Neon Yeti Reads

  It’s almost Valentine’s Day! Today, I’m going to be doing the chocolate book tag because that is one of my favorite parts of Valentine’s Day. This was created by A Daydreamer’s Ramblings. You can click on the covers of these books to see my reviews as well (if I’ve done them)! Let’s go ahead and get started: Dark Chocolate — A book that covers a dark topic (abuse, domestic violence, rape,…

Discussion: My Rating System

Today, I wanted to talk a little bit about my rating system! Every book blogger has their own way of rating books, so today, I want to talk about the way that I personally rate books. I start with the typical five-star rating system. I never do half-stars (mostly because they aren’t compatible on Goodreads). Although I sometimes feel like I should give a book a half-star, I typically will round…

Waiting on Wednesday: The Girl Who Fell

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Breaking the Spine, featuring unreleased books. This week, I’m talking about: The Girl Who Fell by S.M. Parker To be published March 1 2016 In this gripping YA debut, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet—and into an intense and volatile relationship—by the new boy in school. THE GIRL WHO FELL is a powerful and important read that…

Top Ten Tuesday: Cutest Couples

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Broke and Bookish. This week’s theme is all about Valentine’s Day, so today, I’m going to be sharing some of my favorite couples from the past few years of reading!                           Mara and Noah from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin Ruby and Nate from Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen Sloane and James from The Program by Suzanne…

Under the Dusty Moon by Suzanne Sutherland Review

Under the Dusty Moon by Suzanne Sutherland To Be Published Dundurn February 16 2016 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Format: I received an eARC copy of this book from the publisher and Edelweiss in exchange for review consideration. This does not affect my opinion of this book or the content of this review in any way. She’s with the band, whether she likes it or not. Victoria Mahler is the…

Confess by Colleen Hoover Review

Confess by Colleen Hoover Published Atria 2015 Genre: New Adult Romance Format: Kindle ebook Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry. For once, Auburn takes a risk and puts her…

Discussion: My Perfect Historical Fantasy Book

Today continues in my new feature, talking about what makes my perfect book in a particular genre! I did fantasy one a while ago and this past month, followed it up with supernatural. Going in line with this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, I am now talking about what my perfect historical fiction book just HAS to have. A new take on a time period. I’m all up for some time periods (give me WW2 for days!),…

Waiting on Wednesday: Into the Dim

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each week, we pick new, unreleased books. This week, I have: Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor To be published March 1 2016 When fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a…

Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Broke and Bookish. This week’s theme is all about historical fiction – favorite settings, books, whatever! I’ve decided to talk about ten time periods and locations where I would love to read a historical fiction set. These books don’t even have to be YA, but that would be fun too. Here they are: Imperial Russia. What I’m talking about here is some of…

Another month, another TBR! February is a shorter month, so I’m only expecting to read about six books this month. My TBR list is actually a little longer though, just to give me some room to pick from lots of options! Here are the eight books that are my priorities for February:                               Charlie, Presumed Dead by Anne Heltzel – I have been waiting for this book to come out…

I am very happy that January is over! It wasn’t the best month for me, but I had a pretty good time reading-wise. Anyway, let’s not focus on the negatives. Here’s what I read this month:              How was your January? What did you read?

I’m trying something new here today! I have never really done hauls because I don’t really buy books very often. This month, I actually only have two books (one from a publisher), but I still wanted to share them and see what I buy each month. Anyway, without further ado, here they are:        The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin – I finished the first book, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer,…

Waiting on Wednesday: The Girl From Everywhere

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Breaking the Spine, featuring unreleased books each week. This week, I chose: The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig To be published February 16 2016 Heidi Heilig’s debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City to nineteenth-century Hawaii to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through…

Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Make Me Happy

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Broke and Bookish. As we are in the midst of the winter season, I feel like it can be a little hard to feel cheerful around this time. January of 2016 has not been shaping up to be the best month so far, but today, I wanted to focus more on some books that make me happy. Here are some of my favorites if you are looking for a pick-me-up:               …

Neon Yeti Writes: Update #1

Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new monthly feature on my blog, Neon Yeti Writes! After participating (and failing) in NaNoWriMo this past year, writing became a much bigger goal for me. It’s not even that I necessarily have a dream of getting published, but I would like being able to say that I have written an entire novel. It might take me a while (and it definitely will), so I have…

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Review

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Published Crown 2015 Genre: Nonfiction Format: Kindle ebook In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important,…

Discussion: My Perfect Supernatural Book

FOREVER ago, I did a really fun discussion post all about my favorite fantasy books and what exactly makes up the perfect fantasy book in my mind. I always meant to continue this with different genres of books and it is finally time to talk about another genre, maybe even a subset of fantasy – supernatural. For some reason, every time I start thinking about supernatural books, my mind immediately…