Down the TBR Hole #1

Hello, all! I'm trying something new today. Since I'm not super keen on this week's Top 5 Tuesday theme and couldn't think of my own, I decided this would be a great time for me to launch my own series of "Down the TBR hole" posts. This is a concept that originated with Lia at …

Top Ten Tuesday: Highly-anticipated new releases of 2017

Just 12 days until Christmas ... can you believe it? Me, neither. Thank God all I have to do now is wrap gifts. Finishing my Christmas shopping like...  This topsy-turvy year isn't behind us just yet, but I'm already looking forward to what the the new-release shelves of 2017 have in store. This week's Top …

Top 5 Wednesday: Books I hope to finally read in 2017

Happy Wednesday! This is my first time participating in Top 5 Wednesday, a weekly feature hosted on Goodreads by Lainey and Samantha. I've been in the group for a while but until now I haven't come across a theme that struck my fancy. This week's theme is in regard to books that have been sitting …

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 …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve recently added to my TBR

It's Election Day here in the U.S. ... soon this will all be over. I'm at the point where I figure, "Whoever wins, wins." Ah, well. On to Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's theme is "Ten Books I've Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately." Easy …

Rock the Goodreads vote

The clock on this year's U.S. general election is winding down (thank God). But that's not the type of voting I'm here to talk about – although I hope all my fellow U.S. bloggers will participate in the election if they haven't already. For those of you who don't use Goodreads or just haven't been …

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. …

Shelf Control: “Cold Mountain”

Happy Hump Day! Today I decided to once again forego WWW Wednesday and write another Shelf Control post. Shelf Control is a weekly feature hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. It's all about books we own but have yet to read. Here's my pick of the week ... "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier First published in 1997 …

Book Traveling Thursdays – Mental health matters!

This week's Book Traveling Thursday, hosted by Danielle and Cátia on Goodreads, is all about mental health-related books. I have yet to read Matthew Quick's "The Silver Linings Playbook," but I liked the movie so hopefully I'll enjoy the book even more. Here's the blurb from Goodreads: Meet Pat. Pat has a theory: his life …

Shelf Control: “The Gilded Hour”

Good morning, all. I don't really have anything new for WWW Wednesday this week ... so I'm trying something different. Shelf Control is hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. You pick a book you own but haven't read yet and just write a general post about it, perhaps explain why it's still on your TBR. My first Shelf …