And I also read manga. I've never read anything that has been classified as graphic novel. (I'm being technical here. I usually read manga but nothing that is independent on its own.) I want to get back to my animanga roots so I'm signing up for this challenge. I'm doing the Modern Age level. One comic to read and review a month. Wish me luck!...
Thursday, December 18, 2014
2015 Contemporary Reading Challenge Sign Up
Hi guys. You know I read romance right? Well I want to stretch my wings a bit. (Not much but normally I read historical and more often YA.) So I've decided to sign up for this challenge. I'm doing the 1st base level and trying to read 1-5 books. (I'm leaning towards 5. I know have books that fit this...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian Mini Review
Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Natalie reminds me a lot of myself. And that made me uncomfortable but understanding. I was extremely judgmental when I was her age and I regret that I slut shamed one of my close friends. But I grew up and in this story Natalie does...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
#scandal by Sarah Ockler review (Spoilers)
#scandal by Sarah Ockler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The title of this book is what drew me in initially. I mean a hashtag? Come on wouldn't you pick that up? But the whole concept of the book is what made me keep reading. I love books that take on our virtual culture. I remember I was reading a post on...
Monday, December 15, 2014
Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson Review
Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this biography right up to the very end. I felt like it blamed Hughes for Sylvia's death. Look the biographer may know more about the situation from the letters and the archives but at the end...
Sunday, December 7, 2014
A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger Review + A Little Brief Note
I haven't been updating much about the Fifty Days of Grey. I haven't forgotten about but I've take a little break. I intend to get back to it next year though so look out for the posts.
I just finished a book though. I've been in a young adult mood lately. I went to the library for the first time...
Monday, November 17, 2014
The Duff by Kody Keplinger Review
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I had heard about this book awhile back. I finally decided to buy it a few months ago. What prompted me to read it now was a post on ONTD. I read about the casting of it. My internal monologue was like: "Don't I have that...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt Review
Darling Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I started reading this book this morning. Now I want to say that this is not the first book I've picked up over the past six weeks but it was the one that kept my attention. I think that says a lot about Ms. Hoyt's work. I'm not particularly attached...
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Fifty Days of Grey: Chapters 13-14
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been kind of hectic in my life. Lots of confusion but good stuff too.
But I've resumed reading FSOG.
I don't remember much about the beginning of Chapter 13. I started it a few weeks ago. I do know that Ana and Christian are discussing the terms of...
Friday, September 19, 2014
Fifty Days of Grey: Chapters 7-11
Now yesterday I had a problem. See I had made notes for chapters 10 and 11 which I had just read of the book. But somehow I was missing chapters 7-9...
I talked about chapters 5 and 6 in the vlog I posted but where did the entries about 7-9 go?
Don't ask me because I don't know either. But a quick...
Monday, September 15, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Fifty Days of Grey: Chapters 3 and 4
So chapter 3 picks up with the photoshoot. I guess it's pretty standard since the only reference I have on photoshoots are ANTM. But Christian asks Ana out for coffee.
So what I'm getting from this chapter is that Grey gets all in her business and I like that she's sorta offended by this. She doesn't...
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Thoughts about Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
So I finished reading Wallbanger yesterday. I absolutely loved it. My review wasn't very substantial so I'm not posting it here.
But I was thinking about the fact that the book is categorized as erotica. I mean it has sex in it but it's not like the other erotica I've read (Which admittedly is about two or three). The focus in this story was more the growing relationship between Caroline and Simon....
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Fifty Days of Fifty Shades of Grey
Ok I'm not sure on the whole fifty days but that title is catchy no?
Since I don't live under a rock I've heard about Fifty Shades. I will be honest and say I judged this book hard. It seemed to go against my sensibilities. As a girl familiar with fandom it was an unspoken rule that you didn't publish...
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Two Reviews and a Video
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The first thing that I really noticed was that I read the first few chapters. The time just seemed to fly by.I really liked Cinder and I thought Iko was so cute. I liked Prince Kai and I found myself mildly annoyed with Adri and Pearl.Story wise I thought...
Sunday, August 10, 2014
The Stranger I Married Review + Vlog Update
The Stranger I Married by Sylvia Day
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I picked up this book based purely on the cover. I glanced at the title and blurb but lbr the cover got me. Not the original one but the reddish one.I really enjoyed this book. I liked Gray and Pel as the main. But partway through I grew more...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Still Alive
Yes I am still around though I haven't even posted a weekly video in awhile. This is for two reasons. 1.) I go to school four days a week including Wednesday and I'm pretty tired when I get home 2.) Is that I unplugged my webcam to plug something else in. I don't know what happened but I can get video but I can't get audio anymore and I am too lazy to fix it.
But I am still reading. I have to say...
