DAILY UPDATE ➳ i entered an instagram rep search

this was originally an instagram post.

                           
                          August 8th, 2018 
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good afternoon! i decided to enter another rep search because i love the look of these candles + the entire aesthetic of the company. so, hello! my name is kippen and i’m an 18 year old book blogger and amateur artist. i’m from the US but I miss Canada every day. I’m specifically fond of fantasy books but I’ll fall in love with a coming of age novel on occasion. Some of my favorite books are The Raven Boys, The Kite Runner, Into the Wild, and Fangirl. As for my love for candles, I love anything that reminds me of home aka balsam cedar, fire, and pumpkin spice. ♡ not to mention, The Raven Boys would match all of these scents perfectly. (-; #gunndeanreps⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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as someone who’s been blogging for years and just recently starting taking bookstagram seriously, being a rep would totally motivate me to step up my game. i have so many ideas for creative photos and would love to include these candles within them. ♡ a quick mention that any of these photos will probably be transferred over to my blog (uponthepages.com) as most of my instagram posts get transferred over as life updates. 

as for what i've done today, i've just been taking pictures for my blog + instagram. i went for a walk with my dog earlier and i'll probably read some more tonight. not a busy day!

Book Recommendations Based on Marvel Characters

hello! i’m in that stage where i’ve recently re watched all my favorite marvel movies and infinity war so I don’t know what to do with myself. I haven’t been updating my blog lately and this idea came to mind so i’m like…why not? I obviously won’t be doing every single character from the MCU so don’t attack me. Also, please don’t be mad if you’re favorite character ends up with a book you don’t like! I’m trying my best :-) 

p.s. this is based on the MCU!! not the comics :-)

*no spoilers*

Iron Man - Legend by Marie Lu

The Hulk -  Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Scarlet Witch - Before She Ignites by Jodi Meadows

Thor - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (for obvious reasons)

Loki - The Traitor Prince by C. J. Redwine or The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Captain America - Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin

Spider Man (Tom Holland) - Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds (duh) or Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Black Panther - Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor or The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Starlord - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Gamora - Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray 

Black Widow - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Ant Man -  Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts

Captain Marvel - The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Dr. Strange - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab 

Thanos -  Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan or Furyborn by Claire Legrand

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if you rly want any explanation, feel free to comment !!! i also used this link here :-)

LIFE UPDATE ➳ booktubeathon is over and i failed

this was originally an instagram post!

August 7th, 2018 

booktubeathon has ended and i totally failed but that’s okay! i originally planned to read 3 books but ended up finishing one. i really enjoyed What If It’s Us and i’m glad to say I’ve finished it and will be putting up a review for it soon! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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i’m not doing much today because of how insanely hot it is in Florida but i am working on my blog. I've scheduled a bunch of posts and wrote my review for What If It's Us. It'll be going up September 20th, 2018! Be sure to look out for that. It'll go on my blog first + then it'll be uploaded to Goodreads. I went out to my favorite coffee shop with my friend Julia and chatted for a while. I've been super stressed lately about job hunting and school coming up but it was nice to just chill out for a bit. 

Books Set in the 1960s

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• Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett 
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• 11/23/63 by Stephen King
• Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
• The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon 
• The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
• Sekret (#1) by Lindsay Smith
• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

ON MY RADAR ➳ a heart in a body in the world by Deb Caletti

Format: Hardcover

Publication: September 18th, 2018

Publisher: Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster)

❝A girl tries to outrun her demons in this searing, universal novel about the impact of gun violence, everyday sexism, rape culture, and internalizing—and overcoming—guilt from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.

A girl tries to outrun her demons in this searing, universal novel about the impact of gun violence, everyday sexism, rape culture, and internalizing—and overcoming—guilt from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She’s not ready to think about the whyyet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that haunts her.Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn’t her fault, but she can’t feel the truth of that.Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she’ll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come.❞

Pre-order it on Amazon | Book Depository | Books-A-Million | Barnes & Noble

Fall YA Releases of 2018

to be honest, these are the books i’ve been waiting all year for. I can’t wait to buy all of these this fall. I think I’m most excited about Muse of Nightmares and What if It’s Us! What about you?

• What If it’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera [October 9th] REVIEW COMING SOON
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee [October 2nd] REVIEW COMING SOON
• Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor [November 24th]
• Arch-enemies by Marissa Meyer [November 6th]
• Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas [October 23rd]
• A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi [October 16th]
• City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab [August 28th]
• Wildcard by Marie Lu [September 18th]
• Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich [October 9th]
• Vengeful by V.E. Schwab [September 25th]

Pre-order them on Amazon | Book Depository | Books-A-Million | Barnes & Noble

2018 YA Releases with POC Main Characters

• Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

• American Panda by Gloria Chao

• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

• Lets Talk About Love by Claire Kann

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Agevedo

• My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

• Like Vanessa by Tami Charles

life update ➳ a personal spa day

august 3rd, 2018

   good evening! today i've spent the day in bed because i woke up at 2pm... lol don't judge. i decided half way through the day of watching youtube videos and petting my dog that i'd make my own spa day. so here's that! after showering, i put my fav bath & body works lotion all over with an Olay lotion for moisturizing. i used tons of lush products after this so be prepared lol. i love using the Lush pink peppermint foot lotion and then wearing socks because it genuinely makes your feet so soft and this foot lotion is oddly my favorite scent of all time. but anyways, onto skin care!

     skin care has always been such a big routine in my life because it's so relaxing and i have very red acne prone skin. i wouldn't usually do two face masks but tonight i did just to treat myself. i did the mask of magnaminty face mask and then the fomo face mask. i'm aware the magnaminty isn't the best for red skin but the fomo with rose probably evens my skin out afterwards. i went onto to do the rest of my skin care which is long and complicated so i don't feel like typing it all out. i just had a very chill & calming day tbh it was nice :-)

Books Set in the 1940s

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 

❝It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery …

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.❞

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

❝Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they’ve known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin’s orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.❞

Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously–and at great risk–documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father’s prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.

• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

❝World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, almost all of them with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in one another tested with each step closer toward safety.

Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people aboard must fight for the same thing: survival.❞

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doeer 

• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

• City of Thieves by David Benioff

• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

• Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli 

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Here’s a list on Goodreads of YA books set in the 1940s and here’s a general list of books set in the 1940s as well.

find any of these books on Amazon | Book Depository | Books-A-Million | Barnes & Noble!

LGBT+ YA Releases for 2018

• And She Was by Jessica Verdi [transgender focus]
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera [gay romance, own voices]
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang [gay romance]
• Reign Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh [not specified]
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann [asexual mc]
• The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan [coming out focus?]
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis [gay mc?]

• please feel free to add to this list or correct anything!

 I went off a Goodreads list and then went by descriptions and reviews. I also got the little book stack graphic from here.

July 2018 Playlist

no tears left to cry - ariana grande

make me feel - janelle monae

NICE - the carters

sandra's rose - drake

we must be killers - mikky ekko

crush - tessa violet

APESH*T - the carters

young blood - 5 seconds of summer

dear - cavetown

talk to me - cavetown

just add water - cavetown

the weekend - SZA

drew barrymore - SZA

god is a woman - ariana grande

ghost of you - 5 seconds of summer

dope - lady gaga

you should see me in a crown - billie eilish

marry the night - lady gaga 

you and i - lady gaga 

sober - demi lovato

never let me go - florence + the machine

hunger - florence + the machine