Blog/Reading Goals 2019

Usually, I'm inclined not to have many New Year Goals, mostly because of the negative connotations around such resolutions and because they are difficult to follow. However, I wanted to share some general changes you will be seeing on my blog and my reading goals over the course of the coming year. So, this post …

Wrapping Up 2018

The year is coming to an end, and while I will miss it, it's always encouraging to start a new year. This year nothing seemed to go right. Saying that, I have so enjoyed writing this blog and it's helped me in innumerable ways. Usually, I do I short reading wrap-up at the end of …

I Miss The Geese

“Then the geese replaced themselves with six pigs and vanished.” ― Diana Wynne Jones, Dark Lord of Derkholm

Book Review: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

I have seen this book (and its subsequent sequels) on bookstore shelves since I was a child. However, I never bothered to pick it up. I'm not sure why, since the cover is rather appealing. But, apparently the movie adaptation is being made, so I thought it was about time that I tried reading this …

Merry Christmas!

Things are hectic at my house, with the holidays and selling my house, so I didn't have a post planned for today. But, since it's Christmas Eve, I thought I'd share my favorite Christmas poem with you. If you aren't Christian, you probably won't care for it, but it's my personal favorite! For reference, Longfellow …

5 Weeks, 5 Tomes: Week 5 Update

So, here I am, finally done with this challenge. On one hand, I'm glad to be done because my life has been so busy the last few weeks (both with the holidays and with selling my house). On the other hand, I did really enjoy the three books I managed to finish. The final book …

Book Review: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I love Charles Dickens, but I have always had a negative view of this book through watching a couple adaptations of it growing up. For one, I hate the idea of a romance centering around a foolish man in love with a cruel woman. It's one of the main reasons I did not like reading …

Photo Friday: Paths of Winter

"Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns." ― Jean Webster,Daddy-Long-Legs

Books I’m Looking Forward To in 2019

I was supposed to post a book review today (namely, Great Expectations), but unfortunately I'm still not done with it. So I'm throwing up this post today and then (let's hope) I'll post the book review on Saturday. So, I used to anticipate books coming out more, but this year I really haven't cared that …

Book Review: Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

I have been burned too many times by classic retellings, and yet I still decided to pick this book up and read it, for two reasons. First, I am a massive fan of Jane Eyre. Jane is one of my favorite protagonists in literature, mostly because she is such a strong character despite her horrible …