10 BOOKS I'M PLANNING TO READ THIS SUMMER!

Hello loves,

So today I'm sharing the top 10 books I'm planning on reading this summer! The list will definitely vary and expand. Also, I ran out of post ideas for now, so if you guys left me post suggestions in the comments, I'd truly appreciate it!♥

Here are the books that I'll start this Summer and hopefully get them all done since I'm in a terrible slump. 

1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

2. How to Love by Katie Cotugno

3. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

4. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

5. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #2)

6. The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

7. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

8. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oaks

9. Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin

10. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

What do you have on your summer TBR list?! I'd love to know♥

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TOP 6 BOOKS I'M CURRENTLY MOTIVATED TO READ!

Hello hello! 

Yes, I'm not dead. I haven't been posting lately because I'm too busy with school and I've just finished my first year of college soo.. you know what that means! More blog posts and hopefully more reading. I have been lacking on motivation lately, but I'll be back at it in no time. 

Here are the books that I'm hoping will pick me up from my slump because it's bad.. These are the ones that I currently have and will be reading soon. *fingers crossed*

Also expect a review to come on Wednesday! It's an exciting one.

1. Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

2. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

3. The Dream Thieves (Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

5. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

6. This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp 

Did you read any of these? I want to know your opinions so link me to any reviews you've done on these books if you have any! 

Also guys, quick question: what is your favortie pick me up book? Please leave them in the comments below! 

Have a great day♥

TOP 5 BOOKS ON MY SPRING TBR!

Hello lovelies!

Today I thought I'd give you an idea of the books that are high on my TBR that I definitely will be reading soon (since I don't even do TBRs anymore because of my lack of reading) which I'm planning to fix as well. Sooo, here it goes

1. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

2. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

3. Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas (Throne of Glass #3)

4. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle #2)

5. How to Love by Katie Cotugno

What do YOU have on your spring TBR? Tell me down below♥

Have a great day!

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TBR | January 2016

Hello guys!

Happy new year everyone♥ today I'll bring you my TBR for this month. I have been slowly getting out of my slump, but it's seriously so hard. I didn't think I would ever read again, but hey, I am!

I will keep my TBR for this month short and sweet. If I decided I'll read anything extra, I'll definitely mention it in my wrap up. Also my finals start on the 10th so it ruins the month for me, but I'll do my best with reading. 

1. The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn

2. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

3. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Have you read any of these? I've heard great things about the latter two books, so I'm excited. I already have read The Grown Up and loved it so keep your eyes peeled for my review when it's up next Wednesday! It's my first review in a long while, it felt weird writing it. K I'll stop blabbering now. 

Have a great day♥

TBR | December 2015

Hello guys!

I bring you my December TBR and it sure has been a while. I'm not sure that I'll be able to power through all of them though because of my 3 month slump, so we'll see.

These books you probably have seen on my TBR a million times before, but I just never get to them and I have no idea why, if you have read and loved any of the books on here please tell me in the comments down below! I'd love to be motivated by you guys

1. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (#3 Percy Jackson)

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (HP #7)

3. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

4. The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu 

P.S these books are subject to change as I may add some review books and replace some books with another.
What's on YOUR TBR? :) I'd love to know!

TBR | September 2015

Hey people!

I'm bringing you today my September TBR. I'm in a very sad place in my life right now where I don't read AT ALL. I know.. It sucks and I can't fix it! Every time I pick up a book, I put it down. I'll explain in a post that I'll be writing later today so anyways, here's my overly ambitious TBR for the month (since I'm in a terrible slump)

1. Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

2. How to Love by Katie Cotugno

3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling #7

4. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

5. Graceling by Kristin Cashore #1

6. The Martian by Andy Weir

Have you read any of these books? Which one do I need to start with? Tell me in the comments below!

Have a great day people :)♥

TBR | ARC August & BOOKTUBE-A-THON 2015

Hey guys!! 

So it's BookTubeAThon this month and I can't be more excited! It takes place from the 2nd to the 9th on midnight. I am already more than halfway through my first book which is Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas. I apologize for the belated post, but I was on holiday with no internet connection nor a laptop.. If I didn't manage to read all the books (because lets be real, I probably won't be able to), I'll be reading them throughout August. 

The Challenges

1. Read a book with blue on the cover

2. Read an author who shares the same first letter of your last name

3. Read someone else's favourite book

4. Read a book that you most recently acquired

5. Read a book without letting go of it

6. Read a book you really want to read

7. Read 7 books

My Picks

1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

2. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas

3. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

4. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

5. Never Never by Colleen Hoover

6. How to Love by Katie Cotugno 

7. Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

ARC AUGUST 

These are the books that I'll be reading for ARC August:

Hope you all are having a great day! And link me to your TBRs if you're participating in any of these :)

ARC AUGUST 2015!! Sign Up & TBR

Hello lovelies!!

Read.Sleep.Repeat is hosting ARC August for the 3rd year this year! I decided it would be fun to join to catch up on reading my ARCs. You can sign up too by clicking here! Did I mention there is prizes available as well? Go check it out.

Rules:

The rules are very simple:

1. It may be a physical ARC or and eARC but it MUST be an ARC
2. Yes it can be an ARC that has released as long as it’s an ARC I’m not going to nit pick much
3. HAVE FUN WITH THIS! Feeling like you are being “forced” to read is the best way turn a fun event into a yucky obligation.
4. Update post! I personally will do a post for each Saturday in August but that’s just me. You can update once a week, every other week or once for the whole darn event. This update can be in the form of a blog or tumblr post, vlog, link to your “ARC August 2015″ shelf or even an instagram pic! I want to make this as easy and low pressure as possible for you.

