Books that are hard to get off the brain if it be because they were so good, so scary, so unique or whatever they were to make them stay on your mind weeks, months, or even years after reading them! Welcome to the YA-Aholic meme 'Still on my Mind' a meme to highlight those unforgettable reads!

The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams

There can only be one allegiance. It’s her time to choose.

Some humans can see the fae. McKenzie Lewis can track them, reading the shadows they leave behind. But some shadows lead to danger. Others lead to lies.

A Houston college student trying to finish her degree, McKenzie has been working for the fae king for years, tracking vicious rebels who would claim the Realm. Her job isn’t her only secret. For just as long, she’s been in love with Kyol, the king’s sword-master—and relationships between humans and fae are forbidden.

But any hope for a normal life is shattered when she’s captured by Aren, the fierce and uncompromising rebel leader. He teaches her the forbidden fae language and tells her dark truths about the Court, all to persuade her to turn against the king. Time is running out, and as the fight starts to claim human lives, McKenzie has no choice but to decide once and for all whom to trust and where she ultimately stands in the face of a cataclysmic civil war.

Why is this read still on my mind?

I read The Shadow Reader back in 2013 and it was my 4th favorite book read that year,it was such an amazing read from start to finish. It had in depth characters, a love triangle that was done well and had me loving both of the love interests, there was action, betrayal, comedy, and most importantly it had a main character that was very strong, yet never afraid to be vulnerable. This is one of those books that I loved so much that I actually haven't read book 2 or 3 🙈 Sometimes when I love a book so much, it takes myself years to pick up the 2nd book because I don't want it to ruin what a great experience I had in book one.

What book (s) are still on your mind?

Books that are hard to get off the brain if it be because they were so good, so scary, so unique or whatever they were to make them stay on your mind weeks, months, or even years after reading them! Welcome to the YA-Aholic meme 'Still on my Mind' a meme to highlight those unforgettable reads!

Mageri series-Read June 2013

Zoë Merrick lived an ordinary life until the night she was brutally attacked. She narrowly escapes death, rescued by Adam Razor, an ex-soldier who offers her friendship and a place to stay. But something else is different. Zoë is unable to control an unexplainable energy coursing through her body.

Justus De Gradi is a man who can teach her that control. She meets him by chance - a man who's handsome, arrogant, and not entirely human. He reveals that she's a Mage - an immortal made of light, not magic. Zoë must now make a choice: Rebuild her life in the human world with the man who saved her, or live with Justus and learn how to use her extraordinary gifts. Justus has sworn an oath to protect her life, but can he guard her from the one man who has a right to claim it?
Zoë learns the price of freedom...and the value of loyalty.

Hello book lovers!! Today I am excited to announce that I will be re starting up the 'Still on my mind' meme! For any of you that have been around for years this was a meme I did years ago and I loved it! So with that said I will be bringing it back! Details are down below!

Every Thursday I (and you too if you want!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' 

What will the posts look like?

That is really up to you!! What they should have though is

• The summary of the book (off of goodreads or amazon or whatever!)  
• Make sure you tell us why it is still on your mind, was it super amazing? Super Unique? Super Scary?! Whatever it may be please share! (:

Are there requirements?

Ah not too many but, yes there is!

• I would ask that you please credit me somewhere in the post
• Don't do something different with the meme
• Try to post on Thursdays, or at least close to Thursday(Wednesday or Friday) (:

Other Details

Once I post my Still on my Mind post you can comment and leave a link to your Still on my Mind post, you don't have to, but this way I can check out your post AND I can put a link in my post to YOUR post, so anyone else that wants to see other people's Still on my Mind posts can! :D 

Why do I want to do this meme??

I feel this is a great way to recommend really awesome books to other book lovers that might not be brand new releases! (:


Want to check out all the 'Still on my Mind' posts I have done so far? CLICK HERE

Welcome to the 6th 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I will feature a book that I read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

Ahh time to get back into doing these regularly! :D 

The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa
Read: Over a year ago in July 2011



To cold faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought.

Then Meghan Chase--a half human, half fey slip of a girl--smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive.

With the unwelcome company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end--a quest to find a way to honor his vow to stand by Meghan's side.

