Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that showcases the upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. My pick for this week: | The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler | why am i waiting? Sarah Ockler is an amazing writer so I would be excited for this book anyway but the fact that it has a little bit of a fairytale element in […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s theme is: Top Ten Books On My Spring 2014 TBR List Wow, books on my Spring 2014 TBR – where to start? I have so many books I want to get round to ASAP but here are the 10 I am going to try and read first. This is, of course, subject to change […]
Joy of Reading in the Winter Well it was snowing here today. I hate the snow (even though it does look pretty). Still, I do feel that winter is the perfect time to catch up on reading. Nothing I like better than curling up with a cup of coffee (or tea depending on my mood) with a great book. It is the perfect time of year to get snuggled up […]
A-Z Challenge 2014 This is a challenge being hosted by the Young Adult Book Club on Goodreads. I had a lot of fun completing this challenge in 2013 but put virtually no planning or foresight into my selections. I somehow managed to complete it without actively trying to – I made my books fit the challenge not the other way around. This time I want to try something different. I […]
Bittersweet is the first Sarah Ockler book I have read and I really enjoyed it, though it was to me equal parts sweet and bitter (just like the title suggests!) Bittersweet is the story of a girl called Hudson Avery, dubbed the ‘Cupcake Queen’ of her town Watonka. Hudson had the chance to be a champion ice skater several years ago but she deliberately blew the competition after learning just […]