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 »
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 »
This discussion stems from a few scenes in The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan that didn’t quite sit well with me and made me a little squeemy feeling. You know, that feeling you get when someone states something that you know is kinda true but you hate the fact that it is true? I should … Continue reading »
Whew! I am on a roll with discussion posts! Okay, 2 in one month doesn’t actually count, but still… I’m currently in the middle of reading Fire by Kristen Cashore and, like Graceling, it’s starting to make me think about female protagonists in today’s young adult literature. However, unlike Graceling, I’m not thinking about the … Continue reading »
