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I feel like I said this every month, but can you even believe how fast this year is flying by?!  We’re already halfway through, and I’m kind of freaking out about that.  On the plus side, the summer months are finally here, and with them they bring more reading time, no school, and SUNSHINE!  Needless to say, I’m just a little excited. 😉  Overall, I had an okay reading and blogging month… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: Books I DNF’d Too Quickly I am not someone to DNF (did not finish) books too often.  So, even though I really enjoyed thinking about this week’s topic, it was a really hard one for me.  Because of that, I could only think of 8 books that I’ve DNF’d that I may have given… Read More

Hello!  I got the idea for today’s post from Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books, and it was originally started by Caitlin from Caitstiel’s Book World.  I loved reading both of their posts, so I just had to do it, too!  Basically, I am going to go through my Goodreads book recommendations, and decide whether or not I would read the books they’re recommending to me. Today, I’m going to pick the first… Read More

Hey everyone!  Summertime is officially upon us!  It has been super hot all week, and I’ve been loving being able to go swimming and taking care of my garden.  I just love summer!  Today, I’ve decided to share with you all my summer reading goals for 2018.  Some of them will be the same from last year, and others will be new.  Like always, I count my summer reading from approximately Memorial… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: Bookish Worlds I’d Want To/Never Want To Live In For this week, I’m going to share 5 bookish worlds and locations I’d want to visit, and 5 I definitely wouldn’t! First up, five of the bookish worlds I’d love to live in or visit: Avonlea from Anne of Green Gables If you’ve been following me,… Read More

 Title: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Pages: 602 Genres: YA, Sci-Fi Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers (Oct. 20th, 2015) Summary This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe…. Read More

Hey everyone! Recently, I was tagged by Kris over at Boston Book Reader to do the This or That book tag! Thank you so much for tagging me, Kris!! Alright, here we go:   Audiobook OR Text book?  While I do enjoy some audiobooks, I don’t listen to very many, so I definitely have to go with text books! Paperback OR Hardback?  I honestly love both! I’ll go with hardback though, because they… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week’s topic is: BEST CHARACTER NAMES I’ve decided, for best character names, I’m going to take that as beautiful and unique names that I would seriously consider naming a child or animal. I might not necessarily love all these characters, but I definitely love their names! Elsie from Elsie Dinsmore Ever since I first read the A Life… Read More

Title: The Ugly Teapot by Fred Holmes Pages: 205 Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Adventure Published by: Self-published (March 30th, 2016) Summary Fourteen-year-old Hannah Bradbury loved her father so much that she worried about him constantly. After all, he was a photographer who traveled to the most dangerous places in the world.  To allay her fears, each time he came home he brought her silly gifts, each one with supposed magical powers: the Seal of Solomon, the Ring… Read More

Hey everyone!  It’s time again for another monthly wrap-up!  April just flew by for me, and I have a feeling that May will, too!  I’ve only got about two weeks left in the semester, and then I’ll be on summer break and I am SO looking forward to it.  This semester of college has been a killer for me, especially in the past month or so.  Because of that, I didn’t get… Read More