Hey y'all!

I begin again by apologizing to my fellow bloggers for disappearing off the face of the earth again, both posting and commenting wise. August proved to be a hectic month, and so I'm just now getting back into the swing of things.

Anyway, I come today with a rather overdue tag - I had planned on publishing this last month, but time got away from me....again.

This particular gem is from MK @ Sarcastic Scribblings, and it's the Summer Bucket List Book tag! She tagged me not too long ago - just after I completed my two book tags from last year that she had gifted me.

Best friends, I tell you. tsk tsk tsk

I kid, I kid. You can view her responses HERE.

I admit, book tags just don't seem to be my thing? I mean, I tend to recycle a lot of my answers, because I end up perusing my Goodreads library to answer them, and not the actual mental library. Because really, my memory for books can be like a goldfish sometimes.

But we'll give it the old college try!










The romance between Cammie and Zach can only be described as "fiery". And I think MK can agree with me on the one. I mean, what isn't fiery about spies coming up in the middle of nowhere, crashing train rides, and oh yeah, let's not forget all the drama.




I mean, the whole book is basically a journey to the end of the world. It's not a roadtrip necessarily, but it will do, right?




I'm pretty sure that I left a fangirly review of this on Goodreads, so there is no point in repeating it here. I was just so shooketh with the wonderful story and characters in this one. The only thing I can say is that you need to go read it. Now. *shoves readers over*






I had a six hour car ride recently, and this book had just been bought...and so I had a delightfully long while to read this riveting adventure book. I loved it ever so much - it kept me intrigued the whole time. The personification of all the animal characters was really cool - down to the dialects. And the story, even though it's a classic fantasy trope, was really gripping to me. I will definitely look for the rest of this series.

And to think that I almost didn't buy this book....










Peder and Miri's relationship is one of the sweetest romances that I've come across in a long time. There is no real drama, just loving trust between two young persons. One that is built on trust. I long for a romance like that.

Or maybe one like Charlie and Sophie in Letters to Juliet.

And yes, this is totally what I thought of when I read that question.




I haven't read that much Catholic fiction, and so to actually read a book that had the Faith at the center was SUCH a relief! It was super compelling and a great joy to read.

Oh by the way, Lena Donellan has recently published her second book, West of Yesterday, and I totally recommend that you go put it on your To-Read list :).







There were a lot of obstacles for Emily to climb over in this book - a not-so-good engagement, her struggles with her feelings, and the inability to write. The latter being the worst nightmare for any writer. But she's got grit and determination and she wins them all over.





This is a hallmark of The Ranger's Apprentice series, apparently. And I can totally see why.

*stomach growls*





This book actually helped inspire one of my stories, so I will always count it as an inspiration to me. But even if it hadn't done that, I would count it. It's such a great Christian allegorical fantasy story! I mean, it's just an ordinary mom going to save the world!


Welp, that's it! Since summer is pretty much over, I'll be leaving this tag open for any passerbys to snag. Hope you enjoy it!

Scribblingly yours,

Catherine