I just recently discovered Top Ten Tuesdays hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and decided I would like to try participating each week. If nothing else, it will help me make sure I have at least one blog post every week! (Though I've been doing much better about that than I thought I would.)… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Fairy Tale Retellings
Since I have a stack of ARCs by my bed that I would like to get read sooner rather than later (and I'm really just super excited to have ARCs to read) I've signed up for ARC August hosted by Read.Sleep.Repeat. I decided this will be a great way to motivate me to read through… Continue reading ARC August 2015 Has Begun!
In July I spent two weeks housesitting for some family friends, which gave me a lot of free time to read. I look at housesitting as a vacation of sorts - I still have to go to work, but the rest of the time is my time, I usually don't plan many other obligations unless… Continue reading CJ’s Bookshelf: July Reads
... Oh wait. Pulitzer panel? No? Not that either. Oh right... I've been blogging for years now, but am still kind of new to the concept of a "Blog Community." I tend to be a loner and exist over here in my own little corner of the verse, so I had never heard of the… Continue reading I Would like to Thank the Academy…
Every once in a while a book comes along that feels like it was written just for you. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nine George is that book, which is an appropriate coincidence given the profession of the bookseller in this book. The Little Paris Bookshop is the story of Jean Perdu, a bookseller whose shop… Continue reading CJ’s Bookshelf: The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
Not Another Dumb Blonde 