The new year is approaching, and I’m summing it up with a meme entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2016 Describe yourself: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink How do you feel: The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll Describe where you currently live: Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx If you could […]
Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner is once again hosting this fun end of year survey and is a great recap of one’s year in reading. Number Of Books You Read: 82 — I had been aiming for 52! Number of Re-Reads: 15 Genre You Read The Most From: Fiction — it was a mix […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: It was December first. Angela Gillespie did as she’d done on that date for the past thirty-three years. She sat down at her desk before dinner and prepared to write her annual Christmas letter. Hosted by Freda’s Voice 56% “That is enough. You’ve stepped over the line.” “No I […]
Hosted by The Broke and the BookishWhile I still have too many books on my shelves that need to be read first, I can never resist a new release. Here are a few I’m looking forward to in 2017. Save Save Save Save Save Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Prologue Thea, Rome, September, A.D. 81 I opened my wrist with one firm stroke of the knife, watching with interest as the blood leaped out of the vein. My wrists were latticed with knife scars, but I still found the sight of my blood fascinating. Hosted by Freda’s Voice […]
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Five Authors I’d Read Again Ariel Lawhon — I read The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress this year thanks to an earlier approval from Netgalley. I loved how she effortlessly switched from different voices and has a gift for keeping the reader in suspense. Agatha Christie — […]
Hosted by Alison Can Read & Parajunkie Weekly Prompt: Q: What is your favorite book with a winter world? A: I loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the never-ending season of winter. True, this added a little eerie stillness to the novel but I think it also enhanced to the fantasy aspect […]
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish No Janeite should be without a copy of the 1995 adaptation Colin Firth and Jennifer Elle are my favorite Darcy/Elizabeth pairing and is a must for any collection If you’d like to be a bit more obvious with your devotion an Austen Fan Necklace is sure to […]
I found this tag at Pretty Deadly Reviews and with the reboot starting today it seemed apropos. I JUST GOT HIT BY A DEER – character having the worst day ever Cinder from The Lunar Chronicles — Her step mother volunteers her to be a test subject for a vaccine to a deadly disease. Plus, […]
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish In the Woods by Tana French — Really I love the whole Dublin Murder Squad series but Into the Woods was my introduction to police procedurals which are now my go-to for mysteries now. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling — These books were my childhood and I cannot […]