I decided that when there is a week where I'm not feeling the current TTT topic, I might dive into the archives to pick a topic I haven't posted before! For my inaugural post of the throwback TTT edition, I'm making a list of fairytale retellings I still want to read, of which there are … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday Throwback [1]: Fairytale Retellings I Want To Read
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Alanna: The First Adventure … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Books That Lived Up To The Hype
2018 has been a really good reading year for me as we reach the halfway point. I'm on track with my Goodreads goal, I've been rereading lots of favorites, and I've been reading quality books outside of those favorites as well. Here are the ones I've loved best so far: Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I’ve Read in 2018 So Far
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. I love holiday-themed prompts, and cover-themed prompts, so this week's topic was fun! Fourth of July has always been a favorite of mine- the history, the festiveness, the food, the fact that it's two days before my birthday 😉 Hope all my … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Red, White, and Blue Covers
I can't tell you how many times I've been super excited for a book, plan to read it ASAP, and then somehow the year is already over. D'oh! I'm going to make it a priority to get to these ten books I meant to read in 2017: A Poison Dark and Drowning (Kingdom on Fire … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant To Read in 2017
One of my favorite parts of reading are the descriptions of all the delicious food in books. I always fixated on the candy bars in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the giant pancakes in Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, the giant feasts in the Redwall series. And in a funny twist, my sister and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Yummy Foods Mentioned In Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic was pretty open-ended: recommendations for X (Hufflepuffs, Game of Thrones fans, etc). I thought I'd go for some under the radar retellings for readers who love them as much as I do! Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen:Â Scarlet is a … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Under the Radar Retellings
Fun fact: my mom and I are a lot alike, and we like a LOT of the same sorts of things! My mom doesn't read as often as I do (she does love magazines), but she was always encouraging my love of reading by taking my sister and me to the bookstore & library, and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books To Buy Your Mom
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