I hate winter time. I mean, I’m alright with it at first. The white snow looks pretty on the ground. The air feels crisp and clean. There is the hint of the coming of the holidays. It is almost kind of magical in a way. But almost as quickly as I am enjoying it, I […]
The Moon And More | Sarah Dessen | Book Review
February 21, 2013
When I read a Sarah Dessen book, I feel that the experience is akin to a pair of sweatpants. Bear with me here. Sweatpants are the most comfortable article of clothing, ever, at least in my opinion. Sarah Dessen’s books are the most comfy YA books. By this, I mean that when you open up […]
SO MANY FEELS or in which I get to host SARAH DESSEN as part of The Moon And More Blog Tour
February 21, 2013
This is really actually my face right now. Friends, you know how there’s one author who might have opened the YA floodgates for you? Sarah Dessen is totally that author. I read a few of her books – notably falling head over heels for This Lullaby in high school and being sad she didn’t have a […]
The Madman’s Daughter | Megan Shepherd | Book Review
February 20, 2013
My interest in The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd was peaked at the Harper Teen BEA party event. Basically they held the event at this really cool bar and we got to learn all kinds of cool things. One of those things being the evolution of the book cover design for The Madman’s Daughter and the various […]
The Reece Malcolm List | Amy Spalding | Book Review
February 19, 2013
I am so glad I read The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding, not just because the twitterati said it was great and I try to fit it, but because it is a genuinely awesome book that really does encapsulate coming of age. Dude, how cliche do I sound there? Ha ha, but it is true […]
Top 10 Favorite Characters From The Classics
February 19, 2013
Y’all, it has pretty much taken me FOREVER to come up with a good genre to pick characters from for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. Like, I didn’t want to do YA because I didn’t want to pick the same exact characters as everyone else. And then my mind kept blanking out. Then I was […]