Most anticipated January Releases

Hey, look at me finally writing a blog post again, haha! I just had a sudden burst of inspiration, right now, as I’m typing this, to share my most anticipated reads of January with the world, and because it would be hard to do it on Instagram, I was like; “why not use that blog you have?” So here I am posting and stuff! 😀

Anyways I will stop babbling now and get to the point of this entire post, a list of all the amazing books coming out in January that I am dying to get my hands on. Fair warning though, it’s a looooong list!

1. The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Release date: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: Holly Black is one of my favourite authors and I absolutely love her writing.

2: It’s about fairies and royalty, which are some of my favourite things to read about.

3: It has gotten such good reviews from those lucky bastards people who got their hands on ARCs, which seems promising.

 

2. Everless by Sara Holland

Release date: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: HarperTeen

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: It takes place in a world where time is used as currency and also determines how long you live, which just sounds fantastic! Actually, it sounds horrible but in a way that makes me excited to read the book! 😀

2: Not going to lie here the gorgeous cover is definitely part of why I want to read this!

3: It’s ya fantasy aka my favourite genre so…

3. Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely

Release day: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: jimmy patterson

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: Okay fine the main reason I want this is the cover. I mean look at it! It’s stunning and will look great in my insta photos!

2: I’ve been digging YA western books lately soo I feel like I’ll like this one.

3: The tagline says; the heroine is a cross between Katniss Everdeen and Annie Oakley which you know sounds awesome!

4. Meet cute by a bunch of authors

Release date: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: I absolutely love anthologies.

2: some of my favourite authors like Nicola Yoon and Jennifer L. armentrout have stories in it.

3: I’ve always loved meet cute moments.

 

 

5. Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu

Release date: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: I love batman.

2: It’s written by Marie Lu and she’s an amazing author so I just know it’s going to be good!

3: I’m a sucker for anything involving superheroes and origin type stories.

 

6. Before I let go by Marieke Nijkamp

Release date: January 2nd 2018.

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: I’ve never read a book that takes place in Alaska before so I’m really excited to do so.

2: I really enjoy YA thrillers and this one sounds like a good one.

3: the cover really drew me in. It just looks so mysterious and icy and I feel like I kinda have to read it.

7. Unearthed by Amy Kaufman and Megan Spooner

Release date: January 9th 2018.

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: It’s being pitched as “Indiana Jones in space” Which I’m totally here for because it sounds awesome!

2: Sci fi is quickly becoming one of my favourite genres so naturally I just want to read all the things!

3: I love both of the authors and trust them to write good stuff.

8. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

Release date: January 9th 2018.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: I LOOVED the first book (scythe) soo much.

2: I really have no idea where the story is going to go and I’m so excited to find out.

3: The cover is just perfection and I have so many photo ideas for it! 😀

 

 

9. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Release date: January 16th 2018.

Publisher: HarperCollins.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: It takes place at a boarding school, which is one of my favourite settings to read about.

2: the tagline says “perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart” and since I’m a fan of both I’m guessing I’ll like it.

3: It apparently jumps between two time periods and I generally tend to enjoy stories like that.

10. Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Release date: January 23rd 2018.

Publisher: Razorbill.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: this book is about a necromancer and I don’t think I’ve ever read a necromancy book I didn’t love so I feel like I’ll love this one too.

2: There are apparently some great diversity and LGTBQ+ rep in this book, which is always nice to see.

3: It apparently has lots of magic, monsters and female friendships, which sounds perfect!

 

11. Let’s talk about Love by Claire Kann.

Release date: January 23rd 2018.

Publisher: Swoon Reads.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: It’s about an asexual girl and I’ve never actually read a book about an asexual character before.

2: It sounds like it’s going to be a really cute, fun read.

3: The cover just makes me smile.

 

12. The hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Release date: January 30th 2018.

Publisher: Flatiron Books.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: Characters from a book turning out to be real sounds amazing!

2: There is a creepy magical estate, which I totally love.

