BOOK REVIEW: Shades of Earth By Beth Revis

January 28, 2015 Reading Life No Comments
Book: Shades of Earth by Beth Revis (Across the Universe #3) Genre: Scifi, YA Preview: Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceshipGodspeed behind. They’re ready to start life afresh–to build a home–on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe…

Monday Motivation

January 26, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments
So, here we are at the start of another week.  Monday’s are so important to me.  In my opinion they set the tone of the week, and it’s a make-it-or-break-it deal.  So, I generally try to do everything in my power to make sure that if we only have one…

BOOK REVIEW: A Million Suns by Beth Revis

January 25, 2015 Reading Life 1 Comment
Book: A Million Suns by Beth Revis Series: Across the Universe (read my review of the first book in the series here) Genre: Sci-fi, YA Synopsis: It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the…

Tea Party Manipulation

January 23, 2015 Uncategorized 2 Comments
Sophiapea is leaning against the counter, watching me as I unload the dishes. “Mommy, what are you doing?” “Just unloading the dishes, baby. What are you doing?” “Yes! Say I” I look at her, wondering what new trick she’s up to, but I repeat after her anyways. “I…” “Will…” She…

BOOK REVIEW: Across the Universe by Beth Rees

January 21, 2015 Reading Life 2 Comments
Book: Across the Universe by Beth Revis Genre: YA, Sci-fi Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an…

Burning The Midnight Oil

January 21, 2015 Uncategorized 2 Comments
And the 2 o’clock oil, and 10 pm oil, and (obviously) the 4 am oil. (Because it’s 4 am right now.) It started off so innocently last night. Klaus’ nightly ritual of waking up for a snack right as I start to drift off to sleep is nothing new. He’ll…