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Hey everyone! I know I just wrapped up a read-a-thon a few days ago, but I’m already ready to jump into another! I’m so excited to be participating in Wonder Week, a bingo read-a-thon, hosted by Rimpy from rimpysreads. The read-a-thon starts today, August 25th, and goes through September 1st. The goal is simple. Based off the bingo board below, read books that fit the descriptions and get a bingo! I’m going… Read More
Title: Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold by Iain Reading Pages: 262 Genres: Mystery, Adventure, YA, Middle Grade Published by: Amazon Digital Services (Nov. 30, 2012) Summary Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is the thrilling first installment in a new series of adventure mystery stories that are one part travel, one part history and five parts adventure. This first book of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty… Read More
Title: Holes by Louis Sachar Pages: 233 Genres: Childrens/Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction Published by: Scholastic (Aug. 20, 1998) Summary Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no… Read More
It’s that time of year again! The sun is shining, gardens are growing, the pool is open…It’s summertime! I absolutely love the summer months. So, today I thought I’d share my reading goals for Summer 2017! Also, just to be clear I generally count my “summer reading” from Memorial Day to Labor Day – late May through early September. 1. Read at Least 20 Books Last year my summer reading goal was… 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: Summer Reads Freebie For this week, I’m going to share (in no particular order) ten of my favorite summer-y reads! 10. Since You’ve Been Gone Since You’ve Been Gone is the epitome of a summer read. Ice cream, adventure, boys, and best friends. Honestly, this book is so much fun and everything about it… Read More
Title: The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees Pages: 376 Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance Published by: Berkley (May 3rd, 2011) Summary A richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created Little Women– and how love changed her in ways she never expected. Deftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O’Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa May Alcott is twenty-two and bursting to free herself from family… Read More
Well everyone, we did it! How did you all do? Yesterday was chilly and rainy, and so it was perfect readathon weather. While I didn’t read the entire time, I read so much yesterday! I did have to stop reading to go to bed last night, because I had church in the morning and didn’t want to fall asleep then (lol), so I went to bed around midnight. I had hoped to… Read More
How’s everyone doing on the Readathon at this point? It’s 11 PM where I’m at, and being that I have church in the morning, I’m planning on going to bed soon. That being said, I’m really pleased with the progress I’ve made for this readathon! I’ll have a full wrap up post after the readathon is completely done, but I just have to say, for me, I read so much today. I… Read More
Hey guys! I wanted to let you all know that I’m participating in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon this year! This is my first time participating, so I’m pretty excited. 😀 To get all the details for this readathon, check it out here! What I love about this particular readathon is that everyone starts and stops at the exact same time. The readathon starts in my timezone at 8 AM, on Saturday, April… Read More
Hello! March was a very slow blogging month for me – I think I only wrote 3 posts the entire month. I sort of went on an unexpected blogging hiatus, but I am happy to say I finally really feel like blogging again! Luckily, just because my blogging was in a slump, my reading was not. I still didn’t read a whole lot, but it was better than February, and I thoroughly… Read More
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