Official Synopsis from Amazon: “I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.” When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October … More Book Review: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
Well here we are, the last day of 2016, a heck of a year that saw both good times and bad. I was very optimistic last year with my Reading Goals, and sadly, I didn’t do that great this year. Here’s the update on what I did accomplish and what I didn’t get to! Here … More How Did I Do? Checking in on My Reading Goals for 2016
Hype or Like Friday is a Goodreads group hosted by Jill at Rant and Rave About Books, Larkin at Wonderfilled Reads, and Britt at Geronimo Reads. This week’s Hype or Like Friday post is supposed to be the Worst Reads of 2016, but I kind of did that last week in my Top Over-Hyped Books … More Favorite Classic Reads of 2016: Hype or Like Friday
Hype or Like Friday is a Goodreads group started by Jill at Rant and Rave About Books, Larkin at Wonderfilled Reads, and Britt at Geronimo Reads. Today’s Hype or Like Friday prompt is about books recommended to me that I’m thankful for. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. I didn’t get into this series … More A Hype or Like Friday Discussion Post: I’m Thankful Someone Recommended…
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and their once deep … More Book Review & Book Club Discussion: The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Hype or Like Friday is a weekly meme created by Jill @ Rant and Rave About Books, Larkin @ Wonderfilled Reads, and Britt @ Geronimo Reads. Today’s Hype or Like Friday post is about those dreaded books I had to read in school. We all have some that we’ve read that we didn’t like! Here … More Hyped Books I Was Forced To Read In School
Today’s topic for Hype or Like Friday is Books That Made Me Want To Read. Hype or Like Friday is a weekly meme created by Jill @ Rant and Rave About Books, Larkin @ Wonderfilled Reads, and Britt @ Geronimo Reads. Here are seven books that I read in school that inspired me to read … More Books That Made Me Want To Read
Official Synopsis from the back of the book: At the turn of the nineteenth century on a tobacco plantation in Virginia, young, white Lavinia, who was orphaned on her passage from Ireland, arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate, black daughter. Lavinia learns … More Book Review: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
August is Harry Potter month for the Hype or Like Friday group I’m in over on Goodreads, and today’s question is an interesting one. Be sure to look for my review of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child scheduled to post on Friday, August 26th. Here’s the question for today’s discussion: Imagine it’s the apocalypse, … More The Apocalypse Comes To Harry Potter: Hype or Like Friday
So far this year I’ve read 49 books – just 51 left to go to hit my goal of 100 books!! And since we are a bit past the middle of the year, here’s the Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag. Big thanks to Sophie @ Blame Chocolate for tagging me for this post! This post … More Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag
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