Our topic for this week is a summer freebie. As we are coming up on our beach vacation this summer, I decided I would look at books with beachy covers. 1. Someone Like You – Sarah Dessen 2. Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans – Joanne DeMaio 3. Whole Latte Life – Joanne DeMaio 4. The …
Our topic for this week is animal companions. These can be real or fantasy. I choose to go with real animal companions. 1. Paws Off the Boss – Casey Griffin 2. Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Cafe – Kris Bock 3. The Déjà Glitch – Holly James 4. Georgie, All Along – Kate Clayborn …
Our topic for this week is books that feature travel. I am looking at books that set in places I have visited and loved, or will be visiting this year. 1. The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje Set in Florence, Italy 2. Love & Gelato – Jenna Evans Welch Set in Tuscany 3. The Little …
Our topic for this week is how our blogging/review style has changed over time. I started “blogging” back in 2009, but I use that term loosely to describe that time. 1. I am WAY more consistent with my blogging now. I used to post whenever I felt like it. I wanted to have a blog, …
Our topic for this week is Authors (or books by authors) Who Live In My State/Country. I am only listing books that I would read. 1. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter – Tom Franklin 2. Delta Wedding – Eudora Welty 3. On the Come Up – Angie Thomas 4. The Help – Kathryn Stockett 5. The …
Our topic for this week is books with the word “[insert word here]” in the title (Choose a word and find ten books with that word in the title). Because summer is my least favorite season (it is really hot and humid here), I thought I would give summer its 5 minutes to shine on …
Our topic for this week is books with Springy Covers (Pastel colors, flowers, baby animals, sunshine, etc.). I am going with books that have flowers on them, but not just any cover with flowers. I want pastels/Spring colors and flowers. That says Spring to me 🙂 1. The Ensemble – Aja Gabel 2. Travels with …
Our topic for this week is books you’d be a fool not to read. (Happy April Fool’s Day! In honor of this silly holiday, share the books you think people must read for whatever reason. They could be your favorites, books you deem classics, books that you learned something important from, books you wish you’d …
Our topic for this week is our spring to-be-read list. Most of these will include books that were previously on other TB lists, but that I never got to. Hopefully, this will be the time that they finally get read! 1. Really Good, Actually – Monica Heisey 2. Just As I Am: A Memoir – …
Our topic for this week is books that Include/Feature [insert your favorite theme or plot device here] (for example: unreliable narrators, coming of age, darkness vs. light, time travel, metafiction, a specific romantic trope, good vs. evil. cliffhangers, flashbacks, plot twists, red herrings, loose ends, stories within stories, meet cutes, symbolism, etc.). I have chosen …