Sunday Morning Funnies: Truth

    This isn’t necessarily “funny,” but I thought it was true and needed to be shared. I have so many friends that I wouldn’t have if I didn’t read (and that includes real life friends; I’m not just talking about the characters who feel like my friends), including all of you lovely blogging friends! … Continue reading »

It - Stephen King

Reblogged from No Thanks, I'd Rather Read: It, like The Shining, was one of my first Stephen King novels. This one, however, I read despite the warnings of my mother, who said it was “a stupid book.” But I was curious, and at that point in my life I loved big, thick books (this one … Continue reading »

Classics Club Spin – What’s Your Number?

Well, first of all, typing “What’s Your Number?” up there made me think of this: You’re welcome. Anyway, the Classics Club Spin Number of Truth is 14, which means I will be reading Catcher in the Rye. Catcher was on my “Books I’m dreading, aka books I read in school and hated” list, so I’m not the happiest … Continue reading »

Sunday Morning Funnies: Little Stephen King

Based on On Writing, I’m not entirely sure this is how it went…but I figured it was appropriate, since I’m currently reading IT for approximately the billionth time.

20 Questions with 101 Books

Came across this yesterday and I’m bored, so I decided to answer these 20 questions from 101 Books (most of which are not quite book-related, oh well). What’s the worst non-fiction book you’ve ever read? I honestly don’t read enough non-fiction to say. I only pick up non-fiction books I know I’ll be interested in. Least … Continue reading »

Classics Club Spin!

I’m playing The Classics Club Spin! Directions Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you have left to read from your Classics Club List. Try to challenge yourself: list five you are dreading/hesitant to read, five you can’t WAIT to read, five you are neutral about, and five free choice (favorite author, rereads, ancients … Continue reading »

Hiding in Sunshine – John and Caitlin Stuart

Title: Hiding in Sunshine Author: John Stuart and Caitlin Stuart Published: October 2012 Summary Gavin and Lisa Brinkley have it all. Two beautiful daughters, Becky and Jessica; a beautiful mansion on a 8-acre lot in Concord, Massachusetts; incredible wealth from Gavin’s many patents. An incredibly gifted high-tech entrepreneur, Gavin has secured enough royalties from his … Continue reading »

Is Jane Austen Overrated?

Ron Rosenbaum has an article on Slate today about why he might be reevaluating his position on Jane Austen’s literary merit. The impetus for this arose with the publishing of an Austen-based self-help book titled A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter. Below is one of … Continue reading »

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Romances in Books

I went with the “awesomely romantic couples” interpretation of this week’s theme. 1. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth – Persuasion, Jane Austen. Yeah, I could have gone with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, but what fun would that be? Even though Persuasion is not exactly “up there” in my favorite Austen novels … Continue reading »

Sunday Morning Funnies: First Impressions

Ah, who among us hasn’t been trapped in such a quandary before? I know I have. I know I would much rather my coworkers (and even strangers) seeing me reading Jane Austen rather than Veronica Roth, but sometimes I can’t help it. Luckily for me, though, a lot of books do overlap in my “books … Continue reading »

Thoughts on a Balanced Reading “Diet”

Yesterday, I read a post on Reflections of a Book Addict about balancing your reading diet. I started to comment on it about six different times before realizing that I should probably just write my own post about it, or else risk writing a novel of a comment. Before I say anything else, I’ll have … Continue reading »

Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Published: 2012, Crown Publishers Summary On the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne’s wife, Amy, disappears from their rented home on the banks of the Mississippi. The police quickly zero in on Nick, who may not be as nice of a guy as he first appears; meanwhile, … Continue reading »

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Bookish Memories

Okay, so this is actually going to be my top five bookish memories, because I’m lame and haven’t met any authors or gotten anything signed or anything cool like that, and had to rely on basic experiences that aren’t exciting to anyone else but me. Except maybe the first. 1. Seeing Stephen King in person at … Continue reading »

Sunday Morning Funnies: Blogiversary Special

Good morning readers, and happy Super Bowl Sunday for those of you in the States! (GO RAVENS, btw.) In honor of my blog’s second birthday on Friday, you guys are getting SIX funnies this morning, all via someecards. I completely agree with 100% of these (especially the book hangover one), and I’m guessing most of … Continue reading »

Happy Second Blogiversary to Me!

I almost forgot! Today is my blog’s second birthday! Woohoo! Thanks for reading, guys, you’re the best

#603: Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

Title: Rebecca Author: Daphne du Maurier Published: 1938 Summary “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Among the most famous opening lines in history, Rebecca’s might be one of the most haunting—and with good reason. The story of the second Mrs. de Winter and the horror she encounters at Manderley, her husband’s enormous estate on … Continue reading »

OMGOMGOMG Gone Girl was AMAZING.

I just had to say it because I can’t contain myself until NEXT Thursday, since tomorrow my review of Rebecca is going up. But seriously, if you want to read my review of Gone Girl, take this week to read it because I probably won’t be able to post without some massive spoilers. And I mean, you … Continue reading »

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Frustrating Characters EVER

1. Mrs. Norris – Mansfield Park, Jane Austen. Mrs. Norris must be one of the most flat-out evil characters in all of literature–but not in a Count Dracula or Pennywise kind of evil. The petty, mean, horrible-person-but-totally-human kind of evil that Jane Austen so excels at writing. Every time she opens her mouth I want … Continue reading »

New Blog Title and URL!

Hi friends, As I’m sure at least a few of you have noticed, I have both a new blog title and new url! I’ve been wanting to make the change for a while, and finally just went ahead and did it. I figured since my blog’s second birthday is on Friday, I’d give it an … Continue reading »