Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Julie’s Quote: “My God, Sage. Your eyes. How have I never noticed them?” “The color,” he breathed. “When you stand in the light. They’re amazing… like molten gold. I […]
Julie’s Review: Bloodlines is my first spin-off type novel. I really enjoyed the Vampire Academy series (Dimitri is my book boyfriend) and so after having this series recommended to me for some time, decided to give it a try. This first book was pretty good, but not as good as I was expecting. It didn’t […]
If you’ve been reading my reviews lately, you’ll noticed I’ve been underwhelmed by most of my reads this year. So I thought it would be interesting to have a post listing out some of my biggest bookish peeves that have caused me to give some books lower ratings. 10 reasons I will rate a book […]
Show Your Shelves Some Love, No Book Buying Challenge 2015. You got ‘em, now read ‘em! Hosts: Terri from Second Run Reviews and all of us here at Chapter Break! Social Media: #ShelfLove The goal of this challenge is simple — for one year abstain from buying books (or set a monthly book budget) — […]
Non-reader Friends: Do they exist and are they even really “friends”? Julie: This is such an interesting topic, because don’t we usually choose to hang out with people we have a lot in common with? My husband is actually a non-reader. Well, he’ll read articles but not novels – he says he read enough in […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Rose’s Quote: “Cody rolls his eyes…’Lemme guess. You don’t remember alcohol, either?’ I look to Zen for help but he just flashes a quick smile that I can’t interpret. ‘No,” […]
Julie’s Review: Hex Hall is probably the first book I truly enjoyed in MONTHS! Finally I came across a book that might get me out of my rut? The first thing that I immediately liked was Sophie already knew something about her special abilities, so this book did not fall into the way overused trope […]
Guest Post: Anne Dickson The story behind Reconnecting With The Heart Whether teaching assertiveness, interactive communication, running sexuality groups or training women in leadership, I have found in all my work over the years that participants always struggle to deal with their feelings. The whole emotional realm tends to make us uncomfortable so there is […]
How many books do you read in a year? Do you set yearly book reading goals? What is the most books you have ever read in a year? Julie: Since I actively use Goodreads, I have the past few years of number of book data I can share. As you can tell from the table […]
Every Thursday we are hosting a meme called: That’s what HE said Thursday. For more info on what this meme is all about click here. Julie’s Quote: “She moaned into her pillow. “Go away. I feel like dying.” “No fair maiden should die alone,” he said, putting a hand on hers. “Shall I read […]