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Thanks to Karen at One More Page… for the nomination for a Liebster Award. Karen and I met through Twitter and our love of books. This is a great way for me to start off my day! Karen has given me 11 questions to answer so you guys can get to know me a bitContinue reading “Worn Pages and Ink nominated for a Liebster Award!”

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is a really fun one and of course, as always, I have too many things to fit into a list of just 10. The topic is: Top Ten Bookish Things (That Aren’t Books) That I’d Like To Own. 1. My dream library. Like any bookworm (and book collector) I fantasizeContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

I’m about 200 pages into Laini Taylor’s Days of Blood and Starlight and I thought I’d post my feelings about the book thus far. Making my way through this 500+ page novel, I’m struck by her talent as a captivating storyteller. This book presents a huge contrast from Daughter of Smoke and Bone in both tone and plot. Whereas bookContinue reading “Thoughts on Days of Blood and Starlight”

Title: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Author: Laini Taylor Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, division of Hachette Book Group Published: 2011 ISBN:  978-0-316-13399-9   Description from Goodreads: Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.In a dark and dusty shop, aContinue reading “Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor”

Title: A House in the Sky Author: Amanda Lindhout & Sara Corbett Publisher: Scribner Published: 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4516-4560-6   A House in the Sky is the profound and incredibly moving memoir of Amanda Lindhout, a young woman, born and raised in Alberta, Canada and driven by a desire to always travel and discover the worldContinue reading “Review: A House in the Sky”

 Title: Steve Jobs Author: Walter Isaacson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Date Published: 2011 ISBN: 978-1451648546   Isaacson was commissioned by Jobs to write this official biography telling the story of Jobs’ birth, upbringing, and career life until his untimely death by cancer. Isaacson interviewed over 100 people to compile this narrative of Jobs’ life in anContinue reading “Review: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson”

This weeks topic makes me feel a little nostalgic for all of those books that inspired me, motivated me, and changed me in some way or another. The topic is “top ten ‘gateway’ books/authors in my reading journey.” 1. The first series I ever remember reading is the Babysitters Club series by Ann M. Martin. ItContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”