Bloggin 'Bout Books Blog

Well friends. It's been 10 months since I blogged last. Sigh. But during that time, I moved back across the country, started a new job as an elementary school librarian, and tried not to get disheartened by the state of America. I also did read quite a bit. So I'm pumped to share my year in review with you. As with the last couple years, I'm using Perpetual Page Turner 's survey. Jamie is so incredible and amazing and she inspires me to keep blogging (even when I take an accidental 10 month vacation.) Number Of Books You Read: 132 Number of Re-Reads: 14 Genre You Read The Most From: Not entirely sure, but going to assume YA Fantasy 1. Best Book You Read In 2016? (If you have to cheat — you can break it down by genre if you want or 2013 release vs. backlist)  Oh man, I read so many good books this year! But possibly Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War  or Anne-Marie McLemore's The Weight of Feathers  or Brian K. Vaughn's Paper Girls . 2....

Hello Lovelies!! Once again, the semester has eaten my blog. I have read 17 books this year and haven't blogged about a single one. Sigh. So here's a quick review of what I've been reading lately. The Viscount's Christmas Temptation by Erica Ridley While this was an entertaining short story, it wasn't particularly thrilling or in depth. I finished it in about half an hour, and I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had a little more room to develop. I might be interested in reading Ridley's full length novels in the future. Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee Although this was mostly just marketed as an Oregon Trail historical fiction novel, there was so much more to this book. It has two non-white main characters: Chinese Samantha and Black Annamae. Both girls go undercover as boys while on the run for murder (and in Annamae's case as an escaped slave). The two of them join a group of cowboys heading the same direction...