A Bundle of Books Posts

Today, the world celebrates a truly momentous occasion – the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse is one of the most recognisable and iconic characters in cartoon history and played a huge role in catapulting Disney to where it is today. I loved (and continue to love) everything Disney-related and knew that I wanted to take part in celebrating this milestone in some way. I decided to do just that by helping you create a fun Mickey Mouse bookmark with this tutorial!

A pair of scissors

A pencil

A coin

A glue stick

3 sheets of paper (one white, one red, and one black)

You can choose the quality of the paper depending on how sturdy you would like the bookmark to be. I used project board paper but I would recommend using a quality of paper closer to printer paper as it is much thinner and easier to work with.

I consider a number of factors when it comes to rating a book that I’ve read. I think about the characters and their development, the progression of the plot, the author’s success (or lack thereof) in discussing or challenging certain themes, and much more. Over the past couple of years, I’ve tried to be more critical in my reading and to not hand out 5-star ratings to every book that merely keeps me entertained. However, I sometimes get an inkling when I read the synopsis of and reviews on a book that I am going to thoroughly enjoy it and thus give it 5 stars. This does not happen often but I always find it interesting how my gut instantly knows that I’ll love a book before I have even opened it. Here are a few books that I feel I will be giving 5-star ratings!