The Overstuffed Bookcase

Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Name A Pet After

October 18, 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 Characters I’d Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc. After. I have kids but they’re named after family members. However, my two cats are both ...

Memes

Sundays In Bed With…Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

October 16, 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… Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom ...

Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

#FitReaders Check-In: October 14, 2016

October 14, 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 ...

Reviews

Mini Review: Attack on Titan Vol 13-17 by Hajime Isayama (+ VIDEO)

October 12, 2016

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed copies of these books from my library. I was in no way compensated for this review. SPOILER WARNING: This review covers Attack on Titan Volumes 13-17. It may contain slight spoilers for these and previous volumes. But if you’d like a spoiler-free overview of the entire series, check out my video below! As with ...

Reviews

Review: Past Perfect by Leila Sales

October 10, 2016

FTC Disclaimer: I borrowed a copy of this book from my library. I was in no way compensated for this review. High Hopes For Past Perfect… I read and enjoyed This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales last year, so when Past Perfect was chosen as a selection for my book club, I was excited to read another of her books. Plus, it’s ...

Memes

Stacking the Shelves (95)

October 8, 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 Hunt by Andrew Fukuda My haul is really small this time, since I only got one book from the ...

Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

#FitReaders Check-In: October 7, 2016

October 7, 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 ...

Discussions

3 Types of Reading Slumps (VIDEO)

October 6, 2016

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to talk about that thing that readers dread the most, more than mismatched covers and instalove: the reading slump. I’m currently in the middle of a reading slump and it surprised me to realize that I was still enjoying the book that I’ve been reading. And then I remembered some tweets that I had seen by ...

Memes

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Villains

October 4, 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 All About The Villains. I haven’t narrowed my list down any further; this is just a list of my top ten favorite villains from books, movies, and ...

Book Events & Blog Events, Challenges

#FitReaders Check-In: September 30, 2016

September 30, 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 ...