1) Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series We all know our favorite witch was responsible for saving Harry and Ron multiple times throughout the series, using the might of her mind just as much as the flick of her wand. What I love most about Hermione is that she did not care at all about impressing … Continue reading Top 5 Wednesday: Top 5 Independent Ladies from Books
A very appropriate topic for the week of Valentine's Day, this week's Top Ten Tuesday is all about our favorite literary lovebirds. 1) Feyre & Rhysand from the ACOTAR series From enemies to friends to lovers, nothing says Power Couple like the Hades/Persephone-inspired pairing of Rhysand and Feyre, High Lord and High Lady of the Night Court. … Continue reading Top 10 Favorite Couples in Books
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) by Marlon James Bloodwitch (The Witchlands #3) by Susan Dennard The Priory of Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon The Huntress by Kate Quinn The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas Enchantee by Gita Trelease Crown of Feathers (Crown of Feathers #1) by Nicki Pau Preto The Risk (Briar U #2) by Elle Kennedy … Continue reading February 2019 Releases I’m Adding to My TBR
This topic was so much fun to do! I loved looking back at some of the pairings I first started shipping as a budding fangirl. Not all of my nostalgic ships/couples are from books - I've got a few from movies/tv shows, as well. 1) Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series Oh, the nostalgia is … Continue reading Top 5 Nostalgic Ships
1) The Mister by E.L. James Release Date: April 16 I've got a very complicated relationship with E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey series. Back when it was becoming a bona fide phenomenon, I read the first book out of curiosity and absolutely loathed it. I couldn't see how anyone could like it. Then, over time, my views on it … Continue reading 10 New/Upcoming Releases I’m On the Fence About
I had a very strange, varied reading month in January. Overall, I'm pretty happy with what I read. 1) The Light at the End John Skipp & Craig Spector Rating: 3.5/5 A bloody fun read featuring a vampire hunting for victims in the New York subway system. Lots of gratuitous sex, violence, and gore - maybe not the … Continue reading January 2019 Reading Wrap-Up!
Left to Right, Top to Bottom: The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham #1) by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Dangerous Books for Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained by Maya Rodale Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff Dragon God (The First Dragon Rider #1) by Ava Richardson The Outsider by Stephen King How … Continue reading January 2019 Book Haul
It’s always a delightful nostalgia trip to look back on the books you read as a kid. That’s why I decided to do this series so I could have a chance to revisit some of my favorites from my childhood and remember the books that got me hooked on reading in the first place. For … Continue reading Favorite Books from My Childhood, Part 3
This week's Top 5 Wednesday is a freebie topic so I'm using it to talk about the movies I'm most anticipating this year. Counting down to most anticipated: 5) Toy Story 4 Release Date: June 21 I recently binge-watched the Toy Story trilogy (of course, I was curled up on the floor bawling my eyes out at the end … Continue reading T5W: Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2019
For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, I decided to do something a bit different than just listing the ten books I recently added to my Goodreads list. Since I tend to add books in clusters of whatever topic/genre I'm interested in at the moment, I might have just ended up listing ten romance novels or … Continue reading Top 10 Most Recent Additions to my To-Read List
