I love this week’s topic so much! The lovely folks over at “The Broke and the Bookish” have decided to honor all those awesome female characters who are smart, strong, and don’t take any of your crap! Top Ten Favorite… Read More ›
Month: October 2012
The Iron Daughter Has Been Found!
It’s time for “Stacking the Shelves,” hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. My new book for this week comes courtesy of my friendly neighborhood library. I started reading the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa last year, but only read the first book. Since… Read More ›
Top Ten Tuesday – Halloween Edition
This week, the folks over at “The Broke and the Bookish” are talking about the scary stories. The things that go bump in the night. The creepy, eerie feeling that you get when you know that you’re not alone in… Read More ›
Shelf Stacking and Writing Challenges
First up, my entry for “Stacking the Shelves,” hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. Here are the books that have entered my collection last week: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce – The third book in the Song… Read More ›
Everything today is thoroughly modern . . .
This weekend, I was bopping around YouTube (as I often do) in search of clips from my favorite musicals. I came across a user who had the entire movie version of a show that I haven’t seen in years –… Read More ›
A ghost story with a twist . . .
Gearing up for Halloween means reading spooky, scary ghost stories, right? Okay, in my case, not usually. But this one is really, really, really good – The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. The story begins with a murder. An entire… Read More ›
Top Ten Tuesday – Genre Edition
Here we are at another Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the folks over at “The Broke and the Bookish.” This week was actually really hard for me to narrow down. The topic was “Top Ten Authors in ______ Genre” (fill… Read More ›
No New Books!!!!
I was going to do a “Stacking the Shelves” post today, but as I was going over last week in my mind, I came to realize something. I didn’t get any new books this week. What? How is this possible?… Read More ›
Skinny vs. Healthy
I’m opting for a very serious topic today. My daughter has come home from school several days saying that people have called her “fat.” She didn’t seem too upset about it, but she did say that she wanted to start… Read More ›
Top Ten Tuesday – Story World Edition
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the lovely folks over at “The Broke and the Bookish,” is a rewind week – we get to pick a previous topic and revisit it. Since I’ve only just started doing this a… Read More ›
Life With No Plot 