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 …
Review: A Grimm Legacy
A Grimm Legacy by Janna Jennings | website Publisher/Year: Patchwork Press | October 26,2014 Pages: 337 Series: Book One in the Grimm Tales Genre: YA Fantasy | Fairy Tale Retelling Format: eBook ARC Source: Patchwork Press through Netgalley (Thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest …
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 …