[Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore]: A Review

Hi everyone! I'm sorry it's suddenly been almost a week since I posted! Between family coming into town and watching way too many episodes of The Great British Baking Show (we are obsessing at our house!), I have gotten a bit behind on my reading and reviewing. I am really excited to share some thoughts …

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National Siblings Day: Favorite Literary Siblings

Tomorrow is National Siblings Day here in the US! I sure love my siblings! I thought I would share some of my favorite literary siblings in honor of this (somewhat made up) holiday. Enjoy!   Lizzie and Jane Bennett // Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen // Such a beautiful relationship these two have! I …

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Blogging Extravaganza: Dream Fictional Vacation

Welcome back to another round of Get Up Offa That Slump: A Blogging Extravaganza hosted by Rachel at Beauty and the Bookshelf! Today's prompt is plan a trip to your favorite fictional places (on an unlimited budget, of course!) This is potentially my favorite prompt ever. While there are about a million places I would love …

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Blogging Extravaganza: Animals and Books

Guys, I love this blogging extravaganza. It's so clever and so fun! Today's prompt is puppies and books. Check out our host Rachel's post today @ Beauty and the Bookshelf. It has seriously inspired me today. I thought I would try to pair baby animals with a few book covers/movie posters. Not sure how this will …

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Top 10 Tuesday: Literary Locations I Love!

First, I am feeling super official today as I now have my very own domain-- greenishbookshelf.com !! This week's Top 10 Tuesday theme didn't really speak to me (characters everyone loves but I don't get or visa versa). So I thought I would go in a different direction. Instead of characters, I thought I would …

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Top 10 Tuesday: Books that Deserve a Great Soundtrack

Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish! This week is all about music & books. I have been sitting here for a while trying to come up with clever book/song combinations. And it's hard. So I decided to take a twist on this topic. Today, I'm taking about Books that …

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Top 10 Tuesday: Bookish Gratitude List

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Top 10 Tuesday hosted by the fabulous ladies over at The Broke and the Bookish! This week's theme is Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving for the opportunity to remember all the ways I am blessed! We would take this theme in any direction from books or authors we're thankful for to …

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Top 10 Tuesday: 10 Literary Halloween Costumes

Hi all! Tonight I'm here with an installment of Top 10 Tuesday hosted by The Broke and The Bookish! This week's theme is Halloween--very timely for this fun holiday week. I love Halloween for the chocolate and darling kids costumes. I'm not a big fan of scary though--I usually avoid scary movies and books and stories. …

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Top 10 Tuesday: 10 Wishes for the Bookish Genie

Hi everyone! Fall has sure been fun and busy this year. I'm sorry I have been somewhat scattered and hard to get a hold of in the blogging world. Sometimes, life just speeds forward and I don't think about much besides pumpkin cookies, football games, and being with family 🙂 Today I’m back with another …

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