3. It just sounds like a dark, twisty and magical read that I need in my life.

 

13. Reign the Earth by A.C. Gaughen.

Release date: January 30th 2018.

Publisher: Bloomsbury.

Link to goodreads page

Three reasons I’m excited:

1: the gorgeous cover!

2: It’s set in a dessert, which is one of my favourite settings for fantasy.

3: it has elemental magic.

 

 

 

So that was my list!:D

Let me know if I missed some of your most anticipated January books in the comments! 😀 (If anyone actually still reads this blog haha!)

Luna out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m Back (kinda)

Hello everyone! 😀

It’s been ages since I posted anything on this blog and to be honest I probably won’t go back to posting regularly because I have switched platforms to Instagram. I discovered that I love taking pictures of books and sharing them, so I have been doing that! If you want to see what I’m up to, you can follow me on @lunireads where I post pictures every day!

I do however want to start using this blog on occasion, to write reviews and wrap upps and other things that are a bit too long to put in a caption on my Instagram posts!

The reason that I’ve been gone for so long is that I wasn’t enjoying blogging anymore. I felt like all my content was unoriginal and my writing was crap, and then I discovered bookstagram and realized that I loved it so much more than blogging and actually felt good at it, so I just stuck to that….

I still kinda feel that way but now that my bookstagram has given me confidence I’m able to relax and not care so much about the number of followers, likes and comments I get, I can just enjoy writing! 🙂

I hope you all will read my future posts and I’m looking forward to posting again! 😀

Love Luna.

Waiting on Three Dark Crowns

waiting on” wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by  Breaking the spine, that spotlights  upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Three Dark Crowns

By: Kendare Blake

Expected publication: September 20th 2016 by HarperTeen

Genre: YA, Fantasy

Goodreads

Every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomachache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of lions.

But becoming the Queen Crowned isn’t solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it’s not just a game of win or lose…it’s life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown.

If only it was that simple. Katharine is unable to tolerate the weakest poison, and Arsinoe, no matter how hard she tries, can’t make even a weed grow. The two queens have been shamefully faking their powers, taking care to keep each other, the island, and their powerful sister Mirabella none the wiser. But with alliances being formed, betrayals taking shape, and ruthless revenge haunting the queens’ every move, one thing is certain: the last queen standing might not be the strongest…but she may be the darkest.

Why I’m Waiting

1. I love the concept of three queens fighting to take control of the crown.
2. It sounds like it will be full of intrigue and magic and I love those things in a story.
3. It is a fantasy book, and I’m a fantasy addict so it fits me perfectly.

What are you guys waiting on? 🙂

Luna.

 

August wrap up

It’s that time of the month again. The time for a wrap up. This month has been a great reading month for me. I have however been sick and busy whit work, which means I couldn’t read as much as I wanted and even though the books I read were great it was hard to get through them because you know I had a fever. That’s why I had to degrade this month from awesome to great. Anyways Lets move I read ten books this month and all of them were 5 or 4 star reads which I guess makes this an awesome reading month. On to the actual books, I read this month.

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And I Darken by Kiersten White

This book was amazing and I loved it. It is a retelling of Vlad the impailer, only its gender flipped so that Vlad is actually a girl named Lada. I gave it five stars and if you want to know more, I have a review.

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

This book was just WOW. I loved the writing style, the characters and the story. It is about a girl named Mia who is an assassin. She wants to go to the red church, which trains assassins so that she can get revenge on the people that killed her family. The red church may be a school but this is nothing like Hogwarts, this is a school where the teachers give you tasks that may kill you, and all your classmates are all trained killers. It was awesome! There is also magic elements in this story and boy were they fantastic. I gave this 5 stars and it is definitely on my top 10 reads of this year list.

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

This was another amazing story. I loved how the whole monster thing worked and the characters were great. I also really enjoyed the lack of romance in this book. It was refreshing. I gave this one 5 stars as well.

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Ruined by Amy Tintera

This book was full of magic and intrigue and I loved it. It was about a girl who impersonates a princess in order to marry the prince of the family that killed her parents and is hunting her people. She is planning to kill this family to get revenge but she develops some feelings for her husband which making her question the plan. It was a captivating story and I gave it 5 stars.

