Hi hello and welcome to the Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2018! For those that don't know, the Biannual Bibliothon is held twice a year and consists of reading, video, and blog challenges! It's hosted by some pretty incredible Booktubers: Kelly, Brittni, Catriona, Momo, Red, Dylan, and Kassie so be sure to go check out their channels for their challenge videos and the Biannual Bibliothon channel for more information on challenges and prizes. Today's blogger challenge is to write about your top three favorite vacation spots and it's hosted by Evil Queen Books Blog. I took it a step further and wrote my post as if I was a fictional character so see if you can try and guess who I chose to write as! Let's get started!

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1. New York City


Ah, New York City. I went here on a class trip during my Senior year of high school but I definitely want to return someday. I'd love to explore the city and find some cute hidden cafes and bakeries because I'm always looking for new sweet treats to bake! Plus, I think getting the opportunity to see a Broadway show would be absolutely incredible.

2. Disney World



The Happiest Place on Earth! I've heard that the Main Street Bakery has some amazing confectionary sweets and treats. Plus, I think Kitty would have the best time here. I could probably convince Margot to come with and we could have a Song girls vacation just the three of us! Kitty could get some Mickey ears, I could go to all of the snack shops and sample their treats, and Margot could take a bunch of photos so that we can make scrapbooks when we get home. Yup, this would be the perfect vacation spot.

3. The Beach



Why not hit the beach while we're down in Florida for Disney World?! I still remember the beach week trip I went on after graduation and I think I'd like to have a do-over. Plus, having my sisters with me would make the trip 1000% better! I can just picture Margot and I sitting under giant umbrellas reading and watching Kitty jump in the ocean and make sandcastles. Definitely the perfect excuse to get a new giant floppy sun hat and sun glasses!
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If you didn't guess it, I wrote as Lara Jean Song from To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han! This is one of my go-to reads for Summer and I can't wait to pick it back up again for the Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2018! What are some of your favorite vacation spots? Let me know in the comments below and stay tuned for my day two blog challenge post. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!

Hi hello and welcome to day six of the Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2017! For those that don't know, the Biannual Bibliothon is held twice a year and is hosted by some pretty amazing ladies from the BookTube community: Kelly, Brittni, Emma, Catriona, Momo, Kassie, and Red! Be sure to go and check out all of their channels as well as the Biannual Bibliothon channel for more information and the video/reading challenges. Today, the blogger challenge is being hosted by Mary from Wolf Girl Reads and it is to post 25 bookish facts about yourself! Be sure to visit Mary's blog for more about today's challenge if you're interested in participating. Let's get started!
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1. I will never dog-ear my book pages. It's book abuse and I refuse to do it!

2. I've only recently (within the past year) started liking e-books. My Kindle is filled with tons of e-books that I will probably never get to, oops.

3. I've finally learned how to read multiple books at once! It's a huge accomplishment for me and I've been able to get through so many more books because of it.

4. I can't read in the car because it makes me super sick but that doesn't stop me from trying.

5. I've had my book blog since January 2014 and just recently reached 200 posts!

6. I loaned out my signed, personalized copies of Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse to two friends six years ago and I still haven't gotten them back. I will never loan out books again.

7. If I start a series in hardback/paperback, then I have to have all the rest of the books in the series in that form. I've made an exception for Rachel Caine's Morganville Vampires series, but only because she's my favorite author.

8. I've already read over 60 books in 2017 and surpassed my Goodreads goal of 60 books! It's a large mix of e-book and physical books and I'm so proud of myself for not only achieving my goal, but continuing to surpass it daily.

9. I don't like audio books. I may be one of the few but I just don't feel like I can follow along with it very well. Maybe I'll try one day, but for now, I'll stick to reading with my eyeballs. Snaps for anyone who can listen to audio books and follow the story, though!

10. I never make a concrete TBR for myself. When picking a new book, I generally go by what I feel like I want to read. I don't understand how people can actually set a monthly TBR and stick to it.

11. I like to read either in my computer chair or on the bed but I always have to have a blanket on me. I don't care that it's Summer and reaches upwards of 95+ degrees outside, I need a blanket.

12. Sometimes I like to listen to Rainy Mood while I read but most of the time I just have the TV on low in the background or even try and watch a few Booktube videos while reading.

13. I also like to read while playing video games! I generally read while my League of Legends games are loading and will also read while dead and waiting to respawn.

14. I tried to make a Booktube channel but I'm just too awkward, so now I just do the Bookstagram and book blogger thing.

15. I consider bookmarks to be a wide range of things. For example, grocery store receipts, candy wrappers, straw wrappers, scrap paper, the cover of the book I'm reading (if it's a hardback), yarn, scrap fabric. Everything is a bookmark if you just believe. Just don't dog ear the pages. Ever.

16. I still haven't read any books by Sarah J. Maas and I feel like that's like, sacrilegious to say in the book community. Don't burn me at the stake!

17. My favorite Harry Potter book is Goblet of Fire and if I could, I would skip Order of the Phoenix entirely. Sirius dying just kills me every time. Also don't like the OotP film that much but it's the one I've watched the most because it's on OnDemand. Thanks, Xfinity, I guess.

