Libby's Lit

  Now, this going to sound a little preposterous, but I am genuinely upset. I just wanted to say a little disclaimer that I acknowledge the fact that I am petty and there are children starving in Africa, but that doesn't make me any less angry.    I don't normally go to Barnes & Noble because my closest bookstore is Books A Million, but I do love the reader-author connection at B&N. They offer lots of signed copies and special editions that I relish when I arrive there. It's also the choice bookstore of many booktubers.    I've also never had problems with B&N before. But on this fateful Saturday, I was filled with contempt at the lack of books I wanted.    A couple of days ago, I saw this post on Rick Riordan's Instagram.  Being the Percy Jackson super fan I am, I had to get my hands on the special 10th anniversary collector's edition. Now get this, I already own The Lightning Thief. Somehow, someway it made its way out of my possessi...

  The Iron Trial  is two parts Harry Potter, one part Percy Jackson, and all parts awesome. When Callum Hunt miraculously passes the iron trial, he is admitted in to the Magisterium, a Hogwarts-esque magic school for those with power over the elements. He makes some friends and a few enemies as he learns his away around the principles of magic and the endless caverns of the Magisterium. YA authors, Cassandra Clare and Holly Black have excelled in the middle grade genre in their first collaboration.  *****SPOILERS*****   I was very surprised by this book because it was nothing like I thought it was going to be. It went above and beyond all of my expectations.   As I mentioned before, the setting of this book was extremely reminiscent of Harry Potter. The magic school with the main character growing up without magic, the books being one year at magic school per book.   While these factors would make non-bookaholics think this was just a rip off, I soon realiz...

  This tag has been flying around booktube, and I just thought it would be super fun. And no, this is not creative or original, but I'M SORRY.    Basically the rules are you take your top 5 most used emojis (pictured above) and pick the books you associate with those emojis. Let's get started!  1. 😘   My favorite emoji is the kissy face emoji and the book that I associate said emoji with is  Fangirl !    This book is absolutely amazing and I loved every minute of it. It's a very cutesy contemporary about a fanfiction-writing 18 year-old at her first year of college. It's perfect and adorable and totally kissy face emoji worthy. You can check out my review of it here .  2. 😭   Is it a surprise that my second most used emoji is the sobbing face? No, I didn't think so. Well, I have two answers for this one because these two books are tied for "book I cried the hardest while reading". I present to you Clockwork Pri...