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows.

So this book is co-written by two of my favourite authors and a third one that I have been meaning to read a book by so I had to buy it. It was a fun book that used lot of humour and mixed magic into history. The way they did it made it fun but not totally farfetched. It was great and I gave it 5 stars. Are you noticing a theme yet?

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

This is the second book in the miss peregrine’s peculiar children trilogy, and it was just as good as the first book, maybe even better. It picks up right where the first book ended and from that point on it is a crazy ride full of adventure and peculiarity. Can you guess how many stars I gave it? That’s right 5!

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The Fixer and The Long Game By Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I found myself being in the mood for a mystery type thing after all the fantasy I read and The fixer sounded perfect. It is a political series about Tess who has to move to D.C to live with her sister who happens to be the most famous Fixer there. What is a fixer you ask? It is a person that fixes things for important people, covers up scandals, makes problems go away etc. Tess does something for one of her classmates and before she knows it, the entire school is coming to her with their problems, because they think she is a fixer like her sister. Both books had lots of action and an intriguing mystery and I really enjoyed them both. I gave them 4.5 stars.

The Conspiracy of Us and Map of Fates by Maggie Hall

This series by Maggie Hall is also full of mystery and intrigue. It is about Avery that finds out that her family is part of an ancient society containing some of the most influential people of the world. Like that isn’t enough of a shock it turns out she is part of a prophecy that the circle believes is the key to defeating their enemies the Order and if they realise who she is they would all want to use her. Then it turns out that the order has kidnapped someone she cares about and in order to save him she has to follow a bunch of clues he left her around the world. So far, I am really enjoying the story and I will definitely be picking up book three when it is released. I gave both of these books 4 stars.

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That concludes my wrap up for august. If any of you have a wrap up feel free to leave a link in the comments so I can check it out. 😀  What did you guys read this month? Any of the books I did? 😀

Luna.

 

 

And the winner is…

 

So it’s time to reveal the winner of my giveaway! And the person that was lucky enough to get drawn out of the hat (there was no real hat btw) is Lois @My Midnight Musing! Congratulations Lois! 😀 To claim your price send an E-mail to lunireads@outlook.com containing your full name, address, zip code and country. OH and the two books you want of course. 😀

To all the rest of you I’m sorry you didn’t win. I wish I could give you all books but sadly I don’t have that much money. 😦  All I can say is I appreciate all of you and may luck be with you in future giveaways!

Love Luna!

P.S Concrats again Lois! 😀

And I Darken Review

And I Darken (the conquerors saga #1) by Kiersten White

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Publication date: June 28th 2016

Genre: YA, Historical fiction

My Rating: 5 stars

Goodreads

No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.

Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, Radu feels that he’s made a true friend—and Lada wonders if she’s finally found someone worthy of her passion.

But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against—and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.

This book is the best historical fictions I have read in a while. It had great characters and amazing world building. Now if you like fast-paced books this might not be for you because this book was slow-paced and spent a lot of time on building the world and explaining the characters. I still think you should read it though because it was amazing and I feel like the next book in the series will have a lot more action.

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Plot

This book is a gender flipped historical fiction about Vlad the impaler, who in this novel is known as Lada. The story follows Lada and her brother Radu as they grow up first in their homeland of Wallachia then in the ottoman courts where they are being kept to ensure Wallachia stays in line. We get to see them at different ages, from children to young adults, which I really enjoyed because it gave me such a deep understanding of who they are and the choices they make. Lada who has always been fierce and deeply loves her country becomes a warrior that is willing to do whatever it takes to get home, even if it means being cruel and vicious. Radu who has always been gentle and kind on the other hand never wants to go home, because he feels like he has finally found a place where he is safe and loved. There is also Mehmed the ottoman prince who both of them care about, that at first brings them closer together but later drives them apart.

