I am definitely one of those people who will buy for the author and not for the book. Here are some authors I put on my auto buy list.
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Kat
Audio Book Review: Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Release Date: May 4th 2010
Pages: 344 Pages
Audiobook: 10 hours and 8 minutes
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: Contemporary
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Audiobook Review: Everybody Sees The Ants by A.S. King
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Pages: 279
Audiobook hours: 7 hours 44 minutes
Genre: Contemporary/Magic Realism
Publisher: Little Brown Books For Young Readers
Lucky Linderman didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn’t ask for a father who never got over it. He didn’t ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn’t ask to be the target of Nader McMillan’s relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far.…
Audiobook Review: Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Release Date: August 1st 2010
Pages: 264
Audiobook Hours: 6 hours 9 minutes
Genre: Contemporary
Publisher: Pan Macmillian Australia
It’s the end of Year 12. Lucy’s looking for Shadow, the graffiti artist everyone talks about.
His work is all over the city, but he is nowhere.
Ed, the last guy she wants to see at the moment, says he knows where to find him. He takes Lucy on an all-night search to places where Shadow’s thoughts about heartbreak and escape echo around the city walls.
But the one thing Lucy can’t see is the one thing that’s right before her eyes
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Bout of Books 6.0 : Kat’s Goals
DIY : Invisible Bookshelves
Ever since we did this post on bookish gifts I’ve been obsessed with the idea of Floating Bookshelves. The Umbra Floating Bookshelves are quite pricey, so when I saw this DIY invisible bookshelf on Pinterst I had to give it a try and it worked like a charm ! Making 3 bookshelves cost ~15$ including the cost of nails and hammer/screw driver
- L-Shaped Brackets (Home Depot, shelving aisle)
- Screws/Nails
- Hammer/Screw Driver
Since there are brick walls in my apartment I had to use screws with a masonry bit. I’m sure you can use a nail and hammer depending on the surface. This is how May December Home set hers up….