Recently Reread: The Elite

The Eliet by Kira Cass| website| twitter| instagram| Publisher/Year:  HarperTeen | April 23, 2013 Pages: 336 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Harper Audio | April 23, 2013 Read By: Amy Rubinate Time: 7 Hours and 42 Minutes Series: The Selection book 2 of 5 Genre:  YA Dystopia/Romance Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library Amazon | Goodreads What …

Writers and their Writing: J.K. Rowling

Somehow Harry Potter flew under the radar for me until College.  I remember seeing the first one for sale in a store when I was a kid. I even remember all the hoopla when the movies released.  I think the real reason I didn’t latch on was I didn’t know anyone geeking out about them until …

Check the Shelf Review: Looking Glass Wars

Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor| website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year: Dial Books | September 1st, 2004 Pages: 364 Read by: Gerard Doyle Audiobook Publisher/Year:  Scholastic Audio | March 21, 2007 Time:  8 hours 41 minutes Series: The Looking Glass Wars Book 1 Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Format: Audiobook Source: Overdrive through Cincinnati Library …

Story Starters

Use these prompts for writing inspiration.  For an extra challenge, us all of them in one story. First Line: The first person I murdered was the person that taught me how. Story Idea: You see a man finish a 3D chalk drawing and joking with your friends go to jump into it.  On doing so …

Check the Shelf Book Review: The Young Elites

The Young Elites  by Marie Lu | website | facebook | twitter | Publisher/Year:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers | October 7, 2014 Pages: 368 Audiobook Publisher/Year: Listening Library | October 7, 2014 Read by Caria Corvo and Lannon Killea Time: 10 Hours and 9 minutes Series: The Young Elites Book 1 Genre: …

Be Kind Please Rewind: July

Crazy Dash-  So this is an internet based program that has you run all over a city doing crazy things scavenger hunt style.  We obviously were in Cincinnati and had a blast dragging my cousin around as part of her high school graduation present.  After two hours in downtown, we went for pedi’s, which was …

Check the Shelf Review: The Heir

The Heir  by Kiera Cass| website |  twitter | Publisher/Year: HarperTeen | May 5, 2015 Pages: 342 Series: The Selection Book 4 Genre: YA Dystopian, Fiction Format: Hardback Source: Borrowed from my Sister Amazon | Goodreads   Shannan’s Summary The cast system has been ended.  Eadlyn, Maxon and America’s oldest and heir to the throne, …

Stacking The Shelves: July

Stacking the shelves is hosted over at Tanga’s Reviews Paper Books The Magic of Time by Felix J.Palma Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Ebooks: The Forgotten Ones: Book 1 (the Danaan Trilogy) Laura Howard Desperate Hope: When Faith in God Overcame My Despair by Candi Pearson-Shelton Insanity (Mad in Wonderland) by Cameron …