Waiting on Wednesday | Release

Release by Patrick Ness (Release Date: September 19, 2017) About the Book: Inspired by Mrs Dalloway and Judy Blume’s Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17. It’s a big day. Things go wrong. It’s intense, and all the while, weirdness approaches… Adam Thorn is having what will turn out to be the […]

Baby Chick’s Pick – March 2017

Baby Chick’s Pick – March 2017 Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli When I picked this up to read it, I was already in the middle of a book.  I was at the bookstore and knew that I was going to love this.  (That’s not exactly how I remember it, Baby Chick…)  After I […]

Baby Chick’s Pick | Interviewing Mom

Baby Chick’s Pick – January 2017 Tiger’s Curse, Interview with Mom  This month I finally got my mom to read my favorite book, and now I get to interview her.  I’m excited to read her answers to my questions.  I am also a little bit nervous too, because I’m not actually sure if she liked the […]

Top Ten Tuesday | 2017 Debuts

I feel like we’ve recently done a TTT that was similar to this one… but okay, that’s fine.  I can list more 2017 books I want to read. Yes, I do recognize that this will be debuts, which probably means debut authors.  I don’t think I have a lot of those I’m looking forward to. […]

The 2016 Birdie Book Awards!

Okay, so my plan was to write a big long hilarious monologue, like they do on popular award shows, except I’m just not that witty.  In fact, if I’m going to be honest with myself, I’m actually pretty terrible at intros entirely.  In an effort to save us both some grief, let’s jump right into the […]

Diversity Spotlight #1

Diversity Spotlight Thursday was created by Aimal @ Bookshelves & Paperbacks.  (The link takes you to her original Diversity Spotlight post, where she talks about her motivation for creating this meme.  You should check it out.) As I was searching for another meme to participate in I was especially drawn to Diversity Spotlight Thursday.  I do love […]