ARCs that I'll be reading:

• Wolrd After by Susan Ee
• Another Day by David Levithan
• Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
• Love, Rosie by Cecilia Ahern

Will you be participating? Tell me down below books you'll be reading! :)

TBR | July 2015

Hello lovely readers!

How is it July already? I don't know really.. I've been in a slump so I'm putting an extra ambitious TBR for this month. I hope I can get to them.

• World After by Susan Ee (Penryn and the End of Days #2)
• Another Day by David Levithan (Every Day #2)
• Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)

• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me #3)
• Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Not too bad.. I think I can do it! hahaha. Have you read any of these? Tell me down below♥

Have a great day!

TBR | LATE MAY - JUNE 2015

Hellooooooo
I'm finally done with my finals (at least the important ones), there's still an Arabic exam that I need to take by the 7th June other than that, I'm a high school graduate! Finally.. 

As I've posted before, I haven't been reading much lately and I've posted my lame wrap up for the last couple of months. I hope I start picking up more books soon and get on my reading schedule, therefore, this month's TBR is an ambitious one - at least for a slow reader such as myself. 

1. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
2. Harry Potter & the Half-blood Prince by JK Rowling
3. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

Review books:

5. 5 to 1 by Holly Bodger 
6. Angelfall by Susan Ee
7. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

So, this is my TBR for the month! :) Let's just hope I can get this much reading done, especially with a Harry Potter book involved in the mix.. 

Update: I've read 5 to 1 and HP in the last 5 days or so of May.. so they don't count towards June. (Hence the title of this post)

I also decided to add:

8. Love, Rosie by Cecilia Ahern (review book)

9. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson - Due to June being #MonthofMatson

I hopefully can get these done, but decided a little bit of contemporary can break the streak of fantasy going on..  *fingers crossed*

I hope you're having an amazing day! And be sure to tell me if you've read any of these books♥ 

MY TBR SITUATION | April & May 2015

Hello you lovely human beings! 

I need to tell you about my TBR situation asap, I'm currently suffering to read. Why you might ask? I'm an IGCSE student and unfortunately, my exams start this Friday.

I'm extremely scared and unprepared, I will only read one book a month these couple of months, that is IF I managed to read at all. As most of you know, English is not my first language, Arabic is. I'm taking Arabic as one of my subjects, therefore, I'll be reading more Arabic books these days for the sake of improving my writing so I can get a higher grade.

I hope you all understand where I'm coming from here, but on the bright side, I'm currently reading an amazing book that I'm loving so far! 

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (Add to Goodreads)

Goodreads Summary:

Ambitious New York City teenager Craig Gilner is determined to succeed at life - which means getting into the right high school to get into the right job. But once Craig aces his way into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School, the pressure becomes unbearable. He stops eating and sleeping until, one night, he nearly kills himself.

Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.

Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. 

Anyways, I'll get back to you with a review when I'm done with it, not a wrap up though because there's nothing to wrap up haha

Have you read this book yet? Tell me down below in the comments :) 

P.S. If you're interested to know about the Arabic books that I'll be reading, you can also comment down below telling me if you'd like to see a TBR, but I know most of you don't care so.. hahaha 

I hope you all have an amazing, lovely day! 

Friday Finds #1

FRIDAY FINDS is a meme hosted by ShouldBeReading, it's where you showcase the books that you've discovered by browsing or that have been recommended to you and you've added them to your TBR.

 
 

Books mentioned: 

1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2. We Should Hang out Sometime by John Sundquist
3. We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. End of Days by Susan Ee (Angelfall #3)

Each link above takes you to the goodreads page of each book so you can add it to your TBR.

Have a great day everyone! 

10 Books I Procrastinate Reading

Hello bookworms! 

I know, I haven't been posting for the most of this month.. It was my birthday on the 21st (I turned eighteen), and I was at my grandma's, therefore no internet. Sorry about that lovies! 

I was inspired to write this post by Cait @ Paper Fury, check her out! She's one of my favorites <3 
These books I've been meaning to read for the longest time and I KNOW I'll love them, but I have been pushing them off .. I just get distracted, but it will happen soon. I promise. 

1. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.

Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.

When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.

This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.

2. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (# 1) 

Mara Dyer believes life can't get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.
It can. 

She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her strangely unharmed. 
There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love. 
She's wrong.





3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (HP #6)

I won't write a synposis for this one so I don't spoil it since it isn't the first in the series, but I'm probably the only one who isn't done with this series yet. SOON though! 
















4. Cinder by Marissa Meyer 

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. 


Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. 





5. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson #1)

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.


6. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. 

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. 

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. 


Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined. 

7. A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Grey

Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.

Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.

Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.

A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure. 

8. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called "Le Cirque des Reves," and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway--a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per-formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. 

9. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doehrr 

Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When Marie-Laure is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.


In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. 

10. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 

When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she knows it isn’t love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.

Never ask about the past.
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated.
Promises get broken.
Rules get shattered.

Love gets ugly. 


Those are all the books! If you have read any of them (I'm sure you have) leave your opinions down below, I'd love to read through them :) 

Update: I have read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and currently reading Ugly Love. 

Have an amazing day everybody!