Book Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale is an absolutely stunning novel that took my breath away…

Book Review: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Set in Australia in the 1920’s, The Light Between Oceans is a beautifully written historical fiction that centers around what happens when a good man is persuaded into a bad decision by the wife he desperately wants to save from herself…

Book Tag: Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag

This lovely tag is brought to you by THREE fellow book bloggers who took the time to tag me in this awesome book tag!  The first is the lovely Margot @Lectito.  If you don’t follow her, you are really missing out!  She is brilliant!  You can read her tag here → Lectito: Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag.  The second fabulous blogger is Casey @AdoptaBookAUS.  Another wonderful blogger who never ceases to entertain me.  You can read her post here → AdoptaBookAUS: Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag.  Last, but certainly not least we have Sammie @Bookshelves & Biros.   Who actually tagged me as I was working on this post and was trying to tag HER in mine.  She beat me to it!  You can read her post here → Bookshelves & Biros: The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag.

Seriously if someone asked me which book bloggers they should follow, I would mention each of these bloggers.  Go check out their blogs and see for yourself.

Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite Required Reading

Hello and welcome to my Top 5 Wednesday post!

T5W is a weekly meme is hosted by Sam @ThoughtsOnTomes.  You can visit the Goodreads T5W group for more info.

This week’s theme is…

July 13th: Books You Wish Had Sequels
— Standalones that you wish had a sequel or the last book in the series that you wish wasn’t the last

Yeah I was not feeling this week’s theme, so I decided to do a past T5W theme.  I’m going to throw it back to August, way before I started blogging…

August 12th – Favorite Required Reading*

* Required reading is a book that you were assigned to read while you were in school. I’m from the USA, so for an example, that would be required reading anywhere from elementary school – college.

I decided to stick to the books that were required reading for me when I was in high school, which I just realized was 11 years ago… holy crap I’m old.  Excuse me why I go ugly cry for a minute….

First off, I would like to start off by saying that I was very fortunate to have AMAZING English teachers in high school.  When it comes to required reading, I really think the teacher can make all the difference in the world in whether or not the students enjoy the book.  I really do credit my love for the classics to my wonderful teachers.  Unfortunately, many students are not so fortunate.

Book Tag: Beauty & The Beast Book Tag

I am super excited to be completing the Beauty & The Beast Book Tag created by the lovely Kirsty @Kirsty and the Cat Read.  I was deeply honored to be one of the first book bloggers to be nominated for this tag!  Head over and check out Kirsty’s blog and give her a follow.  You can read the original tag here → Kirsty and the Cat Read: Beauty & The Beast Book Tag.

Rules:

» Thank the person who tagged you

» Mention the creator → Kirsty @Kirsty and the Cat Read

» Match a book to each of the songs/characters below

» Tag as many people as you like