24 Book Challenge: A Book I’ve Started But Never Finished

The following is a book review by The Ameri Brit Mom. This is book #9 from The Ameri Brit Mom 24 Book Challenge in 2016. This post expresses the genuine opinion and experiences of The Ameri Brit Mom and is in no way endorsed by authors, publishers, or outside influences. Title: Wicked Author: Gregory Maguire Publisher: Regan BooksContinue reading “24 Book Challenge: A Book I’ve Started But Never Finished”

TBR Summer 2016

Words cannot adequately express how excited I am to make a dent in my To-Be-Read list this summer. I’ve been working my way through a 24 Book Challenge this year and as of late have also fallen in love with The Selection series and plan to intersperse that reading with my book challenge. Here isContinue reading “TBR Summer 2016”

Summer Bucket List 2016

The school year has officially come to a close. Each year I’m always astounded by how quickly things wrap up. It seems like only a few days ago that I was trying to learn the names of each of my one hundred sixty students, and now they are on to the tenth grade. 2015-2016 wasContinue reading “Summer Bucket List 2016”

Book Review: The Elite

The following is a book review by The Ameri Brit Mom. This post expresses the genuine opinion and experiences of The Ameri Brit Mom and is in no way endorsed by authors, publishers, and outside influences. Title: The Elite Author: Kiera Cass Publisher: HarperTeen Copyright Date: 2013 The end of the school year is quickly approaching. WhileContinue reading “Book Review: The Elite”

24 Book Challenge: A Book Written the Year I Was Born

The following is a book review by The Ameri Brit Mom. This is book #3 from The Ameri Brit Mom 24 Book Challenge in 2016. This post expresses the genuine opinion and experiences of The Ameri Brit Mom and is in no way endorsed by authors, publishers, or outside influences. Title: Good Omens Author: Terry Pratchett andContinue reading “24 Book Challenge: A Book Written the Year I Was Born”

What I’m Reading-Good Omens

As part of my 24 Book Challenge I am currently reading Good Omens, a book written in 1990-the year I was born. I’m enjoying the dark British humor even if it does tend to be a bit sacrilegious. Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett are both known for their out-there fiction and this book is noContinue reading “What I’m Reading-Good Omens”

24 Book Challenge: A Book That Was Turned Into a Movie

The following is a book review by The Ameri Brit Mom. This is book #4 from The Ameri Brit Mom 24 Book Challenge in 2016. This post expresses the genuine opinion and experiences of The Ameri Brit Mom and is in no way endorsed by authors, publishers, or outside influences. Title: The Mortal Instruments Book One:Continue reading “24 Book Challenge: A Book That Was Turned Into a Movie”

Highlighted Monday #2

Highlighted Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by Rebeca at “Books and Messy Buns”. Anyone can join, you just have to do the following: Pick up the book you’re currently reading (be it a physical or electronic copy) Find a sentence you like (because it’s funny or cute or mysterious or whatever  you find interesting) Highlight the sentence MakeContinue reading “Highlighted Monday #2”

Highlighted Monday

This Monday I’ve decided to try something new. I’m a new follower of Rebeca’s blog, Books and Messy Buns. Today she has posted her Highlighted Monday Challenge and I’m going to join in on her literary fun today. The practice of highlighting good pieces of writing is all part of becoming a better writer soContinue reading “Highlighted Monday”

Books I Read in 2015

This is another one of those posts where I reflect on some of the things that I accomplished this year. In my last post I reflected on my top 5 posts of the year and discussed what about each post made it appealing to my readers. Today, I want to take a look back atContinue reading “Books I Read in 2015”