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Top 5 Wednesday: Books With Multiple Points of View
This week's prompt was a little difficult for me as I realized that I don't read very many books with alternating points of view. I think, however, I've come up with a few good choices.
5. The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
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Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite Books of 2015 So Far!
Apologies for the day late entry. It's been a crazy week at work and I got my days mixed up. Here now, in countdown fashion, are my top 5 favorite books that I've read so far this year:
5. The Selection by Kiera Cass
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Tag: Time Traveler's Book Tag
Thank you to Aria Mia (thelifegeek) over on Youtube for creating this tag. Her video was a lot of fun; you should check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPjnRc3Oal0 .
Questions:
1. What is your favorite time period to read about?I like to read about the early twentieth century in America, between 1900-1940s, such as in Betty Smith novels. I ( Read more... ) -
Bout of Books 13: Challenge - Bookish Survey
Today is the first day of the Bout of Books. It is my first time participating, though not my first read-a-long. This one is a week long, while Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-long (my first) was, well, one day. I'm hoping to read a lot more this time around ( Read more... ) -
Review: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins
Book: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Started: 9 May 2015
Finished: 11 May 2015
RatingI think it can be hard to rate or review a short story collection, especially one that is from twelve different authors, because the voice for each is so different that one "wrong" story can drag the whole collection down. While I did enjoy the ( Read more... ) -
Beginning a Proper Blog
Every since I've gained reliable access to the Internet, I've become slightly addicted to watching videos on YouTube, none more so than the ones that belong to the BookTube community. I have a subscription list now which has about 80 different book video bloggers. Not all of them are active, but the ones that are...they are more fun than I ever ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Investigations of a Female Nature
Jessica Fletcher, to be sure. My grandmother turned me on to the series by always telling me about it. One day I got curious enough to watch an episode that happened to be airing during the afternoon.
After that, I found out that there was a series of book about her as well. While they are nowhere near as good as the show, it is still a comfort ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter Survey
I think I got this survery from a Harry Potter group that read the entire series last year before the seventh book was released. As I am going to start reading the series again starting tonight, I thought that I should repost this and answer it as I go so the answers are fresh in my mind. If anyone wants to comment on or answer a question, please ( Read more... )
