Teaser Tuesdays: High Five
September 29, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Meme, Mystery/Crime
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that [...]
PIC: A bookworm in the making?
Reading time: < 1 minute
Is she not the sweetest pre-reader, EVER? (No need to sit there and think about it. Just say “Yes!”)
It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
J.Kay created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week.
The books I have read in the past week:
Solanin by Inio Asano
The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall
Faithless [...]
REVIEW: #27 Faithless
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
Title: Faithless
Author: Yolanda Sfetsos
ISBN: 1615720340
Pages: 48
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from amazon)
Book One of the Alyce Kerr, Faith Healer Trilogy by Yolanda Sfetsos. Alyce Kerr is a celebrity Faith Healer. Her power comes from a binding with a demonic entity. Every time he gives her the power to heal, he sucks a [...]
REVIEW: #26 The Haunting of Sam Cabot
September 27, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Horror, Paranormal, Reviews
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
Title: The Haunting of Sam Cabot
Author: Mark Edward Hall
ISBN: 1615720308
Pages: 98
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
There are places that hold evil, houses so vile, so tainted, that people refuse to live in them. Farnham House is one of those places. Once an inn, this majestic old New England manor house [...]
Friday Firsts Book #Meme
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
Introducing a new book blog meme: Friday Firsts
The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.
Grab the book you are currently reading and [...]
REVIEW: #25 Solanin by Inio Asano
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
Title: Solanin
Author: Inio Asano
ISBN: 1421523213
Pages: 432
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken From Amazon)
College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude.
Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently [...]
Throwback Thursday #Meme
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
This Thursday book meme is hosted by @JennyTakeMeAway at Take Me Away. The basis of this meme is to discuss an old favorite, from a long time ago or from childhood.
Title: If I Found a Wistful Unicorn- a Book of Love
Author: Ann Ashford
ISBN: 1561450472
Ages: 4-8
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon)
Few books have [...]
Booking Through Thursday #Meme
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
This meme is hosted here, if you should want to participate (which you should *grin*). This week’s question is:
What is the saddest book you have read recently?
I would have to say the saddest book I have read recently was The Red Album of Asbury Park: Remixed by Alex Austin. It [...]
Wednesdays A-Z #Meme
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes
Ah! Another Wednesday #meme. I feel like I scored the royal jackpot! This #meme is hosted by Reading at the Beach. The rules are as follows:
Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.
Post:
A photo of the book
Title and synopsis
Link(amazon, barnes [...]
Waiting on Wednesdays #Meme
September 23, 2009 by Allison
Filed under Meme, Young Adult
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
For the past month I have been desperately seeking a Wednesday meme! Ideally, I would love a meme every day that is book related so I never have a reason not to write, and search out other #meme participants to comment on their journals. You know – discover each other. [...]
Teaser Tuesdays: Faithless
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page * BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that [...]
REVIEW: #24 The Red Album of Asbury Park (Remixed)
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes
Title: The Red Album of Asbury Park: Remixed
Author: Alex Austin
ISBN: 1602644500
Pages: 260
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon.com)
It’s the late Sixties, the Beatles intact, Jimi Hendrix exploding and the Doors demanding the world. And on the East Coast, Asbury Park, New Jersey, will become the epicenter of a new brand of rock [...]
It’s Monday! What are YOU Reading?
Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes
J.Kay created a Meme for Mondays where you list the books you have recently completed this week, books you are currently reading, and books you hope to read this week.
The books I have read in the past week:
Worst Nightmares by Shane Briant
Love That Dog! By Sharon Creech
Books I am [...]
REVIEW: #23 Love That Dog
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes
Title: Love That Dog
Author: Sharon Creech
ISBN: 0060292873
Pages: 86
Rating:
Synopsis: (Taken from Amazon)
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech’s Love That Dog, a funny, sweet, original short novel written in free verse, introduces us to an endearingly unassuming, straight-talking boy who discovers the powers and pleasures of poetry.
Against his will. After all, “boys [...]
INTRODUCING: Friday Firsts #book #meme
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes
Introducing a new book blog meme: Friday Firsts
The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.
Grab the book you are currently reading and [...]
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