The Book Voyagers

Hi guys! This is Sil with this month's wrap-up post. A week ago I came back to my hometown aka Cancun to spend the summer holidays with my parents. I could only bring two books *cries* AND (!!!) I found out that same day I left Puebla some packages arrived for me. *yes* book mail!! I won't see them until August sadly and I'm pretty sure what they are and I'm so sad but that's what I got lmao.

#1 THE ART OF LAINEY by Paula Stokes + lots of beautiful swag!


Paula did a contest for her newest YA contemporary book, GIRL AGAINST THE UNIVERSE, and I got second place!!! It was so great and fun. Paula does amazing contests so you guys should enter them always hah. I won The Art of Lainey by her and she sent me lots of swag as well. I designed for her a sticker for GATU and she sent those to me too! You can see them in the pic.

Thanks, Paula! I cannot wait to start TAOL too :)









#2 THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER by Renée Ahdieh

I finally got one of my most anticipated sequels + final book for 2016. The Rose & The Dagger is beautiful and everything I have wanted in a final book. I can't believe Shazi and Khalid's story ended but gosh I will for sure reread this duology so many times.

Totally will get The Wrath and the Dawn paperback soon because *gosh* it's such a beautiful and pretty book. I love the cover + one more copy of one of my favorite series in the world is perfect hah!

#3 DOROTHY MUST DIE by Danielle Paige

I got Dorothy Must Die at the airport. I have been interested to starting this series because I totally love retellings. I know it is a twist-y way to retelling The Wizard of Oz because if I am correct, Dorothy went evil and now she reigns in terror in Oz? Enter this new girl who suddenly comes into Oz to save the world. 

It sounds super cool and hope it is! I've heard good things from fellow bloggers so I'm keeping my mind opened.









#4 UNICORN TRACKS swag by Julia Ember

I also received an envelop with Unicorn Tracks swag. Thank you so much Julia! Everything was super gorgeous and pretty. I can't take a picture because as I said already I'm not home :/ But know that Julia is so kind and her swag is 1000% beautiful. If you haven't read Unicorn Tracks, you totally should do it. We recently published the Diverse Books Tag and you can see there what Unicorn Tracks is about. Of course we also have our review here: x

*Books read*
  • Night Speed by Chris Howard  ★★★☆☆
  • Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins ★★★★☆
  • The Rose & The Dagger by Renée Ahdieh ★★★★★
  • This Is My Brain on Boys by Sarah Strohmeyer ★★★☆☆
  • Falling For Him by Alisha Rai ★★★★★
  • Out On Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler ★★★☆☆
  • Be My Fantasy by Alisha Rai ★★★★☆
  • The Flip Side by Shawn Johnson ★★★★☆
  • Perfect Liars by Kimberly Reid ★★★★☆
  • The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski ★★★★☆
  • The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee ★★★★★
  • Some Kind of Perfect by Krista and Becca Ritchie ★★★★★

*Books reviewed*
  • Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton
  • Night Speed by Chris Howard
  • Summer Days & Summer Nights edited by Stephanie Perkins
  • Falling For Him by Alisha Rai

  • The whitewashing of characters of color in book edits (by Silvana)
We talk about how book edits/graphics in Tumblr whitewash characters of color. We give three examples. And also give ways not to do it.
  • CHANGE AND SUMMER: Ombre discussion (by Silvana)
Ombré season! Check out this post about book covers with an ombre style + bloggers and authors that wear it so beautifully.
  • Book Recommendations: RETELLINGS (by Silvana)
Are you a fan of retellings like we are? We gathered a list of A LOT of books (you might know or not) with retellings from fairytales, classics, mythology and historical events. 
  • TOKEN DIVERSITY: the monster of YA (by Mana)
Mana wrote a magical thing: She talks about diversity in books and how not every representation is good representation.
  • Spring Cleaning Tag
Thanks Jess for tagging us! Check this tag about hello to the new, bye to the old.
  • The Diverse Books Tag
Thanks Naz for tagging us! This tag is A+. If you're looking for underrated diverse books, check this list out and also everyone should do it.
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Hey, guys. Silvana here again coming back to show you what sort of bookish stuff I got this month + other stuff! This month I went to this author event in Mexico City and walked away with lots of cute and great things + BOOKS (and signed!!!) The best day ever. I met Zoraida Córdova, author of The Vicious Deep series and On the Verge series (New Adult). I also got to meet wonderful Eric Smith and Adi Alsaid.

