A Bookish Survey, A Bookish Event & A Guest Reviewer!

The A-Z book-ish survey was created by Jamie at The Perpetual Page-Turner and it's super fun!

Author you’ve read the most books from: 

Karina Halle-I absolutely loved her Artists Trilogy and Experiment in Terror series!

Best Sequel Ever: 

Hands down, it's Taherah Mafi's Unravel Me!

Currently Reading: 

Markus Zusak's The Book Thief for a read-along hosted by Wendy at The Midnight Garden-So far it's been amazing!

Drink of Choice While Reading: 

Not really picky but coffee works always.

E-reader or Physical Book? 

I'd have to go with physical books. I don't have an e-reader which means I read ebooks on my laptop. Nope, not comfortable at all.

Fictional Character You Probably Would Have Actually Dated In High School:

Trevor from Pivot Point-Cute and dorky guys for the win! ;)

Glad You Gave This Book A Chance: 

Heart on a Chain by Cindy C. Bennett

Hidden Gem Book: 

Priya Kanaparti's The Dracian Legacy

Important Moment in your Reading Life: 

Discovering Enid Blyton and book blogs.

Just Finished: 

Me, Him, Them, & It by Caela Carter - I wasn't a huge fan of pregnancy books but this one changed my mind!

Kinds of Books You Won’t Read: 

August - Monthly Wrap Up

August was a pretty great month on the blog, we got some stuff done without stressing out and feeling burned out. 

I've decided to blog at my own pace instead of trying to keep up with everyone else-And it feels great to do this instead of worrying about posting regularly and stuff. Having a co-blogger definitely helps since I tend to go MIA a lot!

We wanna say hello to our new followers, we hope you guys are having fun! Thank you so much for being part of Say It with Books, you guys are awesome. And both Rachel and I are thankful for every visit and every lovely comment that you guys left!

 

Review: Pivot Point - Kasie West

Once again, Kasie West exceeds my expectations and delivers a book that'll make you want to read it one sitting and finish it, only to pick it up once again. 

Review: Walking Disaster - Jamie McGuire

Walking Disaster will take you to the world of Travis, and reading through his eyes will make readers understand every bit of him. 

The Guys Are Props Club Tour Stop: Excerpt + Giveaway

Rachel shared an excerpt and giveaway from Ingrid Seymour's The Guys Are Props Club.

Chat Review: Anatomy of a Boyfriend & Anatomy of a Single Girl - Daria Snadowsky

Daria's brutal honesty paired with her sense of humor will show you what exactly you can expect from your firsts.
I want to encourage all young readers to follow Dom's journey of self discovery, it doesn't get any real than this.

Author Interview + Giveaway: A Class Apart - Stephen Henning

I think what YA books do well is to create a heightened, fairy tale ideal of our world. Love stories are powerful and all-consuming, main characters are driven by a sense of destiny, the fate of worlds is held in the hands of higher beings.                                                                 I think that’s great because it fires the reader’s imagination.

Daria's 25 & The Anatomy Series Giveaway

Last day to enter this INTERNATIONAL giveaway to win SIGNED copies of Daria Snadowsky's Anatomy of a Boyfriend & Anatomy of a Single Girl!

Review: A Song for Julia by Charles Sheehan-Miles

A Song for Julia will teach us and inspire us that if we are determined to do something, we can achieve it, as long as we have the drive and the passion for it. 

Blog Tour: Charmed Vengeance - Suzanne Lazear

If you are a newbie to the Steampunk genre like me, The Aether Chronicles is a great place to start!

Authors Are Rockstars Tour & Giveaway: Mary Gray

Mary Gray can say 'da bomb' and get away with it without sounding like a total dork. She is da bomb.

Read my free-hand interview with Mary and enter to win an ARC of her debut, The Dollhouse Asylum!

Review: Splintered - A.G. Howard

Splintered is a wonderful retelling of the original Alice in Wonderland. Readers will love the madness, romance, action, and the dark twists and turns of the story. Howard’s outstanding writing, bizarre but loveable characters and mysteriously fresh tale will take you to a whole world where everything is unexpected yet fascinating.  

Cover Reveal + Giveaway: Anyone But You

Love re-tellings? Authors Kim Askew and Amy Helmes have put their own spin on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet in their new Shakespeare-inspired YA novel, Anyone But You!

The Rocker That Needs Me Tour Stop: Excerpt + Giveaway

Rachel shares an excerpt from this NA book!

Review: If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

If You Find Me is such an astonishing debut novel by Murdoch and readers will surely crave for more. A story that is intimidatingly beautiful yet hauntingly eye-opening.

So both Rachel and I added some pretty sweeeeeet books to our shelves this month-Check it out!

Nuzaifa's Haul:

June - Monthly Wrap Up

June was an insane month on the blog for us, insanely awesome yet insanely frustrating too!

When Rach and I came up with the idea for the Indie Self Published Author Event we had no idea that organizing an event would be so crazy. Getting the authors and bloggers together and making sure everything went smoothly was not an easy job.

That being said we enjoyed every minute of it! Let me tell you that the Indie and Self Published authors are a bunch of great people-So easy to work with and so much fun! :)

And the bloggers-The response from you guys was overwhelming! We did not expect so many people to sign up, thank you so much for being a part of our event. 

