Manga Classics: The Scarlet Letter by Stacy King Illustrator: SunNeko Lee Publisher/Year: Udon Entertainment | March 10, 2015 Pages: 308 Series: Part of Manga Classics Genre: Manga, Classic Format: E-Book Source: Publishers through Netgalley (thanks!) Amazon | Goodreads I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. That did not sway …
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 …
Wonderful Words
Wonderful Words is when I talk about the words I’ve been interacting with lately: So I’ve had a couple moments this month where I got very repetitive with my writing and need a couple replacement words. Thank goodness for the Thesaurus. Here’s some of the swaps I made: Thesaurus: constantly -> unceasingly power -> …
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 …
What I Remember Wednesday Book Review: Patchwork Girl
I haven’t read all of the Oz books, but The Patchwork girl is one I that I have and loved. I still remember buying it in Books and Company when I was a kid; I even remember where it was located in the store. A Pretty hardback associated with two books I loved (Wizard of …
Did Not Finish… Yet
So I thought I’d make a list of books I’ve started but for various reasons have gone back on the TBR shelf after a couple chapters. Most the time its not because I’m not loving the book, I just don’t click with it in the moment. Or sometimes when I get a huge pile of books, I start …
Check the Shelf Book Review: A Thousand Pieces of You
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Grey |website | twitter | Read By: Tavia Gilbert Publisher/Year: Blackstone Audiobooks | November 4, 2014 Time: 9 Hours and 18 Minutes Series: Firebird #1 Genre: Young Adult/New Adult, Sci-Fi Format: Audiobook Source: Cincinnati Library through Overdrive Amazon | Goodreads Summary (From Goodreads) Marguerite Caine s physicist parents are …
Be Kind Please Rewind: April
Lion King- My sister and I finally got to see The Lion King on Broadway. It was great. I found myself enthralled by how they made all the animals life like, not to mention the amazing singers. There was even a jab at frozen that’s been added in. I would so go see this one again. …