Do you love Buddy Reads? Do you hate them? Have you not taken part in one? I’m pretty sure, for all the obvious reasons, I love them. If this were a Pro/Con list there would be one big tally mark in the pro column, simply because who wouldn’t choose to have someone right there to […]
It’s All About the Stars!
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about book ratings. Ultimately that means that you guys are going to get some over-analyzed drawn out post from me, where I detail out things you probably don’t care about. So, in advance, thank you for humoring me. First of all, now that I follow a lot of blogs […]
Guilty Pleasure or Private Information?
There’s been a lot of Guilty Pleasure conversations recently. On my morning radio show the topic was “Guilty Pleasure” artists, or specific songs. I remember listening and laughing, but feeling like I really don’t have any. I don’t care who’s standing in front of me. I’ll just say what I like, because my music tastes make me who […]
Free Little Libraries
If you are anything like me, you get a huge rush of excitement when there’s a push in the world of reading. I was overjoyed when the kiddies discovered Harry Potter; when they were lining up at midnight to buy the new release. I actually think that Harry Potter was the start of this new […]
Personality Doppelganger
As a reader, I tend to look for ways that the characters I’m reading about are like me, or are like I was as a kid. I think it’s something that most imaginative people do, if they’re readers. We enjoy relating to these fictional characters, maybe because it makes it easier for us to imagine […]
Opinions are like ***holes…
Before I start this blog post I want to clarify that, as a reviewer, I would NEVER tell anyone how they should write a book review. I don’t believe it’s fair of authors to try and influence a review, nor do I think it’s right for reviewers to argue with each other about how they […]