Books, Reading, and everything in between
If you were with me earlier this week, I shared a mini excerpt of Christopher Paolini's new book To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Today, I'm here to share with you the full excerpt. You can find more info about this book on my previous blog post. Without further ado, here's the full excerpt: [...]
You might be asking yourself why the name Christopher Paolini is so familiar. Well, it's because he wrote Eragon aka The Inheritance Cycle a little while back. In the time he's written Eragon and the four books in the series, he's sold millions of books, did a world tour, and moved to Colorado where he [...]
Hey everyone! I wanted to pop on here and give you an update on my reading life for the next few weeks. Of course I'll be doing my mid-month checkins, but I'm reading as much as I can for my first Summer Reading List. Yes, it'll be my first time creating a summer reading list [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ1vn85iQRE Happy #MiddleEarthMarch! Well, I wish I was reading The Lord of the Rings this month, but I have too many books to read. I think Middle Earth will have to hold until April for me. However, it doesn't mean I'm not excited about the new trailer for Tolkien. You can watch the teaser trailer [...]
Over Galentine's Day, I was given the opportunity to go see Five Feet Apart a month before it releases everywhere. My friend, Kari, and I decided to get some dinner beforehand and then head into the movie. When we checked in and got there, they gave us free popcorn, free soda, and a swag bag [...]
I love a new year. New years always means new resolutions and while I have my own list of reading goals, I know some of you might be looking for something for yourself. I love that word, "challenge." It means that you're taking your regular life and trying to add more to it. It could [...]
This is a little bit different from what I normally do, but I was perusing Twitter when I saw this: In my head, I was hyperventilating. I had heard Tahereh Mafi was going to move away from her high fantasy books to write something that felt much more autobiographical. I knew that it would be [...]
I'm silently freaking out about this trailer. Silently, out loud. In my head, my voice is booming. Shrill screams and face grabbing ensues. I can't wait for this complex story to finally be on the big screen. If you haven't already read the book, I highly recommend you do so but also watch out for [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEaYB4rLFQ Well, if you follow me on Instagram then you know that I'm obsessed with the new trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Check out the new trailer above. I've already watched this a few times through and there were a couple of things that got me the most excited by this: The [...]
My friend, Michaela, at The Ardent Biblio recently talked about reading War and Peace for the first time. If you aren't aware, War and Peace is considered one of the best books of all time written by the most prolific writers, Leo Tolstoy. However, it was originally written in Russian, is over 1400 pages long, and it takes place during [...]
