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Don’t you just hate it when you have to wait years between books in a series to release? Well, you don’t have to worry about that this time around. The Timely Death Trilogy is releasing in full this summer and fall, and today, the sequel— Seconds Before Sunrise —released! If you haven’t checked out the first installment, Minutes Before Sunset , find it on Amazon , Barnes & Noble , and Goodreads , but here is the information for the sequel, Seconds Before Sunrise . Two nightmares. One memory. “Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love.” Eric has weeks before his final battle when he’s in an accident. Forced to face his human side, he knows he can’t survive if he fights alone. But he doesn’t want to surrender, even if he becomes the sacrifice for war. Jessica’s memory isn’t the only thing she’s lost. Her desire to find her parents is gone and so is her confidence. But when fate leaves nightmares behind, she decides to find the boy she sees in them...

Hello and welcome to Goodreads Monday! A weekly meme hosted by Forever Reading where we feature books that we added to our TBR thinking we’d read them, but we never did. Saba lives in Silverlake, a wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms where her family scavenge from landfills left by the long-gone Wrecker civilization. After four cloaked horsemen kidnap her beloved twin brother Lugh, she teams up with daredevil Jack and the Free Hawks, a girl gang of Revolutionaries. Saba learns that she is a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Saba and her new friends stage a showdown that change the course of her civilization. – goodreads.com summery Blood Red Road by Moira Young Published on June 7 th 2011 Was added on August 16 th 2013 Check it out on Goodreads!

Hello readers! I was thinking about things to talk about and I settled on a topic that’s is old as summer reading itself, does the requirement of reading ruin reading? This is an interesting topic to me because I don’t necessarily take a side, as there have been required book that I have LOVED and required books that I have HATED! Honestly, some of my favorite books were required books… so if the required element didn’t ruin them, then what happened with the other books? Maybe I just genuinely didn’t like them? Just some thoughts! Please chime in and tell me your thoughts on required reading and if you think it ruins books? Keep Reading… Meagan!

Hey readers! Sorry that posts have been slowing down lately— school just started back up for me and I’m busy reading Les Miserables so I can write a review on that! (PS I’m LOVING it so far!), but since Les Mis is so long I have decided to split the book for reviews (so I don’t have to leave you without reviews for too long!). For anyone who doesn’t know, Les Mis is already split into parts (or books), each part is about 300 pages and once I finish a part I will do a discussion/review for that part. Then, when I finish the whole book I’ll do an overall review! How are all my amazing followers? What are you reading at the moment? Have you read Les Mis ? If you have, what did you think of it? Keep Reading… Meagan!

Hello and welcome to Goodreads Monday! A weekly meme hosted by Forever Reading   where we feature books that we added to our TBR thinking we’d read them, but we never did. The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no s trangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger-a boy who seems to fade like smoke-appea rs outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know-about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about t...

Since I just finished a read-a-thon and just got a book in the mail I figured it's about time for a reading update! So at the moment I'm reading Les Mis  by Victor Hugo! I'm about 150 pages in and I'm really enjoying it so far! I'm excited to get to characters that I recognize from the play and I can't wait to read more! This is doubling as a book haul now because I recently got Scarlet by Marissa Meyer in the mail! This is the sequel to Cinder (which I liked) and I'm excited to read it! The cover is GORGEOUS! And I can't wait to start reading it! Have you read either of the books mentioned above? What did you think of them? Keep Reading... Meagan!

Hey guys, welcome to Top 5 Wednesday! If you don’t know what Top 5 Wednesday is then click HERE , if not stay! This week’s topic is (ironically) top 5 required reading books! *In no particular order…* The Pearl I read The Peal back in 8 th grade and despite its dark ending I actually loved the novel. I was really interested with the way that my teacher explained the symbolism and overall it was just much better than I expected! To Kill a Mockingbird Yet another book that I read in 8 th and 9 th grade— I LOVE To Kill a Mockingbird ! This was the book that made me realize that I enjoy coming of age novels and I’m glad I read it! The Book Thief I knew going into 10 th grade that I was going to reread The Book Thief because it was my English teacher’s favorite book and I actually enjoyed it more the second time! I understood more and now I’m more of a fan of coming of age stories. I Am the Messenger Another great Markus Zuzak book— I had to read this one ...

Some of you might remember earlier in the week when I was reading Huck Finn for the booktube-a-thon. I might’ve mentioned that I wasn’t too fond of it, but my feelings for Huck Finn go further than that… Mister Twain, I have a bone to pick with you! Yeah I know what you’re thinking… but you can’t dislike Huck Finn Meagan! It’s a classic! And to that I say that the only reason this book is a classic is because it was written by Mark Twain; if it was released today it would be another forgotten YA book. It is just so poorly structured; full of repetition and the ending was tied in way too pretty of a bow. What I’m talking about structurally is that fact this book is essentially just one scene over and over again with little variation. All that happens in the book is just Huck and friends meet someone new. Then he lies to them a bit but something goes wrong to put Huck in trouble… CUE SHENANIGANS! I noticed this pattern about 50 pages in and I was worried that the whole book w...

THE BOOKTUBE-A-THON HAS ENDED! YES! Finally the Booktube-a-thon has ended and I got a decent amount of reading done during it! I read 170 pages of Huck Finn and 100 pages of Les Miserables! This makes my overall reading total for the week 270; not bad for me! Did you participate in the booktube-a-thon? What are you reading at the moment? Keep Reading… Meagan!

TWO MORE DAYS OF THE BOOKTUBE-A-THON ARE GONE! Wow time flies! Sorry I missed a day but I started school today so I was busy getting things ready for that so this will be an update for today AND yesterday! Yesterday I read about 50 pages of Huck Finn (finally) finishing that out! I had been reading it since before the read-a-thon and I'm glad to be done!  Today I started Les Mis (yes finally!) and got 40 pages in! I'm excited to get further into this one as I've been waiting all summer to finally read the brick! Are you participating in the Booktube-a-thon? What are you reading at the moment? Keep reading... Meagan!

Another day of the Booktube-a-thon has passed!  Today I got the same amount of reading done as yesterday-- another 60 pages of Huck Finn. I am now almost done with Huck Finn and I can't wait to finally be done with summer reading. Are you participating in the booktube-a-thon? What are you reading right now? Keep Reading... Meagan!

DAY ONE OF THE BOOKTUBE-A-THON IS OVER!!! Wow that went fast! But I did get some reading done! I read about 60 pages of Huck Finn and I can definitely say that I am not a fan of this one... More on why later but it's just not what I expected and I don't get what people see in it. But I have to finish it for school so you'll see another update on Huck Finn tomorrow! Are you participating in the Booktube-a-thon? What are you reading?  Keep reading... Meagan!