Discussion Post: Travel Montages and Why I Hate Them

If you read my blog regularly than you know one of the things I am constantly complaining about is travel montages. I'm a little behind on reading and I posted an extra review last week so I thought today instead of a book review, I would elaborate on why I hate this plot device so much.

The funny thing is I personally love travelling. I'm also a big fan of really cool and interesting world-building. Reading to me has always been a way explore a place or setting that I may not get to visit myself. It is also a sort of escape, a way to experience something outside of myself and my little corner of the world. The whole point of taking the reader on a physical trip is to allow the reader to explore the world a little more. And you would think that I would love that kind of thing, it's quite possibly my least favorite plot device.

I think it's because for me am extended travelling scene disrupts the flow of the plot. I don't know about you guys but when I was in school we learned about the structure of a story. You know what I'm talking about, the rising action, climax, falling action thing. It looked like mountain. For me, travel montages disrupt that structure. And while the characters are physically moving, the story is not progressing for me.

If it happens in the beginning...

This is the time I can handle a travel montage the most. I think maybe because it doesn't disrupt the structure as much. But if I say it had a slow start it's probably because of a travel montage. This is a common thing in a lot of fantasy stories, the character has to wander or get somewhere before anything interesting happens. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm all for exposition but if this is your way of setting things up you're going to lose me pretty quickly. There are better ways of explaining the world and establishing the characters place in it without taking them on a trip. If the beginning of your book is a travel montage than to me you're starting in the wrong place. 

Example: A Song of Ice and Fire (most notably Tyrion in A Dance with Dragons)

When it's in the middle...

It feels like filler. I understand that characters need to get from place to place but there is a big difference between a transition and a travel montage. If the entire middle of your book is just people walking through the wilderness with very little happening then you are being far to wordy and elaborate with your world-building. It almost feels like you're bragging, "let me take you through this interesting world that I made!" Plus for me any extended travel that happens in the middle of the book can ruin the perfectly good flow of a story. There's no consistent rising action, the plot just seems to plateau for awhile. Plus more often than not it just gets repetitive and dull.

Example: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein (specifically The Fellowship of the Ring)

If it happens at the end...

Then the plot comes to a screeching halt. This is without a doubt the time when I hate travel montages the most. A perfectly good story can be completely ruined by a period of nothing but travelling. I get it, falling action is part of the structure but if your falling action is a travel montage than I am not going to be entertained. This happens a lot in trilogies. The author will want to prolong something until the next book so they will use the falling action just to direct the story to that point but not get there yet. However, this is extremely frustrating to me as a reader. It almost feels to me like you're not particularly sure how to end things. 

Example: The Kiss of Deception by Mary Pearson

When it works...

In most books I roll my eyes and struggle through these travel montages but sometimes it's not that difficult. It takes a rare book, or a rare author's writing ability, for me to not hate that the characters are just travelling. The best example I can give for this is when specific plot points occur and the travel montage works to move the plot forward and not just the characters. Sometimes this means that the basis for the plot is traveling. It sounds counter intuitive but I can handle books that are all about travelling a lot better than books that just incorporate it at one stage (not always the case.. see Lord of the Rings). It may be because it's not like I'm waiting for something more interesting to happen. Or it may be because with these books the author is able to make the travel count for a little more plot wise.

Example: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner and The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

How do you feel about travel montages? Do they bother you as much as they bother me? Or do you like the opportunity to wander through a world? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!

Feature and Follow Friday #34

A weekly meme hosted by Alison Can Read & Parajunkee's View

How it Works: 

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you visit the blogs of our illustrious hosts and leave your name on the post using using the linky tools, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to Wordpress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed.

This Week's Question: 

Post a funny YouTube video (doesn't have to be book related).

This Week's Answer: 

Haha, it sounds cliche to post a cat video but this is without a doubt my favorite YouTube video. If I'm having a bad day this is the video that I watch. I can't help but laugh at all the ridiculous Also I was just telling my friend how not only does my cat look just like the one talking about drinking water but she spills her water regularly, it's so frustrating!

 How about you? What's your favorite YouTube video? Leave me a comment with your thoughts.

 And remember this is a blog hop so take a look around and if you like what you see give me a follow and leave me a comment so I can follow back. I am indifferent to the manner in which you follow so pick your poison: GFC, Bloglovin, or Twitter. I just started a BookTube channel so can check me out HERE and subscribe! I've been posting videos every Friday! Thanks for dropping by, Happy FF and HAPPY READING!

