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September was a bit of a slow reading month for me.  I started out great by reading 2 entire books in 4 days, but then I actually didn’t read that much the rest of the month.  Honestly, I feel like September flew by so fast! It was Labor Day, and then all of the sudden the entire month was over…what happened?? BOOKS READ I ended up reading a total of four books this… Read More

Hey everyone!  So, I wanted to let you all know that I’m going to be participating in the Halloween Read-A-Thon hosted by Lauren @ Wonderless Reviews.  I love Halloween! I think it is such a fun holiday, and I absolutely love reading spooky, atmospheric books in October, and so when I saw this read-a-thon, I just knew I had to participate!  Be sure and check out Lauren’s blog to get all of the details!… Read More

Title: Into The Wild by Erin Hunter Pages: 288 Genres: Adventure, Children’s/Middle Grade, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy Published by: HarperTrophy (January 9th, 2003) Summary For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying– and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of… Read More

Hey everyone!  So, in the beginning of summer I wrote a post telling you all about my reading goals for the summer.  Well, since summer 2016 is over now (*sad face*), I thought I’d look back at my goals and see which ones I accomplished, and which goals I need to work on for next summer! 1. Read at least 15 books I diiiid it!! From Memorial Day to Labor Day I… Read More

This may be late, but I’m doing it anyway!  I had a pretty great August, bookish and non-bookish!  I cannot believe that we are already almost halfway through with September though. Where has 2016 gone?! BOOKS READ I read a total of six books in August!   – A Long Way From You by Gwendolyn Heasley \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – The Program by Suzanne Young \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Dance of Fire by Yelena… Read More

Last week was the last week of the read-a-thon, and while I wasn’t able to actually complete the entire challenge, I think I did pretty well, and I had so much fun! Badges Earned The first book I read this week was Into the Wild (Cat Warriors #1) by Erin Hunter.  My sister has been a huge fan of this series for a while now, and since we both love cats so… Read More

I was tagged by, the always so kind, Lashaan & Trang over at Bookidote for the Pokemon GO Book Tag!  Thank you so much, you guys! 🙂 This tag was created by Aentee @ Read at Midnight. The Rules There are no real rules; simply have fun!  A link back to Aentee’s blog is always nice though.  You can also use the graphics. 🙂 Okay, let’s get started! Honestly, I don’t ever remember a time… Read More

Reading wise, this week was not great.  I only finished one book.  However, I had a super busy, fun-filled week, so that is okay! Badges Earned This week, I only earned my Marsh Badge, with Dance of Fire by Yelena Black.  For some reason, it took me forever to read this book – I only just finished it today!  I had planned on having it finished early last week, and the review would… Read More

Well, we are one week into the read-a-thon already, and this week went okay, but I need to hustle a little bit if I want to get all my badges!   Badges Earned This week, I earned my Earth Badge with The Program by Suzanne Young.  I really enjoyed this one, and it only took me about 2 days to finish, which is really good for me.  My review for it went live yesterday,… Read More

Hey everyone!  I wanted to let you all know that I will be participating in the #ReadThemAllThon – a read-a-thon inspired by Pokemon and Pokemon Go – hosted by Read At Midnight! The read-a-thon runs from August 14th to September 3rd.  Click here to get all of the details! 🙂 Chosen Pokemon: Read at Midnight made the most perfect trainer card, that I just had to make one for myself as well! Bulbasaur… Read More