Top Ten Tuesday #4 - Top Ten Things I Like/Dislike When It Comes To Romances In Books

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish where we can post lists of our top ten bookish things of the week. This week's theme is " Top Ten Things I Like/Dislike When It Comes To Romances In Books"
I actually have quite an extensive list about what I like and dislike in book romances, so narrowing that down to ten is gonna be difficult... but I'll try :D Today's top ten Tuesday will be split into two parts: 5 things I like in romance novels and 5 things I dislike in romance novels!

ARC Book Review - None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

Title: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
Series?: N/A
Pages: ARC, 352 pages
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Release Date: April 7th 2015
Dates read: February 5th to 7th, 2015 (Thank you to Edelweiss and Balzer + Bray for the chance to read & review this eARC!)

Goodreads Synopsis:
A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.
What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant? When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She's a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she's madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she's decided that she's ready to take things to the next level with him.
But Kristin's first time isn't the perfect moment she's planned--something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy "parts." Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin's entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

Cover Reveal Thursday - Persuasion by Martina Boone & Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray!

Hey everyone! I've decided to start this new feature called Cover Reveal Thursday! This won't be a recurring meme because covers aren't necessarily reveal every week. Basically, whenever a cover is revealed from one of my favourite series/authors (or a debut author's book that I'm looking forward to), on the Thursday of that week, I'll post it here and discuss it a little because I am definitely one of those people that judges books by their covers.

Hope you enjoy!

This week, TWO covers from my favourite series were released: Martina Boone's Persuasion and Claudia Gray's Ten Thousand Skies Above You. See them below!

Waiting on Wednesday #3 - Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking The Spine 
This is where we get to 'spotlight' books that we are anxiously waiting to be released!!!
The ones that we are dying to get our hands on and read into the wee hours of the night!!! And, quite possibly, to make our shelves look pretty too :) 
What I'm currently waiting for... 

Book Review - Little White Lies by Katie Dale

Title: Little White Lies by Katie Dale
Series?: N/A
Pages: 384 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Dates read: January 31st - February 2nd, 2015 (ebook)

Goodreads synopsis:
The first time Lou meets mysterious Christian, she knows he is The One. But Christian is hiding a terrible secret. Why does he clam up every time Lou asks about his past? Why doesn’t he have any family photos, and why does he dye his blond hair black? When Christian’s house goes up in flames, his tires are slashed, and he flees for his life, Lou insists on going with him. But as Christian’s secret is unveiled in front of the whole world, it seems everything he’s ever told Lou is a lie. Can what the media are saying about him really be true? Should Lou trust him? Or is she in grave danger? And what if their accidental meeting wasn’t an accident at all...?

Review: 4.7/5 Stars

Top Ten Tuesday #3: Ten Books I Can't Believe I Haven't Read from the YA Contemporary genre

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish where we can post lists of our top ten bookish things of the week. This week's theme is "Ten Books I Can't Believe I Haven't/Want To Read from X Genre."

Contemporary YA is a genre that I've slowly been getting into these last few months. I've read Jennifer E. Smith's books and one of Katie Cotugno's books (reviewed here), but there are still quite a few that I haven't read. Those are the books today's Top Ten Tuesday will focus on: YA contemporaries that I've heard lots of good things about but haven't read yet.

January Round-Up + Stacking the Shelves #1

Well, look at that, it's already the end of January! The Bookish Raven has been up for a month now, and things seem to be going pretty well so far! Here's a round-up of what this month looked like for me and The Bookish Raven in the book world!