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Do You Re-Review

Do You Re-Review

Posted November 29, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 4 Comments

Re-review, is that even a word?  Well it will be for the next few sentences.  By this I mean do you review a book a second time on your blog?  I reread Harry Potter every year but is it necessary to review it again and again and again.  I recently looked back on some of […]

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Happy Birthday Me Read-A-Thon Start Up & Up-dates

Happy Birthday Me Read-A-Thon Start Up & Up-dates

Posted November 10, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

To celebrate her birthday Melissa at Must Read Faster is hosting the Happy Birthday Me Read-A-Thon running through out the weekend.  I’ll be using this post to hold my progress.  The Books: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis  The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by […]

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Two Thons

Two Thons

Posted November 4, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

As of late, I’ve been signing up for read-a-thons and when they approach I drop them due to comintments made in the interim.  These are two I know I can keep. Happy Birthday Me Read-A-Thon hosted by Must Read Faster It’s almost time y’all! That special time that happens every single year…My birthday! Yup, I know you all […]

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November is Epilepsy Awareness Month!

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month!

Posted November 1, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

I am an extremely private person so I really debated writing this post but I think it is a topic that must be addressed.  November is epilepsy awareness month.  This is a very important issue to me as I was diagnosed with the disorder at the age of five.  For twelve years, we struggled with […]

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Harry Potter and Scarlet O’Hara

Harry Potter and Scarlet O’Hara

Posted September 6, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 3 Comments

Summer has always been a slow blogging time for me but as the summer months come to a close I am ready to jump back into the blogging world!  Here are two bookish events that will be filling the last months of the year for me. I started, half-heartedly to reread Gone with the Wind […]

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How Do You Review?

How Do You Review?

Posted April 11, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 10 Comments

As the title states, I ask how do you write your reviews?  Are you a note taker, studying the text meticulously as you read or do you wait until you have finished to sit down and share your thoughts in a collective manner?  I had been a sit down at the conclusion kind of girl […]

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Monthly Reviews

Monthly Reviews

Posted April 5, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 7 Comments

After missing February’s monthly review I began to question, are posts on what I accomplished in said month really necessary?  It is time intensive linking to all reviews and bookish happenings during the month.  It may be just me but these posts can be an emotional roller coaster (of which I hate)  if I read […]

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A Classic Challenge April Prompt: The Cover

A Classic Challenge April Prompt: The Cover

Posted April 4, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 1 Comment

On the fourth of each month Kathrine at November’s Autumn is posting a prompt for the current classic you are reading to coincide with her classics challenge. This month’s prompt is the cover: The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins Level 1What are your first impressions as you look at the cover? I was first struck by calmness […]

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Bloggiesta Starting Post & Updates

Bloggiesta Starting Post & Updates

Posted March 30, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 9 Comments

         Suey at It’s All About Books is hosting Bloggiesta, a weekend long event to spiff up your blog.  My site is in dire need of organization, I feel like the sidebar is getting a little to messy, so this is a great motivator. What I plan on accomplishing: Write review for The Diary […]

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Bloggiesta

Bloggiesta

Posted March 26, 2012 by Whitney in Uncategorized / 3 Comments

  Bloggiesta is hosted by Suey at It’s All About Books March 30 – April 1 For the past two years I have always found out about Bloggiesta after the fact.  This year, thanks to my Google Reader I will be able to participate.   Here’s what you can expect: to spend time that weekend […]

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