As a 9-year-old I loved the Goosebumps series and now, as a 29-year-old several times over I decided to reread this favored series of old. Welcome to Dead House made me feel my actual age. What I Liked I recalled R.L. Stine having a tendency to play with my mind; working myself up to know […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: When reading a book, do you use a bookmark to mark your place in the book, or do you just fold over the top corner of the page? Answer I always use a bookmark. It is sinful to dog-ear a book Hosted by Rose City Reader […]
End of Watch by Stephen King is the end of the Bill Hodges Trilogy I very much enjoyed the first two in the series and looked forward to reading the last installment. One year after its release I am finally getting around to reading it. All my favorite characters returned one last time. Jerome and […]
Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is upon us and I am ready to get started. I’m currently recovering from a sinus infection and have the rare occasion of having the house to myself, the perfect excuse to kick back in my sweats and read all day! Opening Meme 1) What fine part of the world are […]
Almost two years ago I became a Pescetarian. A Pescetarian refrains from eating all meat with the exception of fish. My aunt has maintained this diet since she was sixteen and it fulfilled my mother’s worry about me getting my B12. When people ask why I became a vegetarian/pescatarian my answer is “I wouldn’t want […]
I am so excited to start one of my favorite readathons — FrightFall Readathon hosted by Michelle at The True Book Addict Our hostess says: We start at 12:00am central time on October 1st and end at 11:59pm central time on October 31st. (There is now a handy link to a time zone converter […]
My tbr is getting out of control. My books are are closing in on one another. It is time take action and remind myself of all those goodies on my shelf. To get motivated I started a meme, To Be Read Thursday. Each week, I will highlight one book that has been on my tbr […]
My tbr is getting out of control. It is time take action and remind myself of all those goodies on my shelf. To get motivated I started a meme, TBR Thursday. Each week, I will highlight one book that I physically own, be it arc, bought, paperback or ebook and is on my tbr. It could have […]
Bloggiesta is here (September 21 – 24) and just in time! I need to get some scheduling done which is what I hope to spend the majority of my time this weekend. schedule To Be Read Thursday Posts participate in one mini-challenge participate in one twitter chat
In Circling the Sun I was expecting more Meryl than Beryl. Perhaps this was due to the mention of Karen Blixen. Instead, I received a mix of Out of Africa and Seabiscuit. I thought the focus on Beryl’s love of horses was interesting and was glad that it did not deviate too far into her […]