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June Photo A Day Challenge 2019

by Kristeena May 31, 2019

It’s summertime!!!!🙂 In this post you will find the challenge list, some ideas for each day’s prompt and then the list with it’s corresponding hashtags so you can use those on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter if you would like. If you need a refresher on how to play/where to post your pictures click here. If you would like to see my pictures from May you can find them in my May Photo A Day album. Happy picture taking!!

1. This is good
What’s good today? Take a photo and share it.

2. I care about this
What do you care about? Take a photo and share it.

3. Repeat
Something that repeats is something that occurs again in the same form. Can you show something repeating?

4. Herbs
Yum! Take a photo of some herbs, either in the garden or in the kitchen!

5. Object
Take a photo of something! An object!

6. A drink
Cheers! Take a photo of a drink.

7. Perfect
Take a photo of something perfect!

8 Imperfect
Take a photo of something not-so-perfect!

9. Sock
Take a photo of a sock. Sounds boring, right? How can you be creative. Hang it on the line and head outside to take photo of it. Tell a story.

10. A room
Take a photo of a room, perhaps your favorite room!

11. I like to eat this!
What do you like to eat? Share it in a photo.

12. Spotty
Take a photo of something spotty. If you own a Dalmatian, you’re in luck!

13. Open up
Take a photo of something open.

14. Purple
Take a photo of something purple!

15. Chocolate
Yum! Take a photo of some chocolate.

16. In a bowl
What’s in a bowl? Do you have a fruit bowl? Are you making cookies or a salad? Take a photo.

17. Circle
Take a photo of a circle!

18. Peace
Peace baby! Take a photo of something peaceful.

19. I watched this…
What did you watch today? A TV show, kids playing, the sun rising or setting? Take a photo and share it.

20. Money
Take a photo of money. It’s fun to see the different kinds of money from around the world.

21. On my mind
What’s on your mind today? Share it in a photo.

22. Musical
Let’s get musical! Think instruments and music-y things. Snap them in a photo.

23. A story
Share a story in a photo. You could take a photo of a book you love or are currently reading. Or perhaps you can tell a story in your photo and in your caption.

24. Unexpected
Unexpected is not expected or regarded as likely to happen.

25. This season
What season is it where you are? Share it in a photo.

26. I’m passionate about this
What are you passionate about? I’m passionate about dumplings and my family. Share yours in a photo.

27. Sun
Take a photo of the sun. It could be setting or rising.

28. Orange
Take a photo of something orange.

29. On my fridge
What’s on your fridge? Photos? Artworks? Nothing? Take a photo and share it.

30. Hole
Take a photo of a hole. I like donut holes best, what about you?

May 31, 2019 15,526 comments

May Photo A Day Challenge 2019

by Kristeena April 30, 2019

Tomorrow it’s gonna be May (if you didn’t read that in your best *Nsync singing voice I don’t think we can be friends, hehe) and we are officially moved into our new place! Here’s to new surroundings for my picture taking!! 🙂 In this post you will find the challenge list, some ideas for each day’s prompt and then the list with it’s corresponding hashtags so you can use those on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter if you would like. If you need a refresher on how to play/where to post your pictures click here. If you would like to see my pictures from April you can find them in my April Photo A Day album. Happy picture taking!!

Here are the prompts and a little more detail on what they mean. This month it’s pretty obvious though!

1. white
Take a photo of something white!

2. black
Take a photo of something black!

3. red
Take a photo of something red!

4. orange
Take a photo of something orange!

5. yellow
Take a photo of something yellow!

6. green
Take a photo of something green!

7. blue
Take a photo of something blue!

8. purple
Take a photo of something purple!

9. aqua
Take a photo of something aqua!

10. pink
Take a photo of something pink!

11. grey
Take a photo of something grey!

12. brown
Take a photo of something brown!

13. silver
Take a photo of something silver!

14. gold
Take a photo of something gold!

15. pop of color!
Take a photo and show off a pop of color!

16. matching
Take a photo of something that matches. Perhaps a pair, or something that goes together.

17. pastel
Pastel is a soft and delicate shade of color. Show it in a photo.

18. bright
Vivid! Bold! Colorful. Share it in a photo.

19. natural
Natural is usually a tone found in nature, often an off-white color.

20. one color
Take a photo of something that is one color.

21. two colors
Take a photo of something that is two colors. Which colors will you pick?

22. pattern
Take a photo of a pattern. You might see it in nature, or out and about in your travels.

23. black and white
Take a photo of something black and white, or use a black and white filter to make your photo black and white.

