Saying Goodbye to Books That Never Said “Hello”

Like many readers, I have long struggled with the concept of leaving a book I don't like to move on to the next book. Granted, when I was in school I had no issue not finished those books because they were assigned and therefore not what I wanted. Books that I pick up on my …

Audiobooks I Have Devoured

I recently have figured out how to go about using library apps and resources to get audio books. I have always had a non-committed relationship with my local libraries. Navigating the shelves have never been difficult for me, and I tend to feel happy when surround by that many books. But I have a habit …

Five Books That Made Me

When I reflect on my reading journey I can usually pinpoint roughly five books that paved the way to the book lover I am today. My childhood was one where mom would cook dinner and dad would sit with a toddler on each knee and a book to pass the time. Of the two toddlers, only …

Philippa Gregory Challenge ~ An Introduction

One of my personal reading challenges that I made for myself this year was to read all of Philippa Gregory's novels based on the history of the Tudor line in chronological order. As I am writing this post, I have read 11 of the 15 books I set out on. I started this in May …

The Red Pyramid By: Rick Riordan

I finished this book a couple days ago and I wanted to gather my thoughts on topics that I wanted to address in this post. Overall I enjoyed the novel, I usually do like his stories as they are easy to read and do a good job at removing you from your current life. The …

Late-night Rum-induced Blurb

As Monday will be making it's unwanted appearance in my life in about 20 minutes from this written line, I have been pondering why there are not hotels or B&B's that specialize in bibliophiles wanting to get away. While part of the reason of reading is to escape reality, why isn't there places (or at …

An Awkward & Quick Introduction- S.O.S.

Hello friends! A lot of this idea is whim that I’ve had, as most of my schemes are. I love looking around at what other people do and I get inspired to do something as well. My current inspiration would be Youtubers that I admire, but this is mostly from Zoella. She has done videos, …