After binging Amanda Hocking's Kanin Chronicles, I'm here to conclude the blog tour for the last book in this trilogy, Crystal Kingdom, with my review and an interview with Amanda herself! If you haven't  started with this series, now is the perfect time as all books are out! You can binge this and join me with the fangirling!

Title: Crystal Kingdom (Kanin Chronicles #3)

Author: Amanda Hocking

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Date of Publication: August 1, 2015

Cast out by her kingdom and far from home, she is the Kanin people's only hope. But Bryn Aven, unjustly charged with murder and treason, is on the run.

The one person who can help is her greatest enemy, the gorgeous and enigmatic Konstantin Black. Konstantin is her only ally against those who have infiltrated her kingdom and threaten to destroy everything she holds dear. But can she trust him?

As Bryn fights to clear her name, the Kanin rulers’ darkest secrets are coming to light -- and now the entire troll world is on the brink of war.

Will it tear Bryn from Ridley Dresden, the only guy she’s ever loved? And can she join forces with Finn Holmes and the Trylle kingdom?

Nothing is as it seems, but one thing is certain: an epic battle is underway—and when it’s complete, nothing will ever be the same.

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Review: Ice Kissed by Amanda Hocking

Two days from now, I'm concluding the blog tour for the finale, Crystal Kingdom! Having read the whole trilogy by now, I am beyond excited for y'all to read this series. Check out my review for the second book below!

Title: Ice Kissed (Kanin Chronicles #2)

Author: Amanda Hocking

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Date of Publication: May 7, 2015

Bryn Aven is still struggling with her burgeoning relationship with Ridley. She's also set on completing her mission to find the missing Skojare Queen. But when they do finally discover what happened, Bryn finds out that things are much more complicated than she'd originally thought.

And as she gets closer to the truth, Bryn is framed for the murder of the Kanin King himself. She ends up on the run, as home holds too few answers and no solutions.

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Review: Frostfire by Amanda Hocking

I recently got the whole trilogy for review so I'm practically binging this series. Keep an eye out for my review of Ice Kissed the day after tomorrow and on August 31, I will be closing off the tour for the finale Crystal Kingdom!

Title: Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1)

Author: Amanda Hocking

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Date of Publication: January 15, 2015

Will she give up her dream to follow her heart?

Bryn Aven is determined to gain status amongst the Kanin, the most powerful of the hidden tribes. But as a half-blood, winning respect is a huge challenge. Bryn's almost-human community distrusts people, and those from other tribes are almost as suspect.

She has just one goal to get ahead: to join the elite guard protecting the Kanin royal family. And Bryn's vowed that nothing will stand in her way, not even a forbidden romance with her boss, Ridley Dresden.

But her plans are put on hold when fallen hero Konstantin starts acting dangerously. Bryn loved him once, but now he's kidnapping Kanin children - stealing them from hidden placements within human families. She's sent to help stop him, but will she lose her heart in the process?

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Review: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

This time, the hype did not disappoint me. GLORIOUS BOOK IN HERE, YOU GUYS. If you haven't read it, YOU SHOULD! STAT! Let me convince you so.

Title: The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and The Dawn #1)

Author: Renée Ahdieh

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons BFYR

Date of Publication: May 12, 2015

One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?

Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn is a sumptuous and enthralling read from beginning to end.

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{Blog Tour} Excerpt + Giveaway: Secrets Don't Keep by Elora Ramirez

Today, I'm sharing an excerpt for Secrets Don't Keep by Elora Ramirez, which is out now! I've been meaning to read this one because the blurb got me super curious and so I'm so happy to make you want to read it too. Because this excerpt definitely made me want to read more. Don't forget to join the giveaway as well!

Title: Secrets Don't Keep (The Grove #1)

Author: Elora Ramirez

Date of Publication: August 10, 2015

My name is Kera Collins, and I would do anything for a golden nod.

