FEATURE & FOLLOW (#4): FAVORITE BOOK TO MOVIE (AND TV SHOW) ADAPTATIONS

"Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different."

Stephen King

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO (#6): YOU'RE NEVER WEIRD ON THE INTERNET (ALMOST) by FELICIA DAY

"The internet is amazing because it connects us with one another. But it’s also horrific because . . . it connects us with one another."

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY (#5): MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO MY WISHLIST

"When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long." 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

HAUL (#5): JULY 2016

The one with the kick ass assassins, the sarcastic vampires and the fantasy novellas.

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO (#5): LET'S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (A MOSTLY TRUE MEMOIR) by JENNY LAWSON

"I am the Wizard of Oz of housewives (in that I am both "Great and Terrible" and because I sometimes hide behind the curtains."

MONTHLY RECOMMENDATIONS (#1): EMPOWERING FEMALE CHARACTERS

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." 

Maya Angelou

BOOKMARK MONDAY (#11): DISNEY

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life." 

Walt Disney

COVER CHARACTERISTIC (#3): BALCONIES

"The rose upon my balcony the morning air perfuming,
Was leafless all the winter time and pining for the spring;
You ask me why her breath is sweet, and why her cheek is blooming,
It is because the sun is out and birds begin to sing."

William Makepeace Thackeray, The Rose Upon my Balcony

CHARACTER DRESS UP (#1): EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

"You know that mansion on top of the hill... Well... A long time ago, an inventor lived in that mansion."

FEATURE & FOLLOW (#3): BOOK COVERS IN MY FAVORITE COLOR

"Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning." 

Ally Condie, Matched