It’s Monday! What Are You Reading This Week? This is a weekly event to list the books completed last week, the books currently being read, and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Sheila from One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books so stop by and join in! On the Blog: Last week […]
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Top Ten Fall TBR
I’m a little early for this weeks Top Ten Tuesday, but with a feature week coming up, I figured a little early never hurt anyone. Anyways, here are the books I am most looking forward to reading this Fall, counting both new releases and the books on the top of my TBR pile. 1. Rage […]
Read the rest of this entry »What Miri Larendaughter Means To me
Warning: This post contains spoilers from both Princess Academy books. You can find my review of Palace of Stone, here. In celebration of the release day of Palace of Stone, the second Princess Academy book, I wanted to talk a bit about what the main character Miri means to me. There has never been a […]
Read the rest of this entry »My favorite books: Growing Up Edition
Reading Princess Academy this week brought on a lot of memories of some of the favorite books I had as a kid that had the same effect on me as Shannon Hale’s wonderful novel. So, as a quick Saturday post, here are some of my favorite books from when I was growing up. I see […]
Read the rest of this entry »Creative Bookshelf Ideas
I’m not really one for Pinterest. The name is clever and there are some great ideas on that website, but it never managed to suck me in. Still, when I decided to do a post on some fantastically creative bookshelf ideas it was definitely the place to look. So now, I present to you, 9 […]
Read the rest of this entry »Top Ten Most Vivid Worlds/Settings
Presenting my top ten most vivid worlds & settings! Brought to you by The Broke & The Bookish. To mix things up a bit, this week we’re going with a countdown. 10. Anna & The French Kiss- Anna was such a great character to see Paris through, she really brought the city alive. I was […]
Read the rest of this entry »Sundays in bed with books (07/22)
This is absolutely a Sunday for reading! Last night around 1am I finished Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari so that’s one checked off the list. I’m trying not to have a million different books on the go all the time, but it never seems to work out that way so I wouldn’t be surprised if […]
Read the rest of this entry »A mini hiatus…
Today marks my third big trip since I graduated at the end of April. It has been fantastic, but the downside is that I’m all kinds of behind. Since returning from BEA over a week ago I have finished count em (it)… one book! So I definitely don’t have scores of reviews waiting in the […]
Read the rest of this entry »IMM BEA Favorites Part 3 & 4
Part 3- Non Fiction Favorites Wait: The Art & Science of Delay by Frank Partnoy Mmm, psychology. I love books that try to explain why we do the things we do. Frank Partnoy’s Wait wants to have a look at delaying your decisions etc. rather than going with your gut, which is something I’d love […]
Read the rest of this entry »A bit of a reading rut
Lately I’ve noticed that my average rating for reviews has dropped by a star. The reason for it… I just haven’t been wowed by anything lately and am feeling pretty blah about it. (My next review is a four star, but I wrote that awhile ago). Not to say I haven’t enjoyed any of these […]
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