One Year on Bookstagram: Where I Get All Sagely and Reminisce and Pretend I Know More Than You

By: Marie May 25, 2018August 12, 2018 Tomfoolery, Where I Scream Over Bookstagrambookstagram, featured3 Comments

I’M A MENTOR NOW! Muahahaha please watch out and take your shoes off before you step inside.

I’m going to interview myself now.

Don’t mind me.

The Yellow Wall-Paper Was Really Just About Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Marie May 10, 2018August 12, 2018 14+, 2018, 3 Stars, Adult, Classics, Not Recommended, ReviewsBook Review, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Classic Literature, featured, Literature, Little Black Classics, Penguin Classics, Short Stories, The Yellow Wall-Paper

I remember reading some crazy awesome reviews about The Yellow Wall-Paper a few years ago, talking about its beautiful writing, important message, and general amazingness. HAHA OK, no.

Wolf by Wolf = Alternate Universes + Motorcycle Races + Wolves, Obviously

I didn’t start the Wolf by Wolf duology expecting the EMOTIONAL MURDER that was about to occur. I need a hug but I also need about 382 days to be alone and think sad thoughts.

My heart is an empty void.

The False Prince Was Really an Anastasia Retelling and I’m Not Mad About It

BECAUSE IT WAS. Just with a guy instead with a girl. And with an overload of snark. STEP IT UP, SAGE, YOU’RE A ROLE MODEL. HAahahAHAhahh or not, because the snark was hilarious and I really don’t care about anything else. Shallow, I am.

The Middle Grade Fantasy I Thought Was YA (Help I’m Confused and I Can’t Get Up)

By: Marie March 28, 2018June 28, 2018 14+, 2018, 3 Stars, Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Middle-Grade, Reviews, Sort-of-RecommendedBook Blogger, Book Review, Bookish, featured, Jennifer A. Nielsen, Literature, The Traitor's Game, The Traitor's Game Series

HA, look at me, I’m still confused. DOES BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST THE MONITOR HELP??? I DON’T KNOW???

The Traitor’s Game wasn’t YA. I’m saying it like a mantra but I’m not bitter. Not! (Totally unimportant sidenote that doesn’t make me want to hide at all: I just checked Barnes and Noble and they have TTG under teen books and I’m crying and laughing and running away but I CONTEST.)

Finally a Real Russian Bloke to Obsess Over + Really Cool Space Pirates + Humor Everywhere + Spacial Slosh

“Oh hey, all your favorite characters aren’t going to be in this one, mate. We’re just going to throw them out the window and WATCH THEM FALL AND LAUGH AND TAKE PICTURES while we shove some new fellows in your way. Pretend to like them, ok?”

Mhm, yeah, that’s every bookworms’ favorite situation. AND THAT’S WHAT MY BRAIN WAS SCREAMING AT ME. SCREAMING!! LIKE THIS!! WHICH IS RUDE!! INVASIVE!! TERRIFYING!! Thank the books above that everything my brain tells me is a lie. Yes, that’s it. I’ve disintegrated into a puddle of shame. RIP ME.

My Summer TBR, Presented by SHAME.

By: Marie June 9, 2017June 27, 2018 Tomfoolery, Where I Scream Over Literally AnythingA Torch Against the Night, An Ember in the Ashes, Everything Everything, featured, Gemina, Illuminae, Jane Eyre, Les Miserables, Ruin and Rising, Siege and Storm, Summer TBR, TBR, The Book Thief

Yes, yes. Shame. Because my tbr is so excessively long that I need to plan out my whole summer reading life™ to bring it back to normal human level. Someone please help me.

Heartless Really Was Heartless…To Every Reader Ever

By: Marie May 18, 2017June 27, 2018 14+, 2017, 4 Stars, Best World-Building, Fairytales/Retellings, Fantasy, My Favorites, Recommended, Reviews, Romance, Young AdultBook Review, featured, Heartless, Marissa Meyer9 Comments

What even did Marissa Meyer do to me this time???

I want to reread Heartless, but I also know better than that. Villain origin stories are sad enough already…I don’t need to read one twice knowing FULL WELL what cruelty is coming my way. ASDFJKLASJK HELP ME.

Prologue

HI! Are you new? Lost??? This is the best place to start. I’ll introduce you to my fearsome self and tell you my fearsome story.

Index

Every embarrassing review I’ve ever written. (Excited! We’re all so excited!)

Contact

Want to work with me? Send me a snarky email? Head on over and write some WORDS.

Throne of Glass: Assassins, Princes, and A Fairly Pleased Me

Throne of Glass was the second book I read this past August, ~~and I almost had as much fun reading it as I would swimming and drowning in a sea of cake~~.

I’m aware that this series half lives in perennial shade and there’s very much a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing running around it, so I’m sorry if it gave you murderous tendencies and you really just want me to choke it till it suffocates and dies because I only hate on it for like, a small majority of the review.*

Christmas Gift Guide

By: Marie December 13, 2017June 27, 2018

Tomfoolery, Where I Scream Over Literally Anything2 Comments

I’ll be forcing a gift guide and some major deals down your throats today, so if you’re a victim of December’s sneakiness, looking for a last-minute gift idea for a tricksy friend, want to find a little something to treat yourself with, or simply want to laugh at me (I can’t blame you, I’m hilarious), this post is for you.

