Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is the alternative to last week’s prompt: Things That Make Me Instantly NOT Want to Read a Book (what are your immediate turn-offs or dealbreakers when …
Tag: Melanie Chartoff
My 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! I finished my reading challenge for the year, and I think this is the earliest I’ve ever completed it. It’s nice to be done so I can focus on finishing up advanced reader copies, participate in Nanowrimo, and start picking up my seasonal reads. I enjoyed the challenge this year. I thought it …
Top Ten Tuesday: My Favorite Places to Read… And The Books I Read There
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Favorite Places to Read! Hello Readers! I hope you’re all doing well and reading great books! I’m currently on vacation. It’s the first real vacation …
My Trope-ical Readathon Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! I had so much fun participating in the Trope-ical Readathaon hosted by JenJenReviews last month. I ended up reading 13 books—a good amount for me—contributing a total of 4916 points for my team, the Contemporary/Literary/Historical Fiction team. Unfortunately, it looks like we came in last place. π€·ββοΈ I was able to fulfill 11 …
March 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up
Hello Readers! I read so many great books this month thanks to my readathon and I’m excited to share them with you! I ended up reading a total of 13 books this month, two of which were novellas, and I gave 5 of them five stars. I’ve decided to do separate posts for my wrap-up …
ARC Book Review | Odd Woman Out by Melanie Chartoff
Title: Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and StoriesAuthor: Melanie Chartoff Genre: Memoir, HumorPublished On: February 2, 2021Publisher: Books FluentSource: digital (Books Forward)Pages: 268 Synopsis: From her 1950s childhood in a suburb she describes as an “abusement park,” to performing MoliΓ¨re on Broadway, to voicing characters on the popular “Rugrats” cartoon series, Melanie Chartoff was anxious …
My March TBR
Hello Readers! By some strange turn of events, I’ve found myself with only one ARC due this month. It’s a much-needed break after the last two months when I only read a few books that weren’t ARCs. So to celebrate, I’ve decided to join the Trope-ical Readathon! I discovered last year that readathons motivate me …
January 2021 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! It took me a little longer to get back into the “normal” swing of things after the holidays. I started the month in a bit of a reading slump, but thanks to my January ARCs demanding my attention, I pushed through it, traveling to all kinds of different destinations. And despite the fact …