Endless Possiblities Read-A-Thon!

Hey there all my dear readers I'm excited to announce that I'm going to be participating in a Read-A-Thon. It will take place from June 4th to June 6th, and along with taking time out to read some awesome books there is a bunch of stuff being hosted by Good Tales Book Tours so don't for get to check out and join in on their Facebook event, for a bunch of cool contests and things book related. Click here to check it out.

Also here is my current TBR list for the Read-A-Thon, I reserve the right to change this list multiple times before, and during the event because there are so many books that I want to read. But here it is in it's current state:

1. Witches Protection Program by Michael Phillip Cash
2. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
3. Among the Ten Thousand by Julia Peirpont 
4. Suffer the Children by Robert Earle

It's a work in progress but I like what I have so far and I can't wait to read them. I hope you all check out everything that's going on with the Read-A-Thon it's going to be a lot of fun!

Happy New Year!!!!

I know it's a bit late but I wanted to wish everyone a happy New Year. This year my resolutions are: add twenty recipes to my cooking repitoire, go on an adventure with James, and to read more books.

Getting volumes 4-12 of Fullmetal, H2O, An Abundance of Katherine and Garden Spells for Christmas really helps jumpstart my reading resolution.

I hope everyone's new year is off to a great start and I'll post a new review soon.

Sorry!

I'm sorry that I haven't posted very much this month. I've been sick with strep throat and have just been pretty miserable. However I have fully recovered and will be posting a new review within the next twenty four hours. So again I'm really sorry and I will update as soon as possible.

October Wrap up for 1,000,000,000 challenge!

This month I read twenty-five books, including a couple of mangas, one one-act play, and two novellas, all for a total of 7,481 pages.

This brings my current total up to 14,381 pages read. So I'm a little over 1% done with the challenge!

Two of my favorites from this month have been:

Whisper: It's an amazing YA mystery with just a touch of romance. I received this book courtesy of NetGalley, and I also had the opportunity to do an interview with the author Stacey, if you missed out on the interview click here to read it

Stardust: A fantasy romance, finding love where you least expect it.

Over all this month I read more thrillers then anything. I've just been on a kick of them, and I look forward to seeing where November takes me in the realm of books. Hopefully I'll get some awesome new ones for my birthday.

If you want to see what all I've read for this challenge click here. Also if you have any suggestions for books leave a comment and I will try my best to get to it!

Upcoming Event!

Hey everyone I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm going to be hosting an interview with Stacey Campbell! She is the author of Whisper a book that I received from NetGalley. I'm very excited to be able to share this with you, and will give you more details as soon as I can.

September Wrap up for the 1,000,000 Challenge

At the end of my first month doing the 1,00,000 challenge I have read 25 books, 2 one act plays and 6,894 pages.

Some of my favorites from this month were:
The Testing: the entire series was amazing. I am so glad I found it, best YA dystopian series I've read this year.
The Thirteenth Tower: An amazing fantasy novel that I received from NetGalley. It was such a good read and I highly recommend it to fantasy lovers.
The Dead Drop: Best thriller I've read this year. It's full of action and suspense, and it keeps you guessing until the very end. I received this book courtesy of NetGalley.
Reflections of Queen Snow White: A novel about life of Snow White after she gets her happily ever after. I received this book courtesy of the author.

I can't wait to see what new books I find and read in October.

To see a list of all the books that I've read and how many pages the are look here. Thanks for all of the support :)

1,000,000 Challenge!

I have decided to start the 1,000,000 challenge, meaning see how long it takes me to get to a million pages read. I'm starting this on September 1st 2014 and I will do my best to keep it updated with a cumulative total at the end of each month. With a complete total and a monthly total. I'm going to be completely honest here, I will forget and probably not update all of the books that I read, but I will keep it as close to accurate as I can.

The first book on this list is The Tinkerer's Daughter by Jamie Sedgwick for 278 pages.

Giveaway update!

 Hey everyone I just wanted to remind you about the giveaway for the ebook copy of Jacob King of Portalia. It ends on September 16th. That's the same day the book will be released for purchase. So don't forget to enter!

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Giveaway!!! (Jacob, King of Portalia)

Hello my dear darling readers I am super excited to announce that I have the absolute privilege of hosting a giveaway for a copy of Jacob, King of Portalia. My review for it is here. It is an amazing book and I am super excited to be able to give one of you lovely people a copy. Also, in other news Casey Clubb is going to do a guest post here on September 16th. That is also the release date of  her book Jacob, King of Portalia.

So lots of exciting things coming. Make sure you enter the giveaway and tune in for Casey's guest post.

Giveaway for Jacob, King of Portalia

BookTubeA-Thon, Challenge number 5.

This was my book from a genera I haven't read very much of this year.I chose The Man In The Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Pere. It's a classic book so I'm not going to do a review of it, seeing as most people will either read it in school, watch the movie, or never read it.

This is an installment of the Three Musketeers series, it's good but it reminds me why I hardly read classics. They are long, mostly boring, and hard to understand.

BookTubeA-Thon 2014

I have decided to take part in the BookTubeAThon. I know I'm a little bit late considering it started Monday but I feel I'll be able to do it even starting late.

The challenges:

Read A Book With Pictures: Insert random manga here

Start and Finish a Series: Possibly the Inkheart series or the significance series, one or the other

Read A book with red on the cover: Dorthy Must Die.

Read A book that someone has recommended: Ready Player One

Read a book out of the genera that you've read the least this year: Something by Jane Austin

Read a book and watch the book to movie adaptation: Either  a Harry Potter or Hunger Games

Read at least 7 books or an average of 300 pages a day.

Alright even starting late I've completed one challenge and I feel I can knock some of the others out in short succession but we'll see. I'll let you know as I accomplish them :D

Sorry!

I'm very sorry I haven't updated lately life's been crazy but I promise I will update again and more frequently. Including at least one today and again I'm sorry!

The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate

Starting your life over is difficult, starting your life over with almost no practical experience it's nearly impossible. Add in two kids, a controlling ex, and recovering from an addiction to prescription drugs, Oxycontin in particular, you’re asking for a miracle. Her landlady dying and being hired to clean out her house may not be a miracle in the traditional sense but it very well may be the best thing that’s happened to her since she was a child. Iola (Tandi’s landlady) was a devout woman whose life was dedicated to God and prayer. Her faith may yet be able to help Tandi turn her life around.

Not gonna lie I had a very hard time getting through this book. It’s not that it’s a bad book because it isn't. It just didn't resonate with me, I couldn't connect to it and the message it holds.

That being said it was a very good book, the characters are complex with intricate back stories, the setting is beautifully described. An uplifting tale of faith and strength, and trust. It just didn't click with me, but if it does for you I guarantee you’ll love it.

I received The Prayer Box compliments of Tyndale Blog Network for my honest review which is freely given.  

Update!

Hey guys I'm sorry I've been to lazy, I mean busy to update. With Victorian Stroll, decorating of gingerbread, shopping  and various other Christmas related things I've been so distracted from writing but I promise I'll do a real update later today. Until then enjoy these pictures.


Gingerbread decorating committee of Austin (my nephew) boyfriend James and myself

Austin and I chilling in Santa's sleigh

Update!

I have decided to make Tuesdats list days. I will post a list of favorites be it authors, series, books, you name it. As always if you have any suggestions or ideas feel free to comment.

Update!

Hey everyone I have decided to expand my blog to include reviews of plays as well of novels and I hope you'll enjoy it.

Introducing me

Hi world of the internet! My name is Sara and I've decided to start a blog to give reviewing and critiquing books a shot. The books I'll review will be kind of eclectic but I hope you'll enjoy them and if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.