The end of the year really snuck up on us, didn't it? I feel like I still have so many other posts that I want to do, but haven't been able to get to yet, including a couple of book reviews. Looks like the first week of January will be filled with a ton of … Continue reading 2022 Bookish Goals and Reading Tracker
Month: December 2021
My 2021 DNF List
I'm very glad that I started living by the mantra, "life's too short to read books you aren't enjoying" and no longer push through a book I'm just not interested in. It's saved me a lot of turmoil this year, and in the past couple of years, really. Thankfully, this year there were only three … Continue reading My 2021 DNF List
Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the café in the hopes of … Continue reading Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Anticipated 2022 Releases
Despite the fact that I have 100+ books sitting on a cart waiting to be read (let's not even get into the ebook situation...), I'm already looking ahead at some releases for next year. Most of these are on my NetGalley shelf, or are ones I found there but didn't request, and the rest I … Continue reading Anticipated 2022 Releases
Review: Quests for Glory
The students at the School for Good and Evil thought they had found their final Ever After when they vanquished the malevolent School Master. Now, on their required fourth-year quests, the students face obstacles both dangerous and unpredictable, and the stakes are high: success brings eternal adoration, and failure means obscurity forever.For their quests, Agatha … Continue reading Review: Quests for Glory
Christmassy Book Recommendations
I'm very late posting this, mainly because I wasn't going to, but I decided to revamp my old Holiday Recommendations list with some new additions. This is the perfect time of year to cozy up with a holiday book (or ten) and just read while under fuzzy blankets and drinking hot beverages. Or, if you … Continue reading Christmassy Book Recommendations
Review: No Known Address
Tyler looks like he's got a great life from the outside. He lives in a nice house, his dad is a doctor, and with his grades he's planning on following his dad's footsteps. So to everyone else, it seems like he's got it all. Only, that's not Tyler's life anymore. In reality, his mom is … Continue reading Review: No Known Address
Top 10 Favorite Christmas Movies
This is my first non-bookish post in a while! Maybe even my first one on this blog... I'm not sure. But, it's December and as I say at work - usually regarding my Christmas outfits - anything goes! Obviously, this post is Christmas related; it's just about my favorite movies that I like to watch … Continue reading Top 10 Favorite Christmas Movies
Audiobook Review: The Spies That Bind
The first day at a new school is tough for any kid, but it's especially scary when you're going to a school for spies. Cammie Morgan has spent her whole life dreaming of becoming a Gallagher Girl, but she has no idea what she’ll face when she arrives at The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young … Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Spies That Bind
Review: Living Among Lions
What does an ancient Jewish prophet have to do with modern America? What, if anything, can we learn from a man who lived 2,400 years ago as a captive in the land we now call Iraq? As it turns out, quite a bit.David and Jason Benham are convinced the biblical example of Daniel holds the … Continue reading Review: Living Among Lions
Review: Where She Went
It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, … Continue reading Review: Where She Went
Reindeer Readathon 2021
I hadn't planned on making a TBR for December because I didn't feel like having the pressure of sticking to it, until I remembered that it's that time of year again... The Reindeer Readathon is back! And once again, I'm on Team Mistletoe! So, with that realization, I'm actually excited to have a TBR for … Continue reading Reindeer Readathon 2021