#BookBlogWriMo Wrap-Up
AFTanith
11/30/2014
Well, it's now November 30, and BookBlogWriMo is over! Today's prompt is essentially a reflection post, so in spite of how truly exh...
The Future of Amara's Eden
AFTanith
11/29/2014
The future of Amara's Eden is, of course, a mercurial and uncertain thing. It's always possible that there could come a day when I...
My Bookish Pet Peeves, or Ten More Book Turn-Offs
AFTanith
11/28/2014
I actually wrote a very similar post to this one in October of last year called "Top Ten Book Turn-offs". You can check that out h...
Authors I'm Thankful For
AFTanith
11/27/2014
Today's Thanksgiving, and so of course today's BookBlogWriMo prompt is all about being thankful! Specifically, we're talking aut...
Cheating on Books: TV, Movies, and Games
AFTanith
11/26/2014
First of all, it's not so much that I cheat on books with television, movies, and games. It's more like I'm in some kind of wei...
How I Deal with Book Hangovers
AFTanith
11/25/2014
This is honestly kind of a tough prompt for me, because I think the last time I had anything resembling a "book hangover" was in t...
My Reading Cave Fantasies
AFTanith
11/24/2014
Ah, to have the kind of beautiful reading space that would make BuzzFeed or Pinterest all a flutter. That's the book nerd dream, right t...
My Book Boyfriend Criteria
AFTanith
11/23/2014
I'm not going to lie, the whole "book boyfriend" thing... well, it kind of creeps me out, to be honest. Now, before anyone gra...
#ShowMeYourShelves
AFTanith
11/22/2014
Recently, I acquired two (free!) large bookshelves from a family that was moving and couldn't take the shelves with them. Each has five ...
My First Three Reviews
AFTanith
11/21/2014
Ah, early reviews. I'd like to say I'm horribly ashamed of my old reviews, because at least that would imply that I felt I've gr...
Best Books of 2014
AFTanith
11/20/2014
2014 has been my slowest reading year since 2011. Bearing in mind that these stats contain picture books, I read 415 books in 2011, 629 book...
Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge and Read-a-Thon: I'm In!
AFTanith
11/20/2014
After competing the Ho Ho Ho Read-a-Thon (hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Jennifer @ The Book Shelfery ), I hadn't ma...
My Favorite Subgenres--And Some I'd Like to Start Reading
AFTanith
11/18/2014
Any time I write about genre, I'm always kind of floored by how little I've read in genres I know I quite enjoy! So I'm going to...
Three of My Favorite Tropes
AFTanith
11/17/2014
What exactly is a "trope", you ask? Well, as Wikipedia puts it: A literary trope is the use of figurative language – via word...
My Three Least Favorite Things about Book Blogging
AFTanith
11/16/2014
There is a lot of homogeneity in the book blogging community. Book bloggers tend to be very specific people. They're usually socially l...
Showcase Sunday [2014 #20]
AFTanith
11/16/2014
Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme from Books, Biscuits, and Tea . The following post contains affiliate links. Everything New Und...
