Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Authors I’ve Only Read One Book From But NEED to Read More

Hosted by Broke and Bookish There are so many authors out there who only write one book while you are dying to read more of their work, which can be incredibly saddening (and frustrating, if you know what I mean). And then there are authors whom books I only read one of because their other …

Blogger Spotlight #1: Shae from Shae Has Left the Room

Welcome to the first Blogger Spotlight! This fall/winter I'll be doing a feature where I put the "spotlight" on different bloggers. There will be a Blogger Spotlight once a month, on the 15th. This month the spotlight is on Shae from Shae Has Left the Room! I've been a HUGE fan of Shae's for about …

One Year Blogoversary!

Today marks Searching the Clouds' one year blogoversary!* In case you can't tell, I'm pretty excited. Let's take a quick walk through the past year. September: I started StC determined to be more than just a book blog (although I wanted books to be the base). I dived right into the blogging community very, very …

2015 Books

Although 2015 is still an autumn and half a winter away, I am already getting excited for all the books to come in the new year. Although most of them are apart of series, hopefully I can make you interested in some so that you will also have to wait a long time for books …

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Book Characters That Would Be Sitting At My Lunch Table

Hosted by Broke and Bookish Lunch + Book Characters = happy Rose. 1. Maxon from the Selection series So that he could take awesome pictures of everyone hanging out. 2. Macallan and Levi from Better Off Friends Because let's be honest: we all want to watch them interact with each other. 3. June from the Legend trilogy …

Traveling With Books

Sorry for the bad quality - it was taken late last night. While I am on vacation in the most popular vacation spot in the world (sarcasm), I brought plenty of books along with me (for those wondering where I am, see my Twitter page either on this blog or on Twitter itself - I'm …

Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend

Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn Synopsis: Summer, boys, and friendships gone sour. This new series has everything that perfect beach reads are made of! Gemma just got dumped and is devastated. She finds herself back in the Hamptons for the summer—which puts her at risk of bumping into Hallie, her …

Legend

Legend by Marie Lu Synopsis: What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the …

What a Well-Developed Character Means (To Me)

You've all heard me say "I didn't think the characters were well-developed" in a book review before, and I've gotten a request to tell you just what that means. It entails the character having qualities that Of course I would love to tell you, and if you ever find yourself disagreeing with me over a …

The Chaos of Stars

The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White Synopsis: Isadora's family is seriously screwed up—which comes with the territory when you're the human daughter of the ancient Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. Isadora is tired of living with crazy relatives who think she's only worthy of a passing glance—so when she gets the chance to move to …