Spoiler Free Heart of Betrayal Review

Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson. I really liked this book. It was not as good as the first one however but, still very good.

I thought this book was mostly slow going. The things that kept me going were the romantic developments, and that you get to get a glimpse of her power through out this part. You also learn some important story developments as well. These things were pretty spread out though. My experience with it went like this.......

1. Yay! I can finally read this! (I got it from the library)
2. Ok, this is a little boring. I'll give it a little longer though.
3. Oh! Awesome!
4. Ok, I really don't care about this part.
5. Ooo! Interesting!
6. Hmmmm.....this makes me wonder if.....
7. Ok. Boring again but, I still really want to finish.

And then....... BAM!!!!!

The last 1/4th of the book, I flew through. Things really started to happen and progress and I just couldn't put the book down.

I was disappointed that it took so long to really go anywhere beyond her sneaking around places but, I did still enjoy it. Sadly, I was so easily distracted through out this book. It leaves off on a cliff hanger though. One of those ones that can be pretty aggravating because I definitely need the third book like, yesterday!

My Rating: 4 stars

Well, that's all I got on this book. Good book over all! :)

Thanks for reading and talk again soon!

Spoiler Free Illuminae Review

Ok, so I am late in posting about this book since I read it last month. That's ok though. It's better late than never!

So, Illuminae by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I originally bought it because of the hype and the fact that I am absolutely crazy about the cover design. I have only read one other sci fi series before this book and that was the LUX series, which I absolutely loved. I knew Illuminae was going to be different from LUX but, as I am wanting to broaden my horizons, I went for it. I knew that even if I didn't like it, it still looked awesome so it would be worth it.

I ended up liking this book though. I LOVED it! It is now one of my favorite books. I loved everything about this book. I loved the main characters, the story, and look of this book. I really like the way this story was told as well. I am a sucker for unique and this book was definitely that. One of the things that makes this book intimidating is the size of it. It was around 600 pages long after all! However, it was definitely one of those "looks can be deceiving" situations as you will actually fly through the book. There were a few illustrations and also a lot of pages that only had a couple words on them. Because of this, many people have been able to read it in a day. I am to busy to be able to do that without sacrificing the house work at the very least. Plus, I was in a heavy reading slump when I got this book. I think it took me a week or 2 to get through it. I absolutely hated having to put it down though! I really wanted to just do nothing but read this book but I couldn't. I have kids that need to eat :) The absolute WORST time that I had to put the book down was when I only had like, 20 pages left of the book and I had to leave for work. 8 straight hours without my book that I so desperately wanted to finish. I couldn't stop thinking about the book and talked to anyone who would listen about it. I couldn't wait to get home to finish. I closed that night so I had to wait until after 12;30 a.m. to be able to get back to my precious book. When I finally did get home, I didn't even change my cloths first. I sat down and finished the book in like 5-10 minutes. That's how much I loved this book and I SO can't wait for the second one to come!

So, as you probably guessed, this book got a 5 star rating from me (using Goodreads rating system).

Well, that's it for this post! Let me know if you guys have read this book yet or not and what you thought about it!

Thanks for reading and see you soon!

Fixing Up The Blog

Yes, that's right. I am making some minor changes to the blog. You see, I have discovered why it is so hard for me to keep up with posting regularly, besides the sometimes no motivation. I have been having troubles finding things to blog about. I am sure blogging about the same thing over and over would just be boring and that is even if I had finished a book a week. Which obviously, I haven't. I have only finished 2 books so far which, I will be posting the reviews for in the next couple days. This is because I do more than just read books in my free time. I am a person of many hobbies, what can I say!

So, on that note. I have decided to stop trying to make this blog dedicated to just one of my many hobbies and blog about whatever I did in the week. Books will definitely be talked about as well as gaming, arts and crafts, and nature. Probably some healthy stuff too as I am recently looking into some things and learning to improve my and my family's lives. I am going to post at least once a week about what ever it was I did the most that week. I am hoping to post more than once a week but, I want to see where things go first. I will probably make changes and make things more organized as I go once I start getting the feel for things and where they are going.

As for the vlogs. I am not planning on doing any anymore right now. At least not until I can properly edit them and get a decent camera. I just haven't been happy with my videos and I want to put out good ones that I will be happy with and ones that you guys would like to see.

This being Bloggiesta week, it has motivated me to rethink my blog. I do like blogging very much and it has been aggravating and disappointing to not have anything to blog about because I haven't been reading as much as I wanted to. I have just been wanting to do other things and hang with my hubby and kids. So, I am going to make blogging less of a chore and put the fun back into it and blog about ALL the things I love in life :) I am excited about it!

However, if you guys do have any ideas of something you would like to read about, please leave me a comment and let me know what it is! I love blogging and sharing about my loves but, I also want this to be something you would enjoy reading. So don't be shy! :)

Thanks for reading and talk to you all soon!

Bloggiesta Spring 2016

So, I have recently discovered Bloggiesta and what it is all about. It is just the kick in the butt I need to start working on getting my blog off the ground. For those who have no idea about the wonderfulness of Bloggiesta, it is a fun way to better our organization for our blogs and also to fix and update them and just make them and us bloggers better in general. At least, this is my understanding and how I look at it. Now, I am a day late to the game as I didn't understand what Bloggiesta was all about until last night but, the good thing is, it is never to late to join in! So that is what I am doing.

MY TO DO LIST

• Write 2 book reveiws
• Change and update blog look and info
• Participate in at lest 1 Twitter chat
• Plan posts ahead of time
• Post a Bloggiesta wrap up

Spring Bloggiesta runs from Monday March 21 to Sunday March 27 and this is my plan for the remainder of the week. I am keeping it small just so I can get into the swing of things without feeling overwhelmed. You know, because this is a fun thing. Not something meant to turn into a stressful and hated event.

If you are interested at all in Bloggiesta and its wonderfulness, you can read all the information at their blog which is bloggiesta.com.

Thanks for reading and talk to you all soon!