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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon is approaching! April 21st will be filled with non-stop (hopefully) reading. Even though I’m not “hard core” I look forward to this each year and feels like a motivational plan to get my reading into order. Then on Monday, April 23rd Michelle at Castle Macabre is hosting the Spring Into Horror […]
Even in Jane Austen’s time there were book reviews. Here are a few thoughts her peers had on her works. Sense and Sensibility Published: 1811 Sense and Sensibility was criticized the status of women down to the price of tea. In the end people were torn down the middle either by her portrayal of realism […]