#1 NEMESIS by Anna Banks

I won a giveaway Anna Banks was doing on her twitter (@ByAnnaBanks) and she was giving away posters of her newest book, Nemesis! The cover is so pretty and the synopsis really interests me. The poster is beautiful and shiny, I loved it! Thanks Anna for this.













#2 THE VICIOUS DEEP + ON THE VERGE series by Zoraida Córdova

I'm so so excited to finally having the On the Verge series in paperback. It still feels too unreal!!! They're so perfect and I totally love them. If you like New Adult and want a fun, cute and sexy read, you should pick them up. 

I bought the first of Zoraida's YA series because I have never read them and I want to finally dive myself into them (wink, see what I did there? LOL). So what I know of this book is that it's about mermans and ocean and yeah. It sounds really good!

And Z gave me these cute pins that say LUCK LOVE LIFE and represent her NA series. They're so unbelievable cute.



#3 LET'S GET LOST by Adi Alsaid

I also bought Adi's debut novel, Let's Get Lost. I have never read it! (If you have, tell me in the comments what you thought??) So yeah I got this and he was kind enough to sign it for me *hugs* He's also really nice and from Mexico, so that's like super cool!! 

I also really like that cover and the color palette. 











#4 THE GEEK'S GUIDE TO DATING by Eric Smith + some goodies

Look at all these colorfulllllness. Erick Smith was gifting posters of his books and omg they're so gorgeous I want to cry. He also was kind enough to sign them and gah I can't wait to put them up my wall because they will look super fancy and perfect. 

And he also had his non-fiction book, The Geek's Guide to Dating, and I have no clue what this is about but it's so cute and little and the cover is adorable. Plus I already looked inside and I love the editing in this and all the drawing and the format!! It's really adorable. 






(What Sil read)
  • Without Borders by Amanda Heger ★★★☆☆
  • The Wedding Pact (The O'Malleys #2) by Katee Robert ★★★★★
Read my review here.
  • Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn /DNF/
  • Fly With Me (Wild Aces #1) by Chanel Cleeton ★★★★☆
Watch out for my review May 3rd. 
  • Double Life (Razia #1) by S. Usher Evans ★★★☆☆
Read my review here.
  • Extreme Exposure (I-Team #1) by Pamela Clare ★★★★☆

(What Sil reviewed)

  • That Thing Between Eli & Gwen by J.J. McAvoy
  • The Wedding Pact (The O´Malleys #2) by Katee Robert
  • Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember
  • Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes
  • Double Life (Razia #1) by S. Usher Evans
  • The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
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Hey, guys. Silvana here again coming back to show you what sort of bookish stuff I got this month + other stuff! This month I got three books I bought, one I already read and the other two have been in TBR for a while. I'm pretty excited to get to read them soon (hopefully sooner rather than later!).


#1 THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US by Emily Skrutskie

I got the honor to read an ARC of this book back in January. In fact, this one was my first 2016 read and let me tell you IT'S SO GOOD. 2016 started off with a good book.

Emily Skrutskie built a diverse story with scary monster battles, a pirate queen, a monster trainer and a ship *wink* that you will root for until the very end!










#2 SNOW LIKE ASHES by Sara Raasch

I've heard great stuff about Snow Like Ashes and when I went to the bookstore with Maf from @Bookwormwanders, I was between two books but ended up choosing this one. I'm always down and ready for a new fantasy world to get into. And I'm definitely ready for this one!













#3 CAM GIRL by Leah Raeder

SURPRISE SURPRISE! I just got this yesterday. I was waiiiiiiting all month for it and got so happy when I got the email that it had been shipped. I'm like so excited for this book especially because the MC is Latina??? YAAAAS. My heart is already in love. And also I'm pretty intrigued by the cam girl job and it's actually really interesting to know about. 

