Jump Into Books

What is teaser tuesday? It's a meme hosted by  Should Be Reading  and here are the rules:  • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!  "Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it."  -Jim Henson: The Biography, Page 483, Brian Jay Jones (Quoting a letter by Jim Henson) That's some good advice to live by, and I can't wait to dig into this one!

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga at  Tynga's Reviews ! It's a way to highlight the books that everyone got throughout the week. Christmas Gifts -  Jim Henson: The Biography  For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters born of his fertile imagination: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were only part of his remarkable story.   Published by Ballantine Books I can't wait! I adore the muppets, and Henson seemed to have a positive impact on everyone around him. So, I will be diving into this during the next snowstorm we have.   Allegiant  by Veronica Roth The faction-based society that Tris Prior once...

Bloodlines Richelle Mead August 23rd 2011 Razorbill Blood doesn't lie... Sydney is an alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of human and vampires. They protect vampire secrets - and human lives. When Sydney is torn from her bed in the middle of the night, at first she thinks she's still being punished for her complicated alliance with dhampir Rose Hathaway. But what unfolds is far worse. Jill Dragomir - the sister of Moroi Queen Lissa Dragomir - is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. To avoid a civil war, Sydney is called upon to act as Jill's guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in the last place anyone would think to look for vampire royalty - a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. But instead of finding safety at Amberwood Prep, Sydney discovers the drama is only just beginning... This review is going to be weird to write because I've already read The Golden Lily, but I...

It feels a bit weird starting off the new year with a recap post, but hey! December was a pretty good month for me reading wise, and also in general because Christmas, though I didn't get any books. I did get the first 3 volumes of Sandman, though, so that should be fun to get into! So, yeah. Books Read: Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy Drama by Raina Telgemeier Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta Bloodlines by Richelle Mead The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle Saga volume 1 by Brian K Vaughn  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge Books Reviewed: World After by Susan Ee Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan Let It Snow by    John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle Yeah, not such a good month on the reviewing month, but it was December so I was both busy with Christmas and busy making lists and preparing for the new year and making bad ex...

Happy 2014! In an effort to start the year right (since 2013 has now officially ended), I'm going to do a wrap-up of the year! I officially graduated with my Master's degree (woo-hoo), so that meant this was a quieter year in terms of reviews. I reviewed 37 different books, many of them fabulous. The ratings breakdown as follows: 8 Five Heart/A 18 Four Heart/B 11 Three Heart/C I hit 200,000 views according to blogger (since my Google Analytics code stopped gathering data before my blogging hiatus). Woop! I was lucky enough to work with some great authors and publishers this year. Thanks to Bridget from Bloomsbury, Abbie from Sourcebooks, Michelle from EgmontUSA, and the MacTeenBooks blog! Thanks to all the authors who took the time to be interviewed/guest post for me: Lisa and Laura Roecker, L.T. Getty, Lois Metzger, Janeal Falor, Jenny E. Miller, Stephanie Wardrop, Tracy Deebs, and Kim Askew and Amy Helmes! Woo, what a great year :) 2014 - I'll be reviewing some great boo...

So it's a bit of tradition over here for me to make a list of all the bookish/bloggish etc things that I want to accomplish over the next year, forget about them and then remember about them about the week before the new year and be a bit annoyed with myself. So here are my resolutions from last year! 1. Read at least 95 books.  2. Finish Harry Potter.  3. Comment more on other blogs. 4. Finish something I started writing.  5. Post at least 10 times a month.  Well, I did warn you. I have literally done none of these this year! Though it's not technically 2014 yet so I suppose there's still a chance I could get 95 books read! I was close, though! I think I'll have had 93(?) read by the new year, which I am still pretty happy about. But the others? Well, they were kind of lost causes from the start, but it's nice to optimistic! I like setting myself goals even if I don't achieve them. Or remember what they actually were... Anyway, here are mine for 2014! 1. Actual...

So I think I'm going to be ending this year on a kind of depressing note, blogging wise. As the title would suggest, I've been feeling a bit connected from blogging, from reading, from the blogosphere lately. It's only until now that I realised that that was the way I was feeling. I thought I'd just been in a bit of a slump as per usual, but it's been going on for what feels like forever now and I just wanted to address that properly. It comforting to have been able to read so many posts of late about this sort of thing, because it's nice in a way to realise that even the most talented, wonderful bloggers out there have slumps like everyone else. I'm not going to give up blogging or anything, in case you're wondering. That's not the way to go about fixing this problem, I don't think. Well, personally, for me anyway.  I just feel like for the past year at least that I have come to a complete standstill with blogging. I love it and I mostly do it f...