The Overstuffed Bookcase

Review: Consider (Holo #1) by Kristy Acevedo

April 15, 2016

Title: Consider Author: Kristy Acevedo Series: Holo #1 Publisher: Jolly Fish Press Publication Date: April 19, 2016 Pages: 288 Format/Source: ARC/From author & publisher Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Apocalyptic As if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, ...

Memes

Waiting on Wednesday (70): The Leaving by Tara Altebrando

April 13, 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: The Leaving by Tara Altebrando Release Date: June 7, 2016 Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back–with no idea of where ...

Memes

Stacking the Shelves (84)

April 9, 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. From the Library Attack on Titan Volumes 2-7 by Hajime Isayama I also picked up The Walking Dead Book 1 ...

Discussions

My Thoughts on The Walking Dead 6×16: Last Day on Earth

April 6, 2016

Background image credit I don’t usually post about things other than books and the occasional personal post, but I’ve recently become obsessed with The Walking Dead and after watching the finale on Sunday I can think of little else. So I wanted to share some of my thoughts. This won’t be a complete recap, just my thoughts ...

Memes

Sundays in Bed With…The Dark and Hollow Places

April 3, 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 Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of ...

Reviews

Manga Mini Review: Knights of Sidonia 1 & Black Butler, Vol. 1

April 1, 2016

Title: Knights of Sidonia 1Author: Tsutomu NiheiSeries: Knights of Sidonia #1Publisher: Vertical, Inc., distributed by Random HousePublication Date: 2009Pages: 192Format/Source: Paperback Manga/Library Age Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction “CORE EXPOSED”Outer space, the far future.A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten ...

Memes

Waiting on Wednesday (69): You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan

March 30, 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: You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan Release Date: June 7, 2016 Published by St. Martin’s Griffin Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or ...

Memes

Stacking the Shelves (83)

March 26, 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. From the Library The Dark and Hollow Places (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #3) by Carrie Ryan ...

Reviews

Manga Mini Review: Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 and Pumpkin Scissors 1

March 24, 2016

Title: Attack on Titan, Vol. 1Author: Hajime IsayamaSeries: Attack on Titan #1Publisher: Kodansha ComicsPublication Date: 2010Pages: 193Format/Source: Paperback Manga/Library Age Group/Genre: Adult/Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic In this post-apocalytpic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the ...

Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

A Day in the Life 2016

March 23, 2016

A Day in the Life is a blogger event, hosted by Trish at Love, Laughter, and a touch of Insanity, where bloggers keep track of what they do for a day, and then share it with others. Hi everyone! I’m excited to be participating in this blogger event again this year! I had so much fun participating last year (you can see my post here) ...