I've always been a book nerd. I started reading at three, barreled through Charlotte's Web in a day when I was 6 (my first marathon reading experience), and never stopped. I won't lie - I'm not proud of all of the phases I have gone through. I read (and enjoyed) all of the Twilights, was hooked on Nora Roberts for a solid few years, and read so much chick lit that I still have … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
The Lovely Bones Meets The Virgin Suicides
I love when I pick up a book and just fall right into it. I was a little wary when I picked up The Fates Will Find Their Way because the Goodreads rating is only so-so, and I try not to read anything that has less than a 3.5 star rating. But this one, with its little 3.18, was fantastic.If you're a fan of The Lovely Bones and The Virgin Suicides, then you will love this … [Read more...]
Road Trip to the Badlands
So this past week has been a whirlwind of events. My location of business hosts an event that draws over 120,000 within a three day period each year, so I had my hands pretty full. Of course, it was great to have a weekday off after the whole ordeal and my husband and I took an impromptu road trip to the Badlands in South Dakota. We drove the 7 hours there, watched the sun … [Read more...]
‘Kingdom of Men’ A Near Miss
Author Anesa Miller excerpted this review in an interview with Kim Barnes about the marketing of her book. Read it here.In the Kingdom of Men was both fantastic and disappointing all at the same time. It was fantastic because the story was great, the characters (mostly) real, and the premise wonderful. It was disappointing because the advertised portion of the book was … [Read more...]
Meeting Books Speak Volumes
One of my favorite things about having a book blog is that I get to meet some incredible people. It's no secret that Rebecca from Love at First Book and I are great off-the-net friends and met simply because we both have book blogs and were temporarily in the same location. Which is why I'm so excited that I have met yet another amazing book blogger!Leah from … [Read more...]