (I know they show the covers on the ebook but whatever)!!!! Have you noticed that borders and all the little bookshops that were so close to where you live have just vanished like *snaps fingers* that?! That is because of ebooks. Ebooks are slowly taking over the world and it is such a sad thought to think that there could be no more books in the world after that! I am willing to buy books online (REAL ONES) just because I love actual books! I am willing to pay 20 bucks (including tax and shipping) for that one book (my mom and dad actually pay not be BUT I PAY THEM BACK, TAKE NOTES CHILDREN) because I want to feel it in my hands. I don't care how much money it is, I will do anything just for a real book. I know my family is reading this and I am telling you know that I don't buy real books to annoy you or just for the heck of it, I buy them because I want to feel and read them and make sure that that money you paid goes to harperteen or penguin, etc (those are real book publishing companies) to support having a real book in my hand, not some overrated electronic disaster. And hey, at least I'm not buying drugs. 

So, in conclusion, I despise ebooks and how they are taking over the world. 

Thank you so much for reading! Love you!

xxx

--Ella

Booktubers!

Hello bookish peeps! Today I will be sharing some of my favorite book tubers! If you don't know what a book tuber is, a book tuber is someone on youtube that talks about books like does reviews and stuff!

1) My favorite book tuber is Sasha Alsberg! I love her so much and she is so nice and funny! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/abookutopia

2) Christine Riccio! She is so much fun and is so funny and amazing! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/polandbananasBOOKS

3) Tasha Polis! She is such a nice person and so beautiful! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/tashapolis

4) I haven't watched much of him but Tiernen! He is super funny and kind! Link:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBookTuber

So that is it for today! I hope you enjoyed! Love you!
xxxxxx
--Ella

Grave Mercy Review!

Hello beautiful book people! Today I will be reviewing Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers! Let us get started shall we?

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

I loved this book, I loved how *****s and *****s love was so unexpected and came so gradually and slowly so I applaud Robin for that! This book had some amazing break neck action too! It was such a great page turner! I fell in love with this story and this author! Robin has such amazing talent and I can not wait to read some of her next books!

Thank you so so much! I love you all so much! Bye!
xxxx

--Ella

TBR Books ( On My Shelf)!

Hello babes! Today I will be sharing with you my TBR! After I share, I will tell you how many books on my shelf that are part of my TBR!

1. #TheShame.... Twilight.... By Stephanie Meyer.... Ugh.... You guys know what this is! UGH I AM SO SHAMEFUL RIGHT NOW!!

2. The Hero's of Olympus series by Rick Riordan! I read Percy Jackson.... but not this.... sorry about it?

3. The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan! Gosh...

4. The Infernal Devices! I loved the Mortal Instruments by Cassie (Cassandra Clare) and I am so excited for that one day when I reach into my TBR jar and then pull out the piece of paper that says "The Infernal Devices".... How I long for that day to come....

5. The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare! I AM SO EXCITED BUT I DO NOT WANT SPOILERS SO I NEED TO READ INFERNAL DEVICES!

6. The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare! I have so many Cassie Clare books in this TBR... But seriously though...

7. The Shadowhunters Codex by Joshua Lewis and Cassie Clare.... DAMMIT

8. Witch and Wizard by James Patterson. I am really excited to read this series!

9. S. by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst!! THIS BOOK I AM SO EXCITED TO READ!!!!!

10. Dorothy Must Die by Danielle M Paige! This book seems super interesting and I have heard the most amazing things about it!

11. The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings! I love really action-y books and this seems like the perfect book for me!

12. The Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu... KILL ME!

13. The Covenant series by Jennifer L Armentrout! I AM SOOOOOO FRIKEN EXCITED GODDAMN

14. Life as We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer! This seems like an interesting story and plot line...

15. If I Stay by Gayle Forman.... THIS IS TURNING INTO #SHAMFULBOOKCONFESSIONS asdfghjkl

16. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Yes this is the book that was going to be turned into a movie and Selena Gomez was going to be in but never actually happened. How do I know that? I shouldn't.

So those are all the books on my shelf that are on my TBR! If I counted how many there were in my life then that would be a long post.... But we have a total of 16 TBR series / books that I have to read! That is not as much as I thought it would be but at least it isn't 500! I love you all so much, I will talk later and bye!
xxxxxx
--Ella

Tiny Book Haul (7 books)!

