The Preppy Book Princess

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch is a book I've had recommended to me more times than I count. I, however, had so many amazing sounding books sitting in my TBR pile, that I just hadn't gotten around to reading it. Then my husband surprised me with bringing it back with him when he'd been  away on a business trip. He had told me that he wanted to surprise me with bringing back a book,  and when he saw this one in chapters he remembered me telling him about it many, many times, so he grabbed it and I couldn't wait to start reading it. Here is the goodreads blurb for anyone unfamiliar with the synopsis: "Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape,  and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom  ever since. Orphaned as an infant ...

Good Morning all my fellow booklovers, and a happy belated Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians :) I had mentioned in a previous post that my family was planning on doing something special for this year's Thanksgiving, something a lot different than we usually do. My mom and I are both big on homemade type of people, holidays almost always consist of a big family gathering, an amazing home cooked meal, and spending lots of quality time together. This year however, we decided to do things a little different. My mom and my stepdad went on a big trip this fall, leaving our hometown on September 3rd, and not arriving home until early October. With them being gone, and my hubby and I only moving into our house at the beginning of September, we knew Thanksgiving might be done a little differently. My brothers happened to find information in August about an event being offered a couple of hours from our hometown that included an old fashioned train ride, followed by a traditional...

Hey Everybody. I had several blog posts planned for the last couple of weeks, but unfortunately I had computer issues. My laptop didn't want to upload any new pictures, and as such, I couldn't get any of my blog posts up. Thank goodness I have a hubby who understands electronics, and was able to fix the issue. So today's post will be my (late) September wrap up. September was kind of a crazy reading month for me as we took possession of our house on the first of the month, and all the joys of packing, cleaning, unpacking, organizing, etc, etc.....kind of prevented me from getting to a lot of the books in my TBR pile. However, I did read twenty five books in September, and discovered some new favorites. The books will be listed by the rating I gave them on goodreads, from least stars to most. Without further ado, here is my book wrap up for September 2015 :)   September was thankfully a month with no one star books for me. I try to not rate books a one star if at all...

Hello Everyone. Hope everyone is having a great week so far. I know here in Canada we're starting to prepare for Thanksgiving, which is always one of my favorite holidays as fall is my favorite season. This year my family has special plans for it, which I will be sharing here later on, but for today's post I'm going to talk about my progress so far with 2015 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge :) To anyone who is unfamiliar with this particular challenge, here is the link to the original page http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-Challenge-2015-36071458 Basically, it's a reading challenge that includes fifty items on a list you need to complete by reading a book that fits with each item. I only discovered the challenge in May, and as such, am not sure if I will be finished by December 31st, but I'm really enjoying being a part of it, And I've loved how it's opened the door for me to books I may never have chosen to read without it, that I've ended up loving. ...

It seems only fitting that my first post for my bookish blog be a review on my favorite book of all time: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins :) Description from Goodreads :" Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming,  beautiful , Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend. " But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? Last January, I had the misfortune of developing an awful respiratory infection that required me to stay indoors out of the cold, and miss quite a bit of work. I burned through many, many books during those days, and had just finished Dreamland  by Sarah Dessen and Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, ...