March 2016 Reads + Monthly Recap

It's summer in my country and I am currently on vacation. The perfect time to travel... which I did, for only one day and goodness it was so FREAKING hot. Thank god my cousin and I got to cool off at the end of it.

 

March 2016 New Releases: Part 2

New Book Releases this March 2016

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A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann Published: March 15, 2016 The Book Depository Amazon _____________ Seventeen-year-old Anouk has finally caught the break she’s been looking for—she's been selected out of hundreds of other candidates to fly to France and help with the excavation of a vast, underground palace buried a hundred feet below the suburbs of Paris. Built in the 1780's to hide an aristocratic family and a mad duke during the French Revolution, the palace has lain hidden and forgotten ever since. Anouk, along with several other gifted teenagers, will be the first to set foot in it in over two centuries. Or so she thought. But nothing is as it seems, and the teens soon find themselves embroiled in a game far more sinister, and dangerous, than they could possibly have imagined. An evil spanning centuries is waiting for them in the depths. . . A genre-bending thriller from Stefan Bachmann for fans of The Maze Runner and Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods. You cannot escape the palace. You cannot guess its secrets.

March 2016 New Releases: Part 1

New Book Releases this March 2016

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Burning Glass (Burning Glass #1) by Kathryn Purdie Published: March 1, 2016 The Book Depository Amazon ___________ Sonya was born with the rare gift to feel what those around her feel—both physically and emotionally—a gift she’s kept hidden from the empire for seventeen long years. After a reckless mistake wipes out all the other girls with similar abilities, Sonya is hauled off to the palace and forced to serve the emperor as his sovereign Auraseer. Tasked with sensing the intentions of would-be assassins, Sonya is under constant pressure to protect the emperor. But Sonya’s power is untamed and reckless, and she can’t always decipher when other people’s impulses end and her own begin. In a palace full of warring emotions and looming darkness, Sonya fears that the biggest danger to the empire may be herself. As she struggles to wrangle her abilities, Sonya seeks refuge in her tenuous alliances with the charming-yet-volatile Emperor Valko and his idealistic younger brother, Anton, the crown prince. But when threats of revolution pit the two brothers against each other, Sonya must choose which brother to trust—and which to betray.

March 2015 Reads + Monthly Recap

March was crazy. It's the end of the school year so there are deadlines and finals and late nights.. I got to read 4 books during the first half of the month but was able to read 5 more and 1 novella since school officially ended last week. FIVE BOOKS IN A WEEK! I'm not a fast reader so being able to read that many is awesome.

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Books I read this March:

   

March 2015 New Releases: Part 2

New Book Releases this March 2015

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Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay Published: March 17, 2015 The Book Depository ____________ One girl. Two stories. Meet Fiona Doyle. The thick ridges of scar tissue on her face are from an accident twelve years ago. Fiona has notebooks full of songs she’s written about her frustrations, her dreams, and about her massive crush on beautiful uber-jock Trent McKinnon. If she can’t even find the courage to look Trent straight in his beautiful blue eyes, she sure isn’t brave enough to play or sing any of her songs in public. But something’s changing in Fiona. She can’t be defined by her scars anymore. And what if there hadn’t been an accident? Meet Fi Doyle. Fi is the top-rated female high school lacrosse player in the state, heading straight to Northwestern on a full ride. She’s got more important things to deal with than her best friend Trent McKinnon, who’s been different ever since the kiss. When her luck goes south, even lacrosse can’t define her anymore. When you’ve always been the best at something, one dumb move can screw everything up. Can Fi fight back? Hasn’t everyone wondered what if? In this daring debut novel, Moriah McStay gives us the rare opportunity to see what might have happened if things were different. Maybe luck determines our paths. But maybe it’s who we are that determines our luck.

