Andrea, Author at The Overstuffed Bookcase

#FitReaders Check-In: July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016

#FitReaders is a group of book lovers who encourage each other with their fitness goals. It’s hosted by Felicia at The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog and Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Go here or here for more info. Each week, those who are participating in #FitReaders do a check-in where they share how their week ...

Memes

Waiting on Wednesday (77): Heartless by Marissa Meyer

July 20, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. My pick this week: I LOVE The Lunar Chronicles so OF COURSE I’m going to read anything that Marissa Meyer writes! I actually have an Alice in Wonderland retelling book idea in the works, ...

Reviews

Review: The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

July 19, 2016

A Bit Back and Forth For some reason, my opinion of The Great American Whatever kind of went back and forth a lot. I liked the humor right from the beginning, but then it seemed to be too clever. The main character, Quinn, would think about how he was “so awkward” but he constantly had witty comebacks for everything. And then ...

Book Events & Blog Events

I’ve Moved to WordPress!

July 17, 2016

Hi everyone! If you’re seeing this post, that means you are now visiting The Overstuffed Bookcase at its new home, now on self-hosted WordPress! I hired the very wonderful and talented Ashley from Nose Graze to migrate all of my old Blogger content here, and my husband and I have spent the past week formatting things and making them look ...

Memes

Stacking the Shelves (89)

July 16, 2016

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme, hosted by Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews, where bloggers can share the books and bookish items that we’ve bought, borrowed, or received each week. This StS is for the past two weeks. Gifted I received the following from my OTSP Secret Sister: Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas a Gilmore Girls tote bag ...

Features, Reviews

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews: Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

July 14, 2016

Kiddo’s Corner Reviews is my new feature here at The Overstuffed Bookcase, where my 6-year-old son reviews children’s books! Go here to find out more. First Thoughts… I read this book to the Kiddo over several weeks, and we finished it just before writing this review. Me: So what is this book about? Kiddo: Beezus and her ...

Memes

Top Ten Tuesday: All About Me

July 12, 2016

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week there is a new topic. I’m a huge fan of lists, so this meme is right up my alley! This week’s topic is “Ten Facts About Me (bookish or just general about you facts or ten facts about you as a blogger…whatever you want)”. So I’m going to list a mix ...

Memes

Sundays in Bed With…The Book Thief

July 10, 2016

Sundays in Bed With… is a meme/feature started by my friend Kate at Midnight Book Girl, where we can highlight the book that we’re spending the day in bed reading (or the one we wish we could be reading all day in bed!). I’m hoping to spend the day in bed with… The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Guys, I am not loving The ...

Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

#FitReaders Check-In: July 8, 2016

July 8, 2016

#FitReaders is a group of book lovers who encourage each other with their fitness goals. It’s hosted by Felicia at The Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog and Jen at That’s What I’m Talking About. Go here or here for more info. Each week, those who are participating in #FitReaders do a check-in where they share how their week ...