Welcome to the May monthly link-up for the 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! I can’t believe the year is nearly halfway over! This challenge has been going better than we ever could have imagined – we’ve been having an amazing time discussing books with all of you! The winner of our March discussion challenge link-up was Silvara over at Fantasy of […]
I recently went through a phase where I was buying more books than usual for one reason or another. I had a bit of birthday money to spend (books!), I was getting things for my OTSP Secret Sister (books!), I was going to more author events (books!) … and then there were just some books that I couldn’t resist based on reviews that I’d read. And it suddenly dawned on me that I should be purchasing […]
As most of you know, I was considering changing some of my older ratings, but after getting some feedback from my lovely blogging friends (that’s YOU!), I started to doubt my decision. First of all, I felt like it would be unfair to authors – especially Indie authors – who had referred to my reviews in the past. (And, sure, none of those big-time authors would notice if I changed my reviews, but then I […]
Ever met an author and ended up feeling tongue-tied or just plain said the wrong thing? This has happened to me twice. The first was at BEA when I met a relatively popular author in line and couldn’t place her at all. She asked for my card, and I asked for hers, and I think she looked at me as if to say, You’re a blogger and you don’t know who I am? When she told […]
UPDATE: It’s been less than an hour since I posted this and I’m already totally second-guessing this decision, so please feel free to weigh in with your opinions. Is this the right thing to do? Or would I be better off just coming up with a 5+ stars rating for those all-time favorites (which I’m not sure I can do with my current rating system, but might be better if I can figure it out?). […]
We’ve all had it happen. You’re all excited to read that book – the one you’ve been waiting for. The one that finishes off the series that you’ve loved or the debut that everyone’s been talking about. The book with the beautiful cover that made you want to stare at it all day long. The one with a synopsis that captured your attention and made you need to read it! You pick the book up. It starts off […]
I realize that this might be a bit controversial, but my husband and I have made kind of a big decision when it comes to our kids. We’ve banned books (hopefully temporarily). Obviously, I love to read, and I feel like reading is great for adults, but lately I’ve started to worry about its effects on my kids. Here’s the thing – we’ve noticed lately that reading has become a big issue in our house. […]
Welcome to the April monthly link-up for the 2015 Book Blog Discussion Challenge hosted by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction and Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight! We have been thrilled with the response to this challenge! We’ve been having such an amazing time discussing books with all of you! The winner of our February discussion challenge link-up was Eileen @ BookCatPin. She chose a pre-order of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah […]
Last week I wrote a post about how I love a fictional book (loosely) based on a true story. It just somehow captures my imagination – the idea that the author was truly inspired by something that happened in their real life. But, ironically, I’m not really a fan of non-fiction, even if it’s a personal story. Just the word memoir sets me off yawning. I don’t know why. For some reason, the idea of non-fiction bores […]
As I was coming up with ideas for this month’s Discussion Challenge Link-up, I was struck with this idea of fiction vs. non-fiction. I actually didn’t think all that much of it in the moment, but the more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t get the idea out of my head. So, I’m going to be writing two posts on the topic. This first one is all about why I’m fascinated with the idea of […]