Bumbles and Fairy-Tales Updates and Book Haul #60

It's been a long week! 
Although, we did have some warmish days, now we're back to freezing and possibly getting another snowstorm on Monday :p
But, at least we have a lot of great books to keep us comfy!

SO! I've decided that me and my ol' blog need to get back to our roots and start reading, reviewing, promoting, etc. fairytale-ish books and retellings again! We have strayed too far my friends and I really want to go back to what I love the most! Yes, I still love contemporary, and will probably still read a lot of that - and I'm on the hunt for good fantasy and new adult too. BUT, I need more fairytales in my life right now!!! 

PLEASE, give me your recommendations!!!
What retellings/fairytales have you read recently and loved???
Or, which ones have you heard of and want to hear more about???
Share with me :) 

What happened on the blog last week...
- Review and GIVEAWAY: LIV, FOREVER (ARC) by Amy Talkington (YA)
- Waiting On Wednesday #74: THE CHAPEL WARS by Lindsey Leavitt (YA)
- Cover Reveal: A MATTER OF FOREVER (A Fates Novel #4) by Heather Lyons
- Review: I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO by Marianne Richmond (C)
- Review/GIVEAWAY: RUN TO YOU SERIES by Clara Kensie (YA)
- March Release GIVEAWAY Hop! 

I'm participating in Stacking the Shelves, hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

Books received for review...
- ELEANOR (ARC) by Johnny Worthen (YA) from Jolly Fish Press
- THE MARK OF THE DRAGONFLY (HB) by Jaleigh Johnson (MG) from RandomHouseKids
- BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (ARC) by Katherine Kirkpatrick (YA) from RandomHouseKids

From Netgalley...
- V IS FOR VILLAIN by Peter Moore (YA)
- SOLSBURY HILL by Susan M. Wyler (A)

From Edelweiss...
- THE TAKING by Kimberly Derting (YA)

Books I purchased...
- ORIGIN (Lux #4) (PB) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)
- TOWERING (HB) by Alex Flinn (YA)
- THE SHADOW SOCIETY (ebook) by Marie Rutkoski (YA)
- A GRIMM LEGACY (ebook) by Janna Jennings (YA)

What's distracting me from reading...

- Instagram and Twitter!!! Someone needs to give me a daily time limit!!!

My boys!

I hope you all had a wonderful week in books, family and friends too :) 

Please be sure to leave your links in the comments too!
Would love to visit!!! xoxo

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales Updates and Book Haul #58

Hello my favorite booknerd friends :) 

I feel like I'm always whining during my updates, lol! So sorry!

Not going to anymore... or at least, try not to all the time ;) 

It's getting busier around here! Baby boy is on the move - rolling over and trying to crawl already, he'll be 4 months old on the 7th - it's all going by way too fast! I want to cherish every moment with my boys, especially our baby since he is and will be our last baby :( 

Hope you all had a wonderful week with family, friends and books too!!! 

What happened on the blog last week...
- Entangled's EDGE Release Day Book Blast!
- Book Spotlight and GIVEAWAY: REAL MERMAIDS DON'T SELL SEASHELLS (Real Mermaids #4) by Helene Boudreau (MG)
- Release Day Excerpt and Harlequin TEEN Giveaway: WHITE HOT KISS (The Dark Elements #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)
- Waiting On Wednesday #72: LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD by Ava Dellaira (YA)
- Blog Tour (Review) and Harlequin TEEN Giveaway: GRIM, A Collection of Dark and Twisted Fairy Tales edited by Christine Johnson (YA)
- Book Blast and Giveaway: FLAWED (Perfection #2) by J. L. Spelbring (YA)

My book haul for the last 2 weeks...

I'm also participating in Stacking the Shelves!!!

Received for review...
- PLAYED (Hooked #2 - signed ARC) by Liz Fichera (YA) from the amazing author herself!
- THE HERO'S GUIDE TO BEING AN OUTLAW (The League of Princes #3) by Christopher Healy (MG) from Walden Pond Press
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE EMPIRE STRIKETH BACK by Ian Doescher from Quirk
- NINJA! (ARC) by Arree Chung (C) from Macmillan
- THE POUT - POUT FISH GOES TO SCHOOL by Deborah Diesen (C) from Macmillan

My first approvals from Edelweiss!...
- SLEEP NO MORE by Aprilynne Pike (YA)
- THE SECRETS OF LILY GRAVES by Sarah Strohmeyer (YA)
- THE MURDER COMPLEX by Lindsay Cummings (YA)
- THE VANISHING SEASON by Jodi Lynn Anderson (YA)

Physical books that I purchased...
- SIEGE & STORM (The Grisha #2) by Leigh Bardugo (YA)
- UNRAVEL ME (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi (YA)

eBooks that I purchased...
- WHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE by Trish Doller (YA)
- WHITE HOT KISS (The Darke Elements #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (YA)
- BE WITH ME (Wait For You #2) by J. Lynn (A)

Freebies...
- PRECIOUS BLOOD, Blessed #1 (PB) by Tonya Hurley (YA)

What I won from Harper Voyager...
- THE DISCWORLD GRAPHIC NOVELS: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic (PB) by Terry Prachett (A)
- THE LAST HERO: A Discworld Fable (HB) by Terry Pratchett (A)

What I'm currently reading...
- SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi (YA)

What's distracting me from reading...
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Please be sure to say HI and leave your links in the comment section :) 

xoxo

Bumbles and Fairy-Tales Updates and Book Haul #57

HELLO my booknerd friends!!!

I hope you have all been doing well - and definitely a lot better than what has been going on around here, lol!... February is too much of a short month to have so many things go wrong! I started it out with a really bad case of the flu :p I ended up having to go to the ER to be rehydrated and stuff. Definitely not fun. It took me about 8 days overall to get through it and start feeling better - it's so hard to read and do anything when you feel so crummy. And then of course, the germs were passed around all the family members for the last 3 weeks. Not fun at all!

I have fallen behind again on blogging and reading. But I have decided that I can no longer put the pressure that I put on myself. This is a hobby. My most favorite thing to do for myself. I need to get back to it being fun again :) Which means that I need to do what I can do and go back to posting 3 or 4 times per week rather than the 6 or more that I was trying to accomplish; and lower my reading expectations back to reading one book per week rather than forcing myself to losing sleep in order to read the 2 to 3 books I did last month.

I feel like a huge weight was just lifted off my brain :) 

Here's what's been happening around here... lots of cover reveals and bookish stuff ;) 

What happened on the blog for the last 2 weeks...
- Cover Reveal: ANOMALY (Schrodinger's Consortium #1) by Tonya Kuper (YA)
- Cover Reveal: THE SHADOW PRINCE (Mortal Enchantment #0.5) by Stacey O'Neal
- Cover Reveal, Excerpt and Giveaway: AFTER THE STORM by Marie Landry (YA)
- Waiting On Wednesday #70: ROOMS by Lauren Oliver (A)
- Book Blitz and Giveaway: DITCHED by Amity Hope (YA)
- GIVEAWAY: February 2014 Release Hop!
- Waiting On Wednesday #71: THE WINNER'S CURSE by Marie Rutkoski (YA)
- Review: THE SECRET DIAMOND SISTERS by Michelle Madow (YA)
- Cover Reveal: THE FIRES OF CALDERON (The Balance Keepers #1) by Lindsay Cummings (MG)

My book haul for the last 2 weeks...

I'm also participating in Stacking the Shelves!!!

What I received for review...
- THE POODLE TALES Book 9: THE MODELING POO (HB) by Toni Tuso Faber (Children) from Kelly & Hall
- HEXED, The Witch Hunter #1 (eGalley) by Michelle Krys (YA) from Random House Kids for blog tour
- THE CHAPEL WARS (eGalley) by Lindsey Leavitt (YA) from Bloomsbury

What I won from Book Sparks...
- THE GOOD WIFE (PB) by Jane Porter (A)
- THE WINTERS IN BLOOM (HB) by Lisa Tucker (A)
- J'ADORE NEW YORK (PB) by Isabelle La Fleche (A)

From Netgalley...
- THE BREAK-UP ARTIST by Philip Siegel (YA)
- THE RING AND THE CROWN by Melissa de la Cruz (YA)
- HALF-BAD (Half Life #1) by Sally Green (YA)
- FIRE & FLOOD by Victoria Scott (YA)

Physical books that I purchased...
- TEARDROP (signed HB) by Lauren Kate (YA)
- KISSING SHAKESPEARE (HB) by Pamela Mingle (YA)
- BUNHEADS (PB) by Sophie Flack (YA)
- STORYBOUND (PB) by Marissa Burt (MG)
- THE TITAN'S CURSE (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan (MG)

eBooks that I purchased...
- WAITING FOR THE STORM by Marie Landry (YA)
- SUCH SWEET SORROW by Jenny Trout (YA)
- BRING ME BACK by Karen Booth (A)
- BACK FOREVER by Karen Booth (A)

What I'm currently reading...
- BACK FOREVER by Karen Booth (A)
- SHATTER ME by Tahereh Mafi (YA)
- GRIM by Various YA Authors

What's currently distracting me so much...

My three loves :) 

It's been a very busy life!!!

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to lately!

Please leave your comments and links below, thank you!!!

xoxo

The Beehive Book News #9: A Little Bit of Everything Edition

Hello my book-ie loveys :) 

I'm sorry that my post is a bit late this weekend! I look horrible and could use a nap, but instead I decided to create a vlog for the week, lol! I wanted to share all the things that have been going on around here, my book haul, a tiny bit of the book signing I went to and a new bi-weekly feature that I'll be hosting here on my blog (more details to come soon!) 

Hope you enjoyed all the noise again, lol! 
And as I have been, I'll be joining in with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga :) 



Here's my summary... 

Last week on the blog...
- My review of Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- My review of Belles by Jen Calonita
- My Waiting On Wednesday post: Winter White by Jen Calonita
- My review of Simplicity and interview with Valia Lind
- My stop on the Blood Jewel book tour
- Cover reveal of Triangles by Kimberly Ann Miller

What I received for review:
- Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Macmillan/Edelweiss)
- Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate (Macmillan/Edelweiss)
- Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (Harlequin/NetGalley)
- The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter (Harlequin/NetGalley)
- Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo (Random House/NetGalley)
- Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle (Random House/NetGalley)
- (Adult) Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
- (Adult) A Lady and Her Magic by Tammy Falkner

Books we got...
- The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell
- Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate
- For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
- Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
- Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2) by Maggie Stiefvater
- Belles by Jen Calonita
- Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg
- Keep Holding On by Suzane Colasanti 

- Taking Shots (Assassins #1) by Toni Aleo (ebook)
- The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines (free ebook)
- Witches 101: A Witches of East End Primer by Melissa de la Cruz (free ebook - Adult)



Thank you to...
- Claire of Claire Reads :)
- Sarvenaz Tash, for The Mapmaker and the Ghost bookmark and bookplate :)

Next week on the blog:
- More of my reviews: Keep Holding On, Take a Bow, and the BeSwitched Series
- My stop on The Royally BeSwitched Tour!
- My interviews with Susane Colasanti and Elizabeth Eulberg!
- My Monthly Reads Wrap-Up post :)

- Giveaway Alert!!! Stay tuned for your chance to win books from THREE amazing YA authors AND a book of your choice!!!

Thank you all for taking the time to stop by every week!!! 

Please be sure to leave a comment, say "HI" and don't forget to leave your links too!!! 

Happy reading :)