Vivian's Book Pavilion

Serafina and the Twisted Staff By Robert Beatty     So…at the second day of my summer vocation, I devoured my second ARC. Perfect! I can see how I’m going to spend my entire summer vocation.   I’ll pass my whole summer like that. Yeah!!!!! Now…Serafina and the Twisted Staff? Robert Beatty has done it again! This book is even better than the first one. I love book series that are getting better!!! There shouldn’t be something that called “second book slump!” I enjoy every moment of this book this time and can find nothing to complain…well…only a little? But…if Serafina and the Black Cloak is 3.5 stars (I originally rate 3.8), Serafina and the Twisted Staff will be 3.9.   Our Character Isn’t Defined By The Battles We Win Or Lose, But By the Battles We Dare To Fight. Serafina has defeated the Black Cloak, but new dangers await. Now that the people of the Biltmore House know of her existence, she must fit in the high society of its el...

Serafina and the Black Cloak By Robert Beatty   Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.     Congratulations to me!!!! My summer vacation has come!!!! Yeah!!!! Free to read until my heart content!!!!! And you know what the other exciting thing to announce is? I receive my first and ever ARC paper back copies!!!! OMG, when I receive the email I was totally panic…it’s impossible!!!   But then…after I replied…they said yes!!!!! What’s better, the agent of Serafina and the Splinter Heart agreed to send me the first two copies as well, which I’ve longed to read since it was released!!!!!   How can I even survive the excitement???? I still can’t believe this kind of luck happened to me!!!! And I received the bookish mail so fast!!! So of course, in order to reply the kindness, how can I do other thing than read this series as soon as I return home? I devoured i...

The Historian By Elizabeth Kostova     “My dear and unfortunate successor,”   OMG…after an entire semester…I finally finish this enormous book. I know, wait a sec, I know I promise you a book club post. Not a, but a lot. I’ll try to organize them all during my up-coming summer vacation. And try to translate all those words into English…if I still remember them all. I haven’t read a nice, long historical fiction for so long! You might not know, or forget…but besides fantasy, historical fiction is my second fav type of genre. They’re just so magnificent, don’t you think? I love how every tiny details are weaved together and those foreign words and history. It makes me want to become a historian myself. Really, a great historical fiction should have the ability to drive you in like this. The strange thing is, although I don’t particularly like detective novels, I can’t stand all the murders. But I really love the mystery inside historical fict...

Lord of Shadows By Cassandra Clare   Emma, everyone's afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything.   My heart just broken…why???? WHY??? Cassandra Clare, WHY???? How can you do this to us? No to mention we’ll have to wait for The Queen of Air and Darkness!!!!! NOOOOO!!!!! HOW CAN I SURVIVE FOR TWO YEARS??? Not to mention I’ll be at my junior year of college!!! (That’s so terrifying!!!! Not to mention Julian and Emma won’t age a bit!)   And the ending!!!!! The ending!!!! The last part of book is basically playing with my miserable heart and twisted and shattering it into tiny tiny pieces. I’m no longer the Vivian you think you know…I’m the remnant of Lord of Shadows and who am I actually?   All right, enough of the drama. I must admit…Cassandra Clare’s wri...

Pirate of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales Directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Starring : Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush Oh my gosh…I went to watch Pirate of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tale today…and it’s so good!!! I love every moment of it and especially the ending!!!! The ending!!!! So many feelings!!!! How can you blame me? I’m all Elizabeth & Will shipper!!!!!!! Right…so about the movie…from the beginning of the story, we’re going to see the first appearance of Will and Elizabeth’s son, Henry. He tried to find a way to break his father’s curse of being the captain of the Flying Dutchman…as you know, it grew horrible seaweed on his handsome face.   Sorry…point taken. After that, the movie skips to 9 years later, and apparently, the famous pirate Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner’s son turns out to be…nobody…just someone in a large crew of the England Navy, some nude believing t...

A Court of Wings and Ruin By Sarah J Maas      “Night Triumphant- and the Stars Eternal.” If he was the sweet, terrifying darkness, I was the glittering light that only his shadows could make clear.”   Are you ready for destruction??? If not, please turn around and leave this review, if you’re ready? Then let’s prepare to hear Vivian screaming throughout the entire review!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE END OF THE SERIES???? THIS. IS. THE. END!!!!!!   The finale battle is about to begin!!!! I love every single moment of this book and there is no way that I’ll hate it. So, of course, here you go, all the stars you can ever get. I can’t believe now I have to wait for another year to get a new one. Just kill me.   For those who follow me on the Bookstagram, and did actually follow my recent stories…you’ll find me driven mad by this book. I’ve preorder it like about March? And yet…I get it almost five days after the book was relea...

Sailors, Ships & Seas           I never reveal the news here—I got my first and ever Owlcrate box at February!!!! I’ve waited for so long to purchase one of them and I did!!! Finally!!!! I’ll post a full unboxing post after I receive my whole three box, which are February, March and May…while…since they got contemporary for April, I skipped that box. Just wait and see!!! Or, if you can’t wait to see those beautiful, gorgeous boxes, just visit my Bookstagram account and see my current theme—Owlcrate unboxing. I just love those items. (And to tell you a secret, there will also be another type of box soon!!! In May!!! For my most anticipated book of 2017!!!!)   Now, since you’ll have to wait for a month until you read the unboxing post, let start with something interesting, perhaps…the bookish tag created by Owlcrate?