Top Ten Characters I Wish Would Get Their OWN Book

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is:

Top Ten Characters I Wish Would Get Their OWN Book

1. Nikolai - The Grisha by Leigh Bardugo
Who wouldn't want a book completely about Nikolai? He was my favourite character in The Grisha trilogy, and there's a lot more to be explored with him.
2. Thorne - The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
Thorne just needs his own book. I've loved him since we first met him, and I'd love a full book just about him. It'd be a pretty hilarious book.
3. Chaol - Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
Yes, I know there were chapters from Chaol in Heir of Fire but I need a full book from his POV. I just love Chaol so much.
4. Roar - Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Roar is one of my favourite secondary characters. I know there's a novella about Roar, but I need a full book!
5. Rowan - Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
We only just met Rowan in Heir of Fire, but he's such an amazing character. I'd love to know about his past and more about his relationship with Maeve.

6. The Darkling - The Grisha by Leigh Bardugo
I honestly would love a back story book about The Darkling before he met Aline. I think it'd be awesome.
7. Cas - Altered by Jennifer Rush
Other than Nick, Cas was my favourite guy from Altered. I'd love to know more about his background.
8. Tod - Soul Screamers by Rachel Vincent
I started off liking Tod, then hating him and finally completely loving him, but Tod definitely deserves his own book. I'd love to see how he dealt with what he is and how it all affected him. Plus, I just want more Tod.
9. Kanin - Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa
I'd love to actually get to read about the events that led up to the world in The Immortal Rules. I think it'd be pretty fascinating, and I love a good back story.
10. Kenji - Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Kenji had me laughing my ass of through the whole series, so a book completely from his POV would probably be one of the funniest books ever. And it'd be totally awesome.

What characters would you love to get their own book?

Showcase Sunday #85

Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea. This meme allows book bloggers to show off the books they collected over the last week.

Hello everyone! Apologies for no Showcase Sunday last week, but I had absolutely no book at all to show you guys! But yesterday was payday, so I decided to head into town and ended up in Waterstones... as usual.

Bought

• physical

The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #3) by Michelle Hodkin

I have a kindle version and a physical copy of this book. I bought the kindle version on the release date because my physical copy wouldn't arrive in time. Totally worth it.

Atlantia by Ally Condie

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Ashes to Ashes (Burn for Burn #3) by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

What books did you get this week?

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Series: Mara Dyer #3
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Publication Date: November 6th 2014
Source: Bought

Mara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told.
There is.

She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead.
She should.

She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance.
She will now.

Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story. Retribution has arrived.

PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE RETRIBUTION OF MARA DYER. THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS.

Waiting on Wednesday #95

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by breaking the spine, that spotlights upcoming
releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay

Series: No

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Publication Date: December 9th 2014

Game of Thrones meets the Grimm's fairy tales in this twisted, fast-paced romantic fantasy-adventure about Sleeping Beauty's daughter, a warrior princess who must fight to reclaim her throne.

Though she looks like a mere mortal, Princess Aurora is a fairy blessed with enhanced strength, bravery, and mercy yet cursed to destroy the free will of any male who kisses her. Disguised as a boy, she enlists the help of the handsome but also cursed Prince Niklaas to fight legions of evil and free her brother from the ogre queen who stole Aurora's throne ten years ago.

Will Aurora triumph over evil and reach her brother before it's too late? Can Aurora and Niklaas break the curses that will otherwise forever keep them from finding their one true love?

I really loved Stacey Jay's Of Beast and Beauty - which was a pretty awesome Beauty and the Beast retelling - so when I heard she had another book coming out, I knew I had to have it. And it's about Sleeping Beauty's daughter! I'm pretty sure Princess of Thorns is going to be awesome!

What are you waiting on this week?

Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This weeks topic is:

Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Most of the books on my list are the first books in series' that I need to re-read before I can continue because I've completely forgotten what happened.

1. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

My sister got me The Dream Thieves for Christmas last year, and I've been meaning to re-read The Raven Boys, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

2. Tempest by Julie Cross

I remember most of what happened in Tempest, but I don't remember Vortex and I really want to finish this trilogy, so I'm going to re-read it from the start.

3. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

I only ever read the first book in this series two years ago, but I have the next two sitting on my bookcase and I want to get them read.

4. Vampire Academy (series) by Richelle Mead

I love the Vampire Academy series, and I'd really just love to read it all over again.

5. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Same goes for Fangirl, it's amazing!

6. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

My Life Next Door is a fantastic contemporary that I want to re-read because it's such a fantastic story and Jase is adorable.

7. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

I adore Katie McGarry's books. They deserve to be re-read over and over again.

8. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins

I adore all of Stephanie Perkins books, and I've re-read Anna multiple times, and ever since I read Isla this year I've been dying to re-read it.