March 2015 New Releases: Part 1

New Book Releases this March 2015

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The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy #2) by Marie Rutkoski Published: March 3, 2015 The Book Depository __________ Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of country for love. The engagement of Lady Kestrel to Valoria’s crown prince means one celebration after another. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement…if she could only trust him. Yet can she even trust herself? For—unknown to Arin—Kestrel is becoming a skilled practitioner of deceit: an anonymous spy passing information to Herran, and close to uncovering a shocking secret. As Arin enlists dangerous allies in the struggle to keep his country’s freedom, he can’t fight the suspicion that Kestrel knows more than she shows. In the end, it might not be a dagger in the dark that cuts him open, but the truth. And when that happens, Kestrel and Arin learn just how much their crimes will cost them.

March 2014 Reads + Monthly Recap

Good morning.. good afternoon, good evening. I don't know which timezone you belong but greetings! Seriously, who goes to school at three in the morning?  Me, apparently. And the other students in my batch who are waiting to board the bus that would take us to the airport. Actually, I'm currently hanging out at the convenience store at the front of our school's first gate and they have wi-fi so..

March meant finals, thesis defense to some.. Now it's going to end. Which means the school year is over for everyone. Which means graduation to the amazing ones. Seeing the graduation photos of some of my elementary and high school classmate feels nostalgic. It's also making me wish for my time to come faster but I still have one year to go since I'm taking a 5-year course and my thesis.

March New Releases: Part 2

Newly Released Books this March 2014

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Ruins (Partials Sequence #3) by Dan Wells Published: March 11, 2014 The Book Depository ______ Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment in the Partials Sequence, a series that combines the thrilling action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Blade Runner and The Stand. There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand. Both sides hold in their possession a weapon that could destroy the other, and Kira Walker has precious little time to prevent that from happening. She has one chance to save both species and the world with them, but it will only come at great personal cost.

March New Releases: Part 1

Newly Released Books this March 2014

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Murder of Crows (The Others #2) by Anne Bishop Published: March 4, 2014 The Book Depository _____ After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in the Lakeside Courtyard, Meg Corbyn has had trouble figuring out what it means to live among them. As a human, Meg should be barely tolerated prey, but her abilities as a cassandra sangue make her something more. The appearance of two addictive drugs has sparked violence between the humans and the Others, resulting in the murders of both species in nearby cities. So when Meg has a dream about blood and black feathers in the snow, Simon Wolfgard—Lakeside's shape-shifting leader—wonders whether their blood prophet dreamed of a past attack or of a future threat. As the urge to speak prophecies strikes Meg more frequently, trouble finds its way inside the Courtyard. Now the Others and the handful of humans residing there must work together to stop the man bent on reclaiming their blood prophet—and stop the danger that threatens to destroy them all.

March Reads + Monthly Recap

I read 14 books this March! That's twice as much as last month's reads! This is my reward considering that I was on the verge of drowning with school works and exams especially during the first two weeks so.. yahoo! Some of them are included in challenges but I haven't reviewed all of them yet. Here are the books I read:

This month's posts:

February Reads + Monthly Recap

Capitol Couture: A Look at the Capitol Portraits

Random: I'm So Free.. But Not For Long

2013 TBR Pile March Extra Challenge

From Page to Film: Warm Bodies

Music and Lyrics (7)

Cover Reveal: The Liberator (Dante Walker #2) by Victoria Scott

Cover Reveal: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater ++

Cover Reveal: Almost Night by Emily White

Cover Reveal: The Faerie Prince by Rachel Morgan

Review: Sovereign Hope by Frankie Rose
Review: Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Review: Prodigy by Marie Lu
Review: Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Me and My Bookshelf (9)
Me and My Bookshelf (10)
Demon by Laura DeLuca Release Day Giveaway

20 posts! Yeaah. That's, like, the highest number of posts I have in a month since I started blogging. Congratulations to me! LOL.

2013 TBR Pile March Extra Challenge

Hi everyone! How are 'ya doin'? It's the third month of this year's TBR Pile Reading Challenge and so far I have read 17 books! See my updates here. Technically, I reached my goal but I am so behind on my reviews that I haven't participated at all during last month's wrap-up. And it's not over 20 yet so I don't think I'm going to raise my level. But I'm getting there. 

Anyway, for this month's challenge, Justin of Justin's Book Blog wants us to: