Showing posts with label Alexandra Sirowy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexandra Sirowy. Show all posts

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Will the Time Come #655, December 21st

Every Thursday I am going to list a book which I really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it! Thanks to Jodie from Books for Company for this meme!
Want to Join?
-Pick a book you have been meaning to read
-Do a post telling us about the book    
-Link the post up in the linky  
-Visit the other blogs

Eleven years ago, Stella and Jeanie disappeared. Only Stella came back.

Now all she wants is a summer full of cove days, friends, and her gorgeous crush - until a fresh corpse leads Stella down a path of ancient evil and secrets.

Stella believes remembering what happened to Jeanie will save her. It won’t.

She used to know better than to believe in what slinks through the shadows. Not anymore.

Why the time hasn't come yet...
Another book that just slipped through the cracks, it's a standalone, so there's not so much to remind me of it, but I still want to read it! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Monday, April 24, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #620, April 24th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #619
Teaser Tuesday #627
WWW Wednesday #627
WOW #623
Will the Time Come #620
Third Sentence Thursday #610
Random Reads #596
First Lines Friday #623
Book Blogger Hop #289
Last Letter, First Letter Reading Challenge Update 86
The Reward Challenge Update #605
Wheel of TBR #152
How Well I Stuck to It #457
Wrote that Review Update #454

Where are the broken? A propulsive question that unleashes a world of secrets in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s Resonance Surge . . .

StoneWater bears Pavel and Yakov Stepyrev have been a unit since birth, but now Pavel’s life is veering in a new direction, his heart held in the hands of Arwen Mercant, a Psy empath—and the only man who has ever brought Pavel to his knees.

This is it. A point of irrevocable change. For Pavel . . . for Arwen . . . for Yakov . . . and for another pair of twins whose bond has a far darker history.

A low-gradient Psy, Theodora Marshall is considered worthless by everyone but her violently powerful twin, Pax. She is the sole person he trusts in their venomous family to investigate a hidden and terrible part of their family history—an unregistered rehabilitation center established by their grandfather.

Places of unimaginable pain designed to psychically wipe minds, leaving the victims shells of their former selves, the Centers are an ugly vestige of the Psy race’s Silent past. But this Center was worse. Far, far worse. And now Theo must uncover the awful truth—in the company of a scowling bear named Yakov who isn’t about to take a Marshall at face value . . . especially a Marshall who has turned his dreams into chilling nightmares.

Because Yakov is the great-grandson of a foreseer . . . and he has seen Theo die in an unstoppable surge of blood. Night after night after night . . .

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Week 16 Review: First We Were IV

From Goodreads:
A group of friends start a secret society in this "intense page-turner" (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of The Telling and The Creeping that examines the all-consuming love of lifelong friendship—and what someone is capable of when they're afraid of losing it.

Izzie loves nothing more than her three best friends, Viv, Graham, and Harry, and the bond the four of them share. And she's terrified of their friendship falling apart next year when they go off to college. To bind them together, she decides to create something that will belong only to them, a special thing that they'll always share between the four of them. And so they dream up the Order of IV, a secret society devoted to mischief that rights wrongs and pays back debts. At first, it works like a charm—but when the Order of IV's escapades get recognition beyond their wildest expectations, other people start wanting in. And soon, what started as a game of friendship is spiraling into something dangerous and beyond their control—and before its over, they'll pay the ultimate sacrifice.

My Review:
Reading this book was so fantastic! I loved reading about this group of friends, and how something that was created to keep the friends together grew to be something much more wild and unruly. I had such a great time reading it!

When they were young, the three of them found a dead body, an event which brings Harry into their group, but the case was basically forgotten, writing off the victim. Something that they, understandably, are pretty upset about. So forming this group to bring attention it it, yeah, it's an interesting idea with good intentions, but I don't think they considered the potential ramifications.

The bonds that this group has with one another, yeah, I loved them, they'd been friends for so long, and they were really tight knit. Watching them carry out these hijinks together, the way they interacted, I just loved to read!

