National Readathon Day

Saturday, January 24, 2015 is National Readathon Day! This day is being hosted by the National Book Foundation and Penguin Random House to raise money and awareness for literacy. I’m raising money to support and promote literacy in North America. I have worked as a volunteer to help children improve their reading skills. The goalContinue reading “National Readathon Day”

Top Ten Tuesday

Hello hello hello! Welcome to this week’s Top Ten Tuesday! This week’s topic is: top 10 bookish confessions. I have to admit, you’ll probably know more about me after this post than I’d like (cuz some of this stuff, my friends don’t even know). But I hope you enjoy, and get a laugh out ofContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

Top Ten Tuesday

  This week’s topic: Ten Book Cover Trends (or just elements of covers) I Like/Dislike. To make things interesting, I’m going to give you find trends/elements that I like and five that I dislike. It’s hard to come up with ten of either likes or dislikes for this one because I find that there areContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

Review: The Quick by Lauren Owen

Title: The Quick Author: Lauren Owen Publisher: RandomHouse Publication Date: June 17, 2014 ISBN: 9780812993271 Rating: 3/5 Synopsis from Goodreads: London, 1892: James Norbury, a shy would-be poet newly down from Oxford, finds lodging with a charming young aristocrat. Through this new friendship, he is introduced to the drawing-rooms of high society, and finds loveContinue reading “Review: The Quick by Lauren Owen”

Top Ten Tuesday

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is an interesting one that’s requiring just a little more thought. The topic: FREEBIE! Pick your own topic. So I’ve chosen the top ten literary related bucket list that I want to see/visit. Let me know what you think of these places if you’ve been to any of them. ๐Ÿ™‚Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

Top Ten Tuesday

  It’s time for another Top Ten Tuesday. Welcome! This weeks topic is one I had to think about for a little while: top ten books about friendships. Now it isn’t because I don’t read books about friends, but more often than not, I find that the novels I pick up are about family relationships,Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday”

Review of The Homeland Directive, Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston

Title: The Homeland Directive Author: Robert Venditti Illustrator: Mike Huddleston Published by: Top Shelf Productions Date Published: 2011 ISBN: 9781603090247 Rating 5/5 Synopsis from Goodreads: As head of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Dr. Laura Regan is one of the world’s foremost authorities on viral and bacteriological study. Having dedicated her career to haltingContinue reading “Review of The Homeland Directive, Robert Venditti and Mike Huddleston”

Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Raven Boys Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Published: 2012 ISBN: 978-0-545-42492-9 Synopsis from Goodreads: Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees themโ€”not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.His name isContinue reading “Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater”