Overview A lot has been going on in general in life, some of it bad and stressful. I will likely be taking a hiatus starting Friday of this week to deal with some stuff in my personal life, but I’m hoping to have some scheduled content to post while I’m away! What am I reading? […]
“House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy series. The books follow 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and move into the House of Night, a boarding […]
I actually started reading Deerbrook last summer, and left it behind in pursuit of quicker reads while I was busy at an excavation. It’s taken me a while to get back into reading it, but I’m so glad I did! Deerbrook focuses on the lives of Hester and Margaret following Hester’s marriage to Edward Hope. […]
Atlantis by David Gibbins is the first book in his Jack Howard series following Howard, a maritime archaeologist, as he searches for the legendary lost civilization of Atlantis. Spoiler Warning for major plot points The Plot There were essentially two major plots going on, and they were completely separate from each other in my opinion. […]
What is a flash review? Since this is the first one of my flash reviews, I’ll quickly explain what I’m planning for them. A flash review will happen if I find a book that just sucks me in and I read in a very short period of time. For Big Little Lies I received a […]
What I’m Reading Since Saturday I’ve added two books to my currently reading list: Awakened, the 8th book in the House of Night series by PC and Kristin Cast Curse of Magic, the 2nd book in the Fairy Tale Enchantress series by KM Shea Updates Planned This week I’m planning on finishing up Atlantis, and […]
This book started out so promising… Now, it’s not a jaunty archaeological adventure through the city of Atlantis (excuse me, I have a Disney movie to watch). It’s somehow a thriller political novel? There aren’t any spies, but there’s Kazakh gangsters who’ve created a sanctuary for terrorists and are using that to…pillage museums and ancient […]
“I became conscious…of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.” – Dracula What is the atmosphere? The atmosphere of a book is the mood, the setting, and the emotions that the author invokes. The above example […]
The other day, I was being quite productive. Then there’s today where I’m still in my pajamas! I think it’s good sometimes to have a day where you’re not worried, one that’s slow paced rather than fast. Anybody else having a lazy Sunday today? What are you up to?
Overview This week has been a fun one! Since I launched this blog, I’ve really enjoyed getting into all of the book blogger circles of twitter, tumblr, and Instagram. I’ve gotten some warm welcomes, and I’m very excited to get to know everybody a lot better! What am I reading? At the moment I have […]
Cups and Cards and Books 