I have big big plans for this month! Tomorrow is finally October. The weather has become crisp and beautifully cool. The leaves are bursting into color. People have finally stopped saying asinine things like, "Lets go to the __________." (Insert someplace outside, in the heat, with the bugs, where there is no where to read.) October… Continue reading A Month of Frighteningly Good Reads
Month: September 2017
The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen
I read The False Prince when it first came out in 2012. Then, I somehow missed The Runaway King when it was published. Every since then, I keep seeing the trilogy and feeling badly that I didn't finish it. Just the other day I was wandering through my local book store and saw the trilogy and I… Continue reading The Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen
NY Times by the Book Tag and a Book Tag Journey
I love book blogs. Sometimes, when I don't write for a while that is because I am knee-deep in reading and enjoying the adventures of literature through the eyes of my fellow book bloggers. Recently, I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Thrice Read, and they had featured a tag called, "New York Times… Continue reading NY Times by the Book Tag and a Book Tag Journey
Non-Fiction Friday #5: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Whenever I come across an author or a concept that I haven't heard before I like to read a book about it. Recently, a group of people were talking about "mansplaining" - which I thought was a very funny way of describing what all women have experienced at least once. Mansplaining is a person (usually… Continue reading Non-Fiction Friday #5: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Top Five Tuesday: Top 5 Modern Classics
Usually when I participate in a Top Ten Tuesday I follow the Broke and the Bookish. This week their theme is Top Ten Books You Struggled to Get Through (or Didn't get through at all) and for me, this list would be nothing but books I hated. I tried to come up with books that… Continue reading Top Five Tuesday: Top 5 Modern Classics