• Have you ever had any teacher, regardless if it’s a current teacher or a past teacher, that has encouraged you to read? Were you happy or unhappy when a teacher encouraged you to read? Did the teacher ever force you to read certain things or were you allowed to choose your own reading material? There…

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  • Book snobbery?

    How do you feel about book snobbery? A book snob is known as a person who scoffs at mainstream or popular titles. Or they’re someone who trashes books they think aren’t “literary” enough. I’m someone who reads because I find the book entertaining (and also because I find reading to be relaxing). If you don’t…

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  • Benefits of Reading

    What do you believe are the benefits of reading? Let’s go through these together and see if any of them apply to you or not…… Stress reliever: A lot of people finds reading to be a task that is relaxing and helps them to unwind at the end of the day, especially if you are…

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  • Which spell…..?

    Out of all the spells from the wizarding world of Harry Potter would you most like to have in the real world and why? I know there are plenty of spells out there that one could use to make your life a whole lot easier or simpler but I’d have to go with a Patronus…

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  • Michelle Paver is releasing another book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, seen below. This comes out on April first (that’s this Thursday). I have Viper’s Daughter in e-book form on my Kindle Fire but I haven’t read it yet. I need to get reading it so that I can get my hands on…

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  • Beverly Cleary, author of the Romona Quimby books, passed away this past Thursday at the age of 104. I was not aware that the author made it to 104. I remember reading some of the Romona Quimby books during my childhood. I also found out the author was a trained librarian. I did not know…

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  • Favorite movie music…

    We often compare the book to the movie but we don’t often talk about the music from said movies. Feel free to listen and you can share with me some of your favorite soundtracks from movies you enjoy. The music during the battle scene during the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from the Chronicles…

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  • Needing a good laugh…

    I know this is kind of off topic but I could use a good laugh today. And I got to thinking about things that have made me laugh. I am a fan of Betty White (my hubby is a fan of hers as well). We stayed up to watch that time Betty White hosted SNL.…

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  • I finished reading this book last night and I wanted to share it with you today. This book was a little different because it was a comic book and a novel all rolled into one. But that didn’t hinder the story any….it actually worked really well (or at least I thought so). The story follows…

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  • Latest purchase!

    Yesterday, while I was on my lunch break, I stopped at my local bookstore to pick up the 3rd book in the Crave series by Tracy Wolff. I knew this book came out this month, however, I had forgotten which day this came out on. When I found out yesterday morning that this book was…

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