Category: Reviews and Recommendations
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10 Book Recommendations To Cool You Down
Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this is my first time participating! This week’s topic is Ten Book Recommendations for __(fill in the blank)__ and I’ve chosen to go with recommendations for folks sick of the heat who want something to cool them down. It’s…
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What I’ve Been Reading: July Edition
Welcome to Quick Lit, where we share short and sweet reviews of what we’ve been reading lately. Brought to you by Anne at Modern Mrs. Darcy, we link up on her blog to see what others are reading! July is already speeding past and I haven’t read nearly as much as I hoped to. You’d…
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Kids Love Summer Reading!: Free Printable Book Lists
Summer, my favorite season for reading, is officially here! As an adult, I love the summer months because it gives me the time and freedom to read books I normally wouldn’t during the rest of the year. But I’ve loved summer reading since I was a kid. I would sign up for my public library’s…
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6 Last-Minute Literary Gifts for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is right around the corner. Have you found the perfect gift for the wonderful woman who brought you into the world? If not, I have some great ideas for all the book-loving moms out there. This list is especially tailored to those of you who left finding a gift to the last minute…
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Literary Linking: March 27 – 31
This week’s article topics include: the audiobook boom, a Mo Willems interview, playlists for books and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of March 27 – 31: Ferdinand Gets a Trailer Beloved storybook bull, Ferdinand, is getting his own movie! I always have reservations when a picture book is turned into a feature-length film,…
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The Best “Beauty and the Beast” Retellings
It would be an understatement to say I’m excited about the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast that came out this past weekend. I was humming “Tale as Old as Time” and “Be Our Guest” all last week. I realize Belle from the original animated film is not the perfect heroine, but there are…
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Bookish App Review: Bookout
When I heard about Bookout, a new app that creates infographics of your reading life, I had to give it a try. Their tagline is: Reading made better. Did it in fact make my reading better? I’ll share my thoughts after I tell you a little more about the app 🙂 What does it do?…
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New Releases I Can’t Wait To Read in 2017
So many amazing books came out last year, and one of my goals for 2017 is to read the best of the best from 2016, but I am also eager to dig into this year’s new releases. Some of my absolute favorite authors have books coming out, and I will be waiting with baited…
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…
I’ve heard the song “Favorite Things” a bunch of times over the last few weeks, and it got me thinking about my favorites for 2016*. The idea of “favorites” is quite broad, but seeing as my life revolves around reading, it was all literary-related favorites that came to mind. Take a look at what tickled…