Well, it was a slower month for me, reading wise. Work is ramping up, and I haven’t been reading quite as voraciously! This month’s reads were quite varied. I’d say my top pics were probably the Razorland books and Being Henry David – possibly Thirteen Reasons Why. Razorland surprised me – I didn’t expect READ MORE
Author: Rain City Reads
Top Ten Tuesday REWIND! – Books I Just HAD to Buy… But Are Still Sitting On My Bookshelf
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is a REWIND – so I get to pick my own topic from any I’ve missed! Oh, goody! It was tough to pick, but I finally settled on: Books I Just HAD To Buy… But Are Still Sitting On My Bookshelf. Oh, this is READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #8
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
WWW Wednesdays #11
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What am I currently reading? I’ve READ MORE
WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON – John Green & David Levithan
will grayson, meet will grayson One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers cross paths. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, culminating in heroic turns-of-heart and the most epic musical ever to grace the high READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #7
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Will Make You Swoon
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Books That Will Make You Swoon.” I’m not much of a swooner when it comes to books. 1. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Two words: Augustus Waters. ‘Nuff said. 2. City of Bones books by Cassandra Clare So READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #6
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
WWW Wednesdays #9
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What am I currently reading? I READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | SHATTER ME – TAHEREH MAFI
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #5
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
The Fault In Our Stars Trailer!!
I know you’ve probably already seen this, but I am getting excited and wanted to have it on my blog somewhere! Also in case you haven’t seen it yet…. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBvH5J6ss?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] I like the trailer, but I’m still on the fence about the movie. I have given this a lot of thought, and I think READ MORE
WWW Wednesdays #8
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What am I currently reading? I READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | ENCLAVE – ANN AGUIRRE
New York City has been decimated by war and plague, and most of civilization has migrated to underground enclaves, where life expectancy is no more than the early 20s. When Deuce turns 15, she takes on her role as a Huntress, and is paired with Fade, a teenage Hunter who lived Topside as a READ MORE
WWW Wednesdays #7
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What am I currently reading? I READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THE DIVINERS – LIBBA BRAY
Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy READ MORE
LINK-UP | A to Z 2014 READING CHALLENGE HOSTED BY SOCK POPPET AT PLAY
I like the randomness of this challenge. For every letter of the alphabet, a different book element has been picked, and it’s a pretty eclectic mix. Here’s the list: A is for April (the month in which you read the book) – The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski B is for Bathing READ MORE
LINK-UP | READING BINGO – YA AND ORIGINAL – HOSTED BY RETREAT BY RANDOM HOUSE
I am super excited about this challenge! The idea is to get a row, all the outside squares – or the entire card! I’m not clear on whether you can use the same book for more than one square, so I’m going to try to do a different book for each one. But I READ MORE