You know that feeling of browsing the brand new books at the book store? I want to re-create that as best as I can online. But I’ve got better shelf categories than the boring ones they have at the story like “Teen Fantasy” and “Paranormal Romance.” And the best part – they are shelved purely on ... Read More »
Archives for October 2012
Mailbox Monday ~38~
Mailbox Monday is where I show all the books I’ve gotten by various means throughout the week. Mailbox Monday was originally hosted by Marcia from A girl and her books and The Printed Page. This is a touring meme. You can check out the main site for the full schedule. October's host is Mailbox Monday. I’m also going to link up with a ... Read More »
Book Descriptions: Love Them or Hate Them?
I've been having this dilemma for a while now. I don't know whether to put book descriptions in my book reviews. I personally hate book descriptions. My favorite thing about reading a book is being surprised and book descriptions usually ruin this for me. I pick a book to read based on how often I ... Read More »
Classic Double Challenge: Persuasion and For Darkness Shows the Stars
This is my first post for my Classic Double Challenge from One Librarian's Book Reviews. My goal for this challenge was to compare the re-telling to the original and see how much was the same or different. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund is a sci-fi re-telling of Persuasion by Jane Austen. *There ... Read More »
New Young Adult Releases: October 16, 2012
You know that feeling of browsing the brand new books at the book store? I want to re-create that as best as I can online. But I’ve got better shelf categories than the boring ones they have at the story like “Teen Fantasy” and “Paranormal Romance.” And the best part – they are shelved purely on ... Read More »
My name is Jessica. I love to read Young Adult and classic literature. I’ve been a book blogger for six years and I haven’t gotten tired of it yet. I’m a very curious reader. Writing about all the questions and thoughts I had while reading a book is the best hobby ever.