Goodbye Summer Time! | August 2015 Wrap Up

I can't believe August is already over, that it will be school time again, then Fall (hello, big coats!) and then Christmas (in three months, but I'm already excited and I've started my book wishlist).

WHAT I READ

I was in a reading slump this month, because of some books that pissed me off, so I mainly read e-novellas (I know, it seems that I read a lot but in fact I didn't). I'm also really excited for some releases like Queen of Shadows (my pre-order will only arrive the 15th sadly), I didn't want to read anything else...

Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover (Maybe #1.5) 4 stars

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski (The Winner Trilogy #1) 4.5 stars

The Winner's Crime (The Winner Trilogy #2) 3.5 stars

Rook by Sharon Cameron 4.5 stars

The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith 5 stars

White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2.5 stars

Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout DNF
Uprooted by Naomi Novik 4.5 stars

Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #1) by Cassandra Clare 4 stars

The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #2) by Cassandra Clare 4 stars

The Whitechapel Fiend (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #3) by Cassandra Clare 4.5 stars

Nothing but Shadows (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #4) by Cassandra Clare 5 stars

The Evil We Love (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #5) by Cassandra Clare 4.5 stars

Pale Kings and Princes (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #6) by Cassandra Clare 4 stars

Bitter of Tongue (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #7) by Cassandra Clare 4 stars

This is what happy looks like by Jennifer E. Smith 4 stars

Currently reading: Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen // Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.

WHAT I WATCHED

Fantastic Four: I really liked the fact that this movie was more about character development than fully action-packed. I know it confused some people, but I'm not among them. It was very interesting to see the beginning of Ben and Reed's friendship during their childhood. They took the characters in a direction I wasn't expecting and it was totally realistic. 4 stars

Up (rewatch): I loved it even so much more the second time around (I didn't think I would, honestly), I cried a lot and laughed a lot. It was one of the best Pixar movies. 5 stars

The Maze Runner: I still hadn't watch it, I know. It was true to the book and everything, but it didn't exactly blew me away as a movie. I'm waiting to see The Scorch Trials. 3.5 stars

Pretty Little Liars (season 6): Overall, I liked the plot from this season but when the truth was revealed about A, I was so disappointed. It was totally weird and I had a hard time containing my disbelief, but honestly, it's maybe just me. However, I'm so excited about season 6B, because of the time jump, I really want to know what the Liars have become and what is this new threat.

WHAT I POSTED

Reviews: The Winner's Curse | The Geography of You and Me | The Winner's Crime | White Hot Kiss | Rook | Uprooted | Trial by Fire    
Top Ten Tuesday: 1 | 2 | 3
Waiting on Wednesday: 1 | 2 | 3
Other: Top Ten Books I read this year (so far)

WHAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE

1. I celebrated my one year anniversary with my boyfriend, I'm so happy!
2. I went in vacation in the South of France, it was soooo hot. I was just going to the beach, swimming and reading all day.
3. I just came back from a formation and now I'm totally able to work with children (it's for my summer job), I'm kinda graduated for that.
4. I'm really sad I have to go back to school in the weeks to come...

How was your month?

Lair of Dreams | Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine where I discuss the upcoming releases for the following Tuesday that I'm most excited for. 

Title: Lair of Dreams (The Diviners #2)

Author: Libba Bray

Publisher: Little, Brown for Young Readers

Release date: August 25th 2015

Goodreads summary: After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...

Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?

MY THOUGHTS

I read The Diviners a few months ago, but I was eager to read the sequel, because it was such an amazing book, better than Gemma Doyle (even if I like it). The atmosphere was so compelling and creeps me out at times, because of Naught John. I like that this book is set in New York in the 1920s, years of glory for everything supernatural. I expect a lot from this book, I'm not gonna lie! I expect a good mystery as creepy as the last one, with great character development, because there is such an eclectic cast of characters. Moreover, this book was supposed to be released in May, so I want it now, I don't want to wait any longer. 

Are you excited for this book? What books are you excited for this wednesday?

Let me know ;)

The Creeping & The Accident Season | Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine in which we discuss our most anticipated upcoming releases. Personally, I always speak of books released on the next Tuesday, but that's not everyone's case.

Title: The Creeping

Author: Alexandra Sirowy

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Release date: August 18th 2015

Goodreads summary: Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again.

Now Stella is seventeen, and she's over it. She's the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it's her small town's ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She's got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months of beach days stretching out before her.

Then along comes a corpse, a little girl who washes up in an ancient cemetery after a mudslide, and who has red hair just like Jeanie did. Suddenly memories of that haunting day begin to return, and when Stella discovers that other red-headed girls have gone missing as well, she begins to suspect that something sinister is at work.

And before the summer ends, Stella will learn the hard way that if you hunt for monsters, you will find them.

MY THOUGHTS

I always like to discover new authors, which explains I'm a debut enthusiast. I haven't heard a lot about this book for now, but Rachel's early review convinced me I needed to check this book out when it's published. I'm not really familiar with this mystery/thriller genre, but I'm looking forward to dive into it. I know I really like to be surprised by books, though, so mystery should be for me. This cover is really creeping me out (oh the joke!), I might keep this one for the end of October because of the atmosphere.

Title: The Accident Season

Author: Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Publisher: Corgi Childrens

Release date: August 18th 2015

Goodreads summary: It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.

The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items - but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear.

But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?

MY THOUGHTS

I wanna read this for the same reasons than The Creeping. I read this blog tour post on Kristen's blog and what really convinced me is the fact that you can read it as a coincidence or magical realism. It's something that appeals to me, because the reader is free to interpret the book the way he wants. The early reviews are good, so I'll read it in the future!

Are you excited for these books? Have you heard of other books released next week? 

Let me know ;)