what I've been reading!

Hey readers! I've been SOOOOO busy lately! I'm sorry to have neglected you. So much is happening in my life right now. BUT I'm here to telling you what I've been reading lately!

The reason I haven't posted any reviews lately other than being super busy is because I haven't read anything I've loved. I've been reading but I've had some issues with all my recent reads, so I'm going to tell you what they are and give you a small review of them.

Matched by Ally Condie- this book frankly pissed me off. I hate Insta-love, and I hate when a character betrays their best friend for no real good reason, and I hate characters that drag a good person along when they know for a fact they don't want that person but don't tell that person and continue to give that person signs they do in fact care and want them.

A monster calls by Patrick ness1 this book I went into blind only hearing is was a middle grade fantasy book. WELL let me tell you *TRIGGER WARNING for death and cancer* this book is more about death, cancer and lose than monsters. I literally cried for 50% of the book, which was beautifully written but ultimately not the kind of book I enjoy. I feel many would love this book and find healing in it. I on the other hand just found pain and hurt from this book along with disappointment that it didn't have much fantasy in it at all. it's very much in my opinion more of a contemporary book, although ONE monster is in it, two if you count the figurative monster.

Dorthy must die/the wicked will rise by Danielle Paige- Now I read the first one and wasn't impressed but owned the second book already so I thought I'd give it a chance since it was my first ever wizard of oz retelling. Now the concept of these books is great, the execution, not so much... the voices of the characters in the second book blend together because they all sound the same. nobody voice is actually unique. I didn't LIKE any of the characters in the book and wasn't attached to any one character. They all could have died at the end and I wouldn't even be upset. the best character out of the first two books got killed off before Amy even got to Oz. I just wanted so much more from this series and disliked these books so much I'll be donating them.

Ever the hunted by Erin Summerill- I enjoyed this book more than the others but didn't like the ending of the booker the way the romance played out enough to pick up the next book in the series.

The bone season by Samantha Shannon- I liked this book but it was extremely predictable and nothing at all surprised me in the least. I even picked up the next book in the series and stopped reading it a couple chapters in because I was bored.

Sythe by Neal shusterman- I loved the uniqueness of this book and will probably read the next book but it got pretty slow at times and didn't wow me or make me really think very hard about anything.

So those are the books I've read in the last two months about. Let me know what you've been reading!

Much love-Bookish Mom

new computer sleeve

Hey readers!!

So I got a once upon a book club box and I got this green case/sleeve thingy and had no clue what I'd do with it. THEN I got my new computer and guess what? It fits right inside. Woot!! Pretty cool!!

Anyone else use things for things they weren't meant for but it works?

See Ya later- Bookish Mom

I'm Back!!!!!

Hello, hello, my beautiful readers!!

I've had a broken computer for like a year now so I finally bought a new one and this time its a laptop. I got the MacBook Pro. Anyways, I've been working a ton and of course reading oh and I got engaged since I last blogged.

But I'm finally back and plan to do reviews more often! my favorite book of the year so far is still Heartless by Marissa Meyer. JEST <3 I have read 27 books so far this year though. The sweet evil series by Wendy Higgins was pretty good.  And if you have a kiddo like me that likes fantasy, my son and I have been devouring the wings of fire series.

I've also tried out a few book box subscriptions since march. I've tried owlcrate, whimsify, uppercase, once upon a book club, and the bookish box so far. Although my favorites have been owlcrate and Whimsify. Only thing I didn't like about Whimsfy is their books aren't signed which sucks for me. owlcrate is nice unless I hate the theme for that month.


So here's what I've been up to. Collecting more books for my TBR list/jar, and reading while enjoying some good food.

Thanks for reading, talk to you again soon-Bookishmom

Library books!

Hey readers I learned something new recently!! So our library locally is big but focuses on non-fiction when I prefer fiction. After searching through all the books I didn't find a single thing I wanted to read that I didn't already own. Well after months of just buying my books I was in one of my book groups and asked about audio books and someone told me to use a digital Library which I was clueless about. So after further talk and investigation I learned my library offers an app that allows me to borrow digital ebooks and audio books for 21 days just like a digital library. You don't get to keep them forever but after downloading the app and entering my library and library card number (which you need to use the app) I discovered on this app they have a ton more books i'm interested in that they don't offer in the actual library. You can also recommend a book for your library to buy to add to its digital collection although it kinda sucks because mine only alllows me to recommend one at a time and no more. When lord knows I have hundreds I could easily recommend. But I thought i would share my experience since I had no clue this existed and I've found a great way to read books for free and thus save money by only buying my favorites! The app my library uses is overdrive which has an adult section and kids section. Apparently other libraries may use different or multiple apps for their digital library and each library has different books available. So for instance I like in an average town but when I signed up my librarian told me to go to the city library and get a card there because I can also get books from them as well. So you can have a bunch of library cards and use it all on one app. Overdrive only lets me borrow 10 at a time and i'm not sure if that's per library or per overdrive account. But I'll be going to the city eventually to get me a card for there as well!