Loved how the mystery turned out, the story had been twists and turns and that finale really took everything and heightened it. We had hints and clues but the way it all played out was so very entertaining to read!  

I had such a wonderful time reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Alexandra Sirowy! 

Author: Alexandra Sirowy
Read: April 15th, 2023 
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loved her other book and it looked really great, and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: July 25th 2017
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

Friday, April 21, 2023

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 33

Yeah, I read my next book for the 21 Books to Read in 2021 Challenge! 

So I read First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy from the Edelweiss List! 

Yep. Happy reading!

Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.

But to recap, I wanted to do a version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I made 3 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, as an NetGalley ARC, and as an Edelweiss ARC.   

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 32

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was First We Were IV which was for the prompt Finish Talking to the Professor Quest, and I'll be reading The Study of Poisons next!

My Reading Journey:

The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: March 29th
Finished On: March 29th, 9:40 PM
Pages Read: 502

The Last Changeling by Chelsea Pitcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: March 30th
Finished On: March 30th, 4:53 PM
Pages Read: 360

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting
Started On: March 31st
Finished On: March 31st, 4:49 PM
Pages Read: 454

The Frugal Wizard’s Guide for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 5:33 PM
Pages Read: 428

Nightblood by Elly Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st 9:37 PM
Pages Read: 448

Falling for the Gravekeeper by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 1:06 PM 
Pages Read: 187

A Fatal Affair by A.R. Torre
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 4:23 PM
Pages Read: 313

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 9:09 PM 
Pages Read: 384

A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:37 PM
Pages Read: 400

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 9:22 PM
Pages Read: 480

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 5:30 PM
Pages Read: 389

This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 7:00 PM
Pages Read: 135

Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death by Maria Vale
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 268

Wings Once Cursed & Bound by Piper J. Drake
Prompt Fulfilled: Friends Quest
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 12:14 PM 
Pages Read: 306

A Trip With Trouble by Diane Kelly 
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 6:31 PM
Pages Read: 320

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Question Quest
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 416

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 317

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Frenzy Quest
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 7:05 PM
Pages Read: 335

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 10:52 PM
Pages Read: 321

Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs 
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th 12:43 PM
Pages Read: 320

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 9:19 PM
Pages Read: 364

River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 4:09 PM
Pages Read: 337

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
Prompt Fulfilled: More Drinks Quest
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 368

What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 5:33 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Aubrin Quest
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 9:46 PM
Pages Read: 352

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Inside the Empty Cauldron Quest
Started On: April 13th
Finished On: April 13th, 10:22 PM
Pages Read: 396

Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters
Prompt Fulfilled: Question Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 8:42 AM
Pages Read: 360

This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 5:36 PM
Pages Read: 304

Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 11:53 PM
Pages Read: 304

First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 15th
Finished On: April 15th, 6:27 PM
Pages Read: 448

The Study of Poisons by Maria V. Snyder
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 15th
Currently On: Page 0 of 378

Prompts Left: Spells & Incantations, Conjuration, Psionics & Divination, Restoration, Conjuration, Lore, Demonology, Restoration, Alchemy, Spells & Incantations, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Lore, Alchemy, Restoration, Shapeshifting, Psionics & Divination 
Read: 32
Pages Read: 11340

Friday, April 14, 2023

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 31

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Treacherous is the Night which was for the prompt  Accept It Quest, and I'll be reading First We Were IV next!

My Reading Journey:

The Darkest Seduction by Gena Showalter
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: March 29th
Finished On: March 29th, 9:40 PM
Pages Read: 502

The Last Changeling by Chelsea Pitcher
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: March 30th
Finished On: March 30th, 4:53 PM
Pages Read: 360

Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting
Started On: March 31st
Finished On: March 31st, 4:49 PM
Pages Read: 454

The Frugal Wizard’s Guide for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 5:33 PM
Pages Read: 428

Nightblood by Elly Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st 9:37 PM
Pages Read: 448

Falling for the Gravekeeper by Gena Showalter and Jill Monroe
Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 1:06 PM 
Pages Read: 187

