Book: Kissing Santa (A Christmas Street Romantic Comedy Novella #2) Author: Heather Horrocks eBook/Kindle Pages: 147 Genre(s) / Theme(s): PG-Romance, light romance, romantic comedy, Christmas, winter, “clean” romance, holiday, New Year Date Read: 16 November 2015 Description from Goodreads: “PG-RATED FUN KISSING SANTA (A Christmas Street Romantic Comedy Novella #2) It was supposed to be […]
Book: Balanced on the Blades Edge (Dragon Blood #1) Author: Lindsay Buroker eBook/Kindle Pages: 230 Genre(s) / Theme(s): fiction, suspense, dragons, adventure, light romance, paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, adult fiction (it also lists steampunk on Amazon & Goodreads, however I don’t feel like there are enough steampunk elements to scream “steampunk” to me). Date Read: […]
Book: Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia Author: David Greene Hardcover Pages: 336 Genre(s): non-fiction, cultural, Russia, history, Travelogue, adventure, political commentary, autobiography Description from Goodreads: Far away from the trendy cafes, designer boutiques, and political protests and crackdowns in Moscow, the real Russia exists. Midnight in Siberia chronicles David […]
Another feature at IGGPPC Summer Camp this year was a creative writing project called “Write a Letter to Your Nemesis” – the idea was to pair up with another Iggle and exchange letters written from the perspective of an infamous duo (Batman/Joker, Doctor Who/Dalek, Peter Pan/Hook, Alice/The Queen of Hearts…you get the idea!) I didn’t […]
It’s that time of year again! Time for IGGPPC Summer Camp! (Ok, actually now that I’m taking the time to do this, camp is over and out – the sadness has set in, and I miss all the fun activities!) One of the activities for Camp this year was to write a 1K word (or […]
Book: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Kindle/eBook Edition Pages: 445 Genre(s): Young Adult, Teen, Contemporary, Lite Romance, College Life, Families Description from Goodreads: “A coming-go-age tale of fan fiction, family, and first love. Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan… But for Cath, being a fan is her […]
Book: Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1) Author: Elizabeth Wein Kindle/eBook Edition Pages: 464 Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, WWII, Friendship, Adventure, Mystery (?) Description from Goodreads: “Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The […]
Oh man, there’s something I really love about admitting my guilty pleasures. I can’t really even call them guilty pleasures, because I DON’T EVEN CARE WHO KNOWS I LIKE THIS STUFF!! What are your guilty pleasures? Dare to share? 🙂 First up…my absolutely FAVORITE guilty pleasure….BOY BANDS!!! In the beautiful collage above we have the […]
Day 19: #HouseGlaDOS – Life will throw curveballs, keep your chin up & stay awesome. You will do amazing things! Day 20 – Fears Conquered – I no longer hide myself away in my professional environment – I have become better at speaking up and making my opinions heard. Still working on the rest though! […]
Day 18 – Daily Rituals – Play dead while alarm clock shouts at us…once the husband has turned it off it’s OK to move. – TV is turned on to the local news…can drift in and out of consciousness until “Tech Bytes” comes on at 6:10. – Take shower…wait to hear when husband gets up […]