Let’s chat about our favorite Indie Bookstores for Independent Bookstore Day! Julie: I think my favorite indie bookstore would have to be Powell’s in Portland, Oregon. The store covers an entire city block! It is uh-mazing! Rose (our former co-blogger) and I visited it on a fun vacation trip! Our awesome metro of Houston has […]
Let’s chat about those books that are hidden gems. Books you came across by accident, not because of their popularity, and just loved. Julie: To me, the Dragon’s Gift series is a hidden gem. They are fun and exciting and delicious and not at all well known. I was so happy to have gotten the […]
Ooh what series are you THISCLOSE to finishing? Either you’re almost done reading a completed series, or the series itself is coming to an end and you just can’t wait to find out how it all ties up. Let’s chat! Julie: I’m working my way through the Sookie Stackhouse series and am only a couple […]
Let’s chat about those series we just have to quit on. Why is that? Which series? Julie: We chatted earlier about when to break up with a series or author, so now we’re chatting about which such series we have broken up with. I feel like this post applies to a long series, not […]
Let’s chat about the fictional cars we’d love to drive. Julie: Check it out, what a fun topic. Even Wikipedia has an article on fictional cars! And there’s this other article on the 50 coolest fictional cars. I would totally LOVE to drive, er, technically that isn’t the right word. But the flying car from Harry […]
You know there are some characters out there we just want to throttle. Let’s chat about them. Julie: You know who I really want to throttle? Anastasia of Fifty Shades shame… er.. fame. What in the world is the thinking? Sure, in the end things turn out well for her, but the torment to get […]
Let’s chat about those characters who should have ended up with someone else. What ship should have sank? Who did someone end up with by mistake, in our opinion? Julie: I’m gonna have to go with Abby and Travis on this one, from [easyazon_link identifier=”1476712042″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Beautiful Disaster[/easyazon_link]. Those two… are a disaster. The whole […]
What books are we all looking forward to in 2017? Share your excitement! Julie: I know I’m living under a rock and all, and also trying to read my shelves dangit, but I am looking forward to some releases in 2017 as well. Check out this awesome list of upcoming books though! DANG. One such […]
Let’s chat about our 2016 best or worst lists. What books were your favorite? Which were… not so much? Julie: Thanks to Audible, I have read over 60 books this year! These are the books that are on my top reads list for 2016. [easyazon_image align=”none” height=”160″ identifier=”1250078202″ locale=”US” src=”http://www.fabworkingmomlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/51HzV7pksOL.SL160.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”98″] I love the whole […]
Special Snowflakes – we see this trope a lot in books. Let’s give them a chat day. Julie: From Wiktionary: The conviction that one is, in some way, special and should therefore be treated differently than others. Usually I’m not a fan of special snowflakes, because why? Why does that one specific person have to be […]