Author: Wendy

Football Friday: Where We Talk Football and Sporty Books (10)

Football Friday: Where We Talk Football and Sporty Books (10)

Posted January 8, 2016 by Wendy in Football Friday / 1 Comment

What is Football Friday, you ask? And what if you don’t like football? DON’T LEAVE YET. There will be book talk too! Last year I was inspired to start this because I was so excited to have book friends who love football too and loved talking football with them! Basically, each week I’ll feature a player. There will be a “football lite” section with a brief intro about him and why I chose to feature him. For those die-hard fans, […]

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Audiobook Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Audiobook Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted January 7, 2016 by Wendy in Reviews / 7 Comments

The Sound: It’s Fiona Hardingham and Steve West. Apparently I listened to three audiobooks in a row narrated by Fiona and two of them also had Steve West. THEY ARE AMAZING. Seriously. Love them. The Story: This is my first Maggie Stiefvater book! And now I know I need to read all her books! I thought the writing in The Scorpio Races was beautiful and I adored the story! I’m a big horse person. I loved horses as a kid and […]

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2016 Bookish Challenges!

2016 Bookish Challenges!

Posted January 5, 2016 by Wendy in Challenge / 6 Comments

I’m so excited to be participating in quite a few reading challenges this year! I did three last year (not counting the GR one) and didn’t manage to complete all of them but I’m hoping to this year! And I’m also going to be doing MORE challenges — am I crazy?! However, I’m really excited about all of these! 🙂 Without further ado… the five challenges I will be doing in 2016! The Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge hosted by Jess at Gone […]

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Monthly Recap! December 2015

Monthly Recap! December 2015

Posted January 4, 2016 by Wendy in recap / 8 Comments

December in Review! Books Read in December: 4 Audiobooks Listened to in December: 3 Favorites of the month: The Scorpio Races on audio! I love Fiona Hardingham and Steve West narrating! 2015 Challenges Wrap Up: Goal: 18 This month: 1. I reread Illuminae on audio and it was so amazing on audio! End Result: 16/18 I FAILED THIS CHALLENGE. I was so close! But I plan on doing this challenge again in 2016. 🙂 Goal: 25 This month: 1. I read The Scorpio Races on audio and […]

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End of the Year Survey: 2015 Edition!

End of the Year Survey: 2015 Edition!

Posted January 1, 2016 by Wendy in Book Tag / 8 Comments

The End of the Year survey is hosted by Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner! Graphics courtesy of Jamie. Number Of Books You Read: 123 Number of Re-Reads: 15 Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary (37) with fantasy coming in second at 29   1. Best Book You Read In 2015? Check out my top ten tuesday for my top 10 of this year but for the purposes of this survey… and TRYING to give ONE, I’ll narrow it […]

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