Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and Bookish is a weekly meme to be served David Letterman style through a top ten list. This week’s prompt is: Tips For New Bloggers Stay true to yourself — While it is obvious that you started blogging due to a passion for books, but the key is […]
This past Thursday was my book club meeting in which we discussed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This was a very difficult book to bring about talking. Many of the members found it confusing, difficult to follow, and/or boring. On top of that out six myself and another were the only ones who finished […]
I had no idea what to expect when I first opened The Hunger Games. All I knew was that 12-year-olds attempt to kill each other. As I got further in the same phrase kept popping into my head “this is fucked up!” like “Survivor” on crack, and crack is whack. Right about here I should […]
As the title states, I ask how do you write your reviews? Are you a note taker, studying the text meticulously as you read or do you wait until you have finished to sit down and share your thoughts in a collective manner? I had been a sit down at the conclusion kind of girl […]
The Diary of Adam and Eve is like the book “Men are from Mars Women are from Venus”. Adam and Eve are polar opposites with a complete misconception of what the other thinks of them (Eve especially). Adam would prefer to be left in peace where as Eve has gone all Snow White with the […]
After missing February’s monthly review I began to question, are posts on what I accomplished in said month really necessary? It is time intensive linking to all reviews and bookish happenings during the month. It may be just me but these posts can be an emotional roller coaster (of which I hate) if I read […]
On the fourth of each month Kathrine at November’s Autumn is posting a prompt for the current classic you are reading to coincide with her classics challenge. This month’s prompt is the cover: The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins Level 1What are your first impressions as you look at the cover? I was first struck by calmness […]
Suey at It’s All About Books is hosting Bloggiesta, a weekend long event to spiff up your blog. My site is in dire need of organization, I feel like the sidebar is getting a little to messy, so this is a great motivator. What I plan on accomplishing: Write review for The Diary […]
Bloggiesta is hosted by Suey at It’s All About Books March 30 – April 1 For the past two years I have always found out about Bloggiesta after the fact. This year, thanks to my Google Reader I will be able to participate. Here’s what you can expect: to spend time that weekend […]
Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon is approaching! April 21st will be filled with non-stop (hopefully) reading. Even though I’m not “hard core” I look forward to this each year and feels like a motivational plan to get my reading into order. Then on Monday, April 23rd Michelle at Castle Macabre is hosting the Spring Into Horror […]