Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: Do you participate in readathons and/or reading challenges? Answer Yes, I love readathons as they always get me motivated and are a great excuse to read all day — not that I need one! As for reading challenges, I do participate in reading challenges but always fail […]
I cannot believe Fates and Furie was Obama’s best book of 2015. Yes, this is a story of marriage but not a realistic one. The majority of the book focused on their sex-life, with Lotto and Mathilde coming off as sex-crazed teenagers and was more information than I needed. Fates and Furies is split into […]
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week I can’t wait for Why I’m Waiting Technically, The Last Tudor came out yesterday, but I am […]
Rules: Grab any book with 394 pages Find a sentence, passage or whatever strikes your fancy Post it and share the link here This week’s page 394 comes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. “Romulus, do you maintain, as you do every time you’ve appeared on our program, that Harry Potter is still alive?” […]
I never thought I’d say it, but I preferred Mandy Moore to Nicholas Sparks. A Walk to Remember was my first foray into Nicholas Sparks and I have to say, I was not impressed. I knew the premise before I began, I knew I was in for a tear-jerker. However, I did not expect the […]
Sunday Post hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer is a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. Off The Blog My aunt arrived yesterday to […]
My TBR Meme is hosted by Michelle at Because Reading, this monthly meme’s purpose to help tackle one’s ever-growing tbr. On the first Saturday of each month participants post three books from their to-read list and allow others to vote on what they should read next. The following Saturday, the winning book is revealed with […]
Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addict Question: Do you ever go “way back” to when you first started blogging and look at your old review posts? Do you see any differences from then to now? Answer My very first review was Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. My goodness, minus a few sentences on […]
Rules: Grab any book with 394 pages Find a sentence, passage or whatever strikes your fancy Post it and share the link here This week’s page 394 comes from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. “Let us speak openly. Why have you come here tonight, surrounded by henchmen, to request a job […]
First Impressions: The Night Sisters is first perceived as a murder/police procedural novel; a genre I eat up — bring it on! Novel Impressions: I have mixed feelings about The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon. Like the The One I Left Behind this novel is told in flashbacks of Amy’s mother Rose and the events […]