April 2017 Reading Recap

Hello folks, it’s time for monthly reading recap. This month I read three books for the first time and reread three books. Let’s start from the books I read for the first time. I honestly thought I could only read 2 new books this month, but I managed to put one other book into my list.

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

“Funny how people move through this world leaving little pieces of their story with the people they meet, for them to carry. Makes you wonder what’d happen if all those people put their puzzle pieces together.”

I win a signed ARC of Goodbye Days from OwlCrate Giveaway on Instagram. Thank you, OwlCrate! OwlCrate is one of the most awesome YA book subscription box, check them out on their website here.

Goodbye Days is the second YA novel by Jeff Zentner. It tells a story about Carver Briggs who lost three of his best friends when he sent a text to one of them right before they were killed in a car crash. Carver can’t stop blaming himself, and neither can one of his best friend’s twin sister and one of his best friend’s dad. Carver might even go to jail because his best friend’s dad is pressuring the district attorney to open a criminal investigation on Carver’s role in that horrible car accident. Fortunately, Carver found an unexpected allies in one of his best friend’s grandmother who asks him to spend a Goodbye Day with her and share their memories and say a proper goodbye. Soon his other best friends’ families are asking for a Goodbye Day with Carver. But their motives might be different than one of his best friends’ grandmother. This is a story about how we handle our grief when we lose someone or someones we love.

Frostblood by Elly Blake (Frostblood #1)

“Affairs between fire and frost rarely end well.”

First of all, I win a copy of this book from a giveaway that held by FairyLoot, so thank you so much! If you don’t know what FairyLoot is, it is one of the most awesome book box subscription for YA fantasy lovers and they delivered monthly and worldwide. You can check them out on their website here. Now let’s get to the book. Frostblood is a YA fantasy debut novel by Elly Blake. It is also the first book in the Frostblood saga. This book sets in Tempesia, a land governed by Frostblood, people who are gifted with the power of ice. They are ruled by a cruel Frost King who is determined to capture and kill every Fireblood, people who are gifted with the power of fire, their counterpart. Unfortunately for our main character, Ruby, she’s born with a gift of fire. One day the soldiers ransacked her village and then captured Ruby. She lost everything dear to her and she’s start losing hope as she is now imprisoned. But then come two Frostbloods, an old man named Brother Thistle and a mysterious hooded young man named Arcus who offer her a chance of freedom and revenge to the Frost King. Only, Ruby doesn’t know that her freedom and revenge will come with a price.

March 2017 Reading Recap

Hello folks, it’s time for my monthly wrap up or reading recap. I have to admit I don’t hit my target. I’ve set my target at seven books, but I only managed to finished four books this month. That’s because I have some personal issue that affected my reading time in the middle of this month. And just two weeks ago, I started a new job so I don’t have much time to read or other fun activities because there are so much things to learn in my new office. Okay, enough with venting about things unrelated to books, just like Li Shang said, let’s get down to business!