Book Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Title: Code Name Verity Author: Elizabeth Wein Published: 2012 by Disney-Hyperion Amazon Goodreads Synopsis: Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. But just one of the girls has a chance at survival.  Arrested by the Gestapo, "Verity" is given a choice: reveal her mission or face a grissly execution. They'll get the truth out of her. Only, it won't be what they expect. (this synopsis is from back of the book and I want it vague so you experience it for yourself. Goodreads and Amazon give too much away!)

I cannot adequately explain my feelings for this book. Words do not do it justice. I could attempt to explain all the wonderful things but that would ruin a lot of the book for you. All I can say is read it, it's fantastic.

First thing you need to know about this book is that it's Historical Fiction set during World War II. I am a big fan of Historical Fiction but this is not one of my favorite time periods to read about. The books tend to be focused on one particular part of the period and while that is an interesting subject matter that stirs up emotions and thought-provoking analysis of the time, one can only read those kinds of stories so many times. But Code Name Verity takes a very different look at the period. We follow two women who are breaking out of the female status quo and helping the war effort. You really get a sense of what things were like for those fighting in the war and aiding with the war effort. The feelings of fear, uncertainty, and simultaneous desire to do something valuable.

Image from Royal Air Force Museum website

Our main characters, Maddie and "Verity" are incredibly likable protagonists and MCs. The heart of this story is their relationship and it's a powerful one to read about. Both women are spunky and tough but with a softer side. They are faced with a lot of adversity throughout the book and they handle it in stride and with so much inner strength. I found myself surprised at how deeply invested I was in the characters and their success. In addition to our two heroines there was also a host of interesting and complex secondary characters that filled out the varying world in which the protagonists operated.

But what mostly made this book so fantastic and hard to talk about is the plot. It is a really hearty book with so many layers that it seems longer than it's 300 odd pages in a good way. It starts out a little slow but before you know it you will be emotionally invested in what happens next and will find yourself staying up later than you want to reading and unable to focus on anything else because you are fixating on what could possibly be happening in Code Name Verity. You will laugh, you will think, and you will cry! The feels in this book are extreme!

I give Code Name Verity a 9.5 out of 10

I would recommend Code Name Verity to fans of Historical Fiction, especially if you like WWII stories, and anyone looking for an emotional book about friendship.

BONUS BOOK EVENT

Yesterday after finishing Code Name Verity the day before I had the amazing opportunity to attend an event with Elizabeth Wein hosted by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Elizabeth was so sweet and gave an amazing lecture where she talked about her writing experience and what inspired her to write Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire.

She said that she had been writing from an early age including as she puts it, "what I now recognize as fanfiction" for Little House on the Prairie. She also wrote mystery and adventure stories with her childhood best friend in Jamaica, a girl named Anna who she is still friends with today. Then she told us about how she started working on her first novel when she was in high school and didn't follow the tradition path of writing a series and working on your next book when the first one is being published.

It was great to hear about her writing journey but I was even more excited to hear about what inspired the books. Elizabeth said that a lot of it was influenced by her personal experience, most notably moving to Scotland (where she lives five minutes away from a castle that Craig Castle is based on) which is steeped in WWII history and learning to fly.She then said what brought it all together was a story she wrote when she was a kid inspired by her French teacher who was involved in the resistance movement. She that she wrote Code Name Verity quickly because it felt so familiar.

Then she talked about some of the real women who inspired Verity, Maddie, and Rose. Some pilots, some authors, and some artists but all of them showing tremendous strength in the face of adversity. She also mentioned her time researching and visiting Ravensbruck and how when she wrote Code Name Verity that part of the story of the real ATA pilots and members of the SOE.

It was great to learn about the real women who inspired the story and I can't wait to read Rose Under Fire now. She even mentioned some spoilers and then apologized saying she doesn't think knowing how a story ends ruins the experience for her. A woman after my own heart! I think she would like my Why I Like Spoilers video.

After the talk I got to meet her and have my book signed. I told her how I just finished and she replied, "then you must still be traumatized." I was. We then talked about crying on public transportation and how it can sometimes be a little awkward. It was a great talk and I was so glad to have gotten the chance to meet her and listen to her speak. Special thanks to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for bringing her here!

