Stacking the Shelves #48 {Christmas Edition}

I hope everyone had a great holiday! 

Purchased

Of course the only books I buy anymore are for my daughter. She has a ton of books already but I just can't help myself when they are so darn cheap! The most expensive one was $4. 

Won

Gifted

My husband surprised me with 4 adult coloring books! The Time Garden and 3 of the "Wonders" Color Art books that are sold in Walmarts and that I couldn't find on Goodreads for a pic. Not that I have any time for coloring yet but I suppose when my daughter starts coloring I can too. 

Top Ten Tuesday #58

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

Top Ten Books I'd Love for Santa to Leave Under My Tree This Year

Yes, fad or not, I want some adult coloring books! 

I'd absolutely love the illustrated version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to read to my daughter! The pictures would help keep her interest since she is so young. 

Yes, MORE Harry Potter! I'd love to have this in my cook book collection! 

I still do not have a copy of this or any after this one so I still have not started the Throne of Glass series. :(

I saw this beauty at Barnes & Noble the last time I was there and really want it. I'm pretty sure it was purple though. And maybe slightly different. I'm not positive. 

If this is anything like 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' I definitely want it on my shelves. 

Rick Riordan's books are really fun and I enjoy reading every single one of them! I'd love to have all of his books to pass on to my daughter! I can see some mythology filled discussions in the future! 

I have a few of the other books in this series and would love to start it before the tv series begins. 


What is on your wishlist this Christmas?

Top Ten Tuesday #57 {Favorite Books of 2015}

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. 

Top Ten Favorite Books I Read in 2015

I didn't read many books this year so this list is basically just the best ones. Though I did enjoy them all, none really stood out as my favorite of the bunch besides maybe Six of Crows. I also threw in a children's picture book at the end to make it 10 books. 

What were your favorite top ten books that you read this year? I'd love to know so maybe I can add some to my TBR list for 2016!

Revisiting 2015 - ABC Challenge

I didn't have extensive reading goals this year so I'm surprised that I did so well with this challenge.  

A

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

B

Behind the Canvas by Alexander Vance

C

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

D

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Death Cure by James Dashner

E

The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum

F

Fable: Blood of Heroes by Jim C. Hines

G

The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki

H

I

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

J

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

K

The Kill Order by James Dashner

L

The Library of Souls (#3) by Ransom Riggs

M

The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis

N

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

O
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The October Faction (#1) by Steve Niles

P
Paper Towns by John Green
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Q

R

The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum

S

The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George 
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Six of Crows (#1) by Leigh Bardugo
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson

T

Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Tik Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum
TruthWitch by Susan Dennard

U

V

W

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski 
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkland
Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye by Tania del Rio

X

Y

Z

Revisiting 2015 - Series

One of my goals was to try to avoid starting a bunch of new series this year. Instead I wanted to try to finish some series that I have already started.

Here's how that goal went for me!
*Hint*
Not so well!


Series I 'Accidentally' Started in 2015

The Oz series by L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
TikTok of Oz

The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoski

Silver in the Blood (#1) by Jessica Day George

Serafina and the Black Cloak (Serafina #1) by Robert Beatty

Six of Crows (#1) by Leigh Bardugo

The Map to Everywhere (Map to Everywhere #1) by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis

Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1)



Series I Made Progress On in 2015

The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena


Series I Finished in 2015

The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
The Scorch Trials
The Death Cure
The Kill Order

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children trilogy by Ransom Riggs
Library of Souls


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Hopefully next year I can stick to starting fewer new series and finish more that I've already started!

Revisiting 2015 - Goals/Resolutions

Revisiting my 2015 Goals & Resolutions

I tried hard to reach my goals this year but didn't do well. But that's okay. My reading goals now come after taking care of my family. I did reach my low goal of reading at least 25 books so I'm happy with that.

Here is my beginning of the year post about my goals and resolutions. 

I'm going to go through that list and see what I have accomplished.

*Book to Movie Adaptations*
I read:

North and South
The Jungle Book
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Scorch Trials
The Death Cure (a future adaptation)
Paper Towns
The Walking Dead (tv adaptation)
The Martian
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

That was only 4 off my original list. 

*1001 Books to Read Before You Die List*
I read:

North and South

FAIL

*1001 Books to Read Before You Grow Up*
I read:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Flotsam
The Polar Express

Another fail
BUT
I don't have a full list of these books so I may have read something on the list without knowing it. I've been reading a lot of books to my daughter so who knows. 

*The rest of my lists*

More fails!

BUT

That's ok! I'm not bummed about it. Hopefully I will have more time to read next year, but if not, that's ok too! I love spending the whole day playing with and reading to my daughter and if that means I read less or read slower out loud, than so be it!


Now it's time to start making unrealistic goals for 2016! 

Anticipating December 2015

December 2015

Most Anticipated

Piques My Interest

Other
(Sequels in series I haven't started yet)