May 2014

MONTHLY WRAP-UP: MAY 2014

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Rain City Reads

I only read four books this month. Not quite sure how that happened, but yeah. (And one of them was a kid’s book.) I’m part way into about 5 other books, but I have had trouble settling into them. So there you go, that was my month. I was quite busy on my blog, though. READ MORE

STACKING THE SHELVES #23

Posted on May 31, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE

#BOOKQUOTES FEATURING GROUCHO MARX

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Rain City Reads

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx, who is also responsible for one of my other favourite quotes: “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” //<![CDATA[ var sc_project=10144299; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="82f610c9"; var READ MORE

Armchair BEA – Expanding Blogging Horizons

Posted on May 29, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

The Day 3 topic for Armchair BEA that I’ve selected is: Expanding Blogging Horizons What do you think about when you think about going beyond blogging or expanding your horizons? Is it a redesign of your blog? Have you branched out into freelance writing or even published a novel of your very own? Or, have READ MORE

In Memory of Maya

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Rain City Reads

Maya Angelou’s books have been on my TBR list for longer than I’d care to admit, and yet I have never read any of them. Today she passed away, and her death has me thinking about what I do know about her. Despite never having read her work (and don’t worry, that is a situation READ MORE

Armchair BEA – Introductions

Posted on May 28, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

I’m getting started on this a little bit late because I wasn’t really sure if I was going to participate. But after seeing a few of the posts that have gone up, I’ve decided to jump on in! Since I’m late getting started, I’m going to try to do a few posts over the next READ MORE

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish People I’d Like to Meet

Posted on May 27, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is a Freebie, which means I get to pick my own topic. So I pick…. (drum roll please)…Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like to Meet. I like this because it’ll allow me to highlight some of my favourite bloggers, as well as a few READ MORE

The Sunday Review: THE OUTSIDERS – S.E. Hinton

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Rain City Reads

**Warning: There are some spoilers for the early plot of this book (though nothing more than in the book description on Goodreads), so if you prefer to go into a book with no idea what the major plot points are, don’t read this review!! According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the READ MORE

Stacking the Shelves #22

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Rain City Reads

Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE

Time for a Change!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Rain City Reads

Wait! Stop! No, you’re not in the wrong place – I’ve just updated my look a little bit! Consider it my blog’s version of a new summer ‘do. I got so tired of my old header which, let’s face it, was just a really bad quality photo of my recently-read shelf. But I’m no genius READ MORE

The Book Blogger Test

Posted on May 22, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

The lovely Stacie over at Books Galore tagged me to participate in this post. It’s basically a list of book-related questions on topics that I may or may not have mentioned on the blog before – mainly to help you guys get to know me even better! So without further ado, let’s get started! What READ MORE

Life of a Blogger: 101 Things I Hate

Posted on May 22, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is the other side of last week’s: 101 Things I Hate. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Well this should be easy! READ MORE

WWW Wednesday #21

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Rain City Reads

It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE

Top Ten Tuesday: Books About Friendship

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Rain City Reads

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is “Top Ten Books About Friendship.” 1. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green – Tiny and the first Will Grayson is complicated, occasionally acerbic and runs deep.2. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – Don Tillman isn’t the easiest person. READ MORE

Let’s Discuss: #WeNeedDiverseBooks and a Look at Must-Read Lists

Posted on May 19, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

A long, long time ago, I published a list of the 1,001 books you should read before you die, as decided by the BBC. A few weeks ago, a new comment was left on this long-forgotten post, pointing out how western-centric it is and bemoaning the lack of diverse authors and literary offerings. Diversity in READ MORE

THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY – GABRIELLE ZEVIN

Posted on May 18, 2014August 15, 2023 by Rain City Reads

Hanging over the porch of the tiny New England bookstore called Island Books is a faded sign with the motto “No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World.” A.J. Fikry, the irascible owner, is about to discover just what that truly means. A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected READ MORE

Stacking the Shelves #21

Posted on May 17, 2014 by RAIN CITY READS

Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE

Life of a Blogger: 101 Things I Love

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Rain City Reads

Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is: 101 Things I Love. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Here they are, in no particular order: My family My cats READ MORE