Friday Reads - September 12, 2014

Hello all! I'm back with a Friday Reads, which I haven't done in quite awhile but thought it would be fun to share with you all! However, I first want to sincerely apologize for my lack of responding to comments and being more active on the blogosphere lately. I have a post coming up with more of an explanation, but I did want to say I'm still reading along on the comments and other posts and really appreciate your thoughtfulness in commenting!
This week I'm reading a book that is by a pretty well known author- Ann Aguirre's Mortal Danger. The book is really interesting, and although I definitely, definitely have not been reading as much as I used to, I'm still enjoying it and reading along. Here's some information on the book from Goodreads.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget.

In one short summer, her entire life changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind...

Mortal Danger on Goodreads

Ann Aguirre's Website

The narration of this story is very unique, and the characters are developing along with the story, which is already turning intense and mysterious. 

What are your Friday Reads? Any good recommendations for what I should pick up next?

From the paper world,

V

Friday Reads - March 7, 2014

Hello, again! It's been awhile since I've posted a Friday Reads, but I've been loving what I'm reading and I wanted to share it with you all. I also wanted to say that I've got a few posts coming up, one of which will be my response to My Thoughts Literally nominating me for a Liebster Award. She has an amazing blog by the way, and is one of the nicest bloggers I've met through the Love-A-Thon. Anyways, that post will be coming soon, My Most Anticipated of the month, maybe even a wrap up... So, lots of exciting fun coming to the blog! 

In the meantime, I'm going to be reading on with A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin and that's been really interesting so far. I'm almost halfway through, and I've loved reading all of the intricate story lines and the complexity of the characters. 

I'm also doing another readalong with a wonderful blogger friend of mine, Kerrie. This month we're picking up a well known YA sci fi that neither of us have read before, Across the Universe by Beth Revis. 

There are some other readalongs I'm participating in this month, but I'm not planning on starting either this weekend. Be sure to check out the currently reading button in the sidebar to see where I am at the moment in books, and let me know what your Friday Reads are!

From the paper world,
V

Friday Reads - January 17, 2014

Hey, everyone! It's been awhile since I've made a Friday Reads post on the blog, but I'm participating in two readathons this weekend that I wanted to share with you all. The first, and the book I haven't been able to stop reading lately, has been the Incarnate Readathon, and I'm going to finish up Incarnate this weekend. So far, I am really enjoying it. There's definitely a review coming for this, and if you check out the banner in the sidebar you can see the schedule for reading them. However, if you want to join in, definitely pick up the series. It's a lot of fun so far. If you're on Twitter, #IncarnateReadAThon is the hashtag. In addition to this readathon, I'm doing yet another, and I haven't had time to put the widget into the readathons section of the sidebar yet, but I'll get that posted as soon as I can. That is for the Scarlet Read Along, and Scarlet is a book I've picked up before and only got about 50 pages in. It's really good though, and although I've been focusing on Incarnate more this week, I'll be getting through some more of this book this weekend as well. 

Both of these readathons/readalongs are in celebration of a new book coming out in the series. Infinite by Jodi Meadows comes out January 28, and Cress by Marissa Meyer comes out February 4. I've wanted to read the Incarnate series for awhile, so I was really excited for the opprotunity. Also, I'd actually picked up Scarlet during the Bout of Books, and then later found out there were readathons for that as well. Definitely go check out those two readathons if you're interested!

What are you planning to read this weekend?

From the paper world,
V

Booktube to Blogspot - Christmas BooktubeAThon Day 1

In lieu of a Friday Reads (although I guess it is a Friday Reads of sorts...) let's talk about the Christmas BooktubeAThon! Today I completed my goal of reading a book today! Yay! *confetti, various celebratory interludes* So, today I read Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. This was a cute, Christmastime read that was fun and seasonally appropriate with some good writing. The characters and storyline was good, if a bit cliche at points (I'm sorry but I'm very sick of the almost but not quite storyline that has played out in movies, books, etc.) but regardless it was a cute read that entertained me for the day, and I gave it four stars. So, now I am choosing between two books for my read tomorrow. The first is Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson. The second is Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce. I am still figuring out which one I'll read tomorrow, if you have any thoughts please let me know which one you think I should read. I don't plan to review Dash & Lily past a brief review I posted on Goodreads and a feature in my monthly wrap up. 
How goes your Christmas BooktubeAThon-ing? I really love participating in a Read-A-Thon! Let me know how yours is going!

