In high school English, a lesson I struggled with talked about active versus passive voice. I thought to myself, why is this important, and when will I ever need to use this. Maybe those thoughts lead me to not care about the subject matter taught. However, in college I discovered a passion for writing. This…
Everything I Never Told You Book Review
“You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it.” Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng It is impossible not to have expectations when we pick up a book. In fact, I would argue every book I pick up I am expecting to enjoy it, otherwise I wouldn’t have…
9 Rules to Help you Discover the Joys of Reading
Have you had a hard time enjoying reading? Are you trying to enjoy reading but struggle? During my middle school and early high school years, I read a lot. It used to be one of my favorite things to do. You couldn’t catch me without a book in my hand. As I aged, my love…
The Titan’s Curse Book Review
A friend recently told me, he wished he read more nonfiction because there is more to learn in nonfiction than fiction. While I understand the sentiment, I believe you can learn equally as much from fiction as nonfiction. Authors study and do a lot of research for some of their books. They write what they…
7 Influential Books to Approach Grief
Death is inevitable. Therefore, grief is an experience we all will partake in. Our journeys through grief will all be different, but similar in their existence. We experience grief when we lose someone. Most often, grief is associated with death. Truthfully, grief is experienced for any loss. Loss of a job, loss of a home,…
The Dictionary of Lost Words Book Review
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind I have always been drawn to words, even outside of reading. Words have fascinated me from a…
The Best Ways to Add to Your Book Collection
By now, you’ve probably seen pictures of our bookshelves. In today’s world books are not cheap, but there are cheaper ways to build up a nice collection. We have our own private goal to have 1,000 books in our library. After that our next goal will probably be 2,000! Who knows. If you are anything…
Comparing The Lightning Thief Book and Movie
In today’s day and age, one thing film makers struggle with is making actually decent book to film adaptations. Off the top of my head, I can only think of two book series that film makers adapted to make something spectacular, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Both adaptations have their flaws, which…
Lover of Books: Wonder and Reading
I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would sit on the couch with the TV playing, completely zoned into the story on the page. Every visit with my grandpa consisted of a new book of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairies series. My dad laid…
7 Entertaining Ideas for a Snow Day
Apologies for the lack of posts this week, and a late one today. Jonas and I have officially been christened in our little town with a giant snow storm this past weekend. From power outages, falling trees, more snow than we’ve ever experienced and countless hours spent shoveling it, our hands have been rather full….