Author: LuminousLibro
October Reading: Children’s Classics
Dreaming of a Book Palace
I just dreamed the most wonderful dream of my entire life! I was in a palace of old library books that were being given away for free! To Keep!
There were old fashioned chairs, and grand staircases, and hidden nooks with massive shelves. Continue reading
Let’s Talk Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins is one of my favorite classic authors! Which of his books have YOU read?
September 2014 Reading
Pegasus Giveaway! [Closed]
To celebrate the anniversary of my first BookTube video, I’m hosting this giveaway! I’ll be giving away a lovely hardbound copy of Robin McKinley’s “Pegasus” to a randomly selected winner. Good luck to everyone!
Giveaway Rules:
1. Be a subscriber at my YouTube channel AND a follower of this blog.
2. Be 18 years or older, or have your parent’s permission to enter.
3. Leave a comment below telling me your favorite fantasy creature (i.e. dragons, unicorns, phoenix, etc…)
4. This giveaway is OPEN Internationally!
5. Giveaway ends on October 12th, when I will contact the winner via PM.
On her twelfth birthday, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus, Ebon. For a thousand years humans and pegasi have lived in peace, relying on human magicians and pegasi shamans to converse. But close friends Sylvi and Ebon can talk. As their bond strengthens, can their friendship threaten to destroy the peace between their nations?
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Reading Rainbow Singing Recess
I’ve seen some people doing a “Dance Recess” video on their BookTube channels, and I wanted to join in, but really…. I don’t dance. Nope. So singing is the best you’ll get from me. If the point of these “Recess” videos is to make a fool of yourself, then I have succeeded! Especially when I forgot the lyrics, and had to ask my sister off-camera.
Literary Dinner Party Tag
The Literary Dinner Party Tag: Invite 11 guests for one fabulous party!
1. Cook
2. Moneybags
3. Drama Queen
4. Clown
5. Social Butterfly
6. Villain
7&8. Romantic Couple
9. Hero/ Heroine
10. Wallflower
11. Reader’s Choice
ReadingMissFroggy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFnS3zfK00c&list=UUR0w5o1RSTQnM1phx46F2Jw
Comforting Books

The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett

I recently had a couple of weeks of illness which left me often depressed and sleepless at three in the morning. What do I turn to for comfort and help? Not a bottle of pills. A Book!
The best help in times of trouble is, of course, the Bible; but there are many other books I include in my collection of healing words. In just a few chapters, I can feel my muscles relaxing, and my stomach settling down. My headache is forgotten, and my heart is soothed. Then sweetly I am drifting to sleep with lovely thoughts in my head. Here are a few of those magical comforting books: Continue reading