Holly's Reading Hollow: Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: December 2013

This month has been my best month for reading! Fifteen books? Heck yeah!!! And a good chunk of them I loved! I know some of them don't have reviews up yet and I apologize. They'll go up later in January. What books did you read this month? Any favorites?

December Reads

The Great Divorce

by C.S. Lewis

2.5 stars.

Will I ever read a book I love for school? :/

This book was interesting. Despite the author's claims against this being anything theoretical, this was basically a fantasy story theorizing what could happen after death. It sh...

Tandem

by Anna Jarzab

I would like to thank Delacorte Books for providing me an eARC of Tandem in exchange for an honest review.

Creativity - 5 stars:
This was my first experience reading about parallel universes. Although it took a bit for me to truly grasp...

The Selection

by Kiera Cass

Disclaimer: I was hesitant to read this book because of all the mixed reviews (the bad reviews) it has received. The thought of a YA book like the TV show The Bachelor kind of repulsed me. It took quite a bit of convincing on my friend's...

The Prince

by Kiera Cass

When two people of completely different lives, who have seemingly different personalities are posed to fall in love in a book, there is always that nagging question in my head: “Would this ever happen in real life?” The Selection convinc...

Just One Day

by Gayle Forman

I'm still processing this book so my mind is going back and forth between 4.5 stars and 5 stars. All I know is that my heart is content.

The Elite

by Kiera Cass

Well if it isn't crack...

Blood Will Tell

by Samantha Young

I held off reviewing this book because I wasn't thrilled about the novel. Now that I'm trying to write it's review, I can hardly remember how this book even ended, even though it's only been a week since I finished it.

I wanted to like ...

Wide Spaces

by Shelly Crane

Oh my godddd, this story was so goooood. so beautifulllllll. Ahhhh I love this so much. my heart can't handle it! Emma and Mason. I want their looooooooooooove. I love this story soooo muchh. Thank you Shelly Crane <3

Reverence

by Shelly Crane

MY HEART HAS BURST! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE LOVE IN THIS SERIES AND MY LOVE for THIS SERIES! *breaks down into tears* I love this series so much!

Defiance

by Shelly Crane

Independence

by Shelly Crane

Some Girls Are

by Courtney Summers

Initial reaction:

I don't even know what to think. This was nothing what I thought it would be. Intense. I can't wrap my mind around it. It hardly even ended! It was closure without closure. Gosh, I don't even know what to think right n...

That Boy

by Jillian Dodd

And with that, I've officially reached my reading goal for this year!!!

Review to come. :)

Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins

First read through: 2010
Second read through: December 2013

Loved it both times, but I particularly paid more attention to details the second time around and was absorbed more into the story because I didn't get lost this time around. :)

Open Minds

by Susan Kaye Quinn

2.5/5

I liked the story and the creativity of it all, but it just felt super long to me. I read through the first half of it thinking it was a pretty good story, but that it should have ended there. I wasn't as engaged after that point ...