Weekly Recap: 11/23 - 11/29

My Super Exciting Life  My week has been largely uneventful, which, I suppose, is a good thing. My brother came to stay last Sunday night, which was a lot of fun! He ended up coming back to stay again after Thanksgiving dinner. We did a lot of Black Friday shopping and played some Disney Infinity. One (two) of the things I got this weekend are: Both were on my Christmas list, so here's hoping no one actually buys them! Black Friday shopping was not the only shopping going on this weekend! About a year and a half ago, my husband and I moved and had to downsize to a queen-sized bed. While a lot of people don't mind not sleeping...

Recipe: No Bake PB Cookie

The past few days have been a flurry of delicious food and this one of my all-time favorites! No-bake peanut butter cookies! Because I am a kind and gracious person (*cough*) I thought I would share the recipe I used for my very first batch ever. No Bake PB Cookies Originally posted at Streaming Gourmet. Prep time: 5 minutes | Cook time: 5 minutes   Total time: 10 minutes Ingredients 2 c granulated white sugar 5 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1 stick butter 1/2 c milk (I used evaporated) 1/2 c creamy peanut butter 1 tsp vanilla 3 c old fashioned Quaker oats Cooking...

Feature & Follow Friday #26: Favorite Death Scene

Happy Friday, fellow book lovers! Feature & Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The goal of Feature & Follow is to meet new bloggers, make friends, and gain readers. This Week's Question:  Describe your favorite book character death scene. Why is it your favorite? Was it a villain or a hero? What made it so good? DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE RETRIBUTION OF MARA DYER! My favorite death scene ever is that of Dr. Kells from the Mara Dyer series. I was so freaking thrilled when Mara finally started accepting her abilities and used them to take revenge...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I don't have a "real" post for today. Instead, here's a series of photos of my dog with an ever increasing number of Skylanders on her sleeping body: Happy Thanksgiving!! (enjoy your noms)...

Waiting on Wednesday #25: The Rules by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié

Happy Wednesday, fellow book lovers! This week's "can't wait to read" is: The Rulesby Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguié  Publication Date: June 23, 2015 Narrated by alternating unreliable narrators, this dark thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. It's Saw meets I Know What You Did Last Summer. Junior Robin Brisset has no idea what she's in for when she accepts an invitation to one of Callabrese High's most exclusive parties. And when the trademark scavenger hunt begins, Robin must go against every rule she's lived by to survive.  "Dark thriller... It's Saw...

Top Ten Tuesday #21: Winter TBR List

Today's Topic:   Top Ten Books On My Winter TBR Honestly, I don't even know how to narrow this down to "Winter TBR" because I basically just have a monster list. And I'm a mood reader. Just because I say something will be read this winter does not make it true. But here's what I think I'm going to read this winter! Some are new releases and some I'm just way behind on...             Cress by Marissa Meyer Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Doll Bones by Holly Black Ensnared by A.G. Howard The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson          Nocte...

Cover Reveal: Atlantis Rising by Gloria Craw

Title: Atlantis Rising Author: Gloria Craw Publication Date: January 6, 2015 Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: 352 Add to Goodreads I am different. I have always been different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and trying to be invisible. I’m so good at hiding, no one has ever noticed me. Until Ian…the mysterious and oh-so-cute boy I know I need to avoid. Now I have been seen. And more terrifying still, I am wanted—by those who would protect me and those who would destroy everything and everyone I love. But if they’re all terrified about who I am, wait until...

Audiobook Review: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Title: The Maze Runner (Maze Runner #1) Author: James Dashner Publication Date: October 6, 2009 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages: 374Add to Goodreads Review for 2 If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers...

Weekly Recap: 11/16 - 11/22

My Super Exciting Life  You know that feeling you get when the semester is coming to a close? The one where you just can't be bothered to care about much anymore? Well, that's the feeling I've been feeling this week. Especially with Thanksgiving coming up and the knowledge that I have time off coming up shortly. I have a project and two papers due by December 3rd and finals start a few days after that. This week is the silence before the storm... Anyway, this week has been a flurry of unpacking and cleaning, trying to get our new apartment in order. We managed to get the tree up and mostly decorated on (I believe) Tuesday night....

My Epic Office Giveaway

Happy Weekend, fellow book lovers! As you may know, I have been in the long process of moving to a new apartment with my husband after a nightmare experience at the previous one. But that experience has ended and a new one has (thankfully) begun. Along with our new residence I have acquired a new office. One of the perks of being a Merchant Marine wife is that, due to the long stints of alone time, I get dibs on the spare room! Here, let me share it with you! Here is a super awesome panorama of my office. Yes, that certainly is a sword hanging on my wall. Yes, there is a backstory. When I was about 14 years old, I went on a weekend...