Always Me

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the first Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme originally created by  The Broke and the Bookish , which is now being hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  The rules are exactly the same as they were before - this week's topic is a Love Freebie, so I have elected to feature some of my Favorite LGBTQ Couples In YA.  Here we go, in no particular order: Ronan and Adam from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater Simon and Blue from Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Magnus and Alec from The Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare Simon and Baz from Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Wolfe and Santi from The Great Library series by Rachel Caine Sana and Jamie from It's Not Like It's A Secret by Misa Sugiura Nadine and Patty from The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli Ben and Cillian from The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Jesper and Wylan from Six of Crows by Leig...

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url. This week I'm spotlighting the traditional bluegrass band, Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice .  As much as I love progressive bluegrass, it's always great to hear the traditional stuff and these guys are among the best.  You can check out there website here .

❋  ❋ I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Jake Morrow, aka Peter Smith, is a foster kid turned CIA operative and since he epically failed his first assignment he's been given a pity mission at a school. He's trying to keep a low profile (there are terrorists out there looking to get bloody revenge), but when a classmate snaps his #Prettyboy photo during a jog around the track and uploads it to social media he becomes a viral sensation. Before he knows it, the school is under attack and he's stuck in the building with psychotic killers (and fans). This #Prettyboy's going to have to put all of his skills and training to the test if he doesn't want to be a #Deadboy. #Prettyboy Must Die by Kimberly Reid sounded like it would be so much fun, like a combination of #AlexFromTarget (remember that guy) meets the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter and Spy Kids with a great sense of humor. The concept behind this is very promising a...

❋  ❋  ❋  ❋ I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The 19th amendment was finally ratified on August 18th, 1920 granting women the right to vote as citizens of the United States of America. This work of narrative non-fiction discusses the suffragists achievements, politics, and their passion from Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria Woodhull, Sojourner Truth, and Alice Paul. It also focuses on the darker moments within the movement in regards to their relationships to both the abolition and temperance movements. The women's suffrage movement is a fascinating time period to read about as are the women at its forefront. Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot by Winifred Conkling is a detailed and comprehensive look into the suffrage movement and the nineteenth amendment. I love that the author gives us a look into the personal journeys of women at the heart of the fight from the early days...

Happy Friday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my first set of reviews for #BeatTheBacklist 2018, which is hosted by NovelKnight .  For this year long challenge, I'm catching up on backlist series titles that I've been meaning to read for ages (you can check out my TBR here ).  The first two I tackled were the two most recent Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher , both of which clock in right around the 600 page mark.  The series is one of my favorites and these two were awesome, as usual.  Read on to see my thoughts: ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher is one of my all time favorite series. I have no clue why I put off reading Cold Days for so long because it was an absolutely fantastic return to Harry's Chicago (and the Nevernever) - I actually had to give myself a bit of a refresher. Anyway, Harry and company have gone through some pretty major changes, but they're all in top form even if they've changed a bit along the...

On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice , Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader , and 50/50 Friday is a new weekly link up and it is hosted by  Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader  and  Laura @ Blue Eye Books . For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Then, for 50/50 Friday, every week there's a new topic featuring two sides of the same coin - you share a book that suits each category and link up on the hosts blogs. This week I'm spotlig...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to the first Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme originally created by  The Broke and the Bookish , which is now being hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  The rules are exactly the same as they were before - this week's topic is Books That Have Been On My TBR Longest & I Still Haven't Read.  Here we go, in order of the first ten books that are currently on my TBR: The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett - I've read quite a few of the Discworld books, but oddly enough I still haven't tackled the first one. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore  - I've been meaning to try this Ohio born author for ages now. Wonder by R.J. Palacio - This novel has been recommended to me so many times, and I've been told the movie adaptation was pretty fantastic. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - This has also been recommended to me a ton of times, and one day I'll finally pick it up. Skinwalker by Faith Hunter...