Everyone knows that characters are one of the most fundamental elements of any story. Dragons are a close second, though. For me, a great character can lift a lousy plot, or a lousy character can drag down a great plot. I want characters I can fall in love with, daydream about, idolize, and sometimes maybe […]
It’s already that time of year for pumpkin foods, jack-o-lanterns, horror movies, and all the best creepy books. As such, Molly @ Silver Button Books is hosting Frightening Good Reads 2019, which focuses on reading all the best Halloweeny books during the season. Now that’s something I can totally get behind, which is why we’re […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:Would you take up a sword to save the world?Would you become a dragon rider?Was that last question even a real question?! Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask these three W’s:What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? […]
It’s time to play “guess that book” and also watch our TBRs weep. “First Line Fridays” is by Hoarding Books and is all about the first line of a current/upcoming read. Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda’s Voice, where you turn to page 56 (or 56%) in what you’re reading a find a snippet that jumps out […]
Okay, I’m feeling a little bit called out right now. It’s not exactly a secret that I’m forever always behind on ARCs. And yet, I was tagged by the lovely Melanie @ TBR and Beyond and I so appreciate the tag, but wow, talk about airing my dirty laundry. xD Rules ✿ Link back to […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:What if the government banned words?What if they rewrote history?What if everything you knew was a lie? Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask these three W’s:What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? WWW Wednesday is a weekly […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:Would you soul-pact with an animal?What animal would you choose?Would you commit the taboo? Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask these three W’s:What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by […]
It may come as no surprise that I have a really short attention span, and so books have about 30 seconds to grab my attention between the blurb and first lines before I wander off to chase butterflies. This is assuming, of course, that I find a random book in the wild, not one that […]
The question that has plagued book bloggers since the dawn of the Internet: to post or not to post negative reviews? At some point, every blogger needs to make this decision for themselves, and sometimes it’s a tough one. Everyone approaches it differently, and none of them are definitively “Right,” just right for that blogger. […]
I’ve been tagged by Keri @ Are You My Book? for this tag, and let me just say that it was hecka fun. Let’s take random characters and throw them in random other worlds. What could possibly go wrong?! Nothing. Duh! So let’s get on with it. The Rules 1) Link back to the creator […]