Bout of Books 12

Before I started blogging, I didn’t know about the existence of this little thing called a read-a-thon. However, over the past year I’ve come across quite a few of them, and I became intrigued! I was always too late, though, or too busy if I wasn’t too late, or too overwhelmed by the idea of reading a […]

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Top Ten Books I Read In 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. It’s been a while since I did a Top Ten Tuesday, but since the end of the year is in sight, the prompts are starting to focus on that as well, which I love! This week’s topic is Top Ten Books I Read in […]

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Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews, and is all about sharing books you’ve recently added to your shelves. For a book blogger, I don’t buy (or get) all that many new books, so making this meme a regular new feature on my blog (as in, once a week), is not really […]

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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

“If we burn, you burn with us.” Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she’s still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans — everyone except Katniss. And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss […]

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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his […]

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The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #5)

A man found brutally and horribly murdered near his remote home in the fogs of Dartmoor… The Baskerville Curse that laid its icy finger on each member of the family one by one… And the Hound — savage, appalling, hellish and deadly… Sherlock Holmes’ powers are stretched to the full in the most thrilling and […]

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Reading Bingo (for books I read this year)

Last week, the lovely Cathy from 746 Books played reading bingo with the books she’s read since she started her blog. It seemed like so much fun that I’ve decided to see how far I get on the Reading Bingo chart! I’m only using the books I’ve read this year (since I’ve got those on […]

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Here is a small fact. YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and […]

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Top Ten Books I Want To Reread

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Another fun topic this week! I sometimes struggle to come up with ten books (or characters, or whatever) for my top tens, but top ten books I want to reread? No problem, my friend! I love rereading! I’ll give you a top twenty with ease! […]

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol — a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the […]

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