Stacking the Shelf: June

  Stacking the shelves is hosted over at Tanga’s Reviews   So I made the mistake of going to the our public library sale this month.  Everything was half off so I got a truck load of books, for under $30. Hardback: The Memory Bank Hero on a Bicycle That Time I joined the Circus …

Audiobook Challenge 2015 Update

Audiobook Challenge is hosted over at Hotlistens So time for an Audiobook update, which is actually my most successful challenge this far.  When I decided to join this challenge, I was just starting to rejoin the world of readers and wasn’t really sure what I could practically keep up with, so 12 seemed safe.  But I …

Check the Shelf Review: Bitterblue

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore | website | Publisher/Year:  Dial | May 1, 2012 Pages: 563 Series: Graceling Realm book 3 of 3 Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Hardback Source: Own Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Eight years have passed since the young Princess Bitterblue, and her country, were saved from the vicious King Leck. Now …

Where I’m Reading What

So I have many different books going based on where I am and what I’m doing.  They pretty much stay put unless one hooks me enough that I take it everywhere I am until it’s finished.  So here’s a rundown of what I’m reading where and my thoughts right now on them. Bedside The Heir …

Be Kind Please Rewind: May Review

Worked, a lot-  So this year, at church, we decided to do a celebration for our kids going into kindergarten and our kids going into 6th grade, which went over great.  But since it was the first year for them, there was a lot of from scratch work that had to happen and I mostly felt …

2015 Challenge Review

So how am I doing on Challenges?  Not bad, not great (check the details here.)  I’ve been keeping on track so far, but I’ve hit a little bit of a wall this month.  I’ve been crazy stressed over some events I’m planning and just the general coming months and on top of that I finished …

Check the Shelf Review: The Story of Awkward

The Story of Awkward  by R.K. Ryals | website | twitter | Publisher/Year: Self-Published | April 10, 2014 Pages: 268 Series: Stand Alone Genre: YA Fantasy Format: EBook Source: Barnes and Noble Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) If you are looking for a happy book about beautiful people, this is the wrong story. If …

L. Frank Baum: Bookish Belongings Birthdays

Today is L. Frank Baum’s Birthday and I thought it would be fun to celebrate with a Bookish Belongings themed to Baum’s literary contributions.  If you’re having trouble placing who Baum is, he most famously wrote the The Wizard of Oz and following books known as The Books of Wonder series.  Baum is an author …