24. rainbow
Take a photo of something rainbow in color.

25. my fave color
What’s your favorite color? Take a photo of it.

26. clashing
Clashing is: appearing discordant or ugly when placed close to each other. Can you make two colors or patterns clash?

27. light
Take a photo of something light. It could be a light color, or it could actually be a light, like the sun or a lamp.

28. dark
Take a photo of something dark.

29. what i wore today
What did you wear today? Share it in a photo.

30. on my feet
What did you wear on your feet today? Take a photo.

31. on my head
What’s on your head? Share it in a photo.

April 30, 2019 16,172 comments

Review: Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence

by Kristeena April 16, 2019

Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence
Published by Flatiron Books on September 26th 2017
Genre: Nonfiction
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Challenge Theme: A book about a hobby

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Synopsis:
A Gen-X librarian’s snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life.

Librarians spend their lives weeding–not weeds but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. They remove the books that patrons no longer check out. And they put back the books they treasure. Annie Spence, who has a decade of experience as a Midwestern librarian, does this not only at her Michigan library but also at home, for her neighbors, at cocktail parties—everywhere. In Dear Fahrenheit 451, she addresses those books directly. We read her love letters to The Goldfinch and Matilda, as well as her snarky break-ups with Fifty Shades of Grey and Dear John. Her notes to The Virgin Suicides and The Time Traveler’s Wife feel like classics, sure to strike a powerful chord with readers. Through the lens of the books in her life, Annie comments on everything from women’s psychology to gay culture to health to poverty to childhood aspirations. Hilarious, compassionate, and wise, Dear Fahrenheit 451 is the consummate book-lover’s birthday present, stocking stuffer, holiday gift, and all-purpose humor book.

Review:
As an avid reader I really enjoyed this book. It was short, quick, and very witty. It also gave me a ton of books to add to my TBR list. This is a perfect gift for any book lover in your life. I would love Spence to write a follow up!

Favorite Quotes:
“Reading has shaped me, guided me, reflected me and helped me understand and connect with, and this is not hyperbole, HUMANITY.”

“If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve experienced bouts of antisocial behavior and “read rage” outbursts toward friends and family. Because, although you participate in society as much as necessary to convince your mom and the shrink your mom hired that you’re not a shut-in, truth is, you’d rather be reading than doing just about anything. Did you think it was just you? It’s not. You’ve just never met any of the others because we don’t want to talk to you either.”

“Even though she could never be an actual librarian because her love for books is only matched by her disdain for the general public.”

April 16, 2019 7,839 comments

Review: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

by Kristeena April 5, 2019

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Published by St. Martin's Griffin on September 10th 2013
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 438
Challenge Theme: A book by an author whose first and last name starts with the same letter

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Synopsis:
CATH IS A SIMON SNOW FAN. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan… But for Cath, being a fan is her life–and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fanfiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath that she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend; a fiction-writing professor who thinks fanfiction is the end of the civilized world; a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words…and she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

Review:
I have been behind on my reviews and I read this a month ago so I am going to try to remember my thoughts on the book. I know I enjoyed the book but I wasn’t blown away by it. I absolutely LOVED Eleanor & Park so this book had a lot to live up to. The parts of this book I enjoyed was the fan fiction aspect and also the examinations of the different relationships. Unfortunately I did not fall in love with either Cath or Wren, I found them both to be a bit irritating, for very different reasons. I didn’t like how Wren completely ditched her sister knowing how badly she was coping and I didn’t like how Cath was so unwilling to try anything new. Overall it was an enjoyable read.

Favorite Quotes:
“I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.”

“To really be a nerd, she’d decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”

“Just… isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?”
“It sets a dangerous precedent.”
“For avoiding pain?”
“For avoiding life.”

“Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.”

“That moment,” she told Cath, “when you realize that a guy’s looking at you differently—that you’re taking up more space in his field of vision. That moment when you know he can’t see past you anymore.”

April 5, 2019 12,441 comments

March Reading Recap!

by Kristeena April 2, 2019

The books I read this month were just so so. Nothing really stood out as a must read, unfortunately.

Here are my stats for March:

Read 4 books
1,325 pages read
1 Fiction; 2 Mystery/Thriller/Suspense; 1 Young Adult
Challenge Themes Completed:
A book set on a college or university campus
A book with a question in the title
A book featuring an amateur detective
A debut novel
Favorite book I read this month: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Below are the books I read this month, click on the book cover to be directed to my review 🙂

April 2, 2019 8,001 comments

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