Click to see the full map on EpicReads This is so awesome I had to share! I may make a challenge for it next year, even though I haven’t heard of quite a few of these (and probably would have never given them a second glance otherwise). Here’s the list: Ones I’ve read are in bold. Starred* books were those already on my TBR list. Alabama – The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore Alaska – Julie of the […]
I started this feature here at ASR in order to know your fellow bloggers a little better! If you are interested in being featured please fill out the form. Meet Dalene! How long have you been blogging? What made you want to start a book blog? I started blogging in January 2012. I did make a few posts in December, testing the waters, but officially January made a post several days a week and began participating in memes. […]
As far as contemporaries go, One Moment was pretty solid. I didn’t connect quite as much as I wanted to, which is mostly what kept it from being 5 stars. I can’t pinpoint what exactly caused the disconnect – One Moment was a beautifully written story about letting go and moving on. But because it was so tragic, I feel like there should have been a little more emotion on my part. I didn’t cry once, and the only time I felt […]
In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever.Peek. Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die. Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s […]
In case you missed anything…. Day 1: A Year in Review Looking back at ASR – then vs. now Firsts Stats for the year Books reviewed Rating pie chart GIVEAWAY: $10 gift card (INT) Day 2: Undersea Spotlight, Featuring ME! All about yours truly GIVEAWAY: Darkfever (INT) Day 3: The Blogging Community Inspirations Bloggy friends Fave blogs Author love Day 4: The Best Of Top 10 books I’ve read this past year Top 5 in genre categories […]
What do I hope to accomplish in the future here at ASR? Networking. I really want to make it a point to take an hour or so each day (every other day at the least) to visit other blogs. And leave comment love! I’m terrible about visiting a blog, reading the post, and leaving. I don’t always have something to say, so I don’t leave a comment. I need to work on that! I also want to […]