Monthly Recap : March

March, turns out, is just as busy as February. I thought March will be less busier seeing that my mid-term exams end at the beginning of March, but as soon as the mid-term exams are finished, assignments and tests and quizzes start to roll. Just when spring break starts, I got hit by a huge reading and blogging slumps, thanks to K-Dramas. In short, March is one inactive month, but I think I'll be back in April.

Aside from tests, I attend a lot of parties too this month (5, to be exact), so that's why I can't read as much as I want to.

These Books Deserve All the Stars!

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Before you read the list, I must say that I found it hard to rate a book 5 stars, so some of these books might have a 4 or 4.5 stars rating. Also, since my opinion on book has changed over the years, please don't compare this list with my 5-stars shelf on Goodreads :)

Okay so, without further ado, here it is :

 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski (my review)

Review : Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines

Title : Until Friday Night
Author : Abbi Glines
Genre : YA contemporary
Release Date : August 25th, 2015
Publisher : Simon Pulse

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To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.

Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.

As West’s pain becomes too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his father—so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to the one girl who he knows won’t tell anyone else.

West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a flood of emotions he couldn’t control. But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his own—or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn’t ever let her go…

I'm Planning to Read These Books in Spring

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Since there's only two seasons in my country, I'm actually not sure when Spring starts (is it in March or April?), so I'll just write about what books I'm planning to read next. Here it is!

Review : The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Title : The Young Elites
Author : Marie Lu
Genre : YA fantasy
Release Date : October 7th, 2014
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons

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I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.

Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.

Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret of all. 

Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen. 

Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.

It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

Monthly Recap : February

February, to say the least, is a month full of tests and quizzes and assignments. There are no weeks without one of those (in fact, I have a 1 week full of those on the last week of February). I think March will be the same, since I'll have my mid-term tests in March. February is also a month of parties and family-gatherings, apparently. I celebrated Chinese New Year by visiting many of my relatives (and get a lot of red envelopes <3). Also, some of my friends have their birthdays parties in this month. At least their parties are great (eventhough it's a little tiring).

On blogging life, you may notice that I participated in Love-A-Thon event! It's a really great event and I met many new friends through it. Plan to participate again next year :)

ARC Review : The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heillig

Title : The Girl from Everywhere
Author : Heidi Heilig
Genre : YA fantasy
Release Date : March 3rd, 2016
Publisher : Hot Key Books

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It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer.

Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a time-traveller. She, her father and their crew of time refugees travel the world aboard The Temptation, a glorious pirate ship stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical. Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times - although a map will only take you somewhere once. And Nix's father is only interested in one time, and one place: Honolulu 1868. A time before Nix was born, and her mother was alive. Something that puts Nix's existence rather dangerously in question...

Nix has grown used to her father's obsession, but only because she's convinced it can't work. But then a map falls into her father's lap that changes everything. And when Nix refuses to help, her father threatens to maroon Kashmir, her only friend (and perhaps, only love) in a time where Nix will never be able to find him. And if Nix has learned one thing, it's that losing the person you love is a torment that no one can withstand. Nix must work out what she wants, who she is, and where she really belongs before time runs out on her forever.