Last year I wrote about my effort to reduce the number of books residing on my physical “To Be Read” shelf. The fact that I have to differentiate between a physical and virtual shelf only underscores my problem. Yes, it is a problem. I admitted that years ago and I’ve been making an effort toContinueContinue reading “Drowning in Books”
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Book Expo America 2014
One of the perks of being a reviewer is a ticket to Book Expo America. You can attend as a reader or blogger; in fact, they have a convention just for you, BookCon on Saturday. I prefer to go on the professional days because it’s a little quieter. New York’s Comic Con fills my yearly quotaContinueContinue reading “Book Expo America 2014”
Reading Challenges: 2014
Reading challenges are a great way to motivate oneself to read more, or read differently. I rarely need the motivation to read more, but I’m all for diversity, and my ‘To Be Read’ shelf is actually a bookcase housing close to three hundred books. So, when I stumbled across the 2014 TBR Pile Challenge onContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenges: 2014”
A-Z Bookish Survey
This week a bookish meme rolled around tumblr. I thought my response would make an interesting (entertaining?) blog post, so here it is.Survey post can be found at: The Perpetual Page Turner. Questions chosen for me by my buddy Jenn Burke: K, E, L, W, R, A, D, T, O, M, U, C, H (Kel, weContinueContinue reading “A-Z Bookish Survey”
My Three Favourite Things
My three favourite things in fiction are: apocalypses, aliens and love stories. It’s an odd combination and you don’t often find all three in one book. Aliens and apocalypses can skip hand in hand down a desolate road together, but the end of the world isn’t necessarily a great time to fall in love. ButContinueContinue reading “My Three Favourite Things”
Kelly Jensen 