Hello bookies! Today we will be doing a book haul.... It is barely one though! 4 books.... SO EXCITED!! So let us get started!

1) The first book it The Dead and The Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer! This is the second book in the Last Survivors series! I haven't read the first book (Life as We Knew It) but it sounds so good and I have heard nothing but good things about it!

2) The second book in this haul is the the third book in the Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer called This World We Live In! More excited....

3) This book is called How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff! I actually didn't buy these, I won a giveaway and the woman who was hosting it was kind enough to send them to me FROM THE FREAKING UK!!!! I am in the US and I am so grateful. But I am so excited to read these!

4) Now this giveaway had 4 Meg Rosoff books in it and this was the second one! It is called What I Was by (you guessed it) Meg Rosoff! I heard that these books were like contemporary I think. Please correct me if I am wrong!

5) The Brides Farewell by (LOL you are so smart!) Meg Rosoff! I think these are a series.... Correct me again if I am wrong!

6) Last (you are too good at this game!!) Meg Rosoff book is Just In Case!

7) I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! This one is called The Madmans Daughter by Megan Shepard! THIS BOOK!!!! I have heard only the best of things about this book and seriously I am excited to read this series!


So that is my book haul! I really hope you enjoyed! I got all these books from bookoutlet.com and hpbmarketplace.com or Half Price Books (except the Meg Rosoff books)! They have really cheap books! GREAT BOOKS TOO! Here are all the links to all the books:
Madmans Daughter: http://bookoutlet.com/Store/Details/the-madmans-daughter/_/R-9780062128034B?terms=madmans+daughter
The Dead and The Gone: http://www.hpbmarketplace.com/The-Dead-and-the-Gone-Susan-Beth-Pfeffer/book/10405301?matches=210
This World We Live In: http://www.hpbmarketplace.com/booksearch?binding=&mtype=B&keyword=this+world+we+live+in&hs.x=0&hs.y=0&hs=Submit

I love you all so much! Bye!
xxx
--Ella

Cover Reveal!

Hello guys! So I will be doing a cover reveal of This Shattered World!! I know that probably a lot of you have seen this already but at least some of you haven't! If you don't know, This Shattered World is the sequel to These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. The cover was out a long time ago but yea! Here it is:

Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met.

Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet's rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the insurgents.

Rebellion is in Flynn's blood. Terraforming corporations make their fortune by recruiting colonists to make the inhospitable planets livable, with the promise of a better life for their children. But they never fulfilled their promise on Avon, and decades later, Flynn is leading the rebellion.

Desperate for any advantage in a bloody and unrelentingly war, Flynn does the only thing that makes sense when he and Lee cross paths: he returns to base with her as prisoner. But as his fellow rebels prepare to execute this tough-talking girl with nerves of steel, Flynn makes another choice that will change him forever. He and Lee escape the rebel base together, caught between two sides of a senseless war.

That was the description! I hope you enjoyed this post! I love you all so much!
xxxx
--Ella

Gift of Charms by Julia Suzuki!

Hello book junkies! I am so sorry I haven't been posting! This wee has been super busy! With school and homework and yesterday I saw a play and went to IKea for a new bed and today I hurt my finger and EVERYTHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING! But anyway I will be reviewing The Gift of Charms by Julia Suzuki! 
In a secret land, far away from the habitation of man, dwell the world's remaining dragons -- hoping the dragsaur beasts have vanished forever. Here they try to live their daily lives, but all is not well and their talents are fading. Things change, however, when, from a strange egg, Yoshiko is born - a dragon with a unique destiny. Great adventure lies ahead as many challenges must be overcome, leading to a dangerous mission to the human world in attempt to return to the clans their missing magic! Can Yoshiko make it in time?
I honestly really liked this book! It was so interesting to read a book from a dragons point of view! This book intrigued me and was just super fun to read! The only problem was that it was a bit too predictable but there were also a lot of things I wasn't expecting. But yea... Julia you have such an amazing gift and I loved the story you told!
Sorry that this was so short! Thank you so much for all the views! I love you all!
xxx
--Ella