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It’s Top Ten Tuesday again! It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish, but is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: TOP TEN BOOKS I REALLY LIKED BUT CAN’T REMEMBER Shadowland (The Mediator #1) by Meg Cabot I read this book several years ago, and while I remember the main premise, I really don’t remember much of the characters or the actual plot. I really love… Read More
Hi everyone! Today, I’ve got a super exciting post to share with you all. For 2018, two of my blogging and reading goals were 1) read more classics, and 2) host my own event/reading challenge. Well, I decided to combine the two, and came up with a 2018 Classics Challenge! The goal for this challenge is to simply read more classic literature based off the prompts below. There are eleven prompts, so… Read More
Title: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Pages: 1037 Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Classic Published by: Macmillan Publishers (June 30, 1936) Summary Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every… Read More
It’s Top Ten Tuesday again! It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: TOP TEN BOOKS I MEANT TO READ IN 2017 BUT DIDN’T GET TO Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo I totally mean to read Crooked Kingdom in the beginning of last year, but then I got distracted by other books, and kind of forgot what happened in Six of Crows, so I just kept putting it off. Not this… Read More
Hello! 2017 is over! Can you even believe that?! We’re a week into January now, and I still have to keep reminding myself that. I hope all of you had a lovely Christmas, or any other holiday, and just all-around great December. I had a fun and festive month filled with family, celebrations, and lots and lots of Christmas movies! When it comes to books and blogging, my December did pretty great! While… Read More
Hello! Today I’m going to share with you all how I did for the #ReadersCrossing readathon hosted by Aentee from Read at Midnight! This was a super cute readathon based off of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and it ran from December 10th – 31st. Unfortunately, just like during the Holiday Adventureathon, I didn’t complete all the challenges, nor did I keep track of my points like I had originally planned on doing. December… Read More
Hello! Can you even believe that it is the last day of 2017? I read so many amazing books this year, it was so hard to narrow it down just to 10. It was too hard for me to choose a top favorite, though, so I’ve decided to organize these books by read date! Also, fair warning, this post is basically going to be me saying “I loved this book!!” over and… Read More
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