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Hello everyone! This year, I participated in The Broke & the Bookish Secret Santa! This is an annual event, but this year was my first time doing it. Well, my package arrived the other day, and Y’ALL, my Secret Santa, who it turns out is Nicole from Nicole’s Novel Reads, spoiled me so! So, today, I’m going to share with you all what I received!  When my package arrived I was… Read More
Hey everyone! I’m so excited to finally share my TBR for the Holiday Adventure-A-Thon, hosted by Novel Thoughts! The readathon starts tomorrow, the 13th, and runs through Christmas Eve, the 24th. This is a super fun, “choose your own adventure” style readathon. To get all the details, be sure to check them out here! Okay, so I’ve decided to join Team Holiday Penguin! Here’s my route and anticipated TBR: Now, I’d love… Read More
Hello! Aentee from Read at Midnight is hosting the super cute, sure to be fun #ReadersCrossing readathon! I absolutely adored her PokemonGo themed readathon last year, and so when I saw she was hosting one that was Animal Crossing themed, I just knew I had to participate. The readathon runs from today, December 10th, and goes until December 31st. The challenges are set up like a bingo board. I’ve decided to base… Read More
Welcome back to Countdown to Christmas. Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. Can you even believe how quickly Christmas is approaching?! Before you know it, it’ll be Christmas Eve! Today’s book is The Case of the Twin Teddy Bears (Nancy Drew #116) by Carolyn Keene On the trail of a teddy bear thief, nancy unwraps double-dealing and double crosses! … Read More
Hi everyone! I was tagged by Taylor from Taylor is Reading to do The Christmas Song book tag. Thanks so much to Taylor for tagging me! I love Christmas music, so I’m really looking forward to doing this tag. Okay, let’s get started! 1. “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch”: Name a villainous character you couldn’t help but love. For this one, I have to go with Alastor, from The Dreadful Tale of Prosper… Read More
Happy Sunday! I can’t believe it is December now. Christmas is getting so close!! We are now into week 3 of Countdown to Christmas for 2017! Countdown to Christmas is a weekly feature where I recommend a different Christmas-y book each week to read this holiday season. This week’s book is The Christmas List by Richard Paul Evans. The New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Boxreturns with a holiday novel of hope, love, and redemption…. Read More
Title: The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson Pages: 167 Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Published by: Fleming H. Revell Company (Sept. 5, 2017) Summary When she receives the news in late 1944 that her baby’s father was shot down in the South Pacific, Amelia Richards loses hope. Jobless and broke, she has nowhere to turn for help but her infant’s paternal grandparents. The only problem is, they don’t know that she–or their grandson–exists. When Amelia discovers that the… Read More
Hello everyone! It’s December 1st, and so that means it is officially Blogmas!! To start things off, I’ve decided to do a fun, Christmas-y book tag. I discovered the ‘Tis the Season book tag on Book Snacks while googling for Christmas-y posts for Blogmas! Okay, here we go: 1. Do you have a favorite winter read? To name just a few, I really loved Let it Snow, Clara Claus, and, of course, the… Read More
Hello! Let’s just take a moment to stop and internally freak out that November is over, and we are in the last month of 2017! 😳 Y’ALL! HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN?! WASN’T SUMMER JUST LAST MONTH?! *ahem* Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about what I read and blogged about in the month of November! Plus, I have an exciting Blogmas announcement at the end of this wrap-up! In… 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 ON MY WINTER TBR Skipping Christmas I absolutely love Christmas with the Kranks, which is based off Skipping Christmas. It’s one of my favorite Christmas movies, and I always have to watch it at least once every holiday season! I’ve never read the book, though. I wanted to read it last Christmas, but… Read More
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