At first glance, my life appears perfect: the best friends, the best school, the attention of Dex Albright, the deliciously irresistible grandson to the Headmaster. All I need is the prestige behind La Boheme, an elite secret society formed within the walls of my school, and my life would be complete. Once I’m in, I’ll be the one with all of the secrets.

It’s just…no one told me these secrets could kill.

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{Blog Tour} Excerpt + Giveaway: Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes by Karin Slaughter

Today, Karin Slaughter's novella BLONDE HAIR, BLUE EYES is out! This is in anticipation for her psychological thriller, PRETTY GIRLS, which will be out this September 29. Check out a short excerpt below and get a chance to win!

Title: Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

Author: Karin Slaughter

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Date of Publication: August 18, 2015

A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly…

Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing. A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is missing. Both taken off the street. Both gone without a trace. Julia is determined to find out the reasons behind their disappearances. And she doesn't want to be next…

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Review: Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker

I finally got to read this! Onwards with the sequel we go!

Title: Wildflower (Wildflower #1)

Author: Alecia Whitaker

Publisher: Poppy

Date of Publication: July 1, 2014

The best songs come from broken hearts.

Sixteen-year-old Bird Barrett has grown up on the road, singing backup in her family's bluegrass band, and playing everywhere from Nashville, Tennesee to Nowhere, Oklahoma. One fateful night, Bird fills in for her dad by singing lead, and a scout in the audience offers her a spotlight all her own.

Soon Bird is caught up in a whirlwind of songwriting meetings, recording sessions, and music video shoots. Her first single hits the top twenty, and suddenly fans and paparazzi are around every corner. She's even caught the eye of her longtime crush, fellow roving musician Adam Dean. With Bird's star on the rise, though, tradition and ambition collide. Can Bird break out while staying true to her roots?

In a world of glamour and gold records, a young country music star finds her voice.

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Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Missing Dixie by Caisey Quinn

Title: Missing Dixie (Neon Dreams #3)

Author: Caisey Quinn

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Date of Publication: October 27, 2015

Fighting for redemption…

I've lived most of my life in darkness, beneath the shadows of secrets and addictions. The last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt the only girl I'd ever loved-the one who brought me into the light. In my entire life I'd made one promise-a promise I'd intended to keep. I've broken that promise and now I have to live with the fallout. Dixie Lark hates me, and I have to tell her that I love her. I also have to tell her a truth that might destroy us forever.

Can she love me even if she can't forgive me?

Learning to move on…

Gavin Garrison broke his promise to my brother and he broke my heart in the process. I may never love anyone the way I've loved him, but at least I won't spend my life wondering what if. We had our one night and he walked away. I'm finally beginning to move on when my brother's wedding and a battle of the bands brings us back together.

Our band is getting a second chance, but I don't know if I can give him one. How do you hand your heart back to the person who set it on fire once already?

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Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

I am deeply concerned and totally cringing that the letter 'S' in Homo sapiens is capitalized in the title. My science nerd self is totally not cool with it. I knew italicizing the scientific name would be tricky because it's the title so I ended up being cool with that but THE CAPITALIZED S, I CANNOT. It's like going everything against what I was taught. Am I overreacting? Maybe. But scientific name syntax is important, you guys! Carl Linnaeus would be so proud of me. I'm completely off-tangent here because I don't want to talk about how the hype killed this book for me.

Title: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Author: Becky Albertalli

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Date of Publication: April 7, 2015

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

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National Book Store Great Warehouse Sale!

It's that time of the year again! National Book Store is having its The Great Warehouse Sale this August 13 to 18, from 9AM to 8PM at the 4th floor of National Book Store Quezon Avenue cor. Sct. Borromeo and Panay Avenue!

Find great bargains and great finds at National Book Store’s “The Great Warehouse Sale” in Quezon Avenue. Get up to 90% off on books, supplies, and gift items from August 13 to 18, 2015, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., only at the 4th Floor National Book Store, Quezon Avenue cor. Sct. Borromeo and Panay Avenue. Hurry, 6 days only! Make your pre-Christmas shopping sprint at the #NBSGreatWarehouseSale.

