Book Review: Insurgent

Book Review: Insurgent

I’m not sure how I feel about Insurgent.  The reader does get a deeper look at the different factions and Dauntless training, but it got repetitive.  Tris goes through a simulation and someone tells her she’s Divergent, she goes through another simulation and someone else figures out she’s Divergent, and round and round we go. […]

Posted November 13, 2013 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments

Childhood Books Meme

Childhood Books Meme

1: What is your favourite children’s bookLittle House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, I loved these books to death, my favorite being Little House in the Big Woods 2: What book scared / scarred you as a childMy Grandparents would read my brother and I Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann when we were little, […]

Posted November 12, 2013 by Whitney in Meme / 2 Comments

Monster Thons

Monster Thons

I love a good readathon so when I happened upon The Book Monsters read & review thons I knew I had to join.  I’m not going to dwadle on but my tbr books are below and I’ll be keeping track f my progress on this post too. Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan Belle Cora […]

Posted November 9, 2013 by Whitney in read-a-thon / 2 Comments

Friday Memes #33

Friday Memes #33

Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer Q: Do you post your book reviews as soon as you have completed the book or do you wait a few days? A: I’ve been going through a small reading/reviewing slump but when I’m on my game I write them 1 to 3 days after […]

Posted November 7, 2013 by Whitney in Friday Memes / 9 Comments

November: Ebook Clean-outs

November: Ebook Clean-outs

I am dedicating myself to cleaning out my kindle in November by participating in two ereader events, Netgalley November and the Clean out Your E-reader Challenge. (You can click on the pictures below for full information). Each events has participation levels, I am choosing level one for both read 1-5 freebies. I’m a slow reader […]

Posted November 1, 2013 by Whitney in Event / 5 Comments

Friday Memes #32

Friday Memes #32

Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read A: What book are you embarrassed to admit you LOVED? (try to think beyond Twilight) Q: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, It is complete trash and a complete guilty pleasure.  I love both the book and mini-series and frankly I’m not ashamed about it.  Although the […]

Posted November 1, 2013 by Whitney in Friday Memes / 19 Comments

Monthly Review: October 2013

Monthly Review: October 2013

Currently Reading: Insurgent by Veronica Roth Reviewed: Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen The Book of Matt by Stephen Jim Emma by Jane Austen Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P.D. Viner Divergent by Veronica Roth Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield Challenge Progress: Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary: 0/3Pre-1960s Classic Children’s […]

Posted November 1, 2013 by Whitney in Monthly Review / 0 Comments

Top Ten Scary Book Covers

Top Ten Scary Book Covers

Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish Psycho by Robert Bloch The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty Night Of The Living Dead (Goosebumps #7) by R.L. Stine It by Stephen King Thinner by Stephen King Annabelle by Ruby Jean Jensen Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Cage of Bones […]

Posted October 29, 2013 by Whitney in Top Ten Tuesday / 9 Comments

Weekly Wrap-Up #13

Weekly Wrap-Up #13

  Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, and The Book Date Last Week on the Blog This Week on the Blog Books I Acquired

Posted October 27, 2013 by Whitney in Weekly Wrap-Up / 5 Comments