Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week is about those books we struggled with! I combined it a bit, and did 5 I put down and didn’t finish and 5 that I wish I had… Keep in mind these are books I know plenty of people have really enjoyed but it just didn’t work for me for one reason or another. 1. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth: I’m a […]
My Thoughts: I don’t generally gravitate toward the heavier contemporaries. I don’t really know why, I guess because when I read a contemporary I’m looking for something lighter? Anyway, I don’t read heavier ones often, I tend to be pretty picky when it comes to the more serious ones. That being said, I’m really glad I read Letters to the Lost! Juliet’s mother died and she is coping by writing her letters at her grave but who knew someone would find […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week it’s the back to school edition! I decided to go with top ten books I’d have on my classroom shelf! I have always been a huge reader, since I was a little kid. I was constantly looking for new things to read because I’d already devoured everything I knew about. I loved seeing what other kids were reading and seeing what my teacher […]
Why Did I Read? Well, I love retellings and I also love all things fandom so this was basically a match made in heaven! My Thoughts: I loved this book so much! It’s definitely one of my top favorites of the year. I remember feeling like I just wanted to cry because of how much I loved it. One of the biggest reasons is the aspect of fandom. I think fandom is such an amazing entity and while it can […]
I can’t believe it’s August already! The summer is flying by but I’m in denial because I love summer and I want it to last forever! Favorite Things in July: We went on an overnight backpacking camping trip! It was a lot of fun with beautiful weather! You’d be surprised how much a 20 lb pack starts to weigh on you three hours into hiking though… Ha! Packed just the essentials but of course I stashed my kindle 😀 I […]