To survive in the Iron Realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. And along the way Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.

It is so crazy to think it was over a year ago that I finished the best series ever!!!! The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa is hands down my favorite series of books, the series consists of everything I love in a book, romance, action, adventure, struggle, friendship, and on top of that  Julie's writing is AMAZING (and did I mention it's about fae?!!) This series is one that I will re-read many times in the years to come and I am so sad that it ended! (thank goodness for a spin-off series Julie Kagawa is doing! :D) To this day I still think about this series constantly! (: 

Welcome to the 5th 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

Ahh this is a few days late guys, I'm so sorry!!! I have been insanely busy the last few days ): But better late than never right? :/ 

Going too far by Jennifer Echols
Read: Over a year ago! Back in April of 2011 (:

Ahh this was my first Jennifer Echols read and WOW did I love it!!!! I am normally not a huge fan of contemporary novels, but this one just blew me out of the park. I couldn't put it down for the life of me! (: Reading this book really opened up my love for a good contemporary novel. I loved the characters, I loved the tension, I just loved this whole book! 

• The Romance Bookie
• My Vintage Bookshelf
• Le Grande Codex
• Emily's Crammed Bookshelf
• Written by Brittan

Welcome to the third 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

I adored this book so so much! It had, action, romance, suspense, inner conflict, and tons of other things that people (or at least me! ha)  look for in an amazing novel! I remember the night I read this book I was just cruising through the kindle store and found Unlovable, it had just came out and I thought it sounded good! I bought it, then read it in one sitting!! I could not put the book if my life depended on it!  It was SO good. After I finished the book, all I wanted to do was pick it up again and start from the beginning! Almost a year later and I am still kind of obssesing over this book. I have been checking up on book two like crazy and cannot wait for it to come out! OH and did I mention that Unlovable got picked up by an indie movie company!? Ya you heard me right, Unlovable is going to be made into a MOVIE!!!! (: 

• Romance Bookie
• Le Grande Codex
• Emily's Crammed Bookshelf
• Cover 2 Cover
• Little Miss BookWorm
• The Book to my Heart
• Project Read and Review

Leave a comment with a link to your still on my mind post, and I'll add you to the list!

Welcome to the third 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

First book in the Leaving Paradise series

Purchase Leaving Paradise:Amazon.Amazon UK.B&N.TBD

Nothing has been the same since Caleb Becker left a party drunk, got behind the wheel, and hit Maggie Armstrong. Even after months of painful physical therapy, Maggie walks with a limp. Her social life is nil and a scholarship to study abroad—her chance to escape everyone and their pitying stares — has been canceled.

After a year in juvenile jail, Caleb’s free . . . if freedom means endless nagging from a transition coach and the prying eyes of the entire town. Coming home should feel good, but his family and ex-girlfriend seem like strangers.

Caleb and Maggie are outsiders, pigeon-holed as "criminal" and "freak." Then the truth emerges about what really happened the night of the accident and, once again, everything changes. It’s a bleak and tortuous journey for Caleb and Maggie, yet they end up finding comfort and strength from a surprising source: each other.

Swoon worthy quote from Leaving Paradise!

"Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze.
"Yeah," I say.
"Why?"
I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be.." 

A year later and I am still so in love with this book. I know tons of people love Simone Elkeles Perfect Chemistry series. But I can easily say I love her Leaving Paradise series SO much more. I am normally not one to even like contemporary novels that much, but this one easily blew me away! Leaving Paradise has one of the best romances I have ever read, the romance between Caleb and Maggie was heartwarming, and heartbreaking all in one. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an amazing romance, or a great contemporary read! (: (I seriously think I may read this again when I get off work...it was SO good!!)

• Cover2Cover
• RomanceBookie
• Le Grande Codex
• In Between the Pages (Shawn Maravel, author of The Wanderer)
• The Book to my Heart
• Pages of Forbidden Love
• Splash of our Worlds

Leave a comment with a link to your still on my mind post, and I'll add you to the list!

Welcome to the first 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

This week the book that is still on my mind is...

