The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Pages : 552 Genre : Historical Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 5/5 About the Book  : It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her...

Pics 1 &2 in Kuta; Pics  3 & 4 in Sanur, Bali, April 2014 So we are back from Bali and it was an amazing, amazing trip! To tell you the truth, we wish we could have stayed there at least another two weeks (we’ve been experiencing some form of travel-blues we had never experienced before, but it’s still good to reunite with the cat, the books, and all that!) There will be more pictures to follow and stories to keep them...

In the previous years, when January showed up in all its cold glory, I got all excited about my favorite blogging task of the year : putting together a list of “bests of” books is always a great time, both for the pleasure of talking about great reading and the satisfaction I feel by categorizing them. Yet this year, this didn’t happen. I started working on the list in late December, more than a month ago, but I couldn’t...

Fall is my favorite season; I love how the weather changes, unpredictable, how the colors turn to reds and oranges and browns, how the ground crackles under our feet, how the air gets fresh and chilly. The days get shorter and it feels like the perfect time of the year to read all these mysterious, gothic, creepy novels we have accumulated on our shelves in the year. And so I am so excited that The R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge is...

Hey all! I am super excited today to welcome Jennifer on the blog for an amazing guest post! Jennifer has been one of my favorite bloggers for years now; her posts always offers interesting insight on books, teaching and life, and seeing new content on her blog always brightens my day. Head on to http://www.justicejennifer.com/ to get to know her if you haven’t already! Today, she shares with us her thoughts on the summer slump...

One of my favorite reading spots : the Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal, the library where I spend way too much time, reading, looking for books, appreciating the quiet. For more Wordless Wednesday, click...

  Last summer, I joined Seasons of Reading’s summer readathon and thought it was so much fun to officially dedicate a week to reading. It helps to focus on a goal and make it public; this is how I managed to catch up with 2013 a little in December. I was excited when I saw the winter readathon would be happening this week and just knew I had to join! The Man is away for work so I have all the time needed to go through my infinite...

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