Recently Reread: City of Light City of Dark

City of Light City of Dark by AVI Illustrator:  Brian Floca Publisher/Year: Scholastic, Inc | 1993 Pages: 192 Series: Stand Alone Genre: Middle Grade, Graphic Novel Format: Paperback Source: Owned Amazon | Goodreads Summery (From Amazon) Complications abound in a graphic novel related in brief narrative boxes plus dialogue (some of it in both Spanish …

Top Ten Tuesday: My Winter TBR List

Here are all the books I plan on reading this winter, we’ll see how well I do.  Most of them are ones I’ve either been meaning to read for a long time, or I saw through the blogs I follow, either way, I won’t be bored when the snow starts to fall. Stitching Snow Snow …

Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the shelves is hosted over at Tanga’s Reviews Holy load of books!  I seriously I have a problem, I can’t resist a good deal on a book and need an intervention, but really, don’t try to stop me.  Some of these I’ve wanted for a long time and happened across them at a good …

Review: Gathering Blue

 Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry | Website Publisher/Year: Ember | January 24, 2006 Pages: 240 Series: Book 2 in The Giver Quartet Genre: Middle Grade Dystopian Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive Media   Amazon | Goodreads    Summary (From Goodreads) In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It …

Review: Pride and Prejudice Manga Adaptation

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Adapted by Stacy King Illustrators: Morpheus Studios, Shane Law, Po Tse Publisher/Year: Udon Entertainment and Myrick Marketing and Media, LLC | August 19, 2014 Pages: 376 Series: Manga Classics Genre: Manga Format: E-book Source: ARC through Netgalley from UDON Entertainment and Morpheus Publishing (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads   I received this …

Top Ten Tuesdays: Series I Want to Start

This is a meme hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish Because I’ve been a horrible slacker the past couple years when it comes to reading books.  I only have one sequel I’m really waiting on.  So I’m tweaking this a bit to Series I can’t wait to start!   The Luxe– typically this …

Tiny Tales: The Book with No Pictures

Tiny Tales are my reviews about books under the Middle Grade reading level.  The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak Publisher/Year: Dial | September 30, 2014 Pages: 48 Series: None Genre: Early Reader (k-3rd) Format: Hardback Source: Borrowed Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. …

Story Saturday: Limerick Love

I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo and I can’t believe I’m keeping up with this blog and writing a novel!  Miracles do happen.  Anyways. I’ve always had a strange obsession with writing Limericks and since they’re a little easier to write, I decided to share a few here this month.  And who am I kidding, I’ll probably write lots …

Is vs Not

Writing is a tricky business.  I’ve been writing my whole life, mostly journals and creative writings I kept to myself, but then I started blogging.  I’ve filtered through several blogs and always wind up struggling with the pressure I put on myself to keep up.  What inevitably happens is that I start writing.  Then I …