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10 Times the Book was Better than Reality
10 Times the Book was Better than Reality
We’ve all been there. You read about something and expect it to be amazing IRL (in real life) only to be disappointed when it actually happens to you. Here are the worst instances when reality just didn’t live up to the hype. Continue reading
BookTube-a-thon Day 1
This video will have to count for both Days 1 and 2, which is why I did two of the Video Challenges: #1. List 3 books BookTube made you read, and #5. Make a rainbow of your books.
What fun! Join me in reciting the BookTube-a-thon Pledge of Allegiance!!
“I Don’t Read,” He Said.
Mary Poppins knows how important reading is.
I recently chatted with a young man (15 years old) about his school activities, summer activities, and hobbies. “What are you reading right now?” I asked. This is the central question of my life. Everything else in the universe revolves around what book happens to be in your hand at that moment.
“I don’t read,” he said. Three words, simply stated, with no Continue reading
BookTube-a-thon TBR
The books I plan on reading this coming week for the Readathon, and a LOT of bloopers. My mouth gives me difficulties.
I know this video looks long, but there are a full two minutes of bloopers at the end! That’s why it looks longer. haha!
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June Reading
Magnificent May REading: Children and YA
Here are the seven Children and YA books I read in May!
Five Favorite Fictional Genius Characters
Books Mentioned in this Video:
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
March Reading: General Fiction and Classics
Fantastic February Reading
These are the 16 books I read in February! Please please leave a comment, and let’s talk about these books! Have you read any of these?
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe
So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
The Boys’ Book of How to be the Best at Everything
Pollyanna’s Castle in Mexico by Elizabeth Borton
The Mad Scientists’ Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
When I Crossed No-Bob by Margaret McMullan
The Littles Take a Trip by John Lawrence
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
Dead Men Tell No Tales by E.W. Hornung
Selkie Girl by Laurie Brooks
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