I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel the need to read different things at different times. I can’t just read the same romance novels, or murder-mysteries, or fantasy series all the time. I have to branch out. I’m…
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What’s on my bookshelf? 1-21-13
All right, so these aren’t technically on my bookshelf, but the next time I have some spare money in my pocket and I find this boxed set in a store, I will be adding it to my bookshelf. I had…
Keep reading! That is my goal.
Happy New Year to you all! I thought it would be fitting to start this new year out with a list of books that I read last year, along with the ones I plan to read this year. If there’s…
Tagged with: 2013, books, Déjà Dead, Gail Carson Levine, inheritance by christopher paolini, Juliet Marillier, Kathy Reichs, Kelley Armstrong, Kylie Brant, reading challenge, Seth Grahame-Smith
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Posted in On My Bookshelf
Author Maria V Snyder blog tour and giveaways
Maria V. Snyder is an author I have read since I was in high school. She’s published a number of books, but my favorites are still her Study series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study). Turns out, Snyder is doing a blog tour…
Tagged with: books, bookshelf, Fantasy, Fire Study, Magic Study, Maria V Snyder, Poison Study, Scent of Magic
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Posted in On My Bookshelf
Top Ten Books Santa Could Bring Me for Christmas
Every year, my Christmas list is compiled of books, with a few other things added in. It’s the Christmas season again, and so I have compiled my list of the top 10 books Santa (or my family and friends) could…
Tagged with: Alice Hoffman, Artemis Fowl, Book, Book Thief, casual vacancy, Christmas, christmas list, christopher paolini, Eion Colfer, Elizabeth Kostova, enigma, eva stachniak, Harry Potter, inheritance, Jasper Fforde, Kathy Reichs, Markus Zusak, robert harris, termperance brennan, Thursday Next, top ten list, Vlad the Impaler, winter palace
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Posted in My Favorite Things, On My Bookshelf
What’s on my bookshelf? 12-7-12
One of my all-time favorite movies, and books, is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. I thought it would be appropriate to write about this book, since for my birthday a couple weeks ago, my older brother and his wife…
Tagged with: Cary Elwes, Dread Pirate Roberts, Fred Savage, Inigo Montoya, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Prince Humperdinck, Princess Bride, Westley, William Goldman
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Posted in On My Bookshelf
What’s on my bookshelf from my grandfather?
I apologize to those of you who follow my blog for not posting as regularly last month. I took a break from posting because, two weeks ago, my grandfather passed away. He would have been 79 on November 29. It’s…
Tagged with: books, English, Fiction, Grandparent, Hunt for Red October, Literature, Memorials, National Geographic, Social Sciences, Sum of All Fears, thriller novels, Tom Clancy, tom clancy novel, writing
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