Category: Readalongs/Readathons

Fairytale Retelling Reading Challenge 2015

Posted December 8, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 21 Comments

Today I’m excited to announce my first challenge I will be taking part in for 2015! It’s the Fairytale Retelling Reading Challenge hosted by the lovely Mel over at The Daily Prophecy. I’m really excited to be participating seeing as fairytale retellings seem to be a trend in YA that’s not ceasing to grow anytime soon, and there are a lot of them on my TBR for the upcoming year! According to Mel, here are the guidelines for the challenge: The challenge runs from January 1st – December 31st 2015. The goal is to read fairytale retellings, but if you […]

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Review & Discussion

Posted December 7, 2014 in Books, Discussions, Readalongs/Readathons, Reviews, Uncategorized / 13 Comments

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater My rating: 4/5 Stars Publisher: Scholastic (2009) Length: 390 pgs Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls (#1) Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction/Romance Format: Paperback Goodreads Synopsis: For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without.Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy […]

Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long Post #3: Favorite Character

Posted November 30, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 5 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog this past month you’ll know that I’m hosting the Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long over the next month and a half with She Reads She Blogs and CK’s Reading Corner! We’ll have discussion posts every Saturday (mine’s a tad late this week! Life got in the way…but onwards!) and hope you’ll join in, as well as we’ll have more chances to enter the giveaway for a signed copy of Sinner! To see a list of discussion topics and sign up to participate, check out the announcement post here. This Week’s Topic: Which Shiver character(s) warms […]

Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long Post #2: Werewolves 101

Posted November 23, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 6 Comments

If you’ve been following my blog this past week you’ll know that I’m hosting the Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long over the next month and a half with She Reads She Blogs and CK’s Reading Corner! We’ll have discussion posts every Saturday (mine’s a tad late this week! Life got in the way…but onwards!) and hope you’ll join in, as well as we’ll have more chances to enter the giveaway for a signed copy of Sinner! To see a list of discussion topics and sign up to participate, check out the announcement post here. This Week’s Topic: Werewolves 101: Your favorite […]

Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long Post #1- Maggie the Magnificent

Posted November 17, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 15 Comments

The Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long & Giveaway!

Posted November 12, 2014 in Readalongs/Readathons / 21 Comments

Hey everyone! Today I am so excited to announce that I am hosting my first Read-A-Long here at Girl in the Pages along with two other fantastic bloggers! Jackie at She Reads She Blogs and CK at CK’s Reading Corner and I have teamed up to host a (re-read) Read-a-Long of Maggie Stiefvater’s Wolves of Mercy Falls series! We’re all huge fans of Stiefvater’s work and felt that this winter was the perfect time to revisit the werewolf trilogy, especially with the release of Sinner this year! We are so excited to be hosting this Read-A-Long, and would love to […]