• Book hangover

    A book hangover is described as “a condition in which an attachment to a book or series that has ended causes the reader traumatic emotional distress.” It also mentions that it normally lasts for “one to two weeks or until a new book of higher-than-average quality enters the reader’s life.” Normally, when I finish a…

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  • Book news….

    {Note: May contain spoilers if you’ve not read the series yet.} Originally, I thought that the Crave series by Tracy Wolff was just going to be a 4 book series. Well, I just found out today that this is not the case. There is going to be a 5th book that comes out in January…

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  • Saving money….

    How do you save money so that you can go shopping at a bookstore near you? Change Jar = My hubby and I have done this before……keep a jar to throw all your loose change in. When the jar gets full, you can take it to the bank and dump it in their machine to…

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  • I just found out that a new book comes out on May 6th. I have the first book titled “Brother Wulf” on my Kindle Fire. I should get to reading it because I need to get this book also. Is there anyone else out there reading these books? What other books have you read by…

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  • Key to Success….

    Yesterday, I was listening to the radio in my car while I was driving to work when I heard something interesting. They said that reading is the key to success for your kids……more so than sports, cooking, sowing, or any other extracurricular activity. How do you get your kids to read with all this technology…

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  • The greatest love song from a movie (a movie that is based on a book) is the song “Storybook Love” by Mark Knopfler from the Princess Bride. The Princess Bride is a classic (in my opinion) that’s developed quite the following since it came out in 1987. There’s adventure and romance but there’s also plenty…

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  • TBR Jar

    I’ve thought about creating a TBR Jar (also known as To Be Read Jar). It’s basically a jar with a list of books in it that I’d like to read but I haven’t got around to reading yet. I decided to make my own (seen below) to help with it. The “jar” is a plastic…

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  • {Note: Please be warned that this article may contain spoilers if you’ve not read this book yet.} I finished reading this today. Grace is just trying to take it one day at a time but the hits keep coming. There is a lot going on in this novel but I’m not going to reveal everything…

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  • Reduce Distractions

    What do you do to reduce distractions so you can read? I’ll read at home where I can control my surroundings a lot more than somewhere out in public. I can turn the tv off (or anything else that is making noise). If I can’t turn the noise off, I can at least move to…

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  • Annoying…?

    Is there anything that an author has done that has annoyed you? If so, what is it? Too much information will make me not finish a book. If the story gets bogged down with too much information, I’ll quickly put the book down and find something else to read. I’ve done that a couple of…

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