This week’s topic was “Back to School/Learning Freebie.” I chose the latter option, and am going with books I personally learned something important from. Because, while I loved College and think it’s safe to say I wouldn’t be the same person without having had that experience (mainly due to some amazing teachers and fortuitous READ MORE
Month: August 2018
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SOME BOOKTUBERS YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING
I’m planning to start a series on this very topic in the near future, because it’s just such a good one. There are some wonderful bookish online destinations – from BookTubers to Bloggers to bona fide books in the news – and I’m always looking to collect more. I don’t have as much time READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WARLIGHT – MICHAEL ONDAATJE
This was, I hate to admit, my first Ondaatje book. I’ve tried a few times in the past to read him, but I’ve never made it very far. I think this was due, in part, to having watched the film adaptation of The English Patient when I was about fifteen and a bit too READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK COMBOS
This week’s prompt is to put together a list of book pairings – two books I’d combine together into one. This is going to be hard, because I don’t really think of books that way. I’ve done my best, but I have to admit that a lot of them are pairings where one book READ MORE
MAN BOOKER PRIZE | 2018 LONGLIST
It’s that time of year again – Man Booker season! As you all know, I’m terrible at sticking to a TBR, so I’ve never managed to read more than two books from any longlist. But for some reason, this is one of the prizes that gets me excited every year, even if I know READ MORE