Weekly Recap - December 21-27, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Angelina's Big City Ballet by Katharine Holabird & Helen Craig and gave it 3.83 ladybugs.

Wednesday - I reviewed A Night in Santa's Great Big Bag by Kristin Kladstrup & Tim Jessell and gave it 3.83 ladybugs.

Thursday - I reviewed My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins and gave it 2.96 ladybugs.  I really wasn't impressed with most of the stories; only the first and last ones were amazing!

Friday - I signed up for the 2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge.  I'm going to try to read between 11 and 20 books from my TBR pile next year (I need to get through that stack)!

Saturday - I shared a link to an old post I wrote in August of 2009.  Ever wanted to write your own paranormal romance?  I'll give you some tips...

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - December 14-20, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I signed up for the 2014 Fairytale Retelling Challenge.  I'm hoping to read 5-9 fairytale retellings next year.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was the top ten books we read in 2014.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday, where we discussed whether or not we read books written for children and teens.  Um... yeah!

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.  I got one book from the library a couple of weeks ago, and I bought a discounted e-book from Amazon.ca.  In the new year, I think I'm going to switch to a monthly feature... if I can keep track of all the books!

Things have been a little slow on my blog lately.  I've been doing things other than reading, and Christmas is coming, and -- oh, crap! -- I haven't finished my shopping yet.  I've been slowly working my way through a book of holiday short stories (from the library), so the other books I was reading have been put on hold for the moment.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - December 7-13, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I shared some of my thoughts on ghostwriting and the Girl Online/Zoe Sugg issue.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was the top new-to-us authors we've read in 2014.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - November 23-29, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I was nominated for the Liebster Award by Amanda of Of Spectacles and Books.  I nominated two other bloggers!

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week we talked about the books on our winter TBR lists.

Thursday - I took part in Booking Through Thursday.  This week the topic was how much we read.

Friday - I reviewed a really cool picture book called You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey and illustrated by Soyeon Kim.  I gave it 4.33 ladybugs.

I also reviewed a poetry collection, Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann, and gave it 2.25 ladybugs.

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - November 16-22, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and gave it 1.29 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was sequels we can't wait to get.

Thursday - I participated in the Booking Through Thursday meme.  This week we talked about which book's ending we'd like to change... and how we'd change it.

Saturday - I shared the new books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - November 9-15, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed a picture book called Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan and Sophie Blackall and gave it 2.33 ladybugs.

I also reviewed a novel, Free as a Bird by Gina McMurchy-Barber, and gave it 4.43 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was characters that we think should get their own books.

Saturday - I shared the new books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - November 2-8, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn and Julia Denos and gave it 4.33 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was books we'd like to re-read.  I'm not a re-reader... but I participated anyway.

Wednesday - I reviewed Lulu & Pip by Nina Gruener and Stephanie Rausser and gave it 3.5 ladybugs.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday where we discussed the most helpful books we've read.

Friday - I reviewed Llama Llama Mad at Mama, Llama Llama Misses Mama, and Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney.  The ratings ranged between 3.43 and 4 ladybugs (so they were pretty good little picture books).

Saturday - I shared the new books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.  I got quite a few new books this week, though most of them were free and were picture books.  I also got some good deals on two novels.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - October 26-November 1, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Maybe: A Little Zen for Little Ones by Sanjay Nambiar and gave it 1 ladybug.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was characters we'd like to dress up as for Halloween.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday where we talked about the scariest books we've ever read.

Friday - I reviewed All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry and gave it 4.29 ladybugs.

I also posted a recap of the posts I made on my blog in October.

Saturday - I shared the new books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.  I borrowed a couple of picture books from the library.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - October 19-25, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Up by Jim LaMarche and gave it 4 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was new series we want to start.

I also posted a DNF review of Timebound by Rysa Walker.  I really wanted to like this book... but I just didn't.

Saturday - I shared the new books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.  I only borrowed a couple of books from the library.

How was your week?

Weekly Recap - October 12-18, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko and gave it 2.5 ladybugs.

I also reviewed Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver and gave it 4.43 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was places books have made us want to visit.

Wednesday - I posted a DNF review for Other Worlds, a collection of short stories edited by Jon Scieszka.

Weekly Recap - October 5-11, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs & Kevin Hawkes and gave it 3.83 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was character-driven novels.

Wednesday - I reviewed Resurrection Bay by Neil Shusterman and gave it 4 ladybugs.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday.  This week we talked about reading in uncommon genres.

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

Weekly Recap - September 28-October 4, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey by Emily Winfield Martin and gave it 4.14 ladybugs.

I also reviewed Hunter Moran Digs Deep by Patricia Reilly Giff and gave it 2.14 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was books that were hard for us to read.

Wednesday - I reviewed Journey by Aaron Becker and gave it 4.8 ladybugs.

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

Weekly Recap - September 21-27, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Monday - I reviewed The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin and gave it 2.29 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was books on our fall TBR list.

