This month had its highs and lows reading-wise – but I have to say that Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was outstanding. I tore through it while simultaneously needing to know what happens RIGHT THE HELL NOW, and never, ever wanting it to end. I think it’s one of those rare books pretty much READ MORE
Month: October 2014
BOOK THOUGHTS ON THURSDAY | GENDERED READING
The world of books is never boring. Every week I’ll discuss a different topic related to books, often inspired by or in response to what’s going on in the online book community (or something I’ve seen another blogger talk about). I call this Book Thoughts on Thursday. Feel free to weigh in with your own READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #38
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 did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS & MOVIES THAT GET ME INTO THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books/Movies To Read Or Watch To Get In The Halloween Spirit. Okay, so admission time. I’m a total wuss. So though I enjoy the spirit of Halloween, I do it without getting overly spooky. I like the warm-and-cosy-with-spooky-edges type of Halloween READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MY SALINGER YEAR – JOANNA RAKOFF
Poignant, keenly observed, and irresistibly funny: a memoir about literary New York in the late nineties, a pre-digital world on the cusp of vanishing, where a young woman finds herself entangled with one of the last great figures of the century. At twenty-three, after leaving graduate school to pursue her dreams of becoming a poet, READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #44 (OR THE ONE THAT MADE ME REALLY MISS HIMYM)
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
BOOK THOUGHTS ON THURSDAY | REMEMBERING WHY I LOVE THE BOOKISH INTERWEBS
The world of books is never boring. There are movies being made based on our favourite stories, raging debates over the relative merit of books and series, book-related events and a never-ending plethora of bookish topics I just like thinking (and talking) about. While I absolutely adore my regular link-ups and have no intention of READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #37
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 did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW SERIES I WANT TO START
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten New Series I Want to Start. I’m not that big on series usually, but when I started reading Young Adult fiction more series hit my radar. Here are some of the first that come to mind: READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HEARTS AND MINDS – AMANDA CRAIG
Rich or poor, five people, seemingly very different, find their lives in the capital connected in undreamed-of ways. There is Job, the illegal mini-cab driver whose wife in Zimbabwe no longer answers his letters; Ian, the idealistic supply teacher in exile from South Africa; Katie from New York, jilted and miserable as a dogsbody READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #43 (OR THE ONE WITH *ALL* THE PRE-ORDERS)
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
WWW WEDNESDAY | #36
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 did you recently finish reading? What are you currently 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 | PLACES BOOKS HAVE MADE ME WANT TO VISIT
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Places Books Have Made Me Want to Visit. Only ten? Oh geez. Okay, here goes! 1. Tuscany I read Under the Tuscan Sun in high school and have been dreaming about Italy ever since. 2. London I’ve been to London, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SHE IS NOT INVISIBLE – MARCUS SEDGWICK
Laureth Peak’s father has taught her to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers – a skill at which she’s remarkably talented. Her secret: she is blind. But when her father goes missing, Laureth and her 7-year-old brother Benjamin are thrust into a mystery that takes them to New York City where surviving will take READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #42
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
WWW WEDNESDAY | #35
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 did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
VANCOUVER BOOK FAIR | AKA BEAUTIFUL BOOKS I COULDN’T AFFORD
Last weekend one of my best friends, Jaime, invited me to head to the Vancouver Book Fair – Western Canada’s only book fair featuring sellers who specialize in antiquarian and rare books and art. I’d never been before and wasn’t really sure what to expect – but hey, say books and I come a-runnin’! The READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR READERS WHO LIKE CHARACTER-DRIVEN NOVELS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books For Readers Who Like Character-Driven Novels. This is a timely topic for me, because I feel like I’ve read several books that fit this criterion recently. Some of these may seem surprising! Hearts and Minds – Amanda READ MORE