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
Month: October 2013
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN CHARACTER NAMES
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Character Names I Love (or Unusual Character Names). This is going to be interesting, folks! 1. Thursday Next from The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde I haven’t read the whole book yet, but this name is one of my faves READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING – ROBYN SCHNEIDER
Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life. No longer a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN BOOKS I WAS “FORCED” TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Books I Was “Forced” to Read – by anyone, teachers, parents, friends, review commitments… whatever. In my case it never took a lot to get me to read a book, so “forced” might be too strong a word, but these are READ MORE
DEWEY’S 24 HOUR READ-A-THON REPORT
So as you guys know, I participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon for the first time yesterday. Hundreds of other booklovers joined in, either as readers or cheerleaders, posting and commenting on blogs, Instagram and Twitter. I expected to enjoy spending a day reading, and challenging myself to get through as many pages as READ MORE
24-HOUR READ-A-THON STARTING IN T-5 HOURS!
OMG, you guys, I just found out about this and it made my day. No, it made my whole goddamn week. So here’s the story. Dewey’s Read-a-thon takes place twice a year, in October and April. On each of the two selected days, hundreds of book bloggers and reading enthusiasts sign up to read READ MORE
BOOK SWAP!!!!
My friends Katrin and Martha (along with three other awesome ladies) are hosting an amazing swap – Booktober! The idea is to swap books with another blogger – you’ll be paired up with someone who has similar tastes and will be able to chat with them before the swap so you can find an appropriate READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE – LEILA SALES
Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a girl in a band READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST/WORST SERIES ENDERS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders. As I mentioned a couple of TTTs ago, series aren’t really my thing. So this is another challenging one for me – but I’ll do my best! Best: 1. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Obvs. READ MORE
BOOKS ON THE WEB | THE BEST READS OF SEPTEMBER, BARE IT FOR BOOKS, SECRET PASSAGE BOOKSHELVES… AND MORE!
So much booky goodness on the interwebs this week! Here’s some of it: 10 Awesome Secret Passage Book Shelves. Because what book lover hasn’t dreamed about having one of these? (Or a bunch…) Bare It For Books. So remember that movie Calendar Girls? Where the women’s auxiliary posed naked doing crafty things for a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TURN OFFS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is all about turn-offs. Top Ten Book Turn-Offs, that is. Only 10? Aw, shucks. Here are some of mine, in no particular order. 1. Grammar/spelling. The odd mistake is fine, to be expected in fact. I can get past that. God knows, I make READ MORE