The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman

Formats Available: Hardback/Paperback/Ebook

Purchase The Foretelling: Amazon . Amazon UK . Book Depo

Rain is a girl of the Amazon tribe of women warriors, the daughter of Queen Alina, living in a time of blood and fear. As the future leader of her people, she must seek and hold fast to her inner warrior. But amid the horrors of the battlefield, Rain is startled and mystified by the first stirrings of mercy towards the enemy, men within her. What she encounters along the poignant and harrowing path toward her destiny a kind young man, a strange recurrent prophecy, and a condemned baby brother lead her, against odds, to forge mercy, love, and peace.

Why this is still on my mind?

I read this book when I was 14 (roughly 6 years ago), back then I never read a book and enjoyed it. The only time I read books was when it was required for a project. I don't know what made me pick up The Foretelling, but I am so glad I did. I was obsessed with this book, I read it in one day, and then read it again a few weeks later! I have read this book a total of about 5 times, and although if I re-read it now maybe it wouldn't be a favorite, it is Still on my Mind for being the one book that caught my attention when no books could. After reading The Foretelling I also read Alice Hoffman's book Green Angel, which I also ended up loving! I will have to re-read this soon and review it for you guys I think, I am curious to see if I still would like it as much (: 

Check out other people's 'Still on my Mind' posts!

Leave a comment with a link to your post so I can add it! (:
~The Romance Bookie
~Cover2Cover
~Le Grande Codex
~Splash of our Worlds
~Bethany Lopez (author of Ta Ta for Now!)
~RavenFic
~Reading is in my Blood
~In Between the Pages (Shawn Maravel, author of The Wanderer)
~Book Addict

Welcome to the first 'Still on my Mind' post over here at YA-Aholic! Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' I hope you join in! If you want to find out more about Still on my Mind meme click here!

This week the book that is still on my mind is...

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Available formats:Hardback/Paperback/Ebook

It happened like this.

I was stolen from an airport.
Taken from everything I knew,
everything I was used to.
Taken to sand and heat, dirt
and danger. And he expected
me to love him. This is my story.

A letter from nowhere.

Why this is still on my mind?

I read Stolen about over a year ago, and it blew my mind. I had never read anything like it, it was one of those reads that just enveloped me until the very end. It is written as a letter to her captor, so whenever she referred to Ty (captor) she would say 'you' the whole writing of this story was very unique. Stolen was a beautiful read and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for something that is different,captivating, and beautiful! (:

Check out other people's 'Still on my Mind' posts!

Leave a comment with a link to your post so I can add it! (:

~Splash of Our Worlds

~The Romance Bookie

~Elizabeth Isaacs (author of Asteria!)
~Shawn Maravel (author of The Wanderer!)
~Cover2Cover

~Ravenfic
~Little Miss Bookworm
~Delibrarie
~The Book to my Heart
~Book Love 101
~Reading is in my Blood
~Le' Grande Codex

What's still on your mind?!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you back again next week! :D

HEY BOOK BEAUTIES!!! Today I have an exciting meme I want to tell you about that I am going to start running every Thursday, it is called Still on my Mind and this is how it will work..

• Every Thursday I (and hopefully you too!) will feature a book that you read months or even YEARS ago that was so good (or so scary/unique/funny..etc) that it is 'Still on my (your) Mind!' 

What will the posts look like?

That is really up to you!! What they should have though is

• The summary of the book (off of goodreads or amazon or whatever!)  
• Make sure you tell us why it is still on your mind, was it super amazing? Super Unique? Super Scary?! Whatever it may be please share! (:

Are there requirements?

Ah not too many but, yes there is!

• I would ask that you please credit me somewhere in the post
• Don't do something different with the meme
• Try to post on Thursdays, or at least close to Thursday(Wednesday or Friday) (:

 Those are the only requirements, I did make a button for the meme that you may use (it would be cool if you did:P) but your don't have to use it (:

Other Details

Once I post my Still on my Mind post PLEASE comment and leave a link to your Still on my Mind post, you don't have to, but this way I can check out your post AND I can put a link in my post to YOUR post, so anyone else that wants to see other people's Still on my Mind posts can! :D 

Why do I want to do this meme??

I feel this is a great way to recommend really awesome books to other book lovers! (:

Hopefully I will see some of you back here tomorrow for the first 'Still on my Mind' post! :D