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What I liked

Lada. Lada was definitely my favourite character in this book. She was a princess fighting to have the same opportunities as men in a time where women were supposed to be pretty, delicate flowers. I also really enjoyed that she was so imperfect; she was often cruel and willing to do anything to get back to Wallachia

The character development and world building. I love how we get to follow Lada and Radu over such a long period and really learn about them and their empire. I mean if the book had started whit them living in the Ottoman Empire and you never got to see Wallachia or their father I probably wouldn’t like Lada as much as I did or understand her choices as well.

The relationship between Lada and Radu. These two have a complicated relationship. They really care about each other but because they are so different, they don’t understand each other and at times, they even despise the other person. they also want different things and sure normally this may not be a big deal but when one of you is hell bent on getting home and views the country you live in as enemy territory while the other one feels like he is finally home and never wants to go back to your homeland it becomes a problem. I think it will be very interesting to see how their relationship evolves in the second book and I really can’t wait.

Side characters. The side character in this book were really well fleshed out and I loved that. Even the characters I disliked I still appreciated because they were so real. Every single character in this story was complex, even the characters that we only see for a short amount of time somehow managed to be fleshed out so well that you got a real sense of who they were. I also appreciate how every single character in this story was neither good nor bad, but a bit of both. Sure, there were bad people and good people but the good ones were capable of evil and the bad ones capable of good.

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What I disliked.

Radu. I really did not like Radu, mostly because I really didn’t get him. Sure, I understood his thought process and everything but I just did not agree with him. I know this might be a bad thing to say but honestly, I agree whit Lada’s opinion that he is a crybaby. I still enjoyed reading his chapter though and I like his storyline, just not him as a person.

Mehmed. Mehmed is the ottoman prince that both siblings love and I honestly just don’t get it. I feel like he really wasn’t really that special and some of the things he did made me go ugh. Sure, he was nice and kind and cared about Lada and Radu but I just did not like him that much.

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In short.

In short this was an amazing historical fiction full of character development and world building that is a fantastic start to what will most likely be a beautiful and heart breaking series. I personally think everyone that like historical fiction or even fantasy (there is no fantasy in this book btw) should read this book but if you really hate slow books, you might not enjoy it.

Luna.

Giveaway!

I have decided to host a giveaway because I recently reached 200 followers and wanted a way to thank all of you, and figured a giveaway would be perfect! 😀

The winner of this giveaway gets to choose two books from the list below. In addition, you will also get a surprise item.

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The Books P.S I like you by kasie west.

Wanderlost by Jen Malone.

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. And I Darken by Kiersten White.

Nevernight by Jay Kristoff.

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab. The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman.

The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins.

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys.

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How to enter:

To enter this giveaway all you have to do is follow my blog (If you don’t already follow me) and like this post. I will draw a winner at random on August the 30’th and announce it on my blog.

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Guidelines:

• I am hosting this giveaway to thank my followers so you need to follow my blog to enter.
• You have to be 18 or have parental consent to give me your full name and address in order to enter.
• This giveaway is international ass long as Bookdepository ships to your country.
• If your country demands any additional taxes or fees you will have to pay that yourself.
• After you get your confirmation E-mail from bookdepository they become responsible for getting your package to you safely and in case something happens you’ll have to contact them not me.
  

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That was all the Info and I wish you all the best of luck! 😀

Luna.

 

 

I’m Back!

Hello everyone. I finally have my computer back and I’m feeling pumped about getting back to this blog. The past two months I have only posted twice mainly because of my reading and blogging slump, but being without my computer for weeks and unable to write anything has really reminded me of why I love this blog so much. I am excited to share my love for books with you guys again and figured that my first post after such a long absence should be about what I have been doing since my last post, which was my June wrap up.

Reading news:

I am happy to report that my reading slump ended early in July and that I have read about 25 books since then. I won’t go into all of them but I will mention the highlights.

First off, I finally finished the mortal instrument series by Casandra Clare, which I have been unable to get through for 6 years now. Once I finally made it through book four I enjoyed the last to so much that I read the Magnus bane chronicles and the tales from the shadowhunter academy novella bind up’s. I am so happy to have finally finished this series and proud of myself for making it through book four (which actually wasn’t that bad.)

