The Book Shire

Ampersand (Ramblings)

Punjab Grill Restaurant Review

I know this isn't a book review, but I had to have a place to fully express my love of this restaurant and so I've turned to my own website so that I can give [...]

The Radius of Us by Marie Marquardt

I don’t even know where to begin in describing how much I fell in love with this book. Seriously, if you care about anything – diversity, love, life – [...]

I’M BACK! [Hiatus Update]

I just wanted to update you guys on a few critical things! First off, THANK YOU for sticking with me during my six-week long hiatus. It has been an [...]

Stacking the Shelves [10]

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is about sharing the books that you have added to your shelves in the past week. The books can be [...]

5 Reasons The Tony Awards NEED #BlackThomasJefferson

So, you may have heard of this little musical called Hamilton. It's only the greatest thing to hit a Broadway stage since ever. If you don't know much [...]

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

So, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this book wrecked me. Truly and utterly destroyed. I think I found pieces of my vital organs scattered under [...]

24-Hour Read-a-thon Ramblings

11:00 a.m. I overslept and am actually started the readathon three hours late, but at least I was well rested and feeling good - I figured I could just stop a [...]

Flash Fiction Reviews: February 2015 Part II

February was such a great month for reading that it took me what felt like forever to write up all of these flash reviews. But I'm happy to report that I'm [...]

Live Tweeting The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

By Sunday evening I was onto the final film, unextended... The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug There isn't an #ExtendedEdition of #DesolationOfSmaug [...]