What Happens When Ancient Rome Gets a Fantasy Makeover

I’ve been all kinds of evil and have kept An Ember in the Ashes’ goodness to myself these past 82013 months, but it’s finally time to share it with you and I’m not mad. I’M NOT MAD!

Summer Book Haul Part 2 (And it’s Autumn Now So… Points to Me and My Punctuality)

By: Marie September 22, 2017June 27, 2018

Where I Scream Over New BooksBook Blogger, Book Haul, Bookish, Books, Heartless, Illuminae, Literature, Murder on the Orient Express, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Return of the King, The Two Towers2 Comments

Now for the second part of my summer book haul. It’s missing some pictures, but you’re a reader. You should have enough imagination to make up for it, right?  But the saddest thing isn’t the lack of pictures, the fact that I’m listening to the Greatest Showman soundtrack again, or crying over A Million Dreams. The saddest thing is that I have like three more of these haul posts to go. If something has to change, I’m ignoring it.

Everything, Everything was Disappointing, Disappointing

By: Marie September 19, 2017June 28, 2018

1 Star, 18+, 2017, Contemporary, Not Recommended, Reviews, Romance, Young AdultBook Blogger, Book Review, Bookish, Books, Everything Everything, Literature, Nicola Yoon, YA Lit12 Comments

Everything, Everything was my first contemporary. And it promised so much.

But I don’t even know what happened.

The first half was cute and light and adorable and then the second half hopped on a train, shot off at 8596 mph, and left me in the dust wondering where in the world my feelings were. (I’m 100% cool with missing the train, though, because it ended up heading in a horrible direction and I’m still bitter about it yes ma’am.)

September Releases I’m Dying to Get My Hands On (Also Entitled: If My Bank Account Wasn’t Already Dead It Would Be Now)

By: Marie September 12, 2017June 27, 2018

Where I Scream Over Anticipated ReleasesAn Enchantment of Ravens, Book Blogger, Bookish, Books, Language of Thorns, Leigh Bardugo, Literature, Margaret Rogerson, Sarah J Maas, September Releases, Throne of Glass Series, Tower of Dawn, YA Lit11 Comments

It’s September. It’s SeptemberSeptemberSeptemberSeptemberSeptemberSeptemberSeptemberSEPTEMBER.

Why am I chanting this you ask? Well:
1) I’m crazy.
2) I’M TRYING TO CONVINCE MYSELF IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS. BECAUSE WITH ALL THESE NEW RELEASES IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT.

August (+ July + Maybe June) Wrap-Up Because I’m a Horrible Blogger and I’m Sorry

By: Marie September 8, 2017June 27, 2018

By the MonthA Torch Against the Night, An Ember in the Ashes, Book Blogger, Bookish, Books, Everything Everything, Literature, Ruin and Rising, Seige and Storm, Throne of Glass, YA Lit6 Comments

Wait what? June?!? JUNE?!?

Wasn’t that like…months ago? Shouldn’t we have had this post before, you whisper?

Well. I ran away from blogging for a month or two and I missed my June wrap-up and I’m should be sent to the book blogger guillotine now. NOW! I missed July and I might have missed June and I don’t even know what’s what anymore. IT’S ALL PAIN.

Ruin and Rising and Really It’s Just Ruin and There’s No Rising and There’s No Coming Back from This Pain

By: Marie August 31, 2017June 27, 2018

16+, 2017, 4 Stars, Action/Adventure, Best Characterization, Best Dialogue, Best Writing, Fantasy, My Favorites, Recommended, Reviews, Young AdultBook Review, Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising, The Grisha Trilogy3 Comments

Can a series kill you??? SOMEONE INVESTIGATE, because I’m filled with more nerd rage than ever and it’s scaring me. Run while you still can.*

I’m going to try to not scream too much at Leigh Bardugo (this is the age of miracles and I can scream at my favorite author’s face), but who knows. I feel like I tripped on a knife.

Summer Book Haul Part 1

By: Marie July 21, 2017June 28, 2018

Where I Scream Over New BooksA Gentleman in Moscow, A Wrinkle in Time, Book Haul, Gemina, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, The Night Circus, This Side of Paradise4 Comments

1. I bought/received sixteen books this past May + June (though I returned two to pick up different editions this month, so do they count???? Yes???) AND I STILL HAVEN’T SHARED THEM IN A HAUL POST YET. There’s a problem here.
2. I NEED TO CATCH UP.
3. I’ve been promising a post like this since May. MAY. I need to deliver now.
4. I’m a good girl, so I will.
5. There’s not going to be a smooth transition so just roll with me

#MidYearFreakout – I’m Freaking Out, You’re Freaking Out, WE’RE TOTALLY PASSING THE SANITY EXAM

By: Marie July 19, 2017June 27, 2018

Tomfoolery, Where I Scream Over Literally AnythingMid Year Freakout

I’m allowed to freak out right now (YES, I AM) because the lovely Cassie at Today I’ve Read tagged me to do the Mid-Year Freakout book tag, so LET THE THE MADNESS BEGIN. Muahahahaha.