Link Love with a Twist

I love to see the weekly round ups of every one's favorite links for the week. I thought it would be fun to include a few of the ones I visit each week. It's nice to have them all handy in one place. Hope you enjoy.


Nubby Twiglet

Blog Society

Elise Blaha

Susannah Conway

What are some of your favorite link round ups?

Book Talk

Where I talk about the books I've read in the past week, am currently reading, and what I plan to read next.
The synopsis link will take to each books Goodreads page. I am giving my opinion on each book with very little to no spoilers whenever possible.

 Synopsis

I read this book the end of last week. When I first heard about it it seemed to be either a book you loved or you hated. I fell somewhere in the middle. For me it was just okay. It was a unique take on vampires and I found it to be entertaining. Though the story wasn't anything extraordinary I still felt compelled to come back to the pages just to see what would happen next. I liked it enough to try another of Holly Black's books. I gave this book 3 stars. 

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This book was mind-blowing, amazing, heart wrenching. I loved every page. It tells the story of two best friends during WWII. Maddie is a pilot and Julie is a spy. That right there should be enough to make you want to read this. There were so many twists and turns. I didn't see any of them coming. I stayed up late to read this and tried to keep reading even when my eyes were screaming at me to rest. I did a lot of yelling out loud about this book. So many times I said "that did not just happen". This book was incredible. Five stars for this wonderful tale of friendship. 

Synopsis

This is the second book in the Covenant Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I love this series. It's a quick easy read and I fly through each book. If you like books with some paranormal aspects and romance I recommend this series. Four stars for this second book in a series. Looking forward to reading the third book. 

Now on to what I am currently reading.

Synopsis

This is the third book in the Vampire Academy series. If it wasn't for all the great reviews on Booktube I'm not I would have ever looked at reading this series. Each books gets better and better. The series is seriously addicting. 

This weekend I plan to read:

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and then the companion novel to Code Name Verity:

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What are you reading?

Random Rambles #1

     Random Rambles is going to be a weekly feature where I talk about whatever random thing is currently swimming in my head.

     I was talking to my dear friend Anna about how I get all these ideas in my head for things I want to do or write about and instead of taking a few minutes to write them down I let them fade away. I wondered why I do this when at the time I really think I have good ideas. It occurred to me that it is at times easier to let the ideas fade then to take the time and effort to make those ideas come to life. How crazy is that? I don't want my ideas to fade away. I do want to act on them. Especially the ideas for writing topics. I admitted to Anna that what I really want to do above any other creative idea I have is to write and write often. I want this feature and a new one I'm posting about later on in the week to get the writing juices flowing. I have wasted so much time in thinking and not acting. It gets tiring to hear my inner monologue on how I'll do it tomorrow or next week or after I do the dishes.
     I am not a particularly busy person. I don't have a lot of activities or events to attend. My responsibilities are few. I have tons of time!!! I cannot continue to let fear hold me back. What is fear holding you back from and what can you do to push it out of your way?