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Hello, and Happy New Year!  Now that 2016 has come and gone, it is finally time for me to share with you all my favorite books from the past year!  I read so many great books in 2016, so it was really hard for me to narrow it down to just 10.  These are organized based on the date I read them, not how much I loved them. 10. The 5th Wave… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Top Ten Things Books Have Made Me Want to Learn/Do After Reading Them * The Winnie the Horse Gentler series made me want to ride a horse.  I loved this series, and I actually learned a lot about horses while reading it.  This series made me wish I could own a horse and ride her… Read More

I’m only doing a top 5 again, AND I’m a day late again, but Monday was the 4th of July, so it feels like a Tuesday today, so I’m going with it…Today is Yesterday was Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Top Ten Five Books that Have Under 2000 Ratings on Goodreads * Marvelous Marvelous by Travis Thrasher is book 1 in such a… Read More

I’m only doing a top 5, and I may be a day late, but I’m doing it anyway!  Today is Yesterday was Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Most Anticipated Releases for the 2nd half of 2016 * Tales of the Peculiar I’m a huge fan of the Peculiar Children series, so when I found out about Tales of the Peculiar, I… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Top Ten Great Beach Reads * The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I feel like the Traveling Pants series is the ultimate summer series.  It’s funny, sad, happy, thoughtful, and so much more.  It’s one of those books that you can fly through quickly, which also makes it a perfect beach read. The… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Books I Picked Up On A Whim   The Summer of Cotton Candy   This entire series is so fun!  There are 4 books in the series – one for each season – and it chronicles 17 year old Candace’s life, starting with the summer before her senior year of high… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish! This week’s topic is: Childhood Characters I’d Like to Revisit as Adults I’m only doing a top 5 today, because, to be honest, I haven’t had a whole lot of time to blog these past couple of days, but I still really wanted to participate.  So, here they are! Nancy Drew I know there’s a Nancy… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish!  This week’s topic is: Bookworm Delights As we all know, there are certain little things that only bookworms find joy in.  While each bookworm is different, I think we can all agree we have our own bookish delights.  Here’s mine: Deckled Edges I feel like people either love deckled edges or hate them, but I… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish!  This week’s topic is: Ten Books Every New YA Bookworm Should Read This list is for anyone new to YA, or is interested in trying out the YA genre. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is so beautifully written, and heartbreaking, and I absolutely love it!  I also really like how it shows another side… Read More

Today is Top Ten Tuesday – A weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish!  This week’s topic is: Ten Bookish People You Should Follow on Instagram I’ve only been a part of the “Bookstagram” community for a little under two months now, so I’m still quite new.  However, in that time, I’ve discovered some absolutely lovely accounts!  In no particular order, here are just some gorgeous accounts: goingbacktomyloveofreading Her account… Read More