Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read Q: What book (or TV show or movie) have you not read that seemingly everyone else has? A: Divergent by Veronica Roth, Or so it appears by the long wait list at the library. With the release of a movie in 2014 I have a feeling […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Dog-eared pages — its just sacrilegious paranormal subject matter Cartoon drawings on book covers — for some reason I associate them with supermarket trash erotica food spills on pages (although I am sometimes guilty of this) ripped pages/book covers (I like my book in pristine condition) cutesy animal […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Wicked by Gregory Maguire — I know this is already a play but I would love to see an Oz movie that hasn’t been butchered (excluding the ’39 adaptation of course) The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak — This is such a heart-breaking movie and if done right […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Before I state my top ten I’d like to note that I haven’t been in school for quite some time so some of these could be taught in school without my realization. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak– an emotional (fictional) novel on the Holocaust. Unlike Anne Frank’s […]
I found the A-Z Meme at The Perpetual Page-Turner (Jamie has the greatest surveys) and as I was bored and looking for “filler” while I was away I thought I’d have some fun and fill it out Author you’ve read the most books from: Carolyn Keene, at least that’s what Goodreads says. To figure it […]
June has come to a close, we’ve made it half way through the year and what have I accomplished? I’ll be doing so with this fun meme I found at Stuck in a Book Number of Books Read 33 Number of Books Bought 5 (incredible huh?) Number of Books from Library 16 Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio 30 […]
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: What is your favourite opening sentence from a […]
Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read Activity: Spine Poetry. Create a line of poetry with your book spines (take a picture). Not feeling creative? Tell us about your favorite poem. Okay, I’m breaking the rules a bit by not including a picture (most of these books are on my kindle) but I […]
Q: Have you broken up with a series? If so which one and why? A: Twilight, I loved the first three books but Breaking Dawn had me saying what? Bella finally broke a nail and got under my skin, it ended too perfectly, and that birthing scene was just wrong. It’s not you, it’s […]
Q: What blogger would you most like to meet in real life? Tell us about him or her. A: This is a really hard question. On my Armchair BEA self-interview I listed a few of my favorite bloggers all of whom I would love to meet because of their kindness, and passion for reading, but […]