ARC Review: The Kiss of Deception by Mary Pearson

Title: The Kiss of Deception Series: The Remnant Chronicles #1 Author: Mary Pearson Amazon Goodreads Synopsis: In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia’s life follows a preordained course. As First Daughter, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight—but she doesn’t—and she knows her parents are perpetrating a sham when they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the morning of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, hopeful when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive—and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deception abounds, and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets—even as she finds herself falling in love.  The Kiss of Deception is the first book in Mary E. Pearson's Remnant Chronicles

**** I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review in return. This fact has not affected my opinion****

When I finished this book I was left with a very odd feeling, a feeling of total contradiction and uncertainty. I wasn't really sure how to feel about this book because I loved as many things about this book as I hated. Then after a lot of talk on Twitter with Nikki from There were books involved (her review) I came to a conclusion. Despite it's deficiencies I really enjoyed the book and a, excited to see how this series develops.

When I started reading I was immediately struck by the mystery. It felt like a classic fantasy with a princess undercover and on the run and two men looking for her, one her spurned fiancé and the other an assassin. However you don't know who is who. I really enjoyed all the deception and guessing games. My guesses changed multiple times and the constant questioning had me so intrigued. Then about halfway in all answers are revealed and you started losing me. There was too much traveling and too little curiosity. I know a lot of bloggers thought the beginning was slow but for me that was the strongest part. I thought the plot development came to a screeching halt when the story shifted. It's hard to take this as a complete story because it honestly felt like two distinct stories and the shift was jarring.

Another thing that was jarring was the shift in character perspectives. Most of the book was told from Lia's point of view but every once in a while we would get a chapter from the Prince or the Assassin. This type of changing narrator is hit and miss for me. Usually I like it but sometimes it just doesn't work. At the start it wasn't so bad. It introduced each of the characters on their own terms and when the story was focused on the guessing game it made everything suspicious. And while I understood the purpose of these shifts even when it made sense they felt too irregular and ended up being more confusing. I would have been okay if the book had been completely told from Lia's perspective.

And while those two things annoyed me immensely there was also so much to love about this book. My favorite thing was without a doubt the world-building. Mary Pearson created a fantastic world in The Remnant. Throughout the book we get subtle references to what this world used to be, there are ruins and only a small section of the planet that has survived a kind of global catastrophe. It was unique and interesting and had me curious to learn more. It is also a world with the faintest bit of magic. We only get a hint of the magic throughout the story, and as Lia begins to learn more about the magic of the world and her inherent magic we learn about it with her. Mary Pearson built the world in a steady and consistent way that was interesting from beginning to end.

But what I also really enjoyed about this book was the characters. Lia was a wonderful protagonist. She's the kind of princess who wants more than her preordained life. Anyone who has ever felt like they are forced into something that they don't want to do will be able to empathize with Lia and her struggle to be her own person. But throughout the book she has to grapple not only with her decisions but the consequences they may have. She has a great development throughout the book and I'm excited to see where she goes in the next few books in the series. Then there were the male leads, the Prince and the Assassin. They were both compelling and dubious type characters that I love plus, they were pretty damn swoonworthy. And the book had a host of other fun and interesting secondary characters to round out the cast.

Bottom-line is I'm excited to see how this series develops. Despite some problems it was an enjoyable read with great characters and a fascinating world. It wasn't quite was I was hoping for but it was good.

I give The Kiss of Deception by Mary Pearson a 7.5 out of 10

I would recommend The Kiss of Deception to fans of Young Adult fantasy. It's not something I would necessarily recommend to someone to start with the genre but if you enjoy these types of stories, especially those with a lot of mystery then check this book out.

Have you read The Kiss of Deception? What did you think? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!  

Top Ten Tuesday- Classic TV Shows of the 90's

A weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

Lately I have been completely obsessed with watching old shows from the 90's. I blame society! I mean, the 90's are back with a vengeance you guys! Have you noticed that people today are dressing like it's 1996 again? I sure have! Plus they're rebooting all those classic shows from the era. 

It secretly makes me feel old. I had my formative years in the 90's and nostalgia from a period of time I remember very well makes me feel old! But then again there are some great things from the 90's. 

It was a great time to be a teenager in the 90's! The tech bubble was going strong, the WB was being created, Leonardo DiCaprio was going aboard the  Titanic, and angst was not only accepted but valued! Here are my top ten 90's shows for teens... Let the angstiness commence!

T.G.I.F. - Like a responsible teen of the 90's I tuned my TV screen to ABC every Friday from 8-10pm for some wholesome family entertainment!