Hit me with the feels soon please.









  • Double Up (Lake Lovelace #1) by Vanessa North. ★★★☆☆
  • The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata. ★★★★★
  • Out of Frame (In Focus #3) by Megan Erickson. ★★★★★
Click here to check my review.
  • Right of First Refusal (Radleigh University #2) by Dahlia Adler. ★★★★☆
Click here to check my review.
  • This is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang. ★★☆☆☆
  • When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After #3) by Tessa Dare. ★★★★★
  • So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon. ★★★★☆
  • A Drop of Night by Stefan Backmann. ★★★☆☆
  • As Good As New (Something New #4) by Jennifer Dawson. ★★★★☆
Click here to check my review.
  • That Thing Between Eli & Gwen by J.J. McAvoy. ★★★★★
  • The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan. ★★★★☆
  • Unicorn Tracks by Julia Ember. ★★★★☆
  • The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. ★★★★★ 
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It's a new year but greater, it's a new year FOR MORE BOOKS TO COME. Mana and I created this blog just two months ago and we can't believe the quantity of nice and cool people we have met, the fun we're having drafting posts and the excitement we share in Whatapp convos about our new ideas for more posts. We seriously are very grateful to all of the people who have talked to us and told us how great our posts are or anything to be honest. We wish you all the best in this new year and for you guys to read books that are just as amazing as you deserve!

We decided to do a wrap-up for the month of december. So here it comes (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

  • Beyond The Red by Ava Jae - I didn't expect to love this book as much as I did. It's so good and it's filled with  magic you will want to have. It has aliens, political intrigue, explosions, royalty, lots of red sand and a super nice OTP. 
  • Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs - My Christmas' wish was more Latina characters as the protagonists of books. So yes, Future Shock has a Latina - Elena Martinez - as the MC and she's just pure badass! + It's a time-traveling book, so many shenanigans happen and you will grab the pace of the story quickly. 
  • On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis - This book broke me apart, I have no doubt. Corinne gave us an apocalyptic, diverse, intriguing book. I adored every single moment I spent reading On the Edge of Gone that's for sure.
  • Prophecy by Ellen Oh - With a diverse cast, Prophecy gives a lot. The world building is magical and magnificent. Kira is a badass demon slayer who is hated by the whole city and she is the only bodyguard of the heir to the throne. 
  • With Every Breath by Lia Riley - Mountains, sexy times inside a tent, funny moments between characters. With Every Breath made me feel happy and time passed really quickly while reading it. 
  • Stealing the Bachelor by Sonya Weiss - Eric has always loved Ann but because of some misunderstandings, they never really told each other their feelings. Not a lot of romance in it, there's definitely cute moments and the whole development between these two from "I think he hates me" to "wow you're the love of my life." 

  • Winter by Marissa Meyer - Ehm... what more can I say than I adored hard hard this book? It was the perfect ending to this series. It has action, friendship goals, a revolution and a princess who wants to take back her throne. 
  • See How They Run by Ally Carter - SUCH A GOOD SEQUEL. It's been known Carter is so good at sequels and she didn't disappoint. Grace is still trying to figure out the world she is at the Embassy Row and finally, she learns some secrets that she couldn't even begin to think of. 
  • Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - I know what you're thinking: she read this NOW? I know sorry. I was pretty closed off since Grisha wasn't my favorite but wow, heist + 6 incredibly morally grey characters? I liked it, a lot. 
  • If You Could be Mine by Sarah Farizan - So good. So so so so sad, but so good. About a girl who is tired of hiding her relationship with a girl (and best friend), she goes to extreme measures. 


  • Arrows by Melissa Gorzelanczyk - I was so excited to read this and to think I thought it would be a nice fluffy read. It wasn't - it was super heartbreaking, but it was still so cute. Aaryn and Karma are such cuties, I LOVE THEM.
  • More than Fashion by Elizabeth Briggs - I binged this whole series, but I loved this one so much. Julie and Gavin [kind of] hate each other, given they are competing and have some history but that sexual tension is always a killer isn't it?
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