Get up to 90% off on books, supplies and gift items. Enjoy wide range of books for as low as P30.

I went to their warehouse sale maybe two years ago and got tons of books for such cheap prices! It's the perfect time to hoard on high-end notebooks too because they'll be on sale as well! That's my game plan.

Mini-Review: Between Now & Never by Laura Johnston

I read this one a couple of months ago and had this mini-review done and published at I Heart Daily. I was trying to have a full review but after all those months, I can't remember it that much anymore. So I just decided to finally publish this mini-review.

Title: Between Now & Never

Author: Laura Johnston

Publisher: Kensington Teen

Date of Publication: March 31, 2015

Buh boom, buh boom.

My heart thrusts with a force that takes me by surprise. Telling me something I don’t understand. A splitting pain, a longing to slip back under. They tell me I was in a hit-and-run, but I can’t remember what happened that night. All I know is that I woke up with pictures in my pocket, a card from one of those photo booths in the mall. And I’m in the pictures. Cody Rush. Me and…

Julianna.

Her brother was there that night, and my dad, the FBI agent, was the one who put her mom behind bars. What’s the connection? And why won’t Julianna talk to me now? Somehow, she holds the key to it all, and getting close–real close—to her for the answers I need will be no hardship at all…

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Review: Jesse's Girl by Miranda Kenneally

I've been thinking of not posting this review yet because I want to read the series properly first but I now feel like my views of this novel won't change even though I know the characters from the previous books. But who knows? I'll let you know when I've read the series.

Title: Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks #6)

Author: Miranda Kenneally

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Date of Publication: July 7, 2015

Practice Makes Perfect.

Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol.

But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true. He’s as gorgeous as his music, but seeing all that he’s accomplished is just a reminder of everything Maya’s lost: her trust, her boyfriend, their band, and any chance to play the music she craves. Not to mention that Jesse’s pushy and opinionated. He made it on his own, and he thinks Maya’s playing back up to other people’s dreams. Does she have what it takes to follow her heart—and go solo?

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Review + Giveaway: Before & After by Nazarea Andrews

So I missed posting about this during its release day because I was on vacation but it's now here! You can also win an ampersand necklace so don't forget to join that!

Title: Before & After

Author: Nazarea Andrews

Publisher: A&A Literary

Date of Publication: July 30, 2015

Rike and Peyton fell in love in college.

A boy from the wrong side of the tracks, covered in ink and crooning in a bar is the last person a straight laced girl with a art major should fall for, but his rough edges made her jagged, alive, shaving away the coddled southern princess and revealing a soul wild and brilliant.

They fell in love, despite her family and his past and all the reasons why it wouldn't work--and with their best friends, they made a life. Everyone was supposed to live happily ever after.

They, more than anyone, knows that life doesn't go according to plan.

Rike and Peyton fell in love in college. A boy with a guitar, and a poet's heart, and a girl with freckles dusted over her nose, a perfect fucking fairy tale.

But what happens when the fairy tale doesn't fall apart--but is forgotten?

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Book Spine Poetry Sunday (12)

On rare Sundays, I will be posting book spine poems because I love poems and I love books and I think book spine poetry is awesome. Thank you to Charlie of Letter Trails for the feature photo!

Just Listen
Don't Even Think About It
Follow Me Down
This Strange and Familiar Place
Kiss Me First
I'll Be Right There
17 & Gone

You can follow me on Instagram at oopsireadabookagain for more bookish photos (with low resolution and bad lighting HAHA)!

Want to change some titles on my poem? Go comment your own version below! Just have at least one of those books in yours. Have your own book spine poem? Share them! Looking forward to seeing them!

Stacking the Shelves (49) + July Recap

For Review

*signed* Overboard by Elizabeth Fama
The Big Fix by Linda Grimes

Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory

Armada by Ernest Cline (my review)

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (ARC)
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith (ARC)
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith (my review)
The Road to You by Alecia Whitaker (ARC)
Unmarked by Kami Garcia
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor