Mini Panda's Book Reviews

Playlist Book Tag Source The playlist tag combines two of my favorite things music and books. It's just like the regular playlist tag where you take your music and put it on shuffle and write down the first ten songs but for this one, you then have to take the songs and add a book that that song reminds you of.  (Links will all be included so you can listen to the songs.) Sacred Heart by The Civil Wars : Outlander by Diana Gabaldon This Is Halloween by Marilyn Manson :  A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Roman Holiday by Halsey : Paper Towns by John Green Dance Floor Anthem by Good Charlotte :  The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance : Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Talk Me Down by Troye Sivan : Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Love Me by The 1975 : Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan ...

Stranger Things Book Tag!   ( Source:  Sarah Sunbeemz ) I watched Stranger Things and like most shows I watch I like to do the book tags so when I saw that this was a tag I just had to do it. 1:  EPIC INTRO – The opening of Stranger Things is amazing and really grabs your attention. Name a book that grabbed you attention from the first page.  A book that grabbed my attention from the first page (at least recently) has to be November 9 by Colleen Hoover. The first sentence wasn't anything special or something that immediately made me want to watch them all. The thing is, though, I read the first page. Then the next, and the next. Before I knew it I was finishing the book.  2:  Dungeons & Dragons – Name a fantasy world you would like to experience yourself. One of the many, many fantasy worlds I'd like to live in is the world of The Lunar Chronicles . I've only read the first one but the world just seems amazing! I loved ...

#BookTube-A-Thon Wrap Up July 18th (12:00 am) - July 24th (11:59 pm) Booktube-a-thon is hosted by  Ariel Bissett . It's a readathon to celebrate Booktube. There will be reading sprints and videos challenges and all around a great time. I'm really excited for this one! It should be a lot of fun! I have an ambitious TBR but I'm looking forward to trying my best.  TBR Challenges: Read a book with yellow on the cover.  Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth,  Morning Star Read a book only after sunset.  Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth Read a book you discovered through Booktube.  Shatter Me Read a book by one of your favorite authors.   Morning Star Read a book that is older than you.  Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation. V for Vendetta Comics Read seven books.   Didn't happen. DAY ONE: I finished this book the first day of Booktubeathon. I got it as an e-arc from Netgalley. It do...

Review: The Butterfly Garden  by Dot Hutchison Format (That I Read It): Ebook, Netgalley ARC (Advance Reader Copy) Summary: Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens. When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself. As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. ...

#BookTube-A-Thon TBR July 18th (12:00 am) - July 24th (11:59 pm) Booktube-a-thon is hosted by Ariel Bissett . It's a readathon to celebrate Booktube. There will be reading sprints and videos challenges and all around a great time. I'm really excited for this one! It should be a lot of fun! I have an ambitious TBR but I'm looking forward to trying my best.  TBR Challenges: Read a book with yellow on the cover. Read a book only after sunset.  Read a book you discovered through Booktube. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.   Read a book that is older than you. Read and watch a book-to-movie adaptation.    Read seven books.

Mid-Year  Book  Freakout Tag!   ( Readlikewildfire  and  Ely Jayne ) I can't believe it's already July!! The years keep flying by! 1:  Best book you’ve read so far in 2016.  Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. Out of all of Cassandra Clare's novels, this book has to be my favorite and that's saying something. All the characters were fantastic. I loved every single one of them and I can't wait for the next one in the series to come out. 2:  Best sequel you've read so far in 2016.  Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry. Looking back I haven't really read many sequels or series this year. Mainly it has been stand-alone's and first books in series. This sequel was very good. I loved the first one but I actually liked the characters in this sequel better. I related more to the main characters. 3:  New release you haven't read yet, but want to. And I Darken by Kiersten White. When I heard that there wa...