Category: Weekly Features/Memes

Month in Review [October 2014]

Posted November 3, 2014 in Month In Review, Sunday Funday / 6 Comments

Sunday Funday is generally a weekly(ish) post I started to recap my bookish and not-so-bookish thoughts. I’ve decided to expand this concept to monthly recaps during the last week of the month as well! As always, feel free to participate, just link back! (This is a day late this month, so please excuse the “Sunday Funday” title!) October 2014 Total Books Read: 5 I’m happy that 4/5 of my books were either Halloween themed, spooky, or thrillers! Goodreads 2014 Reading Challenge Progress: 54/50 Books (Yay! Goal reached for the year!) Favorite Book Read in October: Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L […]

Top Ten Characters I’d Want to Be (or Have Been) For Halloween

Posted October 27, 2014 in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 32 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the fantastic blog The Broke and the Bookish. There were a few options for this week’s topic, and I chose “Top Ten Characters I Would Want to Dress Up As for Halloween.” I decided this would be really fun (if not realistic, because my sewing skills are basically non-existent) and perhaps one day I’ll be able to replicate a few of these! Some of these ideas are taken from costumes I’ve created in the past as well. 1) Katniss from The Huger Games Trilogy- This is actually a costume that I’ve […]

Sunday Funday: Week in Review [17]

Posted October 26, 2014 in Sunday Funday, Weekly Features/Memes / 7 Comments

Sunday Funday is a weekly(ish) post I’ve started to recap the bookish (and sometimes not-so-bookish) happenings in my life the past week! Feel free to participate, just link back! October 20-26, 2014 Life Nothing too exciting happened this week. I traveled a bit and was able to spend some time with my grandparents, which is always great, especially since my grandmother shares my love of books, although she indulges mostly in historical fiction (she’s the one who got me interested in Philipa Gregory novels). My mom surprised me with Sprinkles cupcakes later in the week from a trip she took, […]

Harry Potter MOTW [4]: If there was one thing about Harry Potter that you could change, what would it be?

Posted October 23, 2014 in Harry Potter MOTW, Weekly Features/Memes / 15 Comments

Harry Potter Moment of the Week is a weekly meme hosted by Uncorked Thoughts, and is a fantastic way to keep the Harry Potter magic alive year round, even when not reading the books! The Theme This Week: If there was one thing about Harry Potter that you could change, what would it be? I’m taking the question this week to mean Harry Potter as a series, rather than as a person. Personally, the thing that irked me the most throughout the series was the romance. It felt forced and unnecessary, and genuinely out of place. I’m not usually a […]

Top Ten New(ish) Series I Want To Start

Posted October 21, 2014 in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 30 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the fantastic blog The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic was “Top Ten New Series You Want to Start.” I’ve tried to keep most of the series I chose with publication dates of 2012 or sooner. All the books listed are the first in a series, and the title links go to the corresponding Goodreads pages! 1) Of Poseidon by Anna Banks– I need to see what all the hype is around the mermaid craze! 2) Wicked by Jennifer L Armentrout- I love JLA and can’t wait to read a […]

Sunday Funday: Week in Review [16]

Posted October 19, 2014 in Sunday Funday, Weekly Features/Memes / 4 Comments

Sunday Funday is a weekly(ish) post I’ve started to recap the bookish (and sometimes not-so-bookish) happenings in my life the past week! Feel free to participate, just link back! October 13-19, 2014 Life This week was a busy one, spent with indulging in a lot of fun fall activities as Halloween nears. I was able to visit a pumpkin farm, go on a hay ride, find my way through a corn maze, and eat the most delicious apple pie ever this weekend. I also carved my first pumpkin (since I was old enough to remember, anyway) and used all the […]

Harry Potter MOTW [3]: Where would you live as a witch/wizard?

Posted October 16, 2014 in Harry Potter MOTW, Weekly Features/Memes / 12 Comments

Harry Potter Moment of the Week is a weekly meme hosted by Uncorked Thoughts, and is a fantastic way to keep the Harry Potter magic alive year round, even when not reading the books! I’m so excited to be participating! The Theme This Week: If you were a witch/wizard, where would you live? “Hogsmeade looked like a Christmas card; the little thatched cottages and shops were all covered in a layer of crisp snow; there were holly wreaths on the doors and strings of enchanted candles hanging in the trees.“ Hands down, if I had to live in one of […]

Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want To Visit

Posted October 13, 2014 in Top Ten Tuesday, Weekly Features/Memes / 23 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by the fantastic blog The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic was focused on all the amazing places books have made you, as a reader, desire to visit, whether real or fictional! 1) Hogwarts/Diagon Alley/ Hogsmeade: Being a huge Harry Potter fan, there was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be at the very top of my list. Basically anywhere in the wizarding world would be fine by me to visit. When I was in London this past January I did several Harry Potter walking tours, and […]

Sunday Funday: Week in Review [15]

Posted October 12, 2014 in Sunday Funday, Weekly Features/Memes / 2 Comments

Sunday Funday is a weekly(ish) post I’ve started to recap the bookish (and sometimes not-so-bookish) happenings in my life the past week! Feel free to participate, just link back! October 6-12, 2014 The past two weeks have been a blur of busy weekends! Last weekend I attended the first wedding I’ve been to since I was a small child, and it was really fun! It was my boyfriend’s cousin getting married, and the cake was amazing (and we all know that’s the important part, amirite?) I mean, it was red velvet, which is my absolute favorite type of cake. And […]

Stacking the Shelves [10]

Posted October 11, 2014 in Stacking the Shelves, Weekly Features/Memes / 10 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Tynga’s Reviews where bloggers share the books that they’ve added to their shelves this week, whether borrowed, bought, virtual, physical, etc! Borrowed: I had great luck at the library this week! My hold of Rainbow Rowell’s Landline came in, and I stumbled across Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L Armentrout (I’ve always wanted to read something besides her Lux series, which I love). Liv, Forever looked interesting (I like my contemporary with a bit of paranormal, and this one has a ghost) and I just finished The Nightmare Affair, so I […]