This week’s topic on I Swim for Oceans’ weekly “Let’s Talk” link up is: Books That You Value the Most. Buckle up, this could be a very long, long post! There are books I value for their content, for the escape they offered me at a time in my life when I sorely READ MORE
Year: 2013
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
BOOK REVIEW | THE GRAVEYARD BOOK – NEIL GAIMAN
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling 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
WWW WEDNESDAYS | NOVEMBER 6, 2013
This a new link-up (for me, obvs) but I think it’s more my speed than Waiting on Wednesday, because I don’t tend to watch for upcoming titles closely enough to have a new one every single week! This is hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up READ MORE
BOOK DEPOSITORY’S 25-HOUR SALE IS BACK ON NOVEMBER 7TH!
It’s back! One of my favourite online bookstores is having their epic 25 hours of deals, with a new book deal posted every 30 minutes, starting at 7:00 EST (I think that makes it 4:00 PST) on Thursday! This sale is fantastic, you guys. They have awesome books for as little as a 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
BOOK REVIEW | AGENT 21: CODEBREAKER – CHRIS RYAN
Secret agent Zac Darke is back for his third mission – and the stakes have never been higher. An unknown bomber is conducting a terror campaign in London. After an explosion on the tube leaves someone dead, Zac and his team are brought in to try and work out how this terror cell 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
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