18. I came up with the name Under the Book Cover thinking I was super clever because, where is the story? Under the cover of the book! But then I found out someone else had the blog name Under the Covers Book Blog and then didn't feel so clever. But my name has stuck and I don't plan on changing it even though there's a blog with a similar name out there.

19. My favorite Stephen King book is Cell and I've never read the Dark Tower series. I already know the ending and I don't know if I'm prepared to read all the way through and get that ending.

20. I just recently found out that To All the Boys I've Loved Before is being made into a movie and I cried because it's one of my favorite reads of 2017. Lara Jean is a little cinnamon roll and she inspires me to improve my baking skills. Also, Kitty is fantastic.

21. I feel like if I just sit down and finally read Fangirl that I'll understand the hype. I've always wanted to find a character that I related to and Cath feels like that character even though I've never read the book. Or any Rainbow Rowell book, for that matter.

22. I use corgi's in my book reviews in place of stars because corgi's are much cuter than stars. I also put a waving corgi at the bottom of a lot of my posts. He doesn't have a name yet, but he will one day!

23. I've always told myself that if I ever have a child in the future and it's a girl, I'm going to name her either Molly or Lily. Why? Molly Weasley and Lily Potter. Hashtag HP obsessed, right?

24. It really frustrates me that my Kindle won't tell me what page I'm on but instead tells me what % into the book I'm at currently. Is it too much to just tell me the page number?!

25. If I were to ever get a bookish tattoo (I won't/can't because I have a phobia of needles) it would be the Deathly Hallows. Not very original, but Harry Potter means a lot to me and it would be nice to carry that around with me forever. I also wouldn't be able to handle a tattoo because I can't handle putting stickers on things because I think about how it's now there permanently and I can't remove it ever and it makes me anxious and incredibly nauseous just thinking about it. That's not really a bookish fact, but that's me!
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That's it for my Summer Biannual Bibliothon day six post! Leave me a comment below telling me a bookish fact or two about yourself. I love getting to know my readers better so please don't be shy and come say hi. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!

Hi hello and welcome to day four of the Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2017! For those that don't know, the Biannual Bibliothon is held twice a year and is hosted by some pretty amazing ladies from the BookTube community: Kelly, Brittni, Emma, Catriona, Momo, Kassie, and Red! Be sure to go and check out all of their channels as well as the Biannual Bibliothon channel for more information and the video/reading challenges. Today, the blogger challenge is being hosted by Amy from Bursting With Books and it is to talk about a book you've rated three stars or less! Be sure to visit Amy's blog for more about today's challenge if you're interested in participating. Let's get started!
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Why did you rate it so low?

I rated this two stars, but I honestly didn't even feel it deserved that. I was so excited to read this book, I really was, but I got 2% in and couldn't continue. 2% in and the pages were filled with graphic self-harm. I just couldn't comfortably continue reading and decided to DNF it.

Is 3 stars low on your rating system?

3 stars is in the middle for my rating system. I was in the middle about this book and could go either way about recommending it. So I liked the book, but could still see flaws, but would possibly recommend it to others.

What could have made your reading experience better?

Definitely not going into such graphic detail about self-harm? It was just too much and I couldn't keep reading, which is disappointing because I really was excited to read this book. Unfortunately, I'm not comfortable reading about self-harm and this was just over the top and unnecessary.

Why did you rate it so low?

This was a one star rating for me because it was just (in my opinion) a genuinely bad book. I read it in its entirety and could not find one redeemable quality about it. It was basically a book filled with tropes/ideas/plots taken from other books and it just did not sit well with me at all.


What could have made your reading experience better?

An original story that wasn't filled with plots taken from other popular YA books? Maybe just an original thought in general. My feelings on this are not so positive, but I do have a review up if anyone wants to read more about what I thought.



Why did you rate it so low?

It honestly just did not live up to my expectations, I suppose. I was looking for something completely different and what I read I just didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would. The main characters reactions to literally everything felt so unauthentic (of course I can't accurately say what the reactions of someone who has escaped abduction would be) and not realistic of her situation and I just felt really let down by the overall book.


What could have made your reading experience better?

I honestly don't know. I didn't like any of the characters, the plot was "meh," and the writing felt more like it was telling you what was happening rather than showing or letting you experience it for yourself.


Why did you rate it so low?

Because it felt like this was a book that was making mental illness out to be cute and quirky instead of a serious topic. Also, it severely bothered me that Petula met a boy and was basically cured of her crippling anxiety because his love was strong enough to help her overcome anything. Barf. And no, that's not realistic.

What could have made your reading experience better?

A better representation of mental illness and the author not writing about a character that was "cured" of her illness by love.

Just don't.






Why did you rate it so low?

Poor writing, poor characters, poor plot. It just was not something I could get into, unfortunately. I actually DNF'd this book at 41 pages in and that's abnormal for me because I generally give myself 100 pages to determine if I will like something or not. But this just was not for me.

What could have made your reading experience better?

Better writing, better characters, better plot. It was clear that the author (which was not Zoe Sugg/Zoella) was an adult that was trying way too hard to sound like a teenager and that's just not enjoyable for me as a reader.






