My Super Exciting Life My week has been largely uneventful, which, I suppose, is a good thing. My brother came to stay last Sunday night, which was a lot of fun! He ended up coming back to stay again after Thanksgiving dinner. We did a lot of Black Friday shopping and played some Disney Infinity. […]
The past few days have been a flurry of delicious food and this one of my all-time favorites! No-bake peanut butter cookies! Because I am a kind and gracious person (*cough*) I thought I would share the recipe I used for my very first batch ever. No Bake PB Cookies Originally posted at Streaming Gourmet. Prep […]
I don’t have a “real” post for today. Instead, here’s a series of photos of my dog with an ever increasing number of Skylanders on her sleeping body: Happy Thanksgiving!! (enjoy your noms)
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: Describe your favorite book character death scene. Why is it your favorite? Was it a villain or a hero? What […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Rulesby Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié Publication Date: June 23, 2015 Narrated by alternating unreliable narrators, this dark thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. It’s Saw meets I Know What […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR Honestly, I don’t even know how to narrow this down to “Winter TBR” because I basically just have a monster list. And I’m a mood reader. Just because I say something will be read this winter does not make it true. But here’s what I think […]
Title: Atlantis Rising Author: Gloria Craw Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads I am different. I have always been different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and trying to be […]
Title: The Maze Runner (Maze Runner #1) Author: James Dashner Publication Date: October 6, 2009 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 374Add to Goodreads Review for 2 If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are […]
My Super Exciting Life You know that feeling you get when the semester is coming to a close? The one where you just can’t be bothered to care about much anymore? Well, that’s the feeling I’ve been feeling this week. Especially with Thanksgiving coming up and the knowledge that I have time off coming up […]
Happy Weekend, fellow book lovers! As you may know, I have been in the long process of moving to a new apartment with my husband after a nightmare experience at the previous one. But that experience has ended and a new one has (thankfully) begun. Along with our new residence I have acquired a new […]
At my local Goodwill, I constantly find great deals on books. Earlier this year I was pleasantly surprised to find 4 out of the 7 Chronicles of Narnia books in hardcover editions. Each book was only 50 cent, a fraction of the $29.99 retail price. Despite looking for the other 3 volumes for the last […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: Create an ad listing all the qualities and qualifications of your perfect co-blogger. Okay… so this is a weird question […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach Publication Date: March 31, 2015 Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel. They always say that high school is the […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait To Get Sequels!! I hate getting to the end of a book and having to wait for the sequel! But I love getting the sequel and finally picking up where I left off. My main problem is that I get sidetracked while waiting and end up not […]
Oh, wow! Two awards in less than one week?! How exciting! This one requires a little creativity and I’m not sure how that’s going to work out, but here goes nothing! Rules Thank the blogger that nominated you, and link back to their site. Post the award’s logo onto your blog. Answer the 10 questions […]
Title: The Appeal of Evil Author: Pembroke Sinclair Publication Date: January 13, 2014Publisher: Booktrope Editions Pages: 210Add to Goodreads I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. Katie wants to invest her heart and soul in love, but she may lose both to Hell. Katie, a senior in high school, […]
My Super Exciting Life Finally! I can post and tell you honestly that I haven’t been totally stressed every single day this week. Midterms are over and no papers were due (although finals are less than a month away). One class was cancelled and one class was skipped and I feel a little more relaxed […]
I was nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award by Claudia from My Soul Called Life! I know some people hate blog awards and think they’re a waste of time, but I’m totally flattered. Maybe it’s just because I’m a relatively new blogger and maybe I’ll change my opinion as time goes on, but I’m […]
Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week’s Question: Create a playlist for a book – or a single song if you don’t want to do an entire playlist […]
Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week’s “can’t wait to read” is: The Well’s End by Seth Fishman Publication Date: January 8, 2015 Nowhere to escape but below. Panic grips sixteen-year-old Mia Kish’s boarding school, Westbrook Academy, when a mysterious quarantine is suddenly enforced by a small army of soldiers who shoot first and ask […]
Thus ends my very first read-a-thon as a book blogger. I’ve had a lot of fun and perhaps burned myself out on Christmas books for the rest of forever. Perhaps topic specific read-a-thons are not for mood readers… Either way, here’s what I accomplished! Thursday Reads (my review) Friday Reads Saturday Reads Sunday […]
Today’s Topic: Top Ten Characters You Wish Would Get Their OWN Book Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings (OMG PLEASE) Simi from the Dark Hunter series Eric Northman from the Sookie Stackhouse series Perrin Aybara from the Wheel of Time series Caleb from the Eve series Spock from Star Trek Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter series Morpheus from the Splintered series Noah from the Mara Dyer series […]
Title: All I Want For ChristmasAuthor: Jennifer GracenPublication Date: November 11, 2014 Publisher: Tule Publishing Pages: Unknown Add to Goodreads I received this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Cassandra Baines almost has it all: a flourishing career as one of the youngest English Lit assistant professors at NYU, […]
My Super Exciting Life Thus ends another insanely stressful week. I will be so happy when this semester finally ends so I can finally breathe for five minutes. College students in your teens and early twenties without husbands, bills, and responsibilities: enjoy it! Seriously. My reading time prior to Wednesday night was completely taken over […]
