Hey y'all! I wanted to wrap up my Spookathon. I am so proud of myself because I completed my TBR and all of the challenges! If you have been following me for any length of time, you will know that I am not a TBR kinda girl and I almost never complete readthons with challenges. … Continue reading Spookathon and Dewey’s 24 hour Readathon Wrap Up
Hey y'all!! I thought I would switch back to a Friday Reads as I get back into the swing of things. I have about five books that I want to make progress in or complete this weekend. Since it will be a rainy weekend and Dewey's 24 hour Readathon is this weekend, I think I … Continue reading Friday Reads Oct. 19 and Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon TBR
While Mrs May is checking her students’ homework, she notices that Jet hasn’t managed to write down the letters of the alphabet. Instead of providing a familiar excuse, Jet offers Mrs May an elaborate story about how every letter happened to leave his page while he was walking to school that morning. The Day That … Continue reading Picture Book Review: The Day That A Ran Away by B.C.R. Fegan
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a … Continue reading Big Book Review: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve … Continue reading Fresh Ink Anthology Edited by Lamar Giles
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in … Continue reading Book Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Hey y'all! Today I'm finally doing the Mid-year Book Freakout Tag. I did this last year and I'm excited to get to do it again. Let's see my responses to these questions. Best book you've read so far in 2018 The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne (review)- This book was just so good and … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag
Hey y'all! I had a really awesome reading week last week, as I push to make it to 100 books by the end of the month. I enjoyed pretty much everything I read and found a new favorite classic, so yeah excellent reading week. What I Recently Finished Circe by Madeline Miller - I finished … Continue reading What I Read and Weekly TBR
Hey y'all today I wanted to do a review of two of Madeline Miller's most popular books: The Song of Achilles and Circe. I recently read both of these and loved one and thoroughly enjoyed the other. The legend begins... Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to … Continue reading Mash-up Review: Madeline Miller
Hey y'all! Today I'm doing my weekly update post. I was in a terrible reading slump last week but I read a book that finally pulled me out of it and I'm back rolling. I think I had a little burnout from reading so many books this year. I will give all my mid-year stats … Continue reading What I Read and Weekly TBR
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