Stacking the Shelves: Library and BAM! [3]

Stacking the shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, and it's all about sharing the books that have come into your possession throughout the week. On Monday, I went shopping. I had been closed up in my house for a week from the snowpocalypse, and Monday was my last day of freedom before returning to school. It was very much needed. First, I went to my local Books A Million...

February 2015 Wrap Up

I didn't have the best of luck at the beginning of this month. I tried picking up The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, a book I've been wanting to read for a while, but I wasn't in the right mood for it. I also picked up The Mime Order as soon as it got to my house (and I really loved it), but I couldn't find the motivation to read that and the book I had to read for school, so I...

2015 Goals Update #2

I have created a Google spreadsheet with all the books I've read this year. You can check it out if you want. I am constantly updating the two goals tabs as well. The goals I completed in February were: 8. a funny book - Grace's Guide 20. a book at the bottom of your TBR - The In Between 27. a book you can finish in a day - Seconds: A Graphic Novel 33. a book from your childhood - Harry Potter...

High Five! - 2015 Book Blogger Love A Thon

#LoveAThon is a weekend event hosted by Alexa Loves Books to share the love in the book blogging community.  Book OUTLANDER - I'm currently reading this 'un and watching the TV show. #THEFEELS Did I mention Jamie yet? Because Jamie. Also, I love reading it on my iPad because it feels more laid back in the sense that every time I close the book I don't think I didn't make any...

2015 Book Blogger Love-a-Thon

QUESTIONNAIRE 1. What’s your name? Monica 2. Where in the world are you blogging from? Tennessee, U.S. 3. How did you get into blogging in the first place? I found BookTube, but I knew that I didn't want to do that. I then heard one vlogger say "and check out my blog" and I immediately did and then started my own. 4. How did you come up with your blog name? Regan from PeruseProject was...

Stacking the Shelves: Outlander

Stacking the shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, and it's all about sharing the books that have come into your possession this week. This week, I have one beauty that I've been wanting to read.  "Sing me a song of a lass that is gone Say, could that lass be I? Merry of soul she sailed on a day Over the sea to Skye . . ." I looked up the ebook version of Outlander because...

#FridayReads - 20 Feb 15

This weekend, to finish off my week snowed in and missing school, I plan to finish Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I am currently on Chapter 10: Halloween, well in reality I am currently watching the first episode of Outlander (free on iTunes, FYI) and deciding if I want to buy the $1.99 ebook version of the book (as of 10 minutes into the show, I am leaning towards yes). So after finishing...

Top 5 Friend Groups You Want To Be Part Of

"Top 5 Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Goodreads hosts Lainey and Mindy. You can find the goodreads group here. 5. Kiki, Ananka & co. An intelligent daughter of book hoarders, the clever and mysterious (and strikingly tiny) superspy, an inventor genius, a chemist, a hacker, and a master of disguise. If that doesn't sound awesome, just wait, there's more! It's a story of...

The In Between by Olivia Pierce - Book Review

The In Between - Olivia Pierce Published: 26 November 2014 - Full Fathom Five Digital Pages: 344 (Kindle) Goodreads Rating: 3.40/5 Buy it: Kindle, Nook (Free!), & iBooks Goodreads Tara Jenkins and Justin Westcroft used to be childhood BFFs. Now in high school, Justin’s a popular, all-star athlete, and Tara spends her days admiring him from afar. But when Tara saves Justin...

Top 10 Tuesday - Ten Book Related Problems I Have

"Top Ten Tuesday" is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish to share lists (because we love them) about books and bookish things. Buying Books Isn't this everyone's? Even though one can never really have enough books, one's wallet does. Binge-Watching BookTube Videos I could be reading. I could be doing productive things, but instead I watch book hauls on YouTube and end...

Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley - Book Review

Seconds: A Graphic Novel - Bryan Lee O'Malley Published: 15 July 2014 - Ballantine Books Pages: 323 (Hardcover) Genre: Graphic Novel Goodreads Rating: 4.02/5 Buy it: Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble Goodreads Katie’s got it pretty good. She’s a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she has big plans to open an even better one. Then, all at once, progress...