I used to be a real fan of resolutions. Get healthy, be successful, travel more, do fun things…but the problem is, resolutions aren’t measurable, attainable goals. Sometimes they are, but often they’re general. /rant over/ My 2015 Goodreads book challenge was to read 150 books. I was doing pretty well until we bought a houseContinue reading “Forget resolutions, here are my 2016 book challenges”
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2015 in review
We can’t believe we’ve been blogging for two years. We never thought we’d stick with it for six months, much less four times that. Though we took a hiatus earlier this summer to focus on our lives, this is still a huge part of who we are and what we love to do. Thank youContinue reading “2015 in review”
12/29: Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Books Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2016 Night Study by Maria V Snyder Court of Mist & Fury by Sarah J Maas Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard The Winner’s Kiss by Maria Rutkoski Truthwitch by Susan Dennard The Shadow Queen by CJ Redwine (is that a pen name?!) Mata Hari’s Last DanceContinue reading “12/29: Top Ten Tuesday”
Top Ten Tuesday: 12/22
Top Ten Books I Wouldn’t Mind Santa Leaving Under the Tree This Year Jessie’s Girls: Muscle Building Edition 2 by Jessie Hilgenberg | Jessie just released this and I’m dying. I just restarted the first Muscle Building edition but reeeeeally want to try MB2. Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard | I would leave out extra cookies for this.Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 12/22”
Heart of the Kraken by AW Exley
Legend says if you consume the heart of a mermaid, you will know all of a man’s secrets Ailin doesn’t care if the legend is true or not – she’s stuck in a crate on her way to feature as the main course at a lavish banquet. Her heart to be served while still beatingContinue reading “Heart of the Kraken by AW Exley”
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon’s Court by Michelle Moran
After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year old daughter of the King of Austria, is told that the Emperor has demanded her hand in marriage, her father presents her with a terrible choice: marry the cruel, capricious Napoleon, leaving the man she loves and her home forever,Continue reading “The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon’s Court by Michelle Moran”
Top Ten Tuesday: 12/15
Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2015 Narrowing down 110 books to just 10?! This was probably the most difficult TTT of the year. These aren’t necessarily in order—but these are the ten that were the most memorable to me. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran An Ember in the AshesContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 12/15”
The Library
I went to my childhood library today. Not to look at books or get a library card or talk to my favorite librarians or log on to play The Magic School Bus on the PC for thirty minutes, but for a meeting with a client through my business. Because I guess I’m an adult now.Continue reading “The Library”
Top Ten Tuesday: 12/8
Top Ten New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015 Susan Ee | I read Ee’s Angelfall series for the first time this year (and my first encounter with her work) and fell in love. Grace Draven | I picked up Radiance on Amazon and fell in love from there. I needContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: 12/8”
Ella, The Slayer by A.W. Exley
The flu pandemic of 1918 took millions of souls within a few short weeks. Except it wasn’t flu and death gave them back. Seventeen-year-old Ella copes the best she can; caring for her war-injured father, scrubbing the floors, and slaying the undead that attack the locals. ‘Vermin’ they’re called, like rats they spread pestilence withContinue reading “Ella, The Slayer by A.W. Exley”
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