Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t participate every week, but I join in when I find the prompt interesting. This week’s prompt is your most anticipated reads of Spring 2014. I interpreted that as new releases/ARCs I’m excited to read and plan to finish before… Continue reading Top Ten Books on my Spring 2014 TBR List
Category: reading life
Book Review: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
When I pitch this book, I often say that it’s zombies and angels and a murder mystery and a maybe extinct (or maybe not extinct) woodpecker. And it is all of those things, and so much more. Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (narrated by Josh Hurley and Fred Berman) Published: Published May 3rd 2011 by… Continue reading Book Review: Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Top Ten Urban Fantasy Series
Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t participate every week, but I join in when I find the prompt interesting. This week’s prompt is to share your favorites from any genre. When I am looking for a fun, fast-paced read, my go-to genre is urban fantasy,… Continue reading Top Ten Urban Fantasy Series
An Evening with Marilynne Robinson
Each year, my library partners with University of Kansas Libraries for Read Across Lawrence, which is where everyone in town is invited to “get on the same page” and read a book as well as attend related events, and culminates in a visit from the author at the end of the month. The 2014 selection… Continue reading An Evening with Marilynne Robinson
Book Review: Half Bad by Sally Green
When this book was pitched as a “dark” Harry Potter and was generating so much buzz, I was skeptical. But with its breakneck pacing and unique world-building, it totally won me over.
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