2015 Reading Goals

This upcoming year, I am planning on delving into the literary world. I am really focusing on building up my "read" shelf (both physical books and goodreads shelves). I really want to complete all of the books on my refurbished TBR. I hope to read at least one book a week to stay up with my goodreads group, but sometimes life happens. My mantra for the upcoming year is: don't worry so much about...

Refurbished To-Be-Read List

All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer Fairest (Prequel of the Lunar Chronicles) Cinder Scarlet Cress Winter Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender - Leslye Walton Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring The Two Towers The Return...

Top 5 Wednesday: Top 5 Historical Books

December 17 - Top 5 Historical Books 1. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens This is my top 5 books of all time, so naturally it has made my list of top 5 historical books. I had to read this book in school, but I didn't have any dread coming into it because it was a book that no one else in my school had to read because we had a new teacher. Since then, I've reread it at least twice...

176. The Bone Season

The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon Started: Monday - 1 December 2014 Finished: Sunday - 7 December 2014 In short, I adored this book and stayed up quite late the past few nights because I just couldn't keep my hands off of it. In the midst of studying for midterms and Christmas shopping chaos, this book was my wonderful little escape. This book is almost 500 pages and technically an adult novel,...

175. Paper Towns

Paper Towns - John Green Who are you? Do you open yourself like a book to the world, or do you tend to keep your pages to yourself? Do you have multiple faces that you where depending on where you are and who you're around? Meet Margo Roth Spiegelman. Even though this story is from Quentin Jacobsen's point of view, this story is very much about Margo, about finding Margo and who Margo is. Quentin...

145. The Hunger Games - Part 3 (A Reread)

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins In honor of the last Hunger Games novel being made into a movie, I decided to give everyone's "least favorite" of the trilogy a quick re-read before going to see it in theaters. And a major disclaimer, this post will be filled with spoilers, so if you don't want to read this, I won't be in the least offended. So if you haven't already read Mockingjay or don't...

161. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

Z - Therese Anne Fowler In honor of semi-finishing the review of literature for my senior thesis, I wanted to partake in the month of Bookvember (which is to my knowledge my own creation). In this reading-driven month, I have challenged myself to read four books: Z, The Princess Bride, Paper Towns, and The Silkworm. Of these, I have finished the first in the allotted week to which I gave myself...

159. The Zoo at the Edge of the World

The Zoo at the Edge of the World - Eric Kahn Gale I know this book is in the children's section, but I couldn't help myself from buying (once again, a NEW) book. I have been a fan of Starkid since middle school, so when they posted videos of Eric Kahn Gale and three of my favorite members from Starkid reading excerpts from the book, I knew I had to get it as soon as it came out. And I did.  This...

49. Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell Began: Tuesday, May 6th 2014 Finished: Wednesday, May 14th 2014 With far too many cuss words to be a young adult novel and far too mushy and gushy to be anything else, I really don't know what to call Eleanor & Park. Anything but a sappy love story, there were many times when reading it that I turned my head and went "what?" and many times when I wanted...

88. Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs Began: Monday, April 14th 2014 Finished: Friday, April 25th 2014 The book begins wonderfully. I love the idea of Jacob’s grandfather (a Jewish boy) running from “the monsters” which are actual monsters and not Nazis. I thought this book would be a beautiful analogy about that. About how Jacob goes off to find out about his grandfather...

11. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky Began: Friday, March 28th 2014 Finished: Monday, March 30th 2014 I have this thing with books. I like owning them because I don't really like library books: they have stains that you don't know where they came from and bent pages and some of them (like this one) have random pages that are missing. I guess that's what makes library books special...

34. The Hobbit or There and Back Again

The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien  Began: Tuesday March 18th 2014 Finished: Thursday March 27th 2014 I was first introduced to Lord of the Rings and J.R.R. Tolkien as a little girl. I remember watching the Lord of the Ring films with my family and hiding under my blanket whenever Gollum came on the screen because he scared me. I was introduced to The Hobbit when my older...

Book Bucket List

The House Girl - Tara Conklin Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert Life of Pi - Yann Martel  Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen Redeeming Love - Francine Rivers Mark of the Lion Trilogy - Francine Rivers A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Walking on Water - Madeline L'Engle The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling The Perks...