From a paper world,
V

Friday Reads - December 13, 2013

Hello to everyone! As I've mentioned in a post, I'm in a bit of a reading slump. Thanks to The Moth in the Mirror by A.G. Howard, I'm climbing out. Right now, I'm not updating my currently reading (you'll see the button on the sidebar) because I'm not presurring myself to read anything- I do not want to slump again! So for now, this weekend is totally up in the air. What are you guys reading? Have a great weekend!

From a paper world,
V

Friday Reads - December 6, 2013

Who's ready for the weekend? I know I am, I can't wait for a few days of relaxing and reading. However, I haven't been reading much lately, so this weekend is a little up in the air. I definitely have plans to continue on with Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. But, I've been feeling slightly reading slump-ish lately, and it's not because of the books I've been reading, because those are fantastic. I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to read much, but if I haven't gotten through most of Crown of Midnight I might end up putting it down for a bit and picking up a quick read to see if that helps. When I start reading I don't have too much of a problem getting into the stories most times; I just haven't picked up the book every free moment I have. We shall see where I go with reading this weekend, and hope you guys have a good weekend, too!

From a paper world,
V

Friday Reads - November 29, 2013

Happy Friday! This weekend will be an interesting one. I'm a little behind in reading- I thought I would be done with the Precious Stone trilogy, but I've begun to feel an inkling of a reading slump coming on in the beginning of Emerald Green. Probably just because I don't want to finish the series, but I'm not sure. I've been reading samples of some other books, and if it persists I might just jump into Crown of Midnight and come back to Emerald Green in December. So this weekend's reads are kind of up in the air. How about you? Happy reading!

From a paper world,

V

Friday Reads November 25, 2013

Welcome to a very brief Friday Reads post. This weekend I will be finishing up the Precious Stone trilogy by Kerstin Gier. This is a time traveling series, and I originally read Ruby Red about three years ago, but I reread it and enjoyed it a lot more this time. I'm currently in the very beginning of Sapphire Blue, and since I read Ruby Red very quickly (it's difficult to put that book down) I have a feeling I'll probably be done or nearly done with the trilogy by the end of this weekend. Happy reading!

From a paper world,

V

Friday Reads November 15, 2013

Welcome to another Friday Reads here at Paper Worlds. Currently, I'm still reading the Percy Jackson series, but I will definitely be finishing up this weekend. I'm about 50 pages from the end of book 4, The Battle of the Labyrinth. I'm enjoying it but this book has definitely taken me longer than I thought it would to get through, simply because it was a busy week. So, this weekend I'm going to be finishing up Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I've really been enjoying the series and I'm sad to see it end, but I have the Heroes of Olympus series to marathon sometime in 2014. Back to this weekend, I have a novella I'm going to read and review after I finish The Last Olympian, and then I'm going to start the Precious Stone trilogy by Kerstin Gier, starting by rereading the first book, Ruby Red. 
So there's a bit of a book filled weekend. I'm definitely excited for it. Happy reading!

From a paper world,
V

Friday Reads - November 8, 2013

Alright, let's start Paper Worlds and Swirls of Ink's very first Friday Reads! This began as a twitter trend, transported into the Booktube-sphere, and now we are bringing it to the blogs. This Friday, I am still immersed in the Percy Jackson series. The Titan's Curse is the third book in the Percy Jackson series.  I had thought I would be finished reading through the series by now, but I'm definitely enjoying the books. Over the weekend I'll definitely be finishing up the series and starting on A Song of Ice and Fire this weekend. 

I've got a full review of the Percy Jackson series being written, probably as a Series in Summation piece (and stay tuned for a few of those coming out this month!) and I've been writing my segments for the Wrap Up as I finish the book so the review is fresh and can have more detailed thoughts. To see what I'm hoping to read throughout the month of November, check out the November TBR.  In the meantime, happy reading over the weekend, good luck to all of the Nanowrimo participants, and hope you're enjoying your Friday Reads!

From a paper world,

V