Sniffing A Book

I LOVE DIY. I mean... So here are 7 bookmarks you can make yourself.  1.)  If you don’t want to make these, you can also buy them here . This would be a good project to make with kids! 2.) This is a super cute bookmark made out of yarn! You can get the pattern here .  3.) This super cute rat bookmark pattern can be found here . 4.) This one has instructions in another language, so hopefully you have google translate ready to go for this one . But the pictures are very helpful :) 5.)  These bookmarks are so cute! They have a bunch of different animals you can choose from (or pick all of them!) here ! There are patterns to print as well as instructions on how to fold them! :) 6.) I love the idea of coloring your own bookmark, so I'll probably have a post in the future with just bookmarks that you can color. You can download these here .   7.) Be still my Harry Potter loving heart....

Picture 1 This is just stressful.  Picture 2 How would you get a book off without having to contend with at least a couple of books? Picture 3 There's so many awkward angels, I would be afraid something was going to fall off at any time. Picture 4 I don't understand why you would want a bookshelf where you have all the books move every time you take a book down to read.  Picture 5 There is just so much wasted space. 

There's always the debate, is physical or ebooks better? With physical, or paper, books, you get to actually hold them in your hands and feel the texture of the paper. And that new book smell, ugh, so good. Pardon me while I drool over the thought. Not to mention that some of them are so pretty! I just recently bought The Nightingale and the texture of the cover is beautiful, not to mention the design of it. You only really get that with physical books. But they do have their downfalls: they take up a lot of space depending on how many you have and how thick they are. Not to mention that new copies are usually twice as much as ebooks from what I've seen so far.  While in public, physical books can make a great deterrent so that people don't talk to you as you can hide behind them easier. Though you can do that with an ebook, it looks a lot more rude to be staring at a screen versus paper. Plus you look just a smidge smarter staring at a book over a phone or tablet since...

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I like to watch new shows before I read the books they're based on. If I hate the premise of the show, I'm certainly going to hate the book. But there have been a couple of TV shows over the years that have made me want to read the books that they're based on, just because I love the worlds that are built so much. Outlander is one of those shows that I heard about for so long, but I never really watched it. I knew everyone loved it, and it was really good, but I just never got into the idea of it. Then someone recommended the book to me. I know this is backwards from what this post was supposed to be, but I read the first book, and then watched the first season, and decided I was going to continue reading the series and then following it up with the show.  Currently I'm on book 4 Drums of Autumn. I know the last season has a lot of spoilers for it, but I'm still excited to finally get a chance to sit down and re...

Here are some of my favorite DIY bookshelves that I've found. Each picture is linked in the caption so if you want to know more, you can easily find it :)  Picture 1 Super easy bookshelf to make out of an old ladder.  Picture 2 This is such a handy idea! Super easy and cheap also! The cinder blocks would probably cost about $30 USD, then the pieces of wood for the shelving.  Picture 3 This is a little more complicated bookshelf, but still is classy and modern.  Picture 4 Super easy bookshelf that can be made with fruit crates. The great thing about this one is that you can customize it however you want. You can change the directions of the fruit crates so they're all the same way, make it more sporadic, as big as you want, and you can even paint/use finish on them to give them a cleaner look.  Picture 5 I love the use of space with this one. This is great for a home that doesn't have an extra room, or even a wal...

A Book Written in Verse: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds A book with a villain: I'll be gone in the dark by Michelle McNamara A debut novel: Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas A one word title: Sovereign by Jeff Hirsch A book about someone who is neuro Diverse: Split by J.B. Salsbury A variation of the word "lie" in the title: One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus Book with a Funny Character: Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris A book that's also a screen adaptation: Sailor Moon 9 by Naoko Takeuchi Water on the Cover: Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield A book with a weather element in the title: Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas Finish a Book outside: Sailor Moon 10 by Naoko Takeuchi A stand alone:  Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield Free space: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas A book set in High School: Percy Jackson Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan A library book: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris A book...

5/5 City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare may have just become my favorite of the Mortal Instrument series. I really wasn't a fan of City of Fallen Angels, it felt like it didn't need to exist. But now that I've read this one it completely makes sense. Also the fact that you're not supposed to read them in order makes it more enjoyable as I could kind of see how it was supposed to be two separate series within the Mortal Instrument series almost.  This book takes place a couple of weeks after City of Fallen Angels. Jace is still missing, and no one has heard from Sebastian. But they come after Clary, and in the process, wound Luke with a poison dagger. Clary doesn't go with them, but just as Jocelyn suspected, Jace comes back for Clary again, and this time she goes with him. She goes into this new place thinking that she has the advantage because she has fairy rings to talk to Simon through, but eventually hers goes missing. It's painfully obviou...