It's nearing the end of October which means Halloween is almost here! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because you're encouraged to dress up and pretend to be someone else. If it were socially acceptable to dress up in a different costume each day, I totally would. To celebrate Halloween, I'd thought I'd share this treat with you: The Halloween Book Tag....
Summary of Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Forty years ago, the war between humans and dragons ended with a peace treaty. Now, despite the good intentions behind the treaty, humans and dragons are still wary of each other and human religious zealots are stirring up old hatred of dragons which could drive both humans and dragons back into battle against one another. Seraphina is a...
Summary of Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver After the death of her father, Liesl’s stepmother locks her up in the attic and refuses to let her out with the claim that it’s for her own protection. Liesl is all alone until one night a ghost named Po appears in the attic. That very same night, an alchemist’s apprentice named Will bungles a...
Summary of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of Elements By Sam Kean The periodic table of elements is one the most important scientific achievements. Spanning hundreds of years, the history of the elements and how they've been discovered and used by humans features tales of poisons, medical miracles,...
Summary of Howl's Moving Castle Sophie Hatter is the eldest of three sisters and so believes she is doomed to fail if she should ever leave home for an adventure. While toiling away in her stepmother's hat shop, Sophie unknowingly makes an enemy out of the Witch of the Waste, an evil witch whose territory no one dares enter. Sophie soon finds herself...
Summary of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Garbielle Zevin A. J. Fikry is a cantankerous independent bookstore owner who wishes to live his life alone in misery after the death of his beloved wife. His book sales are abysmal, and the only comfort he takes is from the knowledge that he can sell a rare collection of Poe poems in...
Hello Everyone! Well, it's officially October now which means November is less than a month away. I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) this November with the goal of writing a novel which is 50,000+ words in length by the end of the month. I've been planning my novel, Cursed, since August and thought I would share a bit of my planning...
