The Graveyard Book has been on my TBR shelf since before it was published. I had an ARC for the book for several months before the book came out, and even started it, but for some reason never finished it. Then I went ahead and still bought a hard copy of the book when it… Continue reading Bottom Shelf Reviews: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s category is a Halloween Themed Freebie. I decided to go for an obvious choice and pick my favorite scary stories/books, and then added a slight twist and made it all about the scary books/ghost stories I loved (or which terrified me) as a child. 1. Scary… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Edition
Title: After Alice Author: Gregory Maguire Publication Date: October 27, 2015 Format: Electronic Advanced Reading Copy Rating: 3 stars When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford… Continue reading CJ Reviews After Alice by Gregory Maguire
Last month I reviewed the first novel of the Grisha Trilogy, Shadow and Bone, and decided to continue reading the series. I'm not sure I have enough to say about each book to create individual posts, so I'll just review them together. I make no promises about spoilers since I am reviewing two books in… Continue reading CJ Reviews Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s category is Top Ten Wishes I'd Ask the Book Genie to Grant. Just thinking about this topic makes me wish there really WAS a Book Genie out there to grant wishes. Wouldn't life be grand? 1. Time-Turner I know a Time-Turner isn't real (and even… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Wishes for the Book Genie
Not Another Dumb Blonde 