Top 10 least favorite reads of 2016

So with this post, I suppose I'm ending 2016 on a bit of a negative note. But after seeing a similar post from Jess @ The Mud and Stars Book Blog, I thought it might be interesting to come up with my own list of my least favorite books read this year. Check out my favorite …

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End of year book survey

Happy New Year's Eve! To wrap up 2016, I've filled out this year-end book survey I first discovered at Stephanie's Book Reviews. It is hosted by The Perpetual Page Turner. Number of books you read: 46 Number of re-reads: 1 Genre you read the most from: Historical fiction 1. Best book you read in 2016? …

Bib•li•o•phile Friday: Ugly covers

As the old saying goes, "Don't judge a book by its cover." Well, sometimes it's hard not to ... This is my first time participating in Bib•li•o•phile Friday, a weekly feature hosted on Goodreads by Aurora and Louise. This week we're asked to pick five books with "truly awful covers. Is the story just as …

November recap

How is it already December?! We don't even have our tree up yet ... *sob* November was a busy month in many ways, and reading and acquiring books was no exception to the rule. November reads Click on the covers for my reviews   November book haul Due to a streak of luck with Goodreads …

Week in review

And so we come to the end of another week ... a rather eventful one, at that. These past few days have truly stretched my adulting abilities, but I made it through mostly unscathed. The highlight of an otherwise distressing week was book swap last night. Only three of us were present, so it turned into …

Weekend recap and some bookish goodness

Hey, fellow readers! I hope everyone's Monday is relatively drama-free thus far. This past weekend was both productive and enjoyable. I went out to dinner with my Jared and my mother-in-law on Friday. Saturday, I shopped with my mom for necessities and had some long-overdue mother-daughter time. Jared went shopping with his parents for World …

Catching up

Happy November! In the past week, I have finished and reviewed two books that could not be more different from one another. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins   *may contain spoilers* After hearing varying thoughts about this book, I delved into it with an open mind and not the highest of expectations. …