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October 31, 2014

Two Books That Are Gonna Hurt: In the Cold & Kingdom of Scars

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you’re doing well, enjoying your candy, your classic and not-so-classic horror movies, hiding under the cover reading THAT novel. You know the one, the one that makes you shiver, makes you quiver, makes the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up and then when you’ve put it… Continue reading

Lists, Reviews

Author: Eoin Macken, Author: Tana French, Genre: Mystery, Genre: YA Fiction, Series: Dublin Murder Squad
October 30, 2014

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut as a Feminist Icon

Hatshepsut has been in my periphery as something amazing, something more for as long as I can remember. I remember little blurbs about her in books I saw as a child on Egyptian history. I saw her statue at the British Museum when I was only 18 years of age, and marvelled at the thought… Continue reading

Reviews

Author: Kara Cooney, Genre: Historical Fiction, Genre: Non-Fiction
October 11, 2014

Review: A Life Apart

I don’t really know what to say about this book. It evoked so many emotions in me that I cannot even begin to explain them all. It made me sad, when I started reading it thinking about the way the world once was, how people were segregated and treated, as history fell on the page… Continue reading

Reviews

Genre: Historical Fiction
October 9, 2014

Comic Books I’m Loving Right Now

I, like many other singles in their twenties have a personal profile on a dating site, on that site for the longest time as my headline were the words, “Must love comic books and comic book movies.” I’ve since changed it, and am not really interested in dating so much as I am interested in… Continue reading

Lists

Comics: Marvel, Genre: Comics
July 25, 2014

Book Challenge 25

Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most Angel Crawford. I know that sounds crazy because I’m not really white trash and I’m certainly not a zombie but I grew up in a place, that even throughout high school when I said where I from from people would reply, “Ew you’re… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges

Author: Diana Rowland, Series: White Trash Zombie
July 24, 2014

Book Challenge Day 24

Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read The Thousand Dollar Tan Line because man do I love Veronica Mars and man did I truly, and utterly love this book like you cannot believe. It was like sliding into Veronica’s head. I wish more people had watched the show, I wish people… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges

Author: Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham, Genre: Mystery, Series: Veronica Mars
July 23, 2014

Book Challenge Day 23

Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t Oh jeez oh jeez. I own too many books like this actually. I just cheated and grabbed the last thing I could see on my GoodReads account which is from way back in 2009. The book I’ve been saying… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges

Author: Philip Pullman, Series: The Golden Compass
July 22, 2014

Book Challenge Day 22

Day 22 – Favorite book you own This is such a hard decision for me. I didn’t really know what I should choose. My actual favourite book, which I’ve read cover to cover multiple times or a book with sentimental value attached. Or a book that taught me something. I was originally going to go… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges
July 21, 2014

Book Challenge Day 21

Day 21 – Favorite book from your childhood Childhood can mean so many things. My childhood before I got into young adult novels, my childhood when I got into young adult novels. And the choices are endless. But I had two ultimately loved books from when I was a little kid. The first, read for… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges
July 20, 2014

Book Challenge Days 16-20

Day 16 – Favourite female character Oh the choices the choices I could make for this challenge are vast, and each as different as the next. So I’ve gone with two. Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. She’s a woman after my own heart. She’s tough, yet isn’t scared to be vulnerable… Continue reading

30 Day Challenges

Author: C.S. Lewis, Author: Diana Gabaldon, Author: Jasper Fforde, Author: Rainbow Rowell, Author: Stephen king