#ShelfLove Challenge 2016 We’re co-hosting the #ShelfLove challenge again this year so join us and read more of the books you already bought! June’s topic: Mid-year check in post. How are you doing with the challenge? Look back at your January post and let us know how you are doing. Share an updated picture or list […]
Alright everyone, did you fill out your Bookish Bingo Cards? Share your cards, and link up your posts below! Recap of the rules: Each month we will upload a new bingo card. You download the bingo card and mark off squares as you read books each month. At the end of the month, we will […]
Let’s chat covers some more. What book covers just turn you off a book? Julie: List time! These types of things turn me off a cover. Swords. Only swords. Blurry weird floating heads. Bright crazy colors that blind. Unreadable fonts. Overly vulgar looking covers. Awkward positioning of characters. Overuse of a stock photo. Cutting off […]
Let’s talk about books that make us friends with someone. We can be friends if you have read these books. Julie: What is it about finding someone who has read a book you adore that makes them an instant friend? Somehow that shared experience of reading a book makes you two so much closer. We […]
We recently had Indie Bookstore Day so let’s chat about our favorite Indie Bookstores! Julie: We are lucky in that Houston is rich in Indie bookstores. I have visited (and wanted to hug) a few of them, and yet I know there are still more I haven’t been to. What I love about these Indie […]
For Mother’s Day, let’s chat about our favorite literary Mothers! Julie: Happy Mother’s Day! I’m very close with my own mom, and now that I’ve become one, I totally get how awesome moms are 😉 It is fun to read about great mothers, too. Of course, we have to start off with Molly Weasley, from […]
We are starting a new feature for 2016. Monthly Book Bingo! Play along with us! Here are the rules: Each month we will upload a new bingo card. You download the bingo card and mark off squares as you read books each month. At the end of the month, we will post our own bingo […]
#ShelfLove Challenge 2016 We’re co-hosting the #ShelfLove challenge again this year so join us and read more of the books you already bought! May 2016: It’s almost time for summer vacation! Plan your dream literary trip. You can go some place real (Scotland, anyone?) or fictional (or Middle Earth, perhaps?). Julie’s Challenge Update: I think it […]
April was National Poetry Month. So let’s bid April a farewell with a poem. Write us a poem in the comments. Doesn’t have to be fancy-shmancy. Julie: My poem is all the awesome: Roses are Red Violets are Blue April was Stormy Hope May Isn’t Too Lynn: I went the haiku route – as haikus […]
Alright everyone, did you fill out your Bookish Bingo Cards? Share your cards, and link up your posts below! Recap of the rules: Each month we will upload a new bingo card. You download the bingo card and mark off squares as you read books each month. At the end of the month, we will […]