Taking Charge

It’s nearly bedtime, but I want to write a post before I go. If I don’t go to bed really soon, there isn’t enough dark circle eye cream in the world to help me.I watched the Olympic Opening ceremonies. I wasn’t as impressed as others seem to be. I enjoyed them, for [...]

HOLY SHIT! I freaking LOVED this novel. I dove head first and never came up for air. Seriously. I want NEED the third book NOW. Guh. If you haven’t read The Hunger Games, you MUST.From Goodreads:Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute [...]

As I said in my post about Life as We Knew It, I switched out one of my challenge books. I decided to take A Wrinkle In Time off the list. I had tried to read it and didn’t care for it a while ago and only put it back to sort of [...]

First – this was the 50th book of the year for me. 50th! I’m stunned. Sure, the majority are audio, but even still, I’ve been listening to audiobooks for years and never get to the 50 mark. I ended up with 31 in 2006, 39 in 2005 and 2004. A lot of [...]

I have now finished book 3 of the 7 that I chose for the DystopYA challenges! I quite enjoyed Little Brother. As a geek, it tickled my geeky side quite a bit. As a reader, however, it disappointed me. I felt that the Epilogue was tacked on just as an [...]

The Giver was a super quick read at 208 pages. It was a good book, but I’m not sure I understand why so many people think this is a must read. I can see encouraging youths to read it, but I wouldn’t say that it’s a must read.From Goodreads:Jonas’ world is perfect. Everything [...]

The first book I chose for the DystopYA challenge(s) was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I typically like YA, but this one? I absolutely LOVED. From Goodreads:Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used be the United [...]

I read, a lot. I also listen to a lot of audio books.What I don’t seem to get is why people think that audio books aren’t as time consuming as ‘real’ books. You spend just as much time listening to it as you would reading it, because it’s not being read any faster [...]

Okay, guess what folks. I’m PISSED OFF. I’m goddamn sick and tired of people slagging on Laurell K Hamilton and/or Stephenie Meyer. Who died and gave you people the right to sit and slag on someone elses writing? NO ONE. If you don’t like their writing, DON’T READ IT. Plain [...]

I’m still alive. Twitter has been posting for me again. Sorry for that, but it’s been a busy and interesting week in a few senses. Monday I had an eye appointment and was told that I didn’t really need it. My glasses haven’t changed enough to make it a big deal. [...]