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 books that are travel related, but I’ve narrowed it down further to road trip books, and not just any road trip books,… Continue reading Top Ten Road Trip Books on My TBR List
Category: reading life
Hilarious and Heartbreaking: Winger by Andrew Smith
Winger by Andrew Smith Published: May 14th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with… Continue reading Hilarious and Heartbreaking: Winger by Andrew Smith
BEA Bloggers “Convention” Recap
Will Schwalbe Opening Address Will Schwalbe was a lot more entertaining that I thought he was going to be. He was sweet and articulate and kind of adorable. He likes books. Which is cool. I like books, and I’m pretty sure everyone in the room liked books. I’m just not so sure he totally grasps… Continue reading BEA Bloggers “Convention” Recap
Some initial thoughts on BEA (and the books I got).
When I got home from BEA Mister BS couldn’t pick me up because my flight was late and he was taking my sister to the member’s preview of the Frida Kahlo exhibit, so a driver met me at the gate. It was a totally weird ending to a weird week. I spent two days at… Continue reading Some initial thoughts on BEA (and the books I got).
My “Summer” Reading: 5 YA Novels
Summer reading kicks off at my library today! Working at the library is so much fun during the summer because we have a ton more programs and kids have more time to read so I get to do a lot more of my favorite aspect of my job: reader’s advisory. To celebrate I thought I’d… Continue reading My “Summer” Reading: 5 YA Novels