We interrupt our regular schedule of reviews to provide a quick “how to” article. Summer is fast approaching. For most of us, it means more free time. Most of us deal with the overhanging question: “what books should I read?” Or, constantly say to themselves: “I have more free time, but I don’t know what […]
One Saturday in March, I took a break from my book challenges and picked up Cornelia Funke’s Ghost Knight which is a great middle school age thrilling ghost story. The book begins with Jon Whitcroft being shipped off to a boarding school in Salisbury, England by his mother and his future step-father, who he not so affectionately […]
Why did The Princess Diaries resonate with me so much as a teenager? Mostly, because of Mia’s friends. Her close group of friends, I’m trying not to sound like a cliche book nerd, but they helped me feel not so alone. Let me explain, as a teenager many of my friends were flighty. As an […]
Date Started: 5/20/17 Date Finished: 5/23/17 For #10 of Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge: Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location. My first memory of The Princess Diaries is through the movie starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway. I was on a movie birthday for a semi-close friend. We would […]
It’s that wonderful time of year again, no not Christmas-graduations. May and June is full of all manner of academic achievement celebrations from middle school to college, and everything in between! One of my recent surprising book finds happened at a book sale. As I dug through the children’s section of it, helping my cousin find the […]
Date started: 5/15/17 Date finished: 5/20/17For #16 of the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A book that’s published in 2017. At first I thought this was going to be difficult. A book published in 2017? What’s coming out anymore? I’m so behind on the book times. A little research and BAM, I found out Norse Mythology by […]
In America, Elizabeth Chadwick is not as well known as historical writers of similar periods in history like Philippa Gregory or Alison Weir. Ah, but what directed me to this novel? Aliens…I mean ancestors. After my thesis, I directed a lot, make that a double a lot, of my new found free time to look up […]
Date started: 4/18/17 Date finished: 4/27/17 For #39 of the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: The first book in a series you haven’t read. A Place Beyond Courage written by Elizabeth Chadwick is a historical fiction novel that takes place during the Anarchy period (1135-1154) of English history which covers the civil war between Empress Matilda, daughter […]
Book Riot’s 2017 Read Harder Challenge Below is a list of challenges for the Book Riot’s 2017 Read Harder Challenge, plus the books I will most likely be reading for each challenge. When I write a review for a book from this challenge I will write: BR (with the number of the challenge).If you are […]