What I Got for Christmas 2018

27 de December de 201827 de December de 2018 Joana @ Bookneeders5 Comments

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Ralph Hulett Vintage Christmas Card Illustration edited by Bookneeders

Hi guys! How was your Christmas??

Mine was amazing! I ended up doing tones of desserts and eating way too much for my own good… There was snow outside and all my family was together so it was just perfect! Also, I got some Christmas sweaters for me, my boyfriend and my mom, which I think was super cute! I can’t see them very well in the photos but they are all Christmas inspired ones!

As for presents, I actually got less bookish stuff this year… Especially books I didn’t ask for much since I already have MANY I need to read. But I did get some awesome stuff so I wanted to share it here!

So here are some of the things I got for Christmas and some Christmas photos!

*I am NOT bragging I just truly enjoy sharing what I got and seeing what others got!*Read More »

The Blogger Aesthetic Award

24 de January de 201824 de January de 2018 Joana @ Bookneeders2 Comments

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Hey guys! I was nominated way too long ago by the lovely Marta@Thebookmermaidblog, to do The Blogger Aesthetic Award, so thank you so much!! It took me some time but I got to it! Check out her aesthetic here, it’s really different from mine and her blog is amazing so go, go, go!

This award was really fun to make and I hope you guys enjoy it!

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

4 de August de 201720 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders6 Comments

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Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children #1
Publisher: Tor.com
Published April 5th, 2016
Genres: YA, Fantasy, LGBT
Pages: 169
Format: Hardback
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Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No Quests

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere… else.

But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.

Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced… they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.

No matter the cost.

July Book Haul

29 de July de 201730 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders3 Comments

I wasn’t expecting to do another haul so soon, but oh well! I got some amazing books and I can’t wait to share them! So, last month was my birthday month and I did get some money, so apart from all the books I got, that you can check out here, I decided to spend it on nothing less than more books! So, YEY! 😍 I have no idea when I’m gonna read some of them, but I am excited for all of them, otherwise, I wouldn’t have picked them…

I got 15 books, which is a pretty big amount for me, plus some bookish stuff that I am really excited to show you guys! And I will also include in this post the books I received from Netgalley!

So let’s start this nonsense!

Here are all the books and bookish stuff I got:

And I Darken by Kiersten White

21 de July de 201719 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders18 Comments

And I Darken by Kiersten White

Series: The Conqueror’s Saga #1
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
First published June 28th, 2016
Genres: Historical Fiction, YA, (Fantasy)
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
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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, who’s expected to rule a nation, 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.

From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first book in a dark, sweeping new series in which heads will roll, bodies will be impaled . . . and hearts will be broken.

Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

19 de July de 201719 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders7 Comments

Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab
Series: Monsters of Verity #2
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published June 13th, 2017
Genres: Fantasy, YA, Paranormal
Pages: 510
Format: Paperback
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THE WORLD IS BREAKING. AND SO ARE THEY.

KATE HARKER isn’t afraid of monsters. She hunts them. And she’s good at it.
AUGUST FLYNN once yearned to be human. He has a part to play. And he will play it, no matter the cost.

THE WAR HAS BEGUN.
THE MONSTERS ARE WINNING.

Kate will have to return to Verity. August will have to let her back in. And a new monster is waiting—one that feeds on chaos and brings out its victims’ inner demons.
Which will be harder to conquer: the monsters they face, or the monsters within?

One Lovely Blog Award

17 de July de 201718 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders24 Comments

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I am finally doing this! I have a couple of tags and awards still to do, mainly because I don’t post more than 3 per month, but also, some of them I am saving for a certain time to do them. But it’s finally time to do the One Lovely Blog Award, that I was so kindly tagged by Marta@Thebooksmermaid, Fabwritings and Maya@Firebreathingbookdragon

Thank you so much for nominating me!😍

Also, make sure you check out their blogs and their answers for this award respectively here, here and here! Read More »

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

14 de July de 201719 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders5 Comments

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Series: Standalone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
First published January 17th, 2017
Genres: Contemporary, YA, LGBT
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
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You’re still alive in alternate universes, Theo, but I live in the real world where this morning you’re having an open casket funeral. I know you’re out there, listening. And you should know I’m really pissed because you swore you would never die and yet here we are. It hurts even more because this isn’t the first promise you’ve broken.

OCD-afflicted seventeen-year-old, Griffin, has just lost his first love – his best friend, ex-boyfriend and the boy he believed to be his ultimate life partner – in a drowning accident. In a desperate attempt to hold onto every last piece of the past, a broken Griffin forges a friendship with Theo’s new college boyfriend, Jackson. And Griffin will stop at nothing to learn every detail of Theo’s new college life, and ultimate death. But as the grieving pair grows closer, readers will question Griffin’s own version of the truth – both in terms of what he’s willing to hide, and what true love ultimately means…

Review: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

12 de July de 201719 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders7 Comments

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Series: Standalone
Publisher: HarperCollins
First published in 1911
Genres: Classic, Children, YA, Fiction
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
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This 100th anniversary edition of The Secret Garden celebrates a cherished classic with Tasha Tudor’s wonderful illustrations throughout, an extended author biography, games, activities, and more!

When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle’s great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors.

The gardens surrounding the large property are Mary’s only escape. Then, Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and locked with a missing key. One day, with the help of two unexpected companions, she discovers a way in. Is everything in the garden dead, or can Mary bring it back to life?

Paintbrush by Hannah Bucchin (ARC Review)

10 de July de 201719 de July de 2017 Joana @ Bookneeders2 Comments

Paintbrush by Hannah Bucchin

Series: Standalone

Publisher: Blaze Publishing

Expected publication: July 11th, 2017

Genres: Contemporary, YA, Romance

Pages: 306

Format: ARC

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* Received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you very much! This doesn’t affect the review in any way. My opinions are, as always, my own.*

Mitchell Morrison and Josie Sedgwick have spent their whole lives at the Indian Paintbrush Community Village, a commune full of colorful characters tucked in the mountains of North Carolina, and they aren’t particularly close–at least, not anymore. Josie wishes she could spend all of her time at Paintbrush planting tomatoes, hiking the trails, or throwing giant communal birthday parties, while Mitchell can’t wait to escape the bizarre spiritual sharing and noisy community dinners. Luckily for both of them, high school graduation is just around the corner.

But when Mitchell’s mother makes a scandalous announcement that rocks the close-knit Paintbrush community, and Josie’s younger sister starts to make some dangerously bad decisions, the two find themselves leaning on each other for support – and looking at each other in a whole new light. Their childhood friendship blossoms in to something more as they deal with their insane families, but as graduation approaches, so does life in the real world, forcing Josie and Mitchell to figure out what, exactly, their relationship is – and if it can survive their very different plans for the future.