A Fatal Affair by A.R. Torre
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 4:23 PM
Pages Read: 313

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 9:09 PM 
Pages Read: 384

A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 10:15 PM
Pages Read: 352

The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray 
Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 8:37 PM
Pages Read: 400

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy
Started On: April 5th
Finished On: April 5th, 9:22 PM
Pages Read: 480

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 5:30 PM
Pages Read: 389

This Night So Dark by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 7:00 PM
Pages Read: 135

Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death by Maria Vale
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 10:28 PM
Pages Read: 268

Wings Once Cursed & Bound by Piper J. Drake
Prompt Fulfilled: Friends Quest
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 12:14 PM 
Pages Read: 306

A Trip With Trouble by Diane Kelly 
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 6:31 PM
Pages Read: 320

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 10:02 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
Prompt Fulfilled: Question Quest
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 3:27 PM
Pages Read: 416

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 
Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 9:41 PM
Pages Read: 317

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Frenzy Quest
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 7:05 PM
Pages Read: 335

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 10:52 PM
Pages Read: 321

Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs 
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th 12:43 PM
Pages Read: 320

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 9:19 PM
Pages Read: 364

River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 4:09 PM
Pages Read: 337

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
Prompt Fulfilled: More Drinks Quest
Started On: April 11th
Finished On: April 11th, 10:03 PM
Pages Read: 368

What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 5:33 PM
Pages Read: 336

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Prompt Fulfilled: Aubrin Quest
Started On: April 12th
Finished On: April 12th, 9:46 PM
Pages Read: 352

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Prompt Fulfilled: Inside the Empty Cauldron Quest
Started On: April 13th
Finished On: April 13th, 10:22 PM
Pages Read: 396

Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters
Prompt Fulfilled: Question Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 8:42 AM
Pages Read: 360

This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 5:36 PM
Pages Read: 304

Treacherous is the Night by Anna Lee Huber
Prompt Fulfilled: Accept It Quest
Started On: April 14th
Finished On: April 14th, 11:53 PM
Pages Read: 304

First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy 
Prompt Fulfilled: Finish Talking to the Professor Quest
Started On: April 15th
Currently On: Page 0 of 448

Prompts Left: Spells & Incantations, Conjuration, Psionics & Divination, Restoration, Conjuration, Lore, Demonology, Restoration, Alchemy, Spells & Incantations, Psionics & Divination, Conjuration, Lore, Alchemy, Restoration, Shapeshifting, Art of Illusion, Psionics & Divination 
Read: 31
Pages Read: 10892

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Week 33 Review: The Telling

From Goodreads:
Lana used to know what was real.

That was before when her life was small and quiet.
Her golden step-brother, Ben, was alive, she could only dream about bonfiring with the populars, their wooded island home was idyllic, she could tell the truth from lies, and Ben's childhood stories were firmly in her imagination.

Then came after.

After has Lana boldly kissing her crush, jumping into the water from too high up, and living with nerve and mischief. But after also has horrors, deaths that only make sense in fairy tales, and terrors from a past Lana thought long forgotten: Love, blood, and murder. 

My Review:
This book was really creepy! And that was what it's supposed to be! So enjoyable, too! There was a before and after in this book, before her step-brother died, and after. Of course, things aren't what they seemed, and I enjoyed wading and diving into the murky waters of this book!

I enjoyed the relationship she had with her brother. They did have their squabbles, but they were closely knit, unlike a lot of siblings. And they had their stories to connect them. Though they were, again, creepy. Which is a word that describes a lot of this book!

Seeing both sides of Lana, you know why she's changed. And it's understandable. And that there was more to the story, and that things were a bit out there, it was almost believable that these things were happening. But it didn't make any sense!

And that was why that reveal was so fantastic! Things didn't line up, because the pieces were faked. Which made for a really awesome reveal, one that was just so enjoyable, and just a bit hard, to read! I loved it!

This book was just so great and creepy, and just so enjoyable!

Author: Alexandra Sirowy
Read: August 10th, 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: It sounded really great! And it's a SAC 2016 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: August 2nd 2016
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars