G’Day Bookworms! I had sooooo much fun during Book Blogger Appreciation Week, but let me tell you something. It wreaked absolute havoc on my TBR list. I don’t even remember where I saw it, but somewhere in the blog hopping I was reminded that I’ve only ever read one Markus Zusak novel (The Book Thief,… Read more »
Month: February 2016
In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
Howdy Bookworms! You remember Judy Blume, right? She was an absolute fixture of my adolescent reading life. Remember that time I wrote about how Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret holds an extra super special place in my heart? (It’s HERE if you’re curious.) In 2015 Judy Blume released her first novel in… Well… Read more »
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
Cheerio Bookworms! This may come as a shock to you, but I have a crush on… England. My feelings on the subject can be summed up in the immortal speech Hugh Grant as Prime Minister gives in Love Actually. “We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles,… Read more »
BBAW: Fighting Blogger Burnout (Revised)
Happy Friday, Bookworms! We’ve reached the end of Book Blogger Appreciation Week *tear*. Our final topic is Fighting Blogger Burnout, which is something that every blogger I know has struggled with at one time or another. I am prone to existential crises, so periodically I get a case of the “does anybody even read my blog”s and “I… Read more »
BBAW: How Do You Stay Connected to the Community?
G’Day Bookworms! It’s still Book Blogger Appreciation Week and I, for one, am having all the fun! Today’s topic is how we stay connected to the book blogging community. You know, social media, commenting on other blogs, and what have you. Unfortunately, lately, I kind of… Don’t. Womp womp. That’s not entirely true, I guess. What… Read more »
BBAW: Most Influential Bloggers
Happy Wednesday Bookworms! I hope you’re all having fun with Book Blogger Appreciation Week, because heaven knows I am. Today the BBAW Powers That Be have posed an interesting question. What have you read and loved thanks to a fellow blogger? My reading world has expanded so much since I started blogging, it’s going to… Read more »
BBAW: Interview with Suzi from Whimpulsive!
Greetings Gorgeous Bookworms! It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week, the newly re-instated love fest. The internet can be an ugly place, so the idea that we’re celebrating our blog friends is downright delicious. Because I’m all about the participation (I know, right? Who are you, and what have you done with the real Katie?!) I’m going… Read more »
BBAW: Your Personality in 5 Books
Howdy Bookworms! It’s Book Blogger Appreciation Week. What does that even mean? Well… I’m not entirely sure yet, as this is my first one, but I’m pretty sure it’s a giant love-fest in which I gush about my Internet friends. Book bloggers know how to party, especially Andi at Estella’s Revenge, Heather at Capricious Reader, Ana… Read more »
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Hello My Darling Bookworms, I have a nasty habit of reading books about writers whose books I have not read. I mean, if you can say that two books constitute a habit… I recently finished The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin which is about Truman Capote and his gang of high class New York… Read more »
It’s a Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes (Top Ten Tuesday)
Helloooooo Bookworms! Valentine’s Day is creeping up and the gals from The Broke and the Bookish have offered up a Valentine’s themed freebie topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday. I’m a sucker for romantic comedies, I’ll own up to it. I dig love stories with impossibly ridiculous premises in my movies… And in my… Read more »