Category: Discussions

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Actually Lived Up to the Hype

The Illuminae Files by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Nevernight by Jay Kristoff Red Rising by Pierce Brown LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis These were all 5 star reads for me! 100% deserving of the hype! What books have you read that totally […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 11, 2018 | 1 Comment

Bookish Gift Ideas

Christmas is sneaking up on us fast, so I thought I’d share some of my favorite bookish gift ideas, and from some of my favorite companies! Something else I want to mention is that I have forged a connection with most of the business owners of these companies and it’s so much more meaningful to me to support companies with fabulous people behind them! Candles I am OBSESSED with candles, especially the bookish kind! Here are some of my favorite […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 6, 2018 | 1 Comment

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Merch on My Wishlist

Strange the Dreamer scarf & Muse gloves from Storiarts As Travars booksleeve from Baby My Book Manon & Abraxos print designed by Gabriella Bujdoso Enamel pins from Iron & Ink designs Red Rising mugs by Creative Leigh Crafts Welcome Muggles doormat from A Little Tinsel Gringotts coin set (Amazon) Potions master candle My Weekend is Booked The Thirteen pin from Fable & Black Playing card bookmarks from Keeper of the Suns What bookish merch is on the top of your […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 13, 2018 | 4 Comments

Things That Make Me DNF (Do Not Finish)

For those of you who’ve been here a while, you know I’m a ruthless DNFer. If I’m not enjoying a book by 50-100 pages, I typically move on. Sometimes I don’t even give it that long. I refuse to force my way through a book I’m not enjoying when there are so many other fish in the sea, so to speak! Without further ado, here are the reasons I choose to DNF a book! Pacing Poor pacing is the number […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 7, 2018 | 2 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday: Villains

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I actually had this exact same discussion during Horror October two years ago! Here’s the post where I talk about 5 villains I love and 5 villains I hate. While some of them will always be on the top of my list, I wanted to choose some new villains for this post as I’ve discovered some more to add to my list in the past year! Instead of separating love […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

[Horror October] Movie Challenge – The Shining

Check out the sign up post for all the info! Movie mini challenge For the movie challenge I chose The Shining! I’m ashamed that I’m 30 years old and just now getting around to watching it, haha. But now I can finally say I have! The scenes in Ready Player One finally make sense XD The verdict: What the crap did I just watch? Seriously guys. No one told me how weird this movie is. Was it scary? No. I […]

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 18, 2018 | 0 Comments