Life of a Random

About time I posted something, I think. I have been HUGELY busy (yes that is a thing) because it's coming down to the wire in my sociology class, in other words-- finals. Yikes! My final paper is sitting to my right. I'm scared of reading through it one last time because *pauses to collect myself* editing. If I find one comma wrong, I cannot stop myself from re-printing the entire paper. EDIT: I did find a mistake and I did reprint a whole page. School makes me grumpy. Today, my peeps, I give you a review. I also want to talk really quickly about the books I review on Life of a Random . First of all, I've never really stated specifically what I review but I focus almost completely on YA fiction, narrowing it further down to dystopian, sci-fi, and fantasy usually. However, I read in all types of genera so you can expect a historical YA fiction once in a while or a biography, or etc. etc. Also, I'm a reviewer for Bethany House now so you can probably expect one Ch...

Publication Date: April 1, 2014 Publisher: Bethany House Pages: 346 Source: Bethany House Format: Paperback The train to Garber, Texas, is supposed to bring life's next victory to Nicholas Lovelace. Instead, it gets held up by robbers who are thwarted by the last person Nick ever expected--Anne Tillerton from back home in Prairie Lea. Anne’s been hiding away as a buffalo hunter. She’s only in Garber to find their runaway cook, but the woman flees--leaving Anne with her infant son. With Nick the only person Anne knows in Garber, the two form an unlikely team as they try to figure out what to do with the child. But being in town means acting and dressing for polite society--and it's not going well for Anne. Meanwhile, Nick's work is bringing new pressures, and being seen with a rough-around-the-edges woman isn't helping his reputation. Caught between their own dreams, a deepening relationship, and others' expectations, can the pair find their w...

Well, no, our library isn't that ancient. I just thought it made the title sound more poetic. I haven't written a library haul in a long time, mainly because I haven't actually gone to the library in ages and have been existing solely on books I've bought and books I've borrow from the e-Library. Today was a beautiful (little bit cloudy) day and our whole family went to the our little local library together which was fun. :) But, guys. I fangirled/whatever-you-call-it-when-the-love-of-books-makes-you-hyperventilate when I saw that this, our small town library, had a gazillion books that are currently very popular and on my TBR list. I almost couldn't handle it. I was SO tempted to walk out of there with half the YA section. However, I exercised enormous restraint and only borrowed six (see? I'm very responsible). Five of those are ones I will be able to cross of my TBR list when I finish! *happy dance* I'm going to list these from the bottom ...

I don't have any book reviews for you today, although quite a few are coming up on my schedule. But I do have something that's been on my mind recently and it's kept pestering me so I decided to tell you all about it. ;) I will start with this-- There's a reason that guys and girls are pretty much always immediately differentiated between. They look different and that's a fact. So, it annoys me quite a lot when I read books where the main character is a beautiful girl, something comes up so that she has to disguise herself as a boy, and then nobody can tell that she's a girl. Please. That's extremely unrealistic. Long hair is not the only thing that makes a girl look feminine (that would be very scary), okay?  Here are some real world examples of this phenomenon (*cough* sarcasm):   Anne Hathaway   Jennifer Lawrence   Rihanna   Having short haircuts does not make these women look like guys. I'm pret...

So I have some news that you all might be interested in... 1. I joined the Bloggers Commenting Back! community after getting curious about it by seeing it on all my favorite blogs. It's a group of bloggers who reply to all comments on their blog and visit & comment back on the blogs that have commented on theirs.  You may have seen this logo around the blogosphere: 2. I decided to be a part of The Blog Notes Project hosted by Amber @The Mile Long Bookshelf! Here is what will happen as explained by Amber:  Each blogger will be assigned another random blogger. I will email you with your assigned blogger on 21st April 2014. When you know who it is, please don't tell them! They'll find out at the end, but it will be more fun if no one knows who they're paired with. Everyone will have a few days to check out their person's blog. Once you have looked at your assigned blogger's blog, please send me a few lines (or even a thousand words. Hones...

This is a new experiment/project where me and my sister answer questions (or argue) with GIFs. I'm using GIFs from Marvel movies and she's using GIFs from Supernatural. We hope you'll like it :)  NOTE: I am currently editing this post while undergoing torture from my sister (aka Tansie) while she brushes (pulls out handfuls of hair), curls (yanks), and hairsprays (not only my hair but also my arms, my back, and pretty much my whole body. She needs to work on her aim) my hair. I'm so nice to her. 1. Describe your sibling using the GIF(s) of your choice (how they act, what they say, etc.). Skylar: Tansie: 2. Describe yourself using the GIF(s) of your choice. Skylar: This is Tansie: Me again. Tansie: 3. Why do you love to read? Skylar: Tansie: Skylar is Dean. Dean=the one with short hair. Skylar says:  4. How would you describe writing? Skylar: ...