1.) Boy Meets World - Aired 1993-2000
With the fact that it's sequel Girl Meets World just coming out this one has to make the list. But it's also a classic coming of age story set in the backdrop on the 90's. The early seasons are fantastic. Topanga is crazy, Eric is dreamy, Shawn is badass, and Cory is the perfect every man (teen?)


2.) Full House - Aired 1987-1995
The early 90're all about Full House and this was without a doubt my family's must watch show. When the series finale rolled around we were on vacation and we had to stop at cheap motel so we could watch it. We even skipped dinner. It was that big a part of our life!

Nickelodeon in It's Prime - As a teenager in the 90's the best shows were on Nickelodeon. Cartoons, game shows, sitcoms, sketch shows, they had it all and it was all covered in slime!

3.) Legends of the Hidden Temple - Aired 1993-1995
Little known fact: I once planned a Legends of the Hidden Temple themed 21st birthday party. This game show was the greatest thing if you were a preteen in the 90's, everyone wanted to be on it. You got to watch your peers act like total idiots plus Olmec!

4.) Clarissa Explains it All - Aired 1991-1994
Melissa Joan Hart in all her pre-teen glory! With the most outrageous wardrobe a teen girl could ask for, a pet mini alligator, a dreamy best friend climbing in your window, and Ferg Face to fight with. Clarissa was straight up my girl and this show started my love of MJH which continues to this day!

5.) The Secret World of Alex Mack - Aired 1994-1998
In the 90's it was all about evil corporations illegally dumping toxic waste resulting in people getting super powers! Seriously this show made it seem totally okay to get radioactive waste dumped on you! Alex Mack was pretty damn cool with her backwards hat, flannel, and overalls melting into a silver puddle. To this day I refer to my desire to melt as "pulling an Alex Mack"

Could You Be Any More Angsty? - It was all about teen angst and as an angsty teen myself I loved nothing more than watching my feelings that nobody understands me reflected on my TV screen.

6.) Daria - Aired 1997- 2001
This is one of my favorite shows of all time. OF. ALL. TIME. I own the complete series of this cartoon with it's sarcastic and jaded teen protagonist and watch it when I'm having a bad day because Daria gets me. I once dressed as Daria for Halloween and while I was so excited it was actually pretty miserable because I stayed totally in character.

7.) Party of Five - Aired 1994-2000
I didn't have cable for much of the decade but I did have Party of Five. This show about five orphaned siblings trying to make it on their own in San Francisco was so full of angst and was brilliantly over-acted. The stars of this show were some of the biggest stars of the decade and when I watched it recently it made me laugh because it is so very 90's.

A Channel All for Teens? - In 1993 a new cable channel was created and in 1997 it cornered the market on shows for teenagers. Some of the greatest shows of the decade (and the 2000's) aired on The WB!

8.) Dawson's Creek - Aired 1998-2003
This may be more of a 2000's show but as a teenager in the late 90's if you wanted something to talk about on Thursday mornings with your friends you had to watch Dawson's Creek. If you didn't you were totally uncool and I did not want to be uncool! Plus Joshua Jackson is totally dreamy and I wanted to be Joey Potter because she had all the luck!


9.) Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Aired 1997-2003
The late 90's were all about girl power and nothing was more girl powerful than Buffy. She was a total badass vampire slayer and she did it all with signature snark and sometimes even in a cheerleading skirt. Sarah Michelle Geller was one of the biggest stars of the decade and this show started my undying love of Joss Whedon.


Cancelled Before It's Time - Some of my favorite shows of the 90's only got one season when they deserved so many more! Seriously, I would kill to have these shows rebooted!

10.) My So Called Life - Aired 1994
I absolutely loved this show! I wanted to be Angela Chase, Claire Danes and her cry face were so fabulous! She had it all. She had the greatest friends, she had Jordan Catalano, and she had that fabulous red hair that I always wanted. I used to dye my hair red because of this show! Plus it dealt with the tough subjects and was full of angst, it was so very 90's.

11.) Freaks and Geeks - Aired 1999
This show was my jam! Seriously it was so brilliant and hilarious. So many famous actors today got their start on this show. It was the perfect show of the 90's even though it was set in 1980. It was an angsty coming of age story about people who were just a little irregular. Plus Kim Kelly is my spirit animal!


Oops, I did 11 and I don't feel bad about it! What are your favorite teen shows from the 90's? Leave me a comment with your thoughts and HAPPY READING, or should I say HAPPY WATCHING!

