The Overstuffed Bookcase

Challenges

2017 Reading Challenges Attempted

Hi everyone! It’s been a while! My 2017 was full of major changes. I came out as gay, got a divorce, fell in love, and even got engaged! Craziness! But my year was also just really busy, and I didn’t get anywhere near as much reading done as I’d have liked. My blog also suffered. I’m not sure how much reading and  ...

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Uncategorized

Life Update & Blog Hiatus

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I posted on my blog and I thought that I should at least make a post explaining my hiatus, and let you know what’s going on with me… At the beginning of the year, my husband and I separated. He moved out, I’ve been looking for a job (since I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for over  ...

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Memes

Waiting on Wednesday (81): Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

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 just heard of this book about a month ago, and immediately added it to my to-read and must-read shelves on Goodreads. It just sounds really cool. I love Orphan Black (even  ...

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Reviews

Review: Enclave by Ann Aguirre

FTC Disclaimer: I purchased a copy of this book myself. I was in no way compensated for this review. Zombie Obsessed About a year ago, I watched The Walking Dead for the first time. I was so anti-zombie before that, and now I’m OBSESSED. So I’ve been trying to read a lot of zombie books, even if they’re not typical zombies.  ...

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Reviews

Mini Review: The Prey by Andrew Fukuda

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed a copy of this book from my library. I was in no way compensated for this review. SPOILER WARNING: This review is for the second book in a series. While I hate spoilers, you may find some slight spoilers for book 1 and book 2 in this review. As with all of my mini reviews, I’m just going to share some of my  ...

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Reviews

Mini Review: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed a copy of this book from my local library. I was in no way compensated for this review. As with all of my mini reviews, I’m just going to share some of my notes that I wrote while reading The First Part Last: I liked this part where the title comes from, about how we miss some of the easiest parts of our lives,  ...

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Reviews

Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed a copy of this book from my local library. I was in no way compensated for this review. A Confession… So, I watched the movie adaptation of Speak first. I know, I know, that’s kind of blasphemy. I do usually try to read books before seeing their adaptations, but I honestly don’t even know why I  ...

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