Why did you rate it so low?

I actually never posted a review for this book for some reason, but this was definitely a meh book at three stars for me. I LOVED the first book, The Girl in 6E, and sorta enjoyed the sequel, Do Not Disturb, but by this third book I found myself just feeling eh about the whole thing. I love Deanna and her murderous tendencies, but this book felt less like what I had come to love and just a story about a character. I liked it but didn't love it. I am certainly hoping for more books about Deanna, though!

What could have made your reading experience better?

I don't know, but probably just giving it more of a Deanna Madden story feeling? If that makes sense?



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So, I know this is more than just one book, but I wanted to talk about a few books because I couldn't seem to pick just one. I liked this challenge because it makes you realize that not all books are winners and that there will be some books that you read that you just don't enjoy as much as others and that's okay. If you got this far, let me know in the comments a book or two that you've rated three stars or less and why. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!

Title: Every Heart a Doorway

Author: Seanan McGuire

Pages: 169

Genre: YA Fantasy

Release Date: 05 April 2016

"Their love wanted to fix her, and refused to see that she wasn't broken."

"You must be a lot of fun at parties," said Christopher.
Jack smirked. "It depends on the kind of party. If there are shovels involved, I'm the life, death, and resurrection of the place."

I said this above but this honestly was some of the most beautiful writing I've ever read. Nothing felt over the top or silly but rather like it all made sense somehow. The descriptions of everything from the characters to their respective worlds and even the home they all lived in were so vivid I could picture it with no problems. I fell in love with all of the characters almost effortlessly and couldn't get enough of them once I was able to really get into the story. Jack was without a doubt my favorite and I am so excited to get to read Down Among the Sticks and Bones because it's about her and Jill! I genuinely hope there are many more novellas to come in this world because Seanan McGuire has created something truly magnificent and I am so eager to learn more and read whatever she has to write.

Without a doubt, Every Heart a Doorway has stolen my heart and run away with it, and I have gladly given it away without a fight. With magical writing, lovable characters, and a story that will stay with you long after you've finished reading. I highly recommend this book not only to readers that enjoy short stories or the fantasy genre, but anyone and everyone that loves to read. This is one you don't want to miss out on!

1. What are you planning to read for the Summer Biannual Bibliothon?

This is obnoxiously ambitious and probably won't happen, but this is what I hope to read! To be completely fair, I'm already reading Arabella of Mars, but it's there just in case.

Group Book- Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
Throwback (Book that has been sitting on your shelf for over a year) & Hosts favorite genre- This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Banned Book & Book to Movie Adaptation- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
A book you've seen somewhere other than Booktube- Arabella of Mars/Arabella and the Battle of Venus by David D. Levine
LGBTQIA+- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

2. What is your favorite genre to read in Summer?

I don't have a particular genre I prefer to read in the Summer, but if I had to pick just a favorite genre in general, it would be horror. Who doesn't love being spooped on a humid and muggy summer night?

3. Where is your favorite place to read in the Summer?

Probably in bed under a bunch of blankets. Georgia has been having some pretty icky Summer weather so we turn up the fans and I like to bundle up like an eskimo and read. I also read in my computer chair a lot, but it's definitely not as comfy!

4. What is your favorite challenge done in the Summer Biannual Bibliothon?

Cosplay a Character challenge! Outside of reading/reviewing books for my blog, I love to cosplay. I go to several conventions a year and make costumes for both myself and my boyfriend so naturally, this is hands down my favorite challenge. 

PS- No, this is not me. I just love Tina Belcher and cosplay so, here it is.

5. What fictional character would you hang out in the Summer if you could?

Lara Jean! I binge read this trilogy not too long ago and fell in love with her character. We could bake, read some books, and watch movies with Kitty. She just seems like such a great friend and one that would be all about the Summer weather. Plus, she has a great sense of fashion!

6. What are your plans for Summer?

Honestly? Reading and finishing costumes for DragonCon in September. I have a lot of work to do between now and then (both costume-wise and book-wise) so I don't have much time to just sit around and do nothing. But let's face it, I'll probably just read and crochet like I usually do.

7. Do you have a Summer reading playlist? If not what would be on it?

Don't judge me, but I love this song so much.

8.What is your favorite Summer movie?

Mad Max: Fury Road counts as a Summer movie right? It takes place in the desert and it's hot so it's definitely a "Summer" type movie...ish.  

9. What book do you read every Summer, if not what thing do you do every Summer?



I don't have a book I read every Summer, but I feel like I'm going to try and start a tradition of reading the Lara Jean trilogy every year around Summer. It just has such a cute feeling that feels like it fits the season and I absolutely adore these books. The hype is well deserved, y'all. 

10. What other book tags are you planning to do this Summer?

Whatever tags happen to catch my interest! Being a book blogger and not a Booktuber always makes me feel like my book tag posts aren't as popular, but I really enjoy doing them.
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Alrighty that is it for the Book Blogger Tag for day one of the Summer Biannual Bibliothon! If you made it this far down, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite Summer-y book is.
Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!