Currently Reading: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin What I read in March: Splintered by A.G. Howard Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney Snow White by Brothers Grimm Fairest by Gail Carson Levine Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem by Melissa Lemon Snow in […]
Snow in Summer, (which is actually the poor girl’s name) begins with the burial site of her mother and stillborn brother. Her father is distraught, and any happiness Snow may have had is over with her widowed father going into a five year depression. Every evening, Daddy goes to his wife’s grave site and one […]
I completed three challenges in March and decided that instead creating three separate posts I’m globing them into one. Young Adult Reading Challenge hosted by My Overstuffed Bookshelf My Level: The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels. 1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling2. Farmer Boy by Laura […]
Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem is an interesting take on the classic Snow White because it is told from the Magic Mirror’s perspective, looking over Snow White like an overprotective Father. As a baby Snow White, or Cat as she is known in this rendition flees from the Evil Queen with her oh […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish In not particular order: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: the best intellectual romance out there. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: Beautiful vivid writing with an engrossing, epic story Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: I love anything by this author but this in particular has great […]
Since the beginning of the year, I have been thinking about doing “weekly wrap-ups” and just haven’t been able to make up my mind. Despite the fact that I have seen It’s Monday, What Are You Reading posts (hosted by Sheila at Book Journey) I’ve finally decided to partake and use the meme as my weekly wrap-up […]
Fanda at Fanda Classiclit is hosting a month long event in April to celebrate Emile Zola — Zoladdiction. Emile Zola is an author I have heard about but not yet tried. I blame his daunting Les Rougon-Macquart. Anyway, I’ve decided to join in, and there are three levels to play along. 1st level: Maheude (reading 1 book) 2nd level: Gervaise (reading […]
After a weekend of having my blog under construction Bloggiesta has come to an end. I always have a blast with this event and gives me a HUGE burst of motivation. Here is a breakdown of what I accomplished. Friday, Day One completed rating system and updated posts to correspond. update challenge page decided on […]
I’d like to make an announcement! I’ve decided to go with Bloglovin as my Google Reader replacement. You can find my feed here. (or hit the big follow button underneath/or the blue+ on my sidebar. I think that wordness just about does it. That is all. Follow
It’s Bloggiesta time! I missed the mini-bloggiesta in February so am super excited to be participating this weekend. Blogger recently ate my sidebar, so while I “recreated it” did do a little spring cleaning but there is still much I’d like to do! My to do list: work on rating system write reviews for Snow […]