We can't thank you guys enough for your contribution and participation-This event would not have been possible without you people.

Stats-wise: Say It with Books has grown so much this year and it's all because of guys!

Lots of new followers so welcome, we hope you guys are having fun! Thank you so much for all the lovely e-mails, blog post comments, tweets, Goodreads and Facebook messages(We hit the our 750 Likes milestone this weekend-Yay!). We might not have had time to return your thoughts(Sorry!) but trust me we both loved each and everyone of them! :)

Truly, Madly, Deeply You - Cecilia Robert

Read the sizzling HOTTT Excerpt + International Giveaway (Enter to win an e-copy of Truly, Madly, Deeply, You, $10 Amazon Gift card and swag.)

May - Monthly Wrap Up

May was a pretty slow month on the blog compared to April. Both Rachel and I went through a few changes career-wise so we were unable to interact with our readers and other bloggers. Rachel started her internship, I switched jobs and we had to organize the Indie Self-Published Author Event for June so yep, it has been a crazy month! But we definitely enjoyed reading/reviewing our newly acquired books and talking to kick ass authors and great readers/bloggers! 

Stats-wise: Lots of new followers so welcome, we hope you guys are having fun! Thank you so much for all the lovely e-mails, blog post comments, tweets, Goodreads and Facebook messages(553 Likes-Yay!). We might not have had time to return your thoughts but trust me we both loved each and everyone of them! :)

Reviews on the blog: 

The Boyfriend App - Katie Sise 

The Boyfriend App is a refreshingly fun and cutesy story that readers will surely like!

Stripped-Brooklyn Skye

Stripped was a quick and easy read that keeps you entertained despite the slow start. 

Escape Theory-Margaux Froley

This is a recommended read for the mystery fans out there.

Always Remember-Emma Hart

Always Remember is a novel you will surely not forget because it’s a lighthearted read that will make you laugh but at the same time, knock you off your feet.

The Collector - Victoria Scott

But the real question is “Would I read the sequel?”

Click to Subscribe-L.M. Augustine

Click to Subscribe is a refreshingly adorable debut novel by Augustine that will surely make your hearts flutter and crave for chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream with rainbow sprinkles on top.

Going Under-S. Walden

Going Under has it all. 

Cover Reveals/Promos: 
Shucked-Megg Jensen
Paris Love Match-Nigel Blackwell
Glass Hearts-Lisa De Jong
Playing for Keeps - Emma Hart

Credoroza of Fandom Fanatic nominated Say It with Books for The Versatile Blogger Award! Check out the post to see our what we think of HEAs and Adam Levine. ;)

April - Monthly Wrap Up

 We had a pretty awesome time this month on the blog-Rachel and I read and acquired lots of great books, interacted with some kick ass authors and great readers/bloggers!
Stats vise April was a good month for us-we were able to meet some sweet bookaholics who never failed to leave their thoughts on the blog, on Twitter, on Goodreads and on our Facebook page. Thank you so much for all the love! You guys make our day and we are forever grateful to you peeps!
Speaking of our Facebook page we just reached a milestone of 400 readers-Woot Woot!
I'd like to thank Rachel,my awesome-sauce co-blogger for being there for me this month despite having her exams(which she totally ACED by the way-Congrats,girl!). 

Reviews on the blog: 

Plastic Hearts - Lisa De Jong

Terra - Gretchen Powell

The Sea of Tranquility - Katja Millay 
Flash - Barbara Morgenroth
Giveaways on the blog: 
Plastic Hearts - Lisa De Jong OVER
Find out 25 of Katja's quirks and enter to win A Galley of The Sea of Tranquility - Katja Millay OPEN-US Only
Cover Reveals/Promos: 
What's Left of Us - Ari Tucker
To My Hero: A Blog of Our Journey Together - Danielle Sibarium
Merch Girl - Rebecca Lewis
Are You Mine? - N.K. Smith
Rachel's a HUGE fan of author, S.C. Stephens of the Thoughtless series whom she had the privilege of interviewing!
We discussed our nostalgia for our favourite childhood books in our post on Childhood Books That Stood The Test of Time. We also made the switch to Bloglovin' this month so we listed a few reasons as to why Bloglovin' rocks. Christian Schoon, author of Zenn Scarlett tells us what he looks for in a review as an author.

Sign Ups for the Indie and Self-Published Author Event will be open till the 4th of May so bloggers if you haven't signed up yet, please do!

So both Rachel and I added some pretty sweeeeeet books to our shelves/e-readers this month-Check it out!

My Book Haul #4

In My Mailbox is a weekly event hosted by The Story Siren and Stacking the Shelves is a weekly event hosted @ Tynga's Reviews.

As a part of my new year resolution I was hoping NOT to buy a lot of books since my TBR pile is so huge and I've a LOT of ebooks that I've put on hold for about six months.

And as usual my plans to be good this year were foiled when I won an Amazon Giftcard,I couldn't let the card go to waste so I decided to go on a little shopping spree and got some super awesome books!

See that was soooo not my fault. *smirks*

So here's what I bought :