Book Review: Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Title: Vicious Author: V.E. Schwab Published: September 2013 by Tor Books (Macmillan) (Amazon / Goodreads / Audible) Synopsis:A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn’t automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.

This book has been in my TBR pile for a while now. I have heard nothing but great things from fellow bloggers and was really excited to read it. And despite my high expectations and the fact I was just blown away by a book about antiheroes with supernatural powers I thoroughly enjoyed Vicious.

What first struck me about this book was how brilliant the world-building is. It's hard not to compare it to the last superhero/antihero book I read (Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson), but that would be an unfair comparison. However, what they both did extremely well is create numerous characters with very different powers. What Vicious did even better was establish why they had these powers. I read a lot Sci-Fi/Fantasy and it sounds like a weird thing to say but the best books have a clear set of rules that they operate in and Vicious absolutely does. The way you receive these powers directly relates to the powers that you have and it is all about you and your personality. With each new EO we meet we got explore not only what their power is but how they earned this power. It was a fascinating and compelling story with a complicated and interesting world and I was hooked from the very beginning.

Plus, like a lot of stories about superheroes and villains, this is a story about power and control. A story about how to respond to a responsibility that you never really expected to receive. The characters in Vicious are given or give themselves supernatural powers and need to then decide how they will react to these powers. Do they use them for good or for evil? Or both? And what this book does so well is live in that grey area between the two. The main characters view their powers in completely opposite ways, and their different reactions cause some pretty serious conflict.

Throughout the book we explores the competitiveness of the relationship between Victor and Eli. It is told in a unique format where the chapters alternate between Eli and Victor both in the past and the present. When we first meet them they are studying science and competing over who is the top of the class (making this fit my Geek Books theme), but when they give themselves superpowers things explode and that competitiveness, and their opposite opinions, turn them into arch-nemeses. As the book develops we slowly learn what led them down the paths that they are on ten years later. This kind of format of switching timelines can get confusing but Victoria Schwab expertly crafts an interesting and complex story. The plot slowly build to a thrilling conclusion and along the way there gut-wrenching and surprising twists that kept me interested and intrigued.

But perhaps the best part of this story is the characters themselves. Victor Vale and Eli Ever could not be more compelling antiheroes. They're the types of characters that I always love who have odious moral codes and it is difficult to say if they are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons or the other way around. As the story develops and you begin to learn why they are doing what they are doing that line becomes even blurrier. Your opinion of them changes and you unexpectedly begin to empathize with them but at the same time you are hating them for what they are doing. It's a very conflicted feeling and I love that!

Vicious is a phenomenal novel that hits you in all the right places. There were times where I laughed, times where I cried (and oh boy did I cry). There were times where I could barely handle the mystery and my theories of how the book was going to develop (theories that were surprisingly inaccurate). There was tons of action that kept me on the edge of my seat, and characters that had me hook from page 1 to 364.

I give Vicious by V.E. Schwab a 9 out 10

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes stories about superheroes or antiheroes with complex and interesting world-building. If you like books about characters who walk the line between good and evil this is the book for you.

Have you read Vicious? What did you think? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!

Feature & Follow Friday #33

A weekly meme hosted by Alison Can Read & Parajunkee's View

How it Works: 

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!

How does this work? First you visit the blogs of our illustrious hosts and leave your name on the post using using the linky tools, then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you!

What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to Wordpress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed.

This Week's Question: 

If you had a time machine (i.e. TARDIS) where would you go?

This Week's Answer: 

Everywhere? Is that an acceptable answer? I would go everywhere. I would love to go to Ancient Greece and hang out in Athens for awhile, then skip to Florence in the Renaissance and maybe see a famous painter or two, then head to Victorian London for a bit. But the period I would most want to visit is Boston or Philadelphia during the American Revolution. I lived in New England for six years and I loved all the history there. It would be so amazing to take part or even just witness some of those moments like the Boston Tea Party, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the drafting of the US Constitution. What there was also a war? I'll avoid that part!

 How about you? Where would you go in your TARDIS? Leave me a comment with your thoughts.

 And remember this is a blog hop so take a look around and if you like what you see give me a follow and leave me a comment so I can follow back. I am indifferent to the manner in which you follow so pick your poison: GFC, Bloglovin, or Twitter. I just started a BookTube channel so can check me out HERE and subscribe! I've been posting videos every Friday! Thanks for dropping by, Happy FF and HAPPY READING!