Next, I read lady midnight by Casandra Clare and loved it. Personally, I enjoyed this book a lot more than the mortal instruments but not quite as much as the infernal devices, which is one of my favourite series. I did give this book 5 stars, which means it joins my favourite reads of 2016 list.

The last reading highlight since my last wrap up is that I read this lullaby by Sarah Dessen, which means I have officially read all her published books. On the one hand, I am proud of this since she has published many books, but on the other, I’m sad because there are no more Sarah Dessen books for me to read.

The Other 5 star books I have read since my last wrap up is:I loved all of these and have planned rewiews for And I Darken, Salt to the Sea and Wanderlost.

Other news

I made a bookstagram. It’s called lunireads and I have only posted 5 pictures so I’m not that active but if you have a bookstagram account let me know the name bellow so I can follow you. 😀

I have watched a lot of TV shows, but the only one related to books is the shadowhunters from freeform. I thought the first couple of episodes were cringe worthy but once I got into it, I was hooked.

I have also been obsessively watching the Gilmore Girls a year in the life trailer and I watched all 7 seasons of the show for the fifth time. I know this has nothing to do with books but I just had to mention it because I love Gilmore Girls SOO much!!

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you’ve probably noticed that I love Harry Potter and may be wondering why I have not mentioned Harry Potter and the cursed child. The answer is simple, I have not read it because I am actually going to see the play in December and don’t want to be spoiled. In addition, I just mentioned it so yeah…

That is really everything even remotely interesting that has happened since my last post and therefor the end of this post. 🙂

I will be posting again soon, I promise!

Luna.

I’m not dead just missing my computer!

First of I just want to apollogise for the awful spelling this post will contain. I don’t have my computer right now and no spell check so yeah. Second I want to apollogise for my lack of blogging These past two months and thank all of you for sticking with me. 😊

I just reached 200 followers and just had to say thank you to all the amazing people that are following me! You rock😀

I wil hopefully get my computer back this weekend and begin posting regularly again. Also I will be hosting a giveaway for reaching 200 followers so Stay tuned for that. 😀

Luna.

A late June wrap up

Remember that blogging and reading slump I talked about in my may wrap up? Well it’s still here…

This month I haven’t made a single blog post and I only read five books and one graphic novel. The main reason for this is the fact that I have been super busy at work and not had any energy or time for blogging and reading. I am so thankful that all of you guys are still following me and I will hopefully do better this month.

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the books I read

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey.

This book has been on my TBR forever and has a lot of hype surrounding it. I was almost afraid of reading it because it had so much hype but I finally did, and I am happy to say that I liked it. It didn’t blow me away or anything but it was a good book and I enjoyed it enough to give it 4.5 stars.

Blood Red Road by Moira Young.

This book was weird. It had weird language that put me off a little bit. I enjoyed the story though and gave it 3,5 stars.

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

I kept putting this book of for so long because I was so sure I would dislike it. The reason is the fact that I did not enjoy the Grisha trilogy and thought that since this takes place in the same world I would dislike this as well. I was wrong! This book was great and I loved it. I gave it 5 stars.

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson.

I have loved every single one of Morgan Matson’s books and this was no exception. It was cute, fun and full of great relationships. I gave it 5 stars.

The Way I Used To Be by Amber Smith.

This book is about a girl who is raped and it was heart breaking. It was so emotional and raw. It was a good book about a terrible thing and I gave it 4.5 stars.

Zodiac Starforce: By the power of Astra by Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau.

This is a graphic novel about a group of teen girls with magical powers that fight monsters and I really enjoyed it. The graphics and the story was great and I gave it 4.5 stars.

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That concludes my shortest wrap up so far this year and I am crossing my fingers that July is a better blogging and reading month for me.

I would love to see all of your wrap-ups so if you have one leave a link in the comments so I can check it out. 🙂

Luna.