The Beat the Heat Readathon Kicks off!

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 11, 2014 | 6 Comments

You can still sign up HERE! Welcome to the start of the Beat the Heat Readathon! Reanna and I are excited to be hosting this readathon another year and are thrilled that so many of you decided to join us! Here’s a quick overview for the next three weeks: The readathon runs from August 11th at 12:01 AM to August 31st at 11:59 PM. There will be four mini challenges – a cover guessing challenge, a book blending challenge, an unscramble challenge, and a book guessing […]

Heartbeat Weekly (26)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 10, 2014 | 6 Comments

Books I got this week Sadly, I didn’t get any books this week :( Weekly Recap Posts on the blog: I’m also featured in Quarter Talk! Favorite posts this week: Becca @ Pivot Book Reviews wants to know if bullying in books is unrealistic to you Octavia @ Read.Sleep.Repeat confesses that she’s bad about emails (I do the SAME thing!) Jenna @ Jenna Does Books says farewell to the blogging community (sad face!) Ashley @ Nose Graze wants to know why […]

2014 Prequel & Sequel Challenge: July Wrap Up

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 9, 2014 | 4 Comments

Hello loverlies! It’s been a while since I posted an update…as most of you know, I’ve been gone for 3 months! How did everyone do this past month? I’ve only finished one book since May, so obviously I sucked. But I am doing pretty well in the challenge in general – I’ve got 82 points and my goal is 100! What about you guys? When you submit your link, please include the number of points the book is worth (1 point […]

I’m baaaack! Part 3: A Giveaway

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 8, 2014 | 16 Comments

(I totally meant to add this into my part 2 post and forgot!) In case you missed it, check out I’m baaaack! Part 1 (in which I tell you where I’ve been) and Part 2 (my plans for the blog)! I feel so disconnected from the bookish world (tell me what’s been going on, people!), it saddens me :( I missed you guys and it’s good to be back, so to celebrate I’m giving away a SIGNED copy of The Art […]

Life of a Blogger: Best Childhood Memory

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 7, 2014 | 4 Comments

See the full list of topics HERE. Last week’s topic: Favorite Outings This week’s topic: Best Childhood Memory Topic suggested by Little Miss Reader Wow, this is really hard for me! I’ve got tons of great childhood memories from our old house, but it’s more of a collection of images than an actual memory of an event. Our dog Bear, Christmas in the old house, my parents, my room, the time when we had a tornado watch and I dragged all of my […]

Free Speech and Bullying in Book Reviews: Is there a happy middle ground?

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 6, 2014 | 16 Comments

A guest post by Ashley at Nose Graze Hey folks! My name is Ashley and I have a book blog over at Nose Graze. Huge thanks to Jessi for letting me stop by today. I’m going to address a topic that literally scares the pants off of me. I feel like it’s so touchy and so controversial, it makes me nervous to even think about it too loudly. But it’s time to put on my big girl pants and just get […]