Wednesday - I reviewed Snowflakes Fall by Patricia MacLachlan and Steven Kellogg and gave it 4 ladybugs.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday.  This week's topic was Shakespeare.

Friday - I reviewed Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle and gave it 4 ladybugs.

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.  I didn't spend any money; it was just library books and a freebie this week!

Weekly Recap - September 14-20, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I reviewed Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson and gave it 3.71 ladybugs.

Monday - I reviewed The Cat and the Wizard by Dennis Lee & Gillian Johnson and gave it 3.29 ladybugs.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was authors we've only read one book from.

Wednesday - I shared my status with WWW Wednesdays.  It's been a while since I did one of those posts!

I also reviewed Froggy Dearest by Scott Gordon, Konstantin Grishin, Sebastian Kaulitzki & Julien and gave it 1.17 ladybugs.  I was not impressed.

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday.  This week's topic was readers in the family...

Friday - I reviewed Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane and Hoda Hadadi and gave it 2.67 ladybugs.

Saturday - I shared the new books I got over the past week in New to the TBR Pile.

Weekly Recap - September 7-13, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I shared what I got In My Mailbox. I got a few library books this week, and one freebie from Amazon.ca.  Please note: I'm not going to be doing In My Mailbox as such anymore.  The feature will be moved to Saturdays and will be called New to the TBR Pile (see below).

Monday - I reviewed two children' picture books: Frederick by Leo Lionni and Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Brigette Barrager.

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week's topic was underrated books in YA.

Wednesday - I reviewed Sparky! by Jenny Offill & Chris Appelhans and gave it 4.5 ladybugs.  It's a super-cute picture book!

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday.  This week we were asked to recommend one book to a friend...

Friday - I reviewed Fracture by Megan Miranda and gave it 2 ladybugs.  I also reviewed the prequel short story, Eleven Minutes, and gave it 3.14 ladybugs.

Saturday - I shared the books I got this week in New to the TBR Pile.

Weekly Recap - August 31-September 6, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I shared what I got In My Mailbox. This week I got two books: one set in India, the other in Gaza City.

I reviewed A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman and gave it 2 ladybugs.  I think this is the first novel in verse that I've really disliked!

I also reviewed a picture book, Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama, and gave it 3.83 ladybugs.  The illustrations by Loren Lang were super cute!

Monday - I reviewed The Grumpy Guide to Life by Grumpy Cat and gave it 1.67 ladybugs.  I am not a cat person.  Not even a Grumpy Cat person, apparently!

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week was a back-to-school theme.  We picked which ten book characters we'd have sitting at our lunch table!

Thursday - I participated in Booking Through Thursday.  This week's topic was assigned reading in school.

Saturday - I reviewed Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout and gave it 1.57 ladybugs.  I'm so glad to be done with that one!

Weekly Recap - August 24-30, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I shared what I got In My Mailbox.  Two e-book freebies!

Monday - I reviewed Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor and gave it 4.29 ladybugs.  That was one of the best wrap-ups to a YA trilogy that I've ever read!

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week we talked about the books that we really want to read but don't own yet.

Wednesday - I reviewed Future Flash by Kita Helmetag Murdock and gave it 2.14 ladybugs.  Needless to say, I wasn't that impressed (but at least it was a short book)!

Weekly Recap - August 17-23, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I shared what I got In My Mailbox.  I got way too many books this week...

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week we talked about the top ten books people have been telling us we must read.

Friday - I didn't actually blog it, per se, but I did remove the four non-fiction reviews I had on this site.  Now it's 100% fiction, from children's picture books all the way to adult novels.  I changed any relevant links to point to Goodreads, which is where those reviews are now.  (In case you're curious, those books are: Memories of the Afterlife, Messages from Michael, The Power, and The Spiral Draw Book.)  I still read non-fiction from time to time; if I review those books, it'll be done on Goodreads.

Weekly Recap - August 10-16, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Sunday - I shared what I got In My Mailbox.  So many books... so little time!

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week we talked about the top ten books we're not sure we want to read.

Friday - I reviewed Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles de Lint and gave it 2.57 ladybugs.  On the whole, I like Charles de Lint's books... but I haven't had the best luck with his books for younger readers.

Weekly Recap - August 3-9, 2014

Here's what I blogged about over the last seven days:

Tuesday - I participated in the Top Ten Tuesday meme.  This week we talked about which books we'd recommend to people who have never read a particular type of book (which we got to pick).  I chose to focus on books set outside the U.S.A.

I also reviewed Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor and gave it 4.71 ladybugs!  Yeah... it was really good.

Thursday - I reviewed a children's picture book called Gwynne, Fair & Shining by Stephanie Lisa Tara and Lee Edward Födi.  I wasn't that impressed; I could only give it 2.43 ladybugs.

Saturday - Just for fun, I shared a giggle-worthy spam comment that I got on one of my old posts.  I love the irony...