LIST: books + lorde's melodrama

I have a very musical mind, and since I read so much, I associate a lot of books with certain songs. So I decided to do the opposite and find some books that fit certain songs! Melodrama was one of my favorite albums of 2017 (if you don't love it then...who even are you). Here are some books paired with songs off the album! These are really just books that have the same ~vibe to me; there's not an exact correlation to some of these tbh. Also! I've included some graphics I made (originally posted here) a ways back. Hope you like them 😊

TOUR / REVIEW: Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale

**I received an ARC of this book for this tour. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**

Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale

Release Date: March 19, 2019

My Rating: 4.5 stars

Summary: Rule #1 — Never fall for a summer boy.

Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s totally freaking out about how her life will change when her two best friends go to college in the fall. And when a reckless kiss causes all three of them to break up, she may lose them a lot sooner. On top of that, her ex-girlfriend is back in town, bringing with her a slew of memories, both good and bad.

And then there’s Levi Keller, the cute artist who’s spending all his free time at the coffee shop where she works. Levi’s from out of town, and even though Babe knows better than to fall for a tourist who will leave when summer ends, she can’t stop herself from wanting to know him. Can Babe keep her distance, or will she break the one rule she’s always had — to never fall for a summer boy?

DISCUSSION: two years of magical reads

WOWOWOW I cannot believe it's been two years since I started this blog! It really doesn't feel like that long, but oh the time has passed. I've been a lifelong reader, and had recently decided to actually write full-length reviews. Well, by full-length, I mean more than two paragraphs. A few months after that, I decided to turn it into a full-out blog, and here we are!

Two years ago, I was in a bit of a bad place; I wasn't completely unhappy, but I was dealing with a lot of stress because it was my junior year, which meant a lot of thought of college and my future and all those scary things. My English class that year was also . . . putting an undue burden on me. So Magical Reads started as a bit of stress relief, and honestly, it still is a creative outlet for me even after all these years.

I wish I could do a giveaway or something to help celebrate, but alas, I am a poor college student and can't manage anything. I also thought about doing something like a graphic giveaway (I do them sometimes on Tumblr), but that has sometimes proven to be more work than I've anticipated. I also am really busy with school right now, and any time I'm not drafting a post for this blog, I'm reading. So I've decided to share some lists! Everything should be a top 2, for 2 years, I suppose, but where's the fun in that? Here's a top 3 in miscellaneous categories (and some shameless self-plugs sorry not sorry).

TOUR / REVIEW: The Fever King by Victoria Lee

**I received an ARC of this book for this tour. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

Release Date: March 1, 2019

My Rating: 4.5 stars

Summary: In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that killed his family and made him a technopath. His ability to control technology attracts the attention of the minister of defense and thrusts him into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia.

The son of undocumented immigrants, Noam has spent his life fighting for the rights of refugees fleeing magical outbreaks—refugees Carolinia routinely deports with vicious efficiency. Sensing a way to make change, Noam accepts the minister’s offer to teach him the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government. But then he meets the minister’s son—cruel, dangerous,and achingly beautiful—and the way forward becomes less clear.

Caught between his purpose and his heart, Noam must decide who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go in pursuit of the greater good.

DISCUSSION: ya adaptions that we don't talk about anymore??? (part 2)

HELLO, I have returned with a part two to this post with some more YA film/TV adaptions that we all just don't talk about anymore!! Again this post will be entirely stream of consciousness because I feel like that's the only way to properly depict my feelings about these movies. And there's a lot to discuss.

MINI-REVIEW: Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi

**I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley. These are my honest opinion, and in no way as I compensated for this review.**

Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi

Release Date: April 16, 2019

My Rating: 3.75 stars

Summary: Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Roshani Chokshi and her sequel to Aru Shah and the End of Time.

Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of love's bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn't playing Cupid. Instead, they're turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. If that weren't bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. If she doesn't find the arrow by the next full moon, she'll be kicked out of the Otherworld. For good. But, for better or worse, she won't be going it alone. Along with her soul-sister, Mini, Aru will team up with Brynne, an ultra-strong girl who knows more than she lets on, and Aiden, the boy who lives across the street and is also hiding plenty of secrets. Together they'll battle demons, travel through a glittering and dangerous serpent realm, and discover that their enemy isn't at all who they expected.

REVIEW: You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn

**I received an ARC from Netgalley. These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**

You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn

Release Date: April 2, 2019

My Rating: 3.75 stars

Summary: "Witty and charming, with an off-the-charts, irresistible blend of romance, humor, and characters who steal your heart from page one. Erin Hahn is an author to watch." - Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

Annie Mathers is America’s sweetheart and heir to a country music legacy full of all the things her Gran warned her about. Superstar Clay Coolidge is most definitely going to end up one of those things.

But unfortunately for Clay, if he can’t convince Annie to join his summer tour, his music label is going to drop him. That’s what happens when your bad boy image turns into bad boy reality. Annie has been avoiding the spotlight after her parents’ tragic death, except on her skyrocketing YouTube channel. Clay’s label wants to land Annie, and Clay has to make it happen.

Swayed by Clay’s undeniable charm and good looks, Annie and her band agree to join the tour. From the start fans want them to be more than just tour mates, and Annie and Clay can’t help but wonder if the fans are right. But if there’s one part of fame Annie wants nothing to do with, it’s a high-profile relationship. She had a front row seat to her parents’ volatile marriage and isn’t interested in repeating history. If only she could convince her heart that Clay, with his painful past and head over heels inducing tenor, isn’t worth the risk.

Erin Hahn’s thrilling debut, You’d Be Mine, asks: can the right song and the perfect summer on the road make two broken hearts whole?

TOUR: An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley

An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley

Release Date: February 26, 2019

Summary: After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother’s Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they’re not heroes of the people, as they’ve always claimed to be, but murderers. Herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpfulcuratives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to purge.

Royal bastard Josse de Bourbon is more kitchen boy than fils de France. But when the Shadow Society assassinates the Sun King and half the royal court, he must become the prince he was never meant to be in order to save his injured sisters and the petulant Dauphin. Forced to hide in the derelict sewers beneath the city, any hope of reclaiming Paris seems impossible—until Josse’s path collides with Mirabelle’s, and he finds a surprising ally in his sworn enemy.

She's a deadly poisoner. He's a bastard prince. Together, they form a tenuous pact to unite the commoners and former nobility against the Shadow Society. But can a rebellion built on mistrust ever hope to succeed?

TOUR / REVIEW: Lovely War by Julie Berry

**I received a copy of this book from PenguinTeen for this tour (thank you, PenguinTeen!). These are my honest opinions, and in no way was I compensated for this review.**

Lovely War by Julie Berry

Release Date: March 5, 2019

My Rating: 4 stars

Summary: A sweeping, multi-layered romance with a divine twist, by the Printz Honor-winning author of The Passion of Dolssa, set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II.

It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. She's a shy and talented pianist; he's a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. When they fall in love, it's immediate and deep—and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields.

Aubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. A gifted musician who's played Carnegie Hall, he's a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. Love is the last thing on his mind. But that's before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who's already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans.

Thirty years after these four lovers' fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love.

DISCUSSION: a deep analysis of the grishaverse

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