Why Did I Listen To This Book? Samantha Shannon’s debut, The Bone Season began to peak my interest at BEA 2013, when it was this book that everyone seemed to be buzzing about. Then I read Anna’s review for it and was like OMG I NEED TO READ THIS. But y’all, I was daunted by the […]
Allison: Top Ten Book Turn-Offs
October 1, 2013
Top Ten Book Turn-Offs Weak Characters I can handle a weak character that eventually along the way finds their inner strength or grows and develops in some manner. I can’t handle them when this does not happen and all that you hear about it how they “can’t do anything”. Weak characterization simply just makes my […]
Matilda | Roald Dahl | Audiobook Review
October 1, 2013
Why Did I Listen To This Book? A few weeks ago, I went back to where I used to live to pick up some packages. One of the packages was probably the most epic box I have ever received. Inside it was five Roald Dahl audiobooks. FIVE. Needless to say, I screamed a little. Of […]
Allison: Eleanor & Park | Rainbow Rowell | Book Review
September 30, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I was checking out twitter, and I couldn’t help but notice how it was blowing up with another big book controversy and as per usual, I was quickly drawn into the conversation. This time the controversy involved the book Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. I hadn’t read the book […]
Flowers In The Sky | Lynn Joseph | Book Review
September 30, 2013
First off, this review of Flowers In The Sky by Lynn Joseph is going to be a bit of a mini-review as I read the book back in June 2013 and did not have a ton of things to say about it and as I write the review, it is now September and my memory is […]
Stacking The Shelves (36)
September 29, 2013
Note: This post of Stacking The Shelves is going to be obnoxiously long as the last time I participated was July 20th, so yeah, over two months worth of books here!