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 […]
Today marks the first day of spring, (although you’d never know it) it’s cold and windy and I try to avoid going out at all costs. Despite the nonexistence of spring weather it is time for Carl’s Once Upon A Time Challenge. The challenge runs through March 21 – June 21 with the goal being […]
Director: Sam Raimi Writers: Mitchell Kapner (screenplay), David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay), L. Frank Baum (series) Stars: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz Release Date: March 8, 2013 A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches. I saw Oz on Thursday, despite horrid reviews […]
Fairest was a cross between Singin’ in the Rain and Snow White. Debbie Reynolds must lip-sync for a silent picture star and with the transition to talkies her annoying voice would ruin her career. Of course, Jean Hagen is exposed as a fraud and Debbie is hailed. The only difference is that Aza snags a […]
I was frequenting my local Barnes and Noble, browsing through the bookshelves. This guy comes up to me and starts conversing, what do you do? What kind of books do you like etc. He told me his name (which I promptly forgot) and after a few minutes he says he has to go meet his […]