Enjoy this tidbit of information! I hope it gives you and your family the opportunity to read more and more of what you love! -Bookish Mom

my to-read list

people!! my to-read list is killer!!!! what i have currently on hand in paper form right now that i haven't read or finished yet is getting bigger by the day.
 I have Kings Cage by Victoria aveyard,
nights in rodanthe by Nicholas sparks,
the great hunt by Wendy Higgins,
scarlet by A.C Vaughn,
the edge of everything by Jeff Giles,
winners kiss by Marie Rutkoski,
 luna: new moon by Ian McDonald,
 Glittering court by Richelle Mead,
storm siren by Mary webber,
entwined by heather Dixon,
 the shadow queen by C.L redline,
 end game-the calling and end game the complete training diaries  by James Frey,
the 100 series by kass Morgan,
 pathfinder by orson Scott card,
seeker by Arwen dayton,
walk on earth a stranger by Rae carson,
after the end by amy Plum,
a book of spirits and thieves by Morgan Rhodes,
 soundless by Richelle Mead,
 Eon by Allison goodman,
a thousand pieces of you by Claudia Gray,
half bad by sally green,
illuminae by Amie Kaufman,
 the awakening and the sea of shadows by Kelley armstrong,
poison princess by Kresley Cole,
the cycle of six moons series by adelle Yeung,
zodiac by Romina Russell,
the crowns game by Evelyn Skye,
 steel heart by brandon sanderson,
 a confusion of princes by garth nix,
red rising and golden son by Pierce Brown,
the eye of minds by James  Dasher,
incarceron by Catherine Fisher,
carry on by Rainbow Rowell,
 off sides by sawyer bennett,
a darker shade of magic by V.E Schwab,
First life by Gena Showalter,
the last one by alexdandra Olivia
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken,
delirium by Lauren Oliver,
The midnight society by Rhonda Serman
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Dream a little dream by kerstin gier
The Wrath and the dawn by Renee ahdieh
The diabolic by S.J Kincaid
forever with you, be with you, fall with you, obsession, tempting the bodyguard, tempting the player and the problem with forever by Jennifer L Armentrout.



That's JUST my current list of books i have on hand and plan to read hopefully all this year! If you want to read along with me please comment your current read! I'd love to see your to-be read list. My actual TBR list is on goodreads and is insane. too much to ever read in 2017 for sure! I hope you guys are reading lots and enjoying your reads! I've been working a ton, dealing with lots of other stresses and i'm pretty due for a reading book weekend! If you've read any of these please tell me your non-spoiler star rating and thoughts!

If you are wondering where I bought these books I got them all on bookoutlet.com, Barnesandnoble.com with my membership and free shipping, or smile.amazon.com. I use smile Amazon because some things I buy go to help a charity of my choice so I never shop the regular Amazon site. I personally donate to the MS society because my dad has MS. If you want a complete list of where I buy my books (which are almost always discounted) check out my other blog post with the full list and all about shipping and ect! :)

hope to write to you all soon! much love- Bookish Mom

My current read!

Hey readers!! I am currently at home with my son who had a snow day at school today and i'm reading the night circus by Erin morgenstein! I recently went to my first ever book launch/book signing ever! It was for wires and nerves by marissa Meyer which was my first ever graphic novel read which I surprisingly enjoyed! I went and got all my lunar chronicles books and heartless signed! I just finished the snow like ashes series by Sara Raasch which I will review for you all soon!

I have a TON of books on my to read list that o own and a ton that I don't! I JUST ordered my first ever book subscription boxes! I ordered February's owlcrate box and the quarterly box! The owlcrate box i'm highly guessing has  Caraval by Stephaine Garber in it, it does have a tote and candle with it for sure, as they posted as much on facebook! It's a circus theme that goes with the night circus which is why I finally started reading the night circus even though I've owned it for almost a year! The quarterly box has the edge of everything by Jeff Giles in it plus two other books of his choice and some bookish items! I'll hopefully be able to post pictures when I get them! Both books subscriptions I picked are YA ones, BUT owlcrate offers kid ones as well, and quarterly offers a bunch of different subscription boxes from books to food to fitness ect!

If you would like a link to buy the night circus Click HERE

If you would like to subscribe to owlcrate click HERE

If you would Like to subscribe to quarterly click HERE

If you would like to browse all kinds of subscription boxes check out CRATEJOY which has a TON of different boxes for every hobby you can think of basically and you can set it to only show ones that ship to your country or from your country!

Hope you all are well and that you haven't been sick like me and my son off and on with various bugs that make us vomit and miserable! But if you have I hope you get to read a good book as you recover!

Ta ta for now! - Bookish mom

Heartless by Marissa Meyer review

hey readers! let's start off by saying what this books about! It's a prequel to Alice in wonderland about how the queen of hearts became the queen of hearts. I LOVED this book. I loved the characters and the plot and the little details, I loved the way she recreated the world we already knew from the original Alice in wonderland and reinvented it! Gah I love Jest. I loved this book! It was like being thrown into wonderland but a NEW wonderland. More in depth and up close look at it! The characters are each unique and set in their ways. We see new sides to many characters and even find out why the hatter turned mad. I really enjoyed it but I expected to enjoy it since I've enjoyed all her other novels as well. But I was really impressed with this one because I never really cared for Alice in wonderland and it never really attracted me to read a retelling. But her lunar chronicles made me pick this one up and i'm glad I did! So if you haven't read those you should! And if you want to read this awesome retelling/ not retelling and prequel click HERE!

Tell me what you think! I originally was supposed to go to the launch for this book but didn't get to sadly because frankly I didn't have anyone to go with and it's way to dangerous to walk the streets of Seattle alone at night. So for Christmas my son got it for me! So glad he did!

Just read it and tell me your thoughts! I would add a photo but my computer is still broken! Sorry!
-Bookish Mom