Monthly Recap! August 2016

Monthly Recap! August 2016

Posted September 6, 2016 by Wendy in recap / 2 Comments

Hey everyone! I’m sorry I have been pretty absent here. What can I say, this summer was BUSY. I can’t believe summer is winding down (we’ve definitely had a very fall-like weekend weather-wise) but perhaps this means things will finally fall back into normalcy, as far as my reading and blogging goes! Favorite Things in August: I got to go to a Seahawks training camp! I was so excited and it was so much fun! There was lots of food and […]

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Audiobook Mini Reviews: Salt to the Sea, Starflight, The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories

Audiobook Mini Reviews: Salt to the Sea, Starflight, The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories

Posted August 29, 2016 by Wendy in Mini Reviews / 2 Comments

Salt to the Sea was such a beautiful historical fiction story! I absolutely loved it and as this was my first book of Ruta Sepetys, I am definitely eager to read her previous books! It was told in four different POVs and it never once seemed like too many POVs. I loved hearing from each character, each voice was distinct and provided that unique aspect of seeing the story from that particular character’s position. I thought the audio was spectacular […]

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Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Review: And I Darken by Kiersten White

Posted August 4, 2016 by Wendy in Reviews / 2 Comments

Why Did I Read? Vlad the Impaler story with a badass female lead? Historical fiction? I was so in. My Thoughts: I have really complicated feelings about this book. I really liked most parts of it but some parts really dragged and left me feeling underwhelmed. The book starts off with our main character Lada as a young child growing up — we see that from a young age she is already fierce, strong and determined. She has a will […]

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Monthly Recap! July 2016

Monthly Recap! July 2016

Posted August 3, 2016 by Wendy in recap / 6 Comments

I’M STILL ALIVE! I realize the blog has been pretty much SILENT this month. This was a completely unplanned blog hiatus! I’ll take this recap as a chance to catch you all up with what I’ve been up to and HOPEFULLY normal blogging will go on as usual going forward! So what has been keeping me from blogging and reading in general? Oh so much. This summer has been busy, that’s for sure! Firstly, my sister and her family were […]

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The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

Posted July 28, 2016 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? I’m all for thrillers. I like the suspense and this sounded super intriguing: I mean, missing kids, missing memories… I was excited to read this! My Thoughts: This story is told in different POVs, some in the POV of some of the returned missing kids and one from the sister of the kid that didn’t return. I thought it was a really interesting concept. However… this one didn’t really work for me. What I really need […]

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