First thing first, you might not know what Bout Of Books is, and this super amazing blurb below is going to tell you: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th […]
Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
January 5, 2016
Here at Good Books & Good Wine, we are huge fans of Ruta Sepetys. When a book of hers drops, you can expect to see several reviews of that book here on this site. Upon receiving Salt To The Sea in the mail – which was one of my most anticipated reads of 2016, I put […]
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie KondÅ | Audiobook Review
January 4, 2016
Why Did I Listen To This Book? I listened to The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo becauseI got sucked into the hype. I love books about self help and organization and persona development and improvement. I saw some bloggers – namely Jamie at The Perpetual Page Turner talking about KonMari on twitter and […]
In 2016, I Hereby Resolve To:
January 1, 2016
1. Make $5,000 From Good Books & Good Wine. Okay, if I am being honest, I have never made anything even close to that from this blog – not even in those times when I had extremely great traffic. However, I believe in setting big AUDACIOUS goals, and that is my big audacious goal this […]
Allegiant by Veronica Roth | Audiobook Review
January 1, 2016
Why Did I Listen To This Book? As I am the reader in my relationship, I could not let my boyfriend finish the Divergent series before me. I mean, that would be a total travesty. And so, because he had finished Insurgent I absolutely knew that I needed to get right on reading Allegiant ASAP. Luckily, I had the […]
Rules For 50/50 Chances by Kate McGovern | Book Review
December 31, 2015
You guys – as I am wont to do, I read Rules For 50/50 Chances by Kate McGovern sooner rather than later due to another blogger, specifically,Brittany at The Book Addict’s Guide, tweeting about it. I do not think I am the only person who does this. She just made McGovern’s debut sound so good […]