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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 with ________ Characters I’ll be honest, I was having trouble coming up with ideas for what kind of character I wanted to use. Characters with magical powers? Maybe dancers? Super smart characters? After reading Holly, from the Nut Free Nerd’s, TTT, I really loved her post, and decided to be a… Read More
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature started by Breaking the Spine that puts the spotlight on upcoming releases! It’s been forever since I’ve posted one of these, but I’m super excited for this book, so I thought I’d start doing WoW again, occasionally! 🙂 Today’s pick is: The Midnight Dance Releasing October 17, 2017! Synopsis When the music stops, the dance begins. Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a… Read More
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: Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson Pages: 468 Genres: YA, Contemporary Published by: Simon & Schuster (May 8, 2012) Summary Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit—everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled—but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much… 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
Is anybody else freaking out just a little bit that it’s already AUGUST?! Not only is summer flying by, but 2017 as a whole has been flying by faster than ever! July is usually my best reading month, so I’m disappointed to say I only read 4 books. However, 4 books isn’t terrible, by any means! BOOKS READ – Chasing Jupiter by Rachel Coker \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️… Read More
Title: That Summer by Sarah Dessen Pages: 208 Genres: YA, Contemporary Published by: Viking Books for Young Readers (Apr. 6, 2006) Summary For fifteen-year-old Haven, life is changing too quickly. She’s nearly six feet tall, her father is getting remarried, and her sister—the always perfect Ashley—is planning a wedding of her own. Haven wishes things could just go back to the way they were. Then an old boyfriend of Ashley’s reenters the picture, and through… Read More
Hey everyone! So, this is really impromptu on my part, but I’ve decided to participate in the BookTube-A-Thon! I wasn’t going to, just for the fact that I didn’t really know when it was, and I’m not a booktuber, but after seeing so many other bloggers participating, and just the hype about it starting today in general, I decided “why not?!” I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump these past… Read More
Title: Chasing Jupiter by Rachel Coker Pages: 224 Genres: YA, Historical, Romance, Christian Published by: Zondervan (Dec. 26, 2012) Summary Scarlett Blaine’s life in 1960s Georgia isn’t always easy, especially given her parents’ financial struggles and the fights surrounding her sister Juli’s hippie lifestyle. Then there’s her brother, Cliff. While Scarlett loves him more than anything, there’s no denying his unique behavior leaves Cliff misunderstood and left out. So when he wishes for a rocket to Jupiter,… Read More
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