• Books

    Books of 2015

    2015 was a great year for books in my life. Unfortunately, I didn’t reach my goal of reading 50 books, but there’s always next year! For now, here’s what I did manage to read in 365 days… 1. Play the King by Michael Dobbs 2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 3. Planet of the Apes By Pierre Boulle 4. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston 5. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 6. Yes Please by Amy Poehler 7. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 8. Unbroken by Laura Hilenbrand 9. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells 10. Wild by Cheryl Strayed 11.…

  • Top Ten Tuesday

    Top 10 Tuesday: Books I Read in 2015

    Top 10 Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010. It’s a fun way for bloggers all over the Internet to connect and post the things they love about books. With the year coming to a close (10 days ’til Christmas!), today I am going to talk to ya’ll about the best books I read in 2015 (in order of appearance). 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank. L. Baum Such a wonderful tale that expands upon the movie and makes it an even more memorable story for people of all ages. 2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein My first introduction into Tolkein’s world, and I…

  • Top Ten Tuesday

    Top 10 Tuesday: Quotes

    Top 10 Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010. It’s a fun way for bloggers all over the Internet to connect and post the things they love about books. I know I posted a few weeks ago about my favorite quotations, but here I am again with another post all about my favorite quotes from the last year or so. 1. “Figure out what you want. Say it loud. Then shut up.” Amy Poehler — Yes Please This is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received from a book. Amy speaks to me. Never be ashamed of what you want — if…

  • Book Reviews,  Books

    Not Your Ordinary Dystopia

    Title: J Author: Howard Jacobson Genre: Dystopia Quotation: “You don’t need to have your eyes open to see things.” Would recommend to: someone who likes to create his or her own story. “J” is an interesting book. It’s different from any other book I’ve read, and I’ve read a lot of books, especially dystopian novels. But interesting does not mean bad. As you may have gathered from my “little thoughts” post about “J,” I learned a lot while reading it. Not just vocabulary or about different writing styles but about myself and my reading preferences. I liked “J,” I liked it a lot actually. But it was very hard for me to…

  • Books

    'J'ust Finished

    I am finished with “J” by Howard Jacobson, and here are my first thoughts upon completion. 1. My vocabulary has expanded tenfold. I rarely closed my dictionary app while reading this book.  2. This novel was not written by an American. Between the style of writing (did I mention there were a lot of big words) and the style of the novel in its entirety, I could tell fifty pages in that this book was written by someone of a different culture. Between the colloquial phrases, such as snog, the random German spattered throughout the book, and the overall style, you can tell it’s written by someone with a different perspective…

  • Books

    ‘J’ust Finished

    I am finished with “J” by Howard Jacobson, and here are my first thoughts upon completion. 1. My vocabulary has expanded tenfold. I rarely closed my dictionary app while reading this book.  2. This novel was not written by an American. Between the style of writing (did I mention there were a lot of big words) and the style of the novel in its entirety, I could tell fifty pages in that this book was written by someone of a different culture. Between the colloquial phrases, such as snog, the random German spattered throughout the book, and the overall style, you can tell it’s written by someone with a different perspective…