A while back, Forever Lost in Literature posted a list of the the ten longest books they had read. This week, I'm adding my own list.
Category: Random
Get to know the blogger tag
I was tagged by Lori - thank you!! RULES: Thank the person who tagged you!Link back and credit the original creator (GoodeyReads)Answer book questions about yourself.Answer the other questions about yourself.Change the last 5 questions when you tag someone else (if you want! – the more random the better)Tag at least 3 people.Have fun! (ooh, … Continue reading Get to know the blogger tag
battle of the YA adaptation movie stars
Which actors have been in the most movies based on YA books?
5 reasons to DNF* a book
Five good reasons to stop reading that book right now.
you can’t have a werewolf book without…
Werewolves in fiction have yet to escape their many trappings and rules of their mythology. If you pick up a book about werewolves, you will most definitely find at least three of these things.
reading while traveling
Apparently this is a thing I like to do: read a book set in the place I'm traveling to. Right now, I'm heading off to a weekend in Acadia, Maine, and I'm reading The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel, about a man who lived as a hermit in the backwoods of Maine for nearly … Continue reading reading while traveling
when bookworms get earworms
The first book that ever really got a song stuck in my head was If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth. The title is taken from a Wings song, "Band on the Run." If you didn't know, reading the book would tell you that Wings was a project of Paul McCartney's after The … Continue reading when bookworms get earworms
3 on a theme: books within books
I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. Well, I started this blog post with three recent titles, then I kept finding more. I'll try to … Continue reading 3 on a theme: books within books
stealing time to read
I read a lot. Every year for the last ten years I have read over 100 books. During two of those years, I read over 170 books. As you can see from the little Goodreads widget on my blog, I'm usually in the middle of reading 3-5 books. When people say they don't have time … Continue reading stealing time to read
3 books on a theme: brothers who died in the war
I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there's a theme that might not be remarkable in one book... but when I see it in three books, I take notice. In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters included among its characters a set of brothers, one of whom … Continue reading 3 books on a theme: brothers who died in the war
