Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Faithful Place by Tana French: I started this earlier in the year and for whatever reason set it down, I’d like to pick it back up by year’s end. Broken Harbor by Tana French: to continue my love of the Dublin Murder Squad series Wives and Daughters by […]
I loved Snow White when I was little, I dressed up as her on a regular basis, held Snow White themed birthday parties and learned how to work a VCR (yes I’m that old) and when I wasn’t watching it, I could recite it word for word. Okay, so I was obsessed with Snow White […]
The Fairy Tale Read-a-Thon hosted by Debz Bookshelf is starting in a few hours, a whole week dedicated to fairy tales. Have I ever mentioned that I was a huge Snow White fan growing up? Thanks to Disney, I think Snow White is by far the best and most under appreciated Princess there is, but […]
The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The post for the month will go up on the main page of this blog on the 2nd of the month, and you’ll have all month to respond over at your blog. Q: Do you love Jane Austen or want to […]
I loved the Janie books when I was younger. I first read The Face on the Milk Carton when I was 10 (so 1995) but it was first published in 1990. Notice that I said 1990. Caroline B. Cooney released the fifth and last Janie book this year, Janie is now 20 and in college […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish I don’t normally read series but when I do it is usually young adult. I’d also like to note that most of these series are technically trilogies or just include a sequel.) Prophecy of Oz by Megan Shan (release date August 2013 planned trilogy) I pretty much […]
Splintered has a pretty cover. That’s about the only good thing I can say about it. Splintered is the story of Alyssa, the great-great-great granddaughter of Alice Liddell who has totally fucked over any future female relations with her trip down the rabbit hole. Alyssa’s mother Allison is currently in an asylum, dressing in the […]
This is what I had hope to read in February: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling The Knight of Maison-Rouge by Alexandre Dumas Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Oliver […]
Last week I was describing the Lunar series to my mom. Cinder description: “So, Cinder is futuristic with Cinderella qualities. There’s an empress who wants to control all and sets her three-year old niece on fire in her crib to get her out-of-the-way. She has like 4th degree burns but is saved from the fire and […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish I’m going to start by saying I love all these authors dearly but I am not one to run out and buy books on their release date. Although, the below author’s novels always end up on my bookshelf/ereader. Tana French — I love her Dublin Murder Squad series. […]