New Releases I Meant to Read in 2016
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New Releases in 2017
Hosted by The Broke and the BookishWhile I still have too many books on my shelves that need to be read first, I can never resist a new release. Here are a few I’m looking forward to in 2017. Save Save Save Save Save
Authors I Read For The First Time In 2016
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Five Authors I’d Read Again Ariel Lawhon — I read The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress this year thanks to an earlier approval from Netgalley. I loved how she effortlessly switched from different voices and has a gift for keeping the reader in suspense. Agatha Christie — […]
Holiday Gifts for Janeites
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish No Janeite should be without a copy of the 1995 adaptation Colin Firth and Jennifer Elle are my favorite Darcy/Elizabeth pairing and is a must for any collection If you’d like to be a bit more obvious with your devotion an Austen Fan Necklace is sure to […]
Books I’m Thankful For
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish In the Woods by Tana French — Really I love the whole Dublin Murder Squad series but Into the Woods was my introduction to police procedurals which are now my go-to for mysteries now. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling — These books were my childhood and I cannot […]
Favorite Harry Potter Movie Moments
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish You’re a Wizard Harry This is where the magic begins Pretty much any scene with professor Lockheart Kenneth Branagh is fantastic as Pompus Gildaroy Lockheart. Snape filling in Prof Lupin. “Turn to page 394 is my favorite line in all eight movies. I love Alan Rickman’s delivery of […]
The Best and the Worst Book Club Selections
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Over the past 9 years I have been in several book groups and to be honest the majority of the selections were not to my taste. Just last month, I finally bowed out realizing that I should be reading books I actually want to read. For this Top […]
Seven 2014 Bookish Goals
Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Read review books in timely manner and post review accordingly Schedule reviews Comment on five blogs a day Two must be on book reviews Read at least ten books on my tbr that have been there for six months or more Read 100 books Life gets busy, […]
Top Ten Scary Book Covers
Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Psycho by Robert Bloch The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Night Of The Living Dead (Goosebumps #7) by R.L. Stine It by Stephen King Thinner by Stephen King Annabelle by Ruby Jean Jensen Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Cage of Bones […]
Top Eleven Book Turn Offs
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 […]