Book info: Title: Kingdom of Glass and Ashes: A Limited Edition Collection of Cinderella Retellings Publication date: December 18th 2018 Genres: Adult, Fairy Tales, Fantasy A classic fairy tale- but not how you remember it… What if the stepmother wasn’t the only one who was wicked and Prince Charming wasn’t what he seemed? What if… Read more »
Tag: Cinderella
Blog Tour Interview with Giveaway: Fragments of Ash (A Modern Fairytale #7) by Katy Regnery
Book info: Title: Fragments of Ash Author: Katy Regnery Series: A Modern Fairytale #7Publication date: October 1st, 2018Genres: Fairy Tales, Romance Synopsis: From New York Times bestselling author Katy Regnery comes a dark and twisted retelling of the beloved fairytale, Cinderella! My name is Ashley Ellis… I was thirteen years old when my mother –… Read more »
Two YA ARC Mini-Reviews: It Started With Goodbye by Christina June and Antisocial by Jillian Blake
As I’ve mentioned many, many, many times, I am behind on reviews. But one of my goals this summer is to get caught up on that. Fingers crossed. So today, I’m sharing two mini-reviews of some ARCs that I was sent by publishers. I want to keep my contacts with those publishers on good terms,… Read more »
ARC Review: Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Book info: Title: Geekerella Author: Ashley Poston Genre: YA Contemporary, Fairy Tale retelling Published: April 4th, 2017 Source: Edelweiss e-galley from publisher, Quirk Books My rating: 5 stars So, if you are a long-time follower, you know that I’m not a huge YA contemporary reader. But, when I saw there was a dachshund in this… Read more »
Book Blast and Giveaway: A Real Life Fairy Tale by Jamie Brook Thompson
Cinderella: a REAL life fairytale If a dream is a wish your heart makes then Cindee Ellis is in major trouble. There’s no way Henry Christensen will ever notice her under all those oil stains and brake fluid splattered across her shirt. Unless—she’s dead wrong about him. Join her with this real life fairytale set… Read more »
Review: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer (TBR Challenge #5)
Well, yeah, I know, I’m one of the last people to read this book. I’ve had a copy of it sitting on my TBR shelf for about two years now. I got it at a Scholastic Books Warehouse Sale. I had a hard time seeing why it was such a popular book as I began… Read more »
Review: Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk
I checked this book out through the awesome employee benefit at my bookstore. Hardcover books with dust jackets we are able to check out if we leave the jacket and sign it out with a manager. This was my first book by Chuck Palahniuk, although I have seen the Fight Club movie, so I figured… Read more »
Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon
Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon My rating: 3 of 5 stars I got this book as an egalley from Netgalley, through Cedar Fort Publishers. It was an interesting retelling of Cinderella. I wasn’t so excited by it though, that I couldn’t put it down easily. I enjoyed that in this book the prince is… Read more »
The Hazards of Working at a Bookstore Vol. 3.1 Part 1
Okay, this is either going to be really long, or I’m going to split it into a few. This is a collection of papers from working 3 days last week and 2 this week. And at first I thought I didn’t find many, but I did. I found 8 (edit, only 7, 2nd book I… Read more »
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
This book was actually not one I had intended to read. Don’t think it was even on my to read list. It was just a stripped cover book I’d picked up at the store to put on the bookshelf in my classroom for my students to read. Well, last week at school, I didn’t bring… Read more »