9. Legend by Marie Lu

Yet another first book in a series that I've forgotten most of. I meant to read Prodigy straight after Legend, but I never did.

10. Black City by Elizabeth Richards

And another that I don't remember most of. I remember loving it, and that there were weird vampire creatures, but that's about it.

What books do you really want to re-read?

Rowdy by Jay Crownover

Rowdy by Jay Crownover
Series: Marked Men #5
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: October 24th 2014
Source: Bought

After the only girl he had ever loved told him he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and decided he was going to do everything in his power to live up to his nickname. Life was all about a good time, good friends and never taking much too seriously. Only now he has a new coworker, a ghost from the past who’s making him question every lesson he ever learned.

Salem Cruz grew up in a house with too many rules – and no fun allowed. She left it all behind as soon as she could, but she never forgot the sweet, blue-eyed boy next door who’d been in love with her little sister. Now, fate and good intentions from an old friend have placed her right in Rowdy’s path and she’s determined to show him he picked the wrong sister all those years ago…

I only started reading Jay Crownover's Marked Men series this year, but it's quickly became one of my favourites. I've been looking forward to Rowdy's book ever since I started the series. Rowdy is such a mysterious character, and we don't really know much about him or his past - only that he got his heart broken when he was younger - so I couldn't wait for his book to finally unravel the mystery of Rowdy.

Finding out about Rowdy's past actually broke my heart. Rowdy never knew his dad, and his mother died in a car accident, so he'd been in foster care since a very young age. Young Rowdy was extremely sweet, adorable, naive and my heart broke for him. After Rowdy had his heart broken, he gave up on finding love and never let himself get too involved with women. He closed himself off, but he was still so sweet and adorable, but also sexy and extremely charming. I adored Rowdy.

When Salem arrived at the end of Nash, I knew she was going to cause some trouble for Rowdy. It turns out that Rowdy lived next door to Salem's family when they were growing up, and he had a strong bond with Salem and her sister Poppy. Salem never fit in with her family, and she was always rebelling against her father's rules. She's feisty, strong and confident. She was determined to get out from under her father's rules, so at 18, she packed her bags and left - leaving behind her sister and Rowdy.

Rowdy and Salem both work in the tattoo shop together, so there's no escaping each other. Salem is determined to make Rowdy understand, but Rowdy doesn't want anything to do with her. He's still hung up on the past, and he doesn't know whether he can trust Salem. Rowdy always hinted that something happened with Poppy - who broke Rowdy's heart - and we find out a lot more about Rowdy, Salem and Poppy, and we see how much guilt Salem carries for running off and leaving Poppy with their father. I loved seeing Rowdy and Salem together, and seeing the way they interacted with each other. It was pretty obvious that they were meant to be together. They had some serious chemistry in the bedroom, I think they have the hottest relationship of the series for me -  but they had a lot of shit to sort out before they could even think about being together properly. And the Poppy showed up in the second half and shit got real. It was crazy and had my holding onto my kindle for dear life. My heart was racing because I just wouldn't have been able to deal with it if something happened to any of the characters. 

I love that all the characters in this series are so intertwined into each others lives. I always get to see my favourite characters! I was totally right about the Shaw & Rule thing (SPOILER: OMG. Shaw is pregnant! A baby Rule!); I had a stupid smile on my face thanks to Rome & Cora; Jet & Ayden are still having some problems, but they're amazing and Nash & Saint are just adorable! Asa is also quickly becoming one of my favourites, and I felt so bad for him in Rowdy. He just can't catch a break. I'm dying to read his book, and if he and Royal don't get together, I will not be happy.

Yet again, the epilogue has just left me dying for the next book. I just can't get enough of these guys, their girls and their world. It's such an amazing series, and I just need Asa right now!

October Wrap Up/November TBR

Hello everyone! Can you believe it's November already? It's almost the end of the year! I managed to post quite a few reviews this month, but I've still got a lot to post, so I'm planning to sit down sometime next week and get them all written. 

So this month Brittany and I completely sucked at our buddy reads. We tried to read 2 of the books we wanted to read, and we just weren't in the mood for them. Oh well!

So in October, I managed to read 15 books:

My favourite book of October was a no brainer: Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout. I love The Dark Elements series so much, and I was so happy to be back in that world and reading about Roth again <3

November TBR

So just like last month I have 7 review books that I definitely need to get through.

I think Brittany and I are going to try and finally buddy read Fire with Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian, since Ashes to Ashes is out now. I've started reading Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers in preparation for Mortal Heart coming out this month. Also, The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin is released in a few days! I'll be dropping everything to read this one! I have a pile of books sitting on my bookcase that I intend to read this month, but who knows whether I'll be in the mood for them or not.

What was the best book you read in October, and what November release are you most looking forward to?