A Book and a Cup of Coffee: book playlist

SST BLOG TOUR: SKY IN THE DEEP - Playlist +Giveaway!

7:52:00 PM

Hello hello everyone! Today I'd like to share with you all about a book I'm so in love with right now. As I've been wrapping up my second year of college during the last few weeks and homestretch of finals, I read this book in the breaks I had among the chaos. I loved it so much, in fact, that I preordered it to my house back home and had my dad read it! The next day he called to tell me he was 15 chapters in and loving it.

A story about a warrior amid constant battle with a rival clan, among lies and secrecy, a blood feud that runs generations deep, and the importance of family, this book is sure to leave you racing page after page in anticipation of more.

Our heroine Eelyn reminded me a lot of one of my all-time favorite characters, Lagertha Lothbrok from the History Channel show Vikings. This book has intense battles, riveting action, dark secrets, and even a flair of forbidden love. Taking inspiration from the deep roots of Norse myth, Scandinavian culture, and the lush spirit of adventure this novel captures, I put together a playlist fit for a shieldmaiden.

Keep reading for a playlist, synopsis, and a giveaway for a finished copy of the book!

SYNOPSIS (from Goodreads; add the book to your list here!)

OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield — her brother, fighting with the enemy — the brother she watched die five years ago.

Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.

She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adrienne Young is a born and bred Texan turned California girl. She is a foodie with a deep love of history and travel and a shameless addiction to coffee. When she’s not writing, you can find her on her yoga mat, scouring antique fairs for old books, sipping wine over long dinners, or disappearing into her favorite art museums. She lives with her documentary filmmaker husband and their four little wildlings beneath the West Coast sun.

Connect with Adrienne:

Website: https://www.adrienneyoungbooks.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennebooks

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16640489.Adrienne_Young

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adrienneyoungbooks

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/adrienneyoungbooks/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adrienne.young.3154

ORDER SKY IN THE DEEP HERE:

Amazon (US)
Barnes and Nobel

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What are your thoughts on SKY IN THE DEEP? Have you read it yet? Are you more excited to now? Let me know down below! Happy reading, everyone!

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Blog Tour: LITERALLY + Giveaway

8:00:00 AM

Hello lovelies! Over spring break I read the captivating new novel from the brain of the ever-whimsical Lucy Keating, Literally. Detailing the life of a young girl who realizes that her life is being written for her, and decides to take fate into her own hands, this was a very fun read. To hype everyone up for the upcoming release, I've compiled a little playlist! And don't forget to read to the end of the post for a special giveaway!

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Playlist: Wink Poppy Midnight

10:00:00 AM

All good Heroes are scared, if they know the evil they face.

{listen here}

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Playlist: Nevernight

9:00:00 AM

"The last thing you will ever be is someone's hero, girl.

But you will be a girl heroes fear."

{listen here}

tracklist:

Eros // Ludivico Einaudi
If I Had A Heart // Fever Ray
Dust Hymn // Purity Ring
Midnight // Coldplay
Drowning // Banks
Baptism // Crystal Castles
Deep End // Ruelle
Under The Water // Aurora
Nicotine Dreams // Laurel
Mama // My Chemical Romance
Degausser // Brand New
Doomed // Bring Me The Horizon
Change // Deftones

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she is like a cat in the dark, and then she is the darkness

3:15:00 PM

a mood mix of 13 songs evocative of inner power and intuition, self-empowerment and the sight to believe.

{listen here}

tracks:

Rhiannon // Fleetwood Mac
Magic Spells // Crystal Castles
House of the Rising Sun // Lauren O'Connell
And the Snakes Start to Sing // Bring Me The Horizon
Clairvoyant // The Story So Far
King Night // Salem
Cry Little Sister (Theme from The Lost Boys) // Gerard McMann
Devil's Backbone // The Civil Wars
Bones (Bokken Remix) // MS MR
Gold Dust Woman // Fleetwood Mac
Hole in the Earth (Renholder Remix) // Deftones
Seaww // oOoOO
Seven Devils // Florence + the Machine

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Lady Midnight: A Playlist

8:00:00 AM

"when you love someone, they become part of who you are."

{listen here}

tracks:

Nocturnal // Disclosure Ft. The Weeknd
Coattails // Broods
It Will Come Back // Hozier
EASE // Troye Sivan
You Are In Love // Taylor Swift
Muscle Memory // Lights
Loving Someone // The 1975
Love In The Dark // Adele
Never Let Me Go // Florence + The Machine
Drive // Halsey

a court of thorns and roses

Playlist: A Court of Thorns and Roses

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"I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him,

and let myself burn."

a playlist for the fae beast, and the girl who broke his curse.

{listen here}

tracklist:

Howl // Florence + the Machine
All That You Know // Simon Herron
In the Woods Somewhere // Hozier
In Boxes // Aurora
Everytime // Broods
Young God // Halsey
Woman King // Iron & Wine
This is What it Feels Like // Banks
The Wolf // Fever Ray
Another's Arms // Coldplay
Disarm // The Civil Wars
Everybody Wants to Rule the World // Lorde

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Playlist: Dreamology

8:00:00 AM

"I feel drawn to him, like he's a refrigerator and I'm made entirely out of alphabet magnets."

{listen here}

This Must Be My Dream // The 1975
Anyone Else But You // The Moldy Peaches
Milk & Cookies // Melanie Martinez
Heavy Rope // Lights
Only If For A Night // Florence + the Machine
Let It Go // James Bay
Like Real People Do // Hozier
Roman Holiday // Halsey
Runaway // Aurora
Sanctuary // Allie X
The Violet Hour // Sea Wolf
Talking Dreams // Echosmith

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Playlist: The Love That Split the World

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"Love is giving the world away, and being loved is having the whole world to give."

A playlist for a love that gave the whole world, and split the world into existence.

{listen}

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The Tsar's Guard Parade: The Crown's Game Playlist + Special Giveaway!

8:00:00 AM

I am SO thrilled to be participating in my first ever blog tour, especially for such a highly anticipated book! I was fortunate enough to have been offered the opportunity to join the Tsar's Guard, the street team for this novel. I'm sure many of you have heard the buzz that has been going around about an upcoming debut YA novel, The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye. It's at the top of my Amazon pre-orders wishlist, and for some very good reasons.

A mysterious and enchanting main character, a swoon-worthy and equally mysterious love interest, mixed with a thrilling battle to win the title of the Tsar's Imperial Enchanter is a recipe for a book that will hook you from page one. I absolutely love that Evelyn has chosen to write in a setting that seems to get seldom attention in the YA world: Russia. An incredibly diverse and unique setting for a story, Russia's sweeping landscapes and rich culture really set the stage for the story taking place.

Here's a quick look at what this book entails!

Release Date: May 17^th, 2016

Pages: 416

Publisher: Balzer+Bray

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks

Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side.

And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death.

Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has?

For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent is a force to be reckoned with—beautiful, whip smart, imaginative—and he can’t stop thinking about her.

And when Pasha, Nikolai’s best friend and heir to the throne, also starts to fall for the mysterious enchantress, Nikolai must defeat the girl they both love . . . or be killed himself.

As long-buried secrets emerge, threatening the future of the empire, it becomes dangerously clear . . . the Crown’s Game is not one to lose.

Because I'm so excited about this book and LOVE making playlists, I decided to honor this book with ten songs I think will set the mood for this exciting tale of magic and thrilling action.

PLUS make sure you scroll alllll the way to the bottom to enter a giveaway to WIN a SIGNED ARC of The Crown's Game! It's open internationally, so anybody is welcome to enter!