#ReadingCram and Spelling Challenge

Yay for more reading :) I am doing well with finishing Insurgent before the end.  And I caught up on a lot of online reading....though not books--it is nice to know that last night my Feedly was caught up and today my e-mail box only has one e-mail left in it :)

Today Kimberly Faye is hosting a challenge in which you spell a word with your book titles.  I spelled Staff :)

Sense and Sensibility
To Kill a Mockingbird
Angels and Demons
Fablehaven
Feels Like the First Time

Day 21: My Favorite Blog Posts

So...my blog is actually quite young--less than a year old.  Technically, it is only five months old since I started my 365 project at the beginning of this year...though it was "birthed" before that.  I have really enjoyed writing everyday...though sometimes it is hard to come up with what to write with.  The prompt today is your favorite blog posts...and as I was going through what I've written this year I have a lot of favorites for different reasons.

Sentimental Value
Of course my first blog post to start off the year
This book review got a comment from the author!

A to Z Challenge-- The hardest thing for me with this challenge was I didn't have a plan, I made the posts up as I went along.  These were my favorite posts because I was proud of my cleverness with relating the letter.
J is for Joel, Billy Joel--this one is a great lesson plan idea to "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Q is for Quite a Week--this one was written the week of the Boston Marathon...but that was the only tragedy that happened that week in history

Memorable Views--I know that page views aren't everything....but to me when I get in the 100s it is a huge deal!! And I didn't even know until I was going back into the archives! And I'm actually proud that these are the two that have the most views on my blog.....
Seed Stitch Blanket---my first blanket to be posted on this blog!
Inspired by a Quote with a Teaching Strategy--the funny thing to me with this is that I really just read the quote and thought of sharing this strategy....wow I love the response with all the reading!

P.S. To my newer readers, I do a recap every month of the highest viewed posts..so to see other archives click on the label "top posts of the month" below

Book Review: Feels Like the First Time

Title: Feels Like the First Time

Author: Shawn Inmon

Genre: Kindle E-book/Romance

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars (explanation of ratings)

Why Did I Read? I saw it on the free list on Amazon Kindle.  It was based on a true story and it looked like it might actually be good.  When I had my long stressful days of driving this week, I felt like reading something that takes no thinking or focus--which is what romances are good for.  So I read this in two days.

Summary: Shawn meets the girl next door: Dawn, she is three years his junior.  They start out as just friends, but that eventually turns into more than that.  They begin to date, with the blessing of her parents--to a certain extent her mom pushed them together.  But after one stupid night, Dawn gets pregnant.  They are forbidden to see each other ever again by the parents.  Fast forward years later, both have been married and they happen to run into each other. What will happen now after so many years?

What Did I Love: It is clearly written from the heart.  The author is simply just writing for the enjoyment of writing, and you can tell.

What Did I Hate: I didn't really hate anything, but it got the lower star rating because it is really just a story.  It didn't blow me away...but it wasn't bad.  It satisfied my easy reading desires.