It's a lazy Saturday night at our house watching college football and snacking on homemade cookies. Life is good in Texas 🙂 I am here tonight with a review of a neat little book tonight: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo. I happened upon this book on Goodreads a few weeks ago. It caught my …
[The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter]: A Review
Hi all. I am so excited to review The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter tonight. This is one of my absolute favorite children's authors. There is just something about her beautiful stories, timeless characters, and inspiring ideals that I love. I bought a set of Beatrix Potter books in the Lake District on my study …
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Top 10 Tuesday: Favorite Books Ever
Hi everyone and welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! Today's prompt is...Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Books Of X Genre. At first, I thought this was way hard. My least favorite question anyone ever asks is "Oh, you like books? What's your favorite book?" Haha. Like I could pick …
[A Sparrow in Terezin]: A Review
Hi guys. I hope you all had a great weekend and that your football team won (unlike mine 😦 ). It was a sad night on Saturday. But we also bought a new car this weekend so it wasn't all bad! I am so excited to review A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron today. …
[The First Four Years]: A Review
So I just finished A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron. And my head is full of WWII bombings, Jewish ghettos, and beautiful love stories. But I actually snuck The First Four Years in right before I started my new favorite WWII novel. So I thought I better write a review of it before I …
[War and Peace, Book 10]: A Review
Guys. I finally finished book 10!! This feels like a really big deal to me. First, this is the longest of the books within the novel. And second, it covers about 15% of the book from just after 50% to almost 70%. That was such a hard stretch for me! When I hit the half …
Top 10 Tuesday: TV Recommendations
Welcome to a new week of Top 10 Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week's theme is...In honor of Fall TV, do a tv-themed topic! I have a rather eclectic taste in TV shows. At our house we watch a lot of different shows ranging from 50's sitcoms to current seasons of popular …
Me in 5 Characters Tag
Sometimes I write a lot of reviews and not a lot about me on this blog. Yes, it is a book blog, but I am the blogger behind the books, right? 🙂 So tonight I am sharing a bit more about me. Sorry books! I was so excited to get this tag earlier this year …
Burn, Rewrite, Reread Tag
First, I think I need to apologize for being so bad at completing tags! I think they are fun and I like mixing it up, but I just forget about all the tag drafts I have sometimes. Today is the day to start being better at these! I've seen this particular tag on many blogs …
August Wrap-Up and September TBR 2016
Can you believe it's September? The fall is my favorite time of year. I love all the anticipation of the holidays to come, the changing leaves, cooler weather, and college football 🙂 I feel like it's been a super long time since I did a wrap-up post. With the move in late July and early …
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