I had a recent conversation with a blogger friend of mine that inspired me to write this post. Essentially, the conversation was about how she comments on a few blogs a good bit and never once has the bloggers behind those blogs responded back. She knew those bloggers would be at an author event she … Continue reading »
While I primarily read YA literature, I do have a deep, deep love for memoirs written by funny, quirky women who have a lot to say. I also love books that maybe speak of issues that are close to my heart, but present a different viewpoint. I also love a book about the South or … Continue reading »
Next week the movie adaptation of Beautiful Creatures comes out and I am super excited. The other weekend I watched The Perks of Being a Wallflower at the college where I work’s theater. I’ve gone to midnight showings of both New Moon, Eclipse, and HP6 (I know, nothing to brag about). I would have given … Continue reading »
I just went CUHRAZY on my library’s Overdrive site, adding e-books to my wish list, checking out all the new things they’ve added. I must say, I really REALLY love that libraries are starting to offer e-books for our Kindles, Nooks, and other various reading devices, as well as audiobooks that we can download to … Continue reading »
So today I was supposed to review “The List” by Siobhan Vivian. However, after going out to dinner last night and having THE MOST AWKWARD TIME EVER, I decided that a) enough people have read this book and don’t need me to review it and b) it would be a good time to have this … Continue reading »
If you’ll recall, my dad had surgery just over a month ago (he’s doing very well, in case you’re wondering) and while we were visiting him at the hospital, my aunt (his sister) and her two daughters (ages like 10/11 and 8ish) came to visit him as well. Since the girls were too young to … Continue reading »
One of the biggest comments (and criticisms) that I often use and see in book reviews is that certain scenes, characters, themes, etc. “feel Twilighty*.” (This post was inspired by Reutreads – check her out!) Twilighty (adj) – refers to Twilight by Stephenie Meyer; similar or like Twilight I’m sure at one point in time … Continue reading »
I’m a little bored at work right now so that means I’m surfing the web for fun stuff. I’ve been thinking about my Kindle and how I STILL don’t have a cover for it, so I thought I’d look for some awesome covers. Here are a few I’m considering: Doctor Who Cover Is this not … Continue reading »