Thursday, June 12, 2014
You've Got Time
I haven't posted much in the way of content. I've recently started my first year of college and on Wednesday I don't have the energy to post the videos.
But I am reading! I'm currently reading Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas. I love her books esp. the historical romance. She recently announced that she's returning to the genre with a new series. Woop!
I hope to have up some reviews as summer...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Wide Sargossa Sea by Jean Rhys
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I had heard of this book before through it's connection with Jane Eyre. But I put off reading for awhile. It was until I read a postcolonial criticism of that I really felt the urge to read it. I wanted to buy it but then I realized that the library...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
The Bronte Sisters by Catherine Reef Review
The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is around the fifth biography I've checked out on a Bronte but only the first that I have finished. I have the massive tome by Juliet Barker but I was overwhelmed when I opened it. I've started...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Just One Day by Gayle Forman Review + Weekly Vid
Just One Day by Gayle Forman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I will admit that when I started this book I thought about putting it down. It didn't immediately grab me but I kept reading. I feel like the main theme of the book would be: finding yourself? I feel like Allyson had to learn to be her true self...
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Review
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If I had to rank Rowell's published books it would look something like this. 1. Eleanor and Park2. Fangirl?3. Attachments? See while I was typing that I wasn't exactly sure where I should rank the last two. Fangirl enthralled me and made me want...
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Three Weeks with Lady X by Eloisa James
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
So I want to confess before I start this review that I did not read the book featuring Thorn's father. I do intend to but I was so fucking excited when I found out that she was doing a series about one of the kids from the Desperate...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Review
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A little background on my relationship with Miss Austen. I knew of Pride and Prejudice. It is like practically required to have read if you read romance particularly historical romance. But see I hadn't at least not up until 2010In 2010 I set out...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Mercy by Lucille Clifton Poetry Review
Mercy by Lucille Clifton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I don't remember exactly which poem I read by Mrs. Clifton first but I remember liking it. When it came time for me to buy books I thought of her and I ordered this collection. It is marvelous. The poetry flows well and I particularly like the 9/11 sequence....
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Triangles by Ellen Hopkins Review
Triangles by Ellen Hopkins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
My friend Sky had recommended Ellen Hopkins book. I believe that was four years ago. It wasn't until this year that I thought to look for them at my local library. The thing that stuck out to me about reading this was how fast it seemed to go by. Before...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Maliciously Obedient by Julia Kent Review
You know sometimes I read different things. Sometimes I read contemporary romance. That's a big leap for me.
While I was on break during my adult education classes I decided to read something. I didn't want to read the hardback I bought for some reason so I turned to my e-reader. I flipped through...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Reckless Seduction by Jane Feather Review
Reckless Seduction by Jane Feather
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I started this book because of a challenge. Though I had bought the book beforehand I'm not sure if I would have picked it up otherwise. I mean obviously I intended to read it. But sometime in the near future which could be any time in the next...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Ariel's Gift Babbling and Today's Video
Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of Birthday Letters by Erica Wagner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have become fascinated with this woman. It amazes me that if she were alive today she would be my grandma's age yet I like she's me. Idk I just feel connected to her. A bit too much I...
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Tues-Thurs Reading Schedule
Okay so today I figured out what the check out limit is at my library. It's 20. I had eight more books to pick up but on this impromptu trip I didn't take the books I was going to return. But at least now I know how many books I can get at one time.
So I have a lot of material to go through. On the way home I thought about making a schedule to read them. So that's what I did. Now of course the challenge...
Monday, January 27, 2014
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates review
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
My journey to reading this book started back in December. I wasn't looking for this book necessarily but I was looking for a book by Ms. Oates. I had read her Wiki article. She fascinated me. She who wrote in different genres and was...
Friday, January 24, 2014
Two Poetry Reviews
The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was my first of Sharon Olds. I picked it because I read an article where she was listed among the great modern confessional poets. I've recently found myself influenced by Plath and I wanted to learn more about the genre she helped...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Currently Reading Video of the Week
I thought I'd try this out. Every week I will upload a video where I talk about what I'm currently reading. That sounds simple right? Let's see if I can keep my part of the bargain....
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Rough Magic by Paul Alexander Review
Rough Magic: A Biography Of Sylvia Path by Paul Alexander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I started this book near the end of last year. I had bought the ebook a few months back but I didn't start on it right away.
When I started reading this I grew more interested in Sylvia. It's safe to say that I already...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
2013 Book Roundup.
Well let's see according to Goodreads I read 60 books. Of that I read:
Fiction: 49
Nonfiction: 8
Graphic Novel: 3
I mean that's not bad at all right? I did want to read more but you guys know I got distracted for part of the year haha. I am hoping to do better this year. I'm reading a number...
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