book talks

  • Books I Wish Had Sequels

    Have you ever read a book that was so good you wanted more? I’m sure you have because it’s happened to me many times. I read a lot of series, so I’m usually blessed with more content. But every once in a while, I come across a fantastic book with no more story. It’s a

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  • Bookending Summer is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Book Dragons in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using summer themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to. Today’s prompt is by Isabelle of Bookwyrm Bites. I’ve chosen “beach umbrella” as

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  • Bookending Summer is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Book Dragons in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using summer themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to. Today’s prompt is brought to you by Rachel of The Must Reads. Sometimes

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  • What up, squad?! I’m proud to announce that I’m joining the Bookending Summer event! This is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Book Dragons in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using summer themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to.

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  • Hello Vampire Diarists, and welcome to the second installment of my Vampire Diaries reread and book talk. In the first one, I discussed the first book in the series The Awakening. Today, obviously, I’m discussing the sequel. Last time I posed the question of whether The Awakening holds up and found that it does not.

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  • After months of promising, I’m finally doing it. I’m rereading and discussing The Vampire Diaries. I had initially planned on doing the first three books in one fell swoop, but I have a lot to say about the first book alone. And, seeing as I don’t have a copy of The Fury yet, it makes

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  • Since the announcement of the Grisha show, fans of the series have been waiting with bated breath for new developments. Obviously the show is still in the early stages, so there haven’t been many updates. That means fans are left wondering who will play our favorite characters. Even though I like Shadow and Bone, I’m

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  • Have you ever read a book by an author and disliked it, but considered giving another book of theirs a try? How do you decide whether or not it’s a chance worth taking? What pushes you to give that author a second chance? I’m no stranger to this phenomenon, so this is something I’ve been

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  • The other day I did the Google Translates My Favorite Books meme. It was a lot of fun, so I thought I’d do it again— with a twist. This time I’ll be taking some book quotes and putting them through several layers of Google Translate and then back into English. For each book, I’ll provide

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  • I’m a big fan of the YouTube Channel Translator Fails. Run by Malinda Kathleen Reese, each video is a song put through several layers of Google Translate and back into English. Then Reese performs the translated song. It’s pretty hilarious. I was pretty excited when I saw bloggers doing the same thing with their favorite

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