So I’m going to try another TBR Pile Challenge. This one’s a bit different, because I have to read at least 12 books that were published December 31, 2012 or earlier. The best part? If you complete the challenge, you’ll be entered to win a $50 GC to Amazon or Book Depository! The READ MORE
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LINK-UP | BOUT OF BOOKS READ-A-THON
I just came across this awesome idea while perusing Books of Amber’s blog post. I hadn’t heard of this particular Read-A-Thon before, but I think it’s a really fun idea! Here’s the deal: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It READ MORE
BOOKISH SURVEY | CAST AN HP SPELL – PART 2
Here’s Part 2 of the HP Spell Survey created and hosted by Flip That Page. In case you missed Part 1, here’s what it’s all about, in the words of its creator (aka Jasmine): “So how does it work? Basically, it’s a survey of sorts, where I give you a certain spell from the READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | RIVERS OF LONDON – BEN AARONOVITCH
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAYS | JANUARY 1, 2014
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? I haven’t managed to get through a lot of READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2013
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Books I Read in 2013” you know, just to keep things easy. I didn’t read a TON of books that were actually published in 2013, so I’m going to include a couple that I’ve only read part of but not finished. READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THE RAVEN BOYS – MAGGIE STIEFVATER
“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | INSURGENT – VERONICA ROTH
One choice can transform you, or destroy you. Every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves, and herself, while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. – Goodreads description —— **WARNING: READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | DIVERGENT – VERONICA ROTH
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAYS | NOVEMBER 27, 2013
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? This week may be just a little bit boring… because READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THE NATURALS – JENNIFER LYNN BARNES
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAYS | NOVEMBER 19, 2013
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? This week may be just a little bit boring… READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THE SURVIVAL GIRLS – MING HOLDEN
In the summer of 2011, writer, artist, and development worker Ming Holden journeyed to Kenya with the goal of creating a performance with refugee girls for World Refugee Day. At the end of her seven weeks there, she had founded the Survival Girls, a theater group comprised of six Congolese refugee women ages 18-23 READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | CUPCAKES, TRINKETS, AND OTHER DEADLY MAGIC – MEGHAN CIANA DOIDGE
If you’d asked me a week ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders — the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and uneventful. Just the way I liked it. READ MORE
Score! What I Got in the BD 25-Hour Sale
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Book Depository sale time!!! I can’t even tell you how excited I get. I’m like a kid on Christmas morning. Only even more excited! Here’s what I scored in the sale: I hadn’t ever heard of this, but man, I’m so excited! Vampires! Steampunk! Jack the Ripper! READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SEQUELS I CAN’T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait to Get My Hands On. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t really do series all that often. I’m more of a stand-alone book girl. But I have gotten sucked into a few. I’m going to include READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN SCARIEST BOOK COVERS/BOOKS TO READ ON HALLOWEEN
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Scariest Book Covers or Top Ten Books to Read on Halloween. As a new devotee to Top Ten Tuesday, I wasn’t around last year for the latter, so I’m going to do some of each. Top Ten Scariest Book READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | FANGIRL – RAINBOW ROWELL
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . . But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what READ MORE