Spread the Word Sunday #6

Spread the Word Sunday is a meme hosted by The Tattered Page to announce some sort of book related news or cause.

Bookies!

The final installment of Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy film adaptation is coming out!

Synopsis: Tris (Shailene Woodley) must escape with Four and journey beyond the wall that encloses Chicago. For the first time, they leave the only city and family they have ever known in order to find a peaceful solution. Once outside, they learn shocking new truths that render old discoveries meaningless. As the ruthless battle threatens humanity, Tris and Four quickly decide who to trust in order to survive. Tris must ultimately make impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love

 
Now, to the real purpose of this post. I am thinking of hosting a bookworm meet up! The info is below:

Who: Calling all Bookworms (and their friends)!

Contact info: Ashley via text at 646.509.4167 or Twitter: @TheTatteredPage

What: To watch Allegiant in IMAX!!!! 
The cost is $18.60+tax per ticket
Tickets can be purchased HERE * For reference, I will be in seats G8 & G7*

*And after the movie we can head over to Funfuzion to hang out 

or we can grab dinner at Applebees

Where: Regal Cinema 18 at New Roc City

Address: 33 Lecount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801

When: March 19, 2016 at 6:30PM 

*Allegiant begins at 7:15pm

How: If you'd like to join fill out the sign up sheet below!

Happy Reading!

New Book Review Rating System!

Hey Bookies!

As you may have noticed, my Rating System received a facelift! YAY! Last year (I think hehe) The Tattered Page received a facelift but I never got around to my Rating System. I did not know what I wanted the new one to look like or how it would rate.

Unfortunately, I deleted the old Rating System before I decided to write this post. Having said that, the old Rating System was a simple star system. But the descriptions for each star rating did not feel adequate when I found myself giving 3-star rating to most of the books I read. The main problem with my old Rating System is that I gave 3-star ratings to almost everything because the Rating System wasn't specific enough. For example, I gave 3-star rating to a book I thought was okay but didn't exactly like and to a book I liked but didn't really like -- see what I am getting at here? Moreover, a 4-star rating meant I loved the book while a 5-star rating meant it was the most amazing book ever. As you can see, the old Rating System was skewed in an unrealistic fashion.

And this is the new one:

The new Rating System is inspired by my favorite Disney story . . . Beauty & the Beast. The little icon is the Beast's Enchanted Rose. Why did I choose the Enchanted Rose? Well, I'm sure the answer is obvious but I put it out there anyway. I LOVE BEAST & THE BEAST. Since I was younger I felt a kinship with Belle. I felt like her, different from others and yearning for adventure, and we both prefer being buried in the pages of a book rather than participating in reality! Not to mention, her soulmate gives her a library! How freaking awesome is that?! Having said that, I thought using the Enchanted Rose in my Rating System was a nice play on a childhood - and an adulthood, let's be honest -- treasure. Moreover, this Rating System more encompassing and sensitive to the impressions I actually tend to have about the books I read.

What are your thoughts on the new Rating System? Should I try to incorporate more Beauty & the Beast details? Any ideas or suggestions?

Happy Reading!

Wishlist Wednesday #72

*Wishlist Wednesday is where you show a book that has been on your wishlist/TBR list for a while, the meme is hosted by Pen to Paper*

Kin by Lili St. Crow

Publisher: Razorbill 

Release Date: March 3, 2015
Pages: 320

The Story:

Dreamily dark and spellbinding with a hint of horror, New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow stuns with this toothsome retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
 
Full moon. Glowing eyes. Red lips. And such sharp, sharp teeth…
 
In the kin world, girls Ruby de Varre’s age are expected to play nice, get betrothed, and start a family—especially if they’re rootkin, and the fate of the clan is riding on them. But after a childhood of running wild in the woods, it’s hard to turn completely around and be demure. Even if your Gran is expecting it.

Then Conrad, handsome and charming, from a clan across the Waste, comes to New Haven to seal alliance between their two families. The sparks fly immediately. Conrad is smart, dominant, and downright gorgeous. Yet as Ruby gets to know him more, she starts to realize something's...off. 

Then, the murders start. A killer stalks the city streets, and just when Ruby starts to suspect the unimaginable, she becomes the next target. Now Ruby’s about to find out that Conrad’s secrets go deeper than she ever could have guessed—and it’s up to Ruby to save her Gran, her clan, and maybe even herself....

Prepare to become thrillingly lost in the third, final, and simply mesmerizing installment of Lili St. Crow’s Tales of Beauty and Madness series.

-via Amazon

Meet the Author

Lili St. Crow is the New York Times bestselling author of the Strange Angels series for young adults and the Dante Valentine series, among others, for adults. She is also the author of Nameless and Wayfarer, the first two books in the Tales of Beauty and Madness trilogy. She lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her family. Visit lilistcrow.com to find out more.

Want to see my entire Wishlist? Check it out on Amazon: Books I Dream About

Happy Reading!