January Recap and WHERE Are You Reading Link Up
January was a great month here at Book Journey for books and audio. It has been a long time since I have had such a good month. I end with this last day of January with 12 reads completed and...
View ArticleIs It Just Me or Are Some Book Pitches Getting a Little Crazy?
As book bloggers, book reviewers, book chatters… whatever you want to call us, it seems if you do this any amount of time you will get book pitches. A book pitch is when an author or publisher or...
View ArticleBook Club People – How Do You Choose Your Books?
Recently I was reading an awesome post of Elizabeth’s at Silvers Reviews and she was talking about book club books. She was saying that her book club puts book choices for a year in to a bowl and...
View ArticleWhen Paper Hits The Road ( a moment of heartbreak)
My heart lays heavy. Recently I was asked if I would be interested in being a part of a new group of readers in the area that would preview books to see that they are appropriate for middle grade and...
View ArticleLocation… Location… Location…. Does It Matter?
Fellow readers… we can talk right? We have that “love for books thing” in common, and if I may be so bold… we do enjoy hunkering down to a really good read. Now while traditions and props may differ...
View ArticleWHAT Constitutes a SPOILER?
Recently while reading a review, the writer had mentioned a surprising twist towards the end of the read that changed their thoughts on the book. I am certain that in my review of this same book, I...
View ArticleFaces On Book Covers… Like Or Dislike?
Today I was at an author event where the author was discussing his book covers. He actually had some fascinating thoughts on them (more on that in tomorrow’s post) but one thing he mentioned stood...
View ArticlePost 3000!!! Giveaway and Book Discussion – Does An Online Book Presence...
Well holy smokes! This is my 3,000 post. Is that not just crazy? Certainly a monumental post like this can not go by without some sort of hoopla…. you know how I like to celebrate! :) This post...
View ArticleSummer Reading – Reading On The North Shore (and giveaway!)
Recently I was at our cabin on the North Shore, right off Lake Superior. It is a 3 1/2 hours from our home… a jaunt by any account but one that is worth it. Once there – I am out of internet and...
View ArticleTwo Weeks Of Books and a LOT of Mud … Time To Tell You About Them
I am home. Wiped out. Tired. Lots to do. Home. Friday I drove with my friend Amy to a hotel in the cities to meet up with Jennifer and Jody, the other two girls that we were doing the mud run in...
View ArticleGirl Fight! Why Amy (Gone Girl), Kick A** over Rachel (Girl On The Train)
** Warning this post will contain potential spoilers to both Gone Girl and Girl On The Train Recently I finished the book, Girl On The Train. If you have been on the blogesphere lately you may...
View ArticleThe Undiluted Truth About Review Requests – Accepting and Not and All the...
Book reviewers, bloggers… this one is for you us. This is something that has amazed me for years. All the wonderful review requests we receive by email (is it not a book lovers dream?). Yet – what...
View ArticleBook Crack: What Draws You To The Books You Choose
Recently a friend of mine asked me for good book suggestions for her to recommend to her book club. I rattled off a few I had really enjoyed recently including Silent Sister and The Midwife’s...
View ArticleWhat Is Your Reading Style?
Earlier this week I read a post at I’m Lost In Books and enjoyed a post about being a multi book reader. I could relate to her reading style, as I am also a multi book reader. I enjoyed the picture...
View ArticleDescent by Tim Johnston – Bookies Book Club Review w/ Discussion Questions
Quick Synopsis… While the Courtland family is on vacation in Colorado with their two teenage children, their daughter Cailtin is abducted while out for a morning run. What follows is a three-year...
View ArticleMorning Meanderings… Me, Myself, and Scarlett O’ Hara
I mentioned a little while back that my book club is reading Gone With The Wind for our classic read month in October. This is a book that has been on my “hit list” FOR-E-VAH. Yup.. that long. I have...
View ArticleThe Grief Books… A Shelf of Tears and Love
Books. They serve many purposes. They take us on adventures. They teach us. They make us laugh and cry and think and dream… In April of 2015 after Justin’s accident, friends sent me what you are...
View ArticleMorning Meanderings… Thirteen Reasons Why will be the discussion of the week
OMG you all… check it out. Three days in a row…. crazy stuff. Its been raining off and on in Central Minnesota for days now it seems… I woke up to a very wet deck and lawn… but the air feels like it...
View ArticleBooks & Beans: Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Books and Beans is a book discussion I host at a local coffee shop once a month. This is our second month doing this and this mornings discussion (with a great cup of coffee) was with the book Left...
View ArticleWhat Do YOU Say Is A Must Read In A Lifetime?
I love lists…. little check boxes to see where you land… those ridiculous addicting quizzes on Facebook that tell you what House you are sorted in, that movie star you are most like, or the one that...
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