Author: Julie S.

2014 Challenges Q3 wrap up post

As you can see, I signed up for way too many challenges this year. Since I’ve been super busy with the move, reading time hasn’t really been easy to find. So I thought I’d do a quarterly wrap up rather than monthly wrap up posts. Goal:  Easy Listening Listen to and review 12+ audio books. [Requires […]

Posted September 29, 2014 by Julie S. in Challenges / 6 Comments
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Uglies Review

Uglies Review

 Julie’s Review: Uglies is a pretty good dystopia where at age 16, everyone gets an operation to make them pretty – as opposed to the uglies they are now. I liked that the novel explored what we as people think is beauty (symmetrical faces, little body fat, etc) but also explored the truth behind the […]

Posted September 24, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Top Ten Places I Most Want to Travel To, Guest Post by Sarah Mäkelä

Guest Post: Top Ten Places I Most Want to Travel To by Sarah Mäkelä  I’m probably a little different from most people in my choices. I’m not crazy about beaches or hot weather. I’m entirely fascinated with snow and Scandinavia and Russia. With that out of the way, here we go… Yellowstone National Park – I […]

Posted September 22, 2014 by Julie S. in Author Appearances, Blog Tours, Giveaways / 5 Comments
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The TBR Tag

The TBR Tag I was tagged by Jessica at Strung Out on Books. How do you keep track of your TBR pile? Well, I use the Goodreads to-read shelf, but it has mostly become a shelf to show interest in a book since there are just more books there than I can read in a […]

Posted September 20, 2014 by Julie S. in Memes / 4 Comments
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Sharing the Bookish Love

Sharing the Bookish Love is our newest feature where we share some of our favorite posts we have recently come across on the book blogosphere. If there’s a recent post you want us to share, feel free to let us know.   Thought-provoking Discussions: Oh, The Books talks about reading being stressful. Rabid Reads asks, if […]

Posted September 19, 2014 by Julie S. in Sharing the Bookish Love / 2 Comments
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