Happy Wednesday, everyone! Welcome to the final challenge of the read-a-thon! This challenge is all bout gorgeous retellings covers. There are six small glimpses of book covers below and all you have to do is guess the book from the sneak peek. Once again, you should be able to find them on retellings lists on […]
Happy Monday, everyone! Welcome to the second challenge of the read-a-thon! This challenge is a crossword puzzle. There are ten words and each one is the title of a popular retelling. Each clue describes a book title and if you get stuck it might help to take a look at some retellings lists on Goodreads. […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! Look at me doing two recaps in two weeks! What even is life?? Things have SO thankfully been a bit more calm around our house this week. Unfortunately Kovu now has a sprained ankle and is sick of his prescription food, but is otherwise doing well. He’s still gaining […]
Title: The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie #1) Author: Marie Rutkoski Publication Date: March 3, 2020 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 358Add to Goodreads Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status […]
Happy Friday, everyone! Welcome to the first challenge of the read-a-thon! This challenge is a word scramble. There are ten words and each one is the name of a fairy tale character. Not all of them are immediately recognizable Disney names, but they are all from fairytales you probably know! You just might have to […]
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today is the first day of the Retellings Challenge Read-a-Thon! Grab your closest retelling and settle in for a week of fairy tales, myths, and historical characters! While the retellings you choose to read this week are totally up to you, it’s recommended that you choose books that are already on your […]
Today’s Topic: The Last Ten Books I Abandoned Happy Tuesday! It’s no secret that I have no issues whatsoever with dropping a book I’m not enjoying. Whether it’s because I’m bored out of my mind, the story isn’t going anywhere, or the characters are just too stupid, I have a tendency to give up and […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve been around to do one of these. As you may know if you follow me on Twitter, things went absolutely off the rails after my last recap post. On April 6th my dog had surgery to repair a liver shunt, which took me […]
Happy Saturday, bookworms! Yes, I’m still alive. Things have been all over the place, but more on that in tomorrow’s recap. Today I want to share that this month I will be hosting a retellings read-a-thon as part of the 2020 Retellings Reading Challenge! If you haven’t already signed up for the challenge, you can […]
Title: Ember Queen (Ash Princess #3) Author: Laura Sebastian Publication Date: February 4, 2020Publisher: Delacorte PressPages: 512Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 The thrilling conclusion to the series that began with the instant New York Times bestseller “made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir” (Bustle), Ember Queen is an […]
Today’s Topic: Incredible Reads I Rarely Talk About Happy Tuesday! It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these (or any post, actually), but this topic called to me! There are so many great books, but I do find myself yelling about some more than others. Today I wanted to share ten books I LOVED […]
Hi, bookworms! This has been a… rough few weeks. As someone who struggles with an anxiety disorder, I’ve been having a difficult time trying to find things to keep my mind occupied while also not being able to focus on anything. I’ve seen this read-a-thon around before but never wanted to participate. Now it feels […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! Well, things have changed a lot since my last recap, haven’t they? For starters, I’ve barely been around the blog. Things have been overwhelming so I’ve just been trying to focus on keeping myself cool, calm, and collected. First things first, Kovu went to see his specialist this week […]
Hi, everyone! I’ve almost started this post more than once over the last few days but I’m never quite sure where to go. As we’re all very aware, the world is a bit nuts at the moment. I’m staying home except for to take my dog to his appointments, which he can’t miss – we’re […]
Today’s Topic: Spring 2020 TBR Happy Tuesday! This week is one of my favorite, easiest topics: a TBR list. I have to say, it took me a bit longer to find ten I was really excited for this time around. I’m not sure why, but spring feels a bit slower this year. Still, there are […]
Today’s Topic: My Favorite Authors To Stalk On Twitter Happy Tuesday! I am so excited about this week’s topic because over the years I have become officially obsessed with Twitter and my favorite thing is following authors who are genuinely great people. These are ten of my favorite accounts to follow in no particular order! […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! I HAVE GOOD NEWS! Well, good(ish)? Kovu seems to be very much on the mend. He went to see his regular vet on Thursday for follow up blood work and x-rays. The x-rays showed a lot of improvement in his lungs and the blood work showed that, while his […]
Happy March, bookworms! Welcome to the first quarter update and link-up of the 2020 Retellings Reading Challenge! I hope you’ve all made some great progress and read some amazing retellings so far this year! As a reminder, this challenge is still open to join! To get started, I’ll share my progress for this quarter: WHAT […]
Title: Echo North Author: Joanna Ruth Meyer Publication Date: January 15, 2019Publisher: Page Street Publishing Co.Pages: 389 Add to Goodreads Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart when her father leaves for the city and mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a […]
Today’s Topic: Five Star Books With Single-Word Titles Happy Tuesday! This week I chose my top ten five star reads with single word titles! Not surprisingly they’re almost all fantasy and several are retellings! I almost feel like some of these are cheating since they’re clearly two words combined into one, but I’m fine with that! […]
In the last few years I have made an attempt to buy books from places other than Amazon for obvious reasons. I’ve tried making more trips to local bookstores. Unfortunately, my local options are Books a Million and a used paperback store that only seems to sell books from the 90s. Of course, I’ve often […]
HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi everyone! Well, I’m here to report that this week was no less hectic than the last several. On Monday Kovu was acting weird (for him) and that night we ended up going to the ER. When I left at midnight they’d discovered an extremely high white blood cell count but […]
Happy Saturday, everyone! So I’m actually embarrassed at how much I watched this month but I have an excuse! I was out of commission for a solid week after my wisdom teeth removal and really didn’t have anything else to do. Of course that meant watching movies. Then my dog got sick TWICE and I […]
This week’s topic: Tomorrow is Leap Year. Name one book being released in 2020 that you would prefer to skip. Happy Friday, bookworms! This week is my first ever time participating in Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. As you may have noticed, things have been a bit quiet around here lately as […]
