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
Author: Rain City Reads
Time for a Change!
Wait! Stop! No, you’re not in the wrong place – I’ve just updated my look a little bit! Consider it my blog’s version of a new summer ‘do. I got so tired of my old header which, let’s face it, was just a really bad quality photo of my recently-read shelf. But I’m no genius READ MORE
WWW Wednesday #21
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 did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
Top Ten Tuesday: Books About Friendship
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Books About Friendship.” 1. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green – Tiny and the first Will Grayson is complicated, occasionally acerbic and runs deep.2. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – Don Tillman isn’t the easiest person. READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY – GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Hanging over the porch of the tiny New England bookstore called Island Books is a faded sign with the motto “No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World.” A.J. Fikry, the irascible owner, is about to discover just what that truly means. A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected READ MORE
Life of a Blogger: 101 Things I Love
Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is: 101 Things I Love. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Here they are, in no particular order: My family My cats READ MORE
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Almost Put Down But Didn’t
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn’t.” I really need to start working on these sooner so I give myself more time to think about my answers. 1. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton I think if this hadn’t been so READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #20
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
Life of a Blogger: Pet Peeves
Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is: Pet Peeves. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Oh man. Get me started on my pet peeves and you are going READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS – STEPHANIE PERKINS
*** NOTE: Occasionally I read a YA book that causes me to feel the need to point out that, while I read and review a lot of YA books on this blog, I am, in fact, no longer a young adult. Most of the time this has little bearing on my enjoyment of YA READ MORE
Stacking the Shelves #19
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 Wednesday #19
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 did I recently finish reading READ MORE
The Sunday Review: PRODIGY – Marie Lu
Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic’s most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they READ MORE
Readathon April 26 – Book Selection and Updates
I’ve started my Readathon! I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with my progress rather than creating a bunch of new posts because I want to minimize time away from reading. Here’s the stack of potential books I’ve picked out: 1. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin2. Champion by Marie Lu3. READ MORE
Life of A Blogger: Favourite Music Albums
Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is: Favourite Music Albums. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) I’ve gotta be honest. I don’t really do albums anymore. I also READ MORE
WWW Wednesday #18
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 did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
The Sunday Review: LEGEND – Marie Lu
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is READ MORE
Five Friday Faves: Villains
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week it’s “Favourite Villains.” This one will be a bit tough for me, but I’ll give it my best shot! 1. Voldemort from the READ MORE