This week’s prompt is books that have a number in the title. I tried to include numbers 1-10 in particular, but I’ve also included a few other numbers just for the heck of it! Here they are: READ MORE
Month: September 2019
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BRAIN ON FIRE – SUSANNAH CAHALAN
I have had this book on my TBR for so many years it’s ridiculous. The worst part is that it’s been one that I’ve really wanted to read the entire time it’s been there. I finally got around to it thanks to being on a bit of a medical memoir kick at the moment, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY AUTUMN 2019 TBR
We’re finally heading into autumn, and I can’t tell you how relieved I am. I do not fare well in hot weather. I begin to wilt, and if it goes above 30°C I actually melt. It’s not pleasant. So autumn is always a hugely exciting season for me, even if it does bring a READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ASK AGAIN, YES – MARY BETH KEANE
I don’t normally do family sagas. They’re just so detailed and finicky and full of petty drama and these complicated strands of storyline you have to keep a constant eye on. I find them wearing and exhausting and not generally worth the effort. But something about this one made me want to give it READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE READING NIBBLES
I am not a huge reading snacker. I tend to stop and take a break to eat. But there are a few things that, if I am going to have something edible nearby, I’m most likely to reach for. First, a few rules. It can’t be anything that drips. Nothing worse than sauce on READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER – BERNARDINE EVARISTO
I was intimidated going into this book. It’s long, and it’s written in an experimental style of verse that doesn’t include periods or capitals. I was nervous I’d be unable to find my feet and that it would prove too difficult for me to get into. Not so. It took about 50 pages, but READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M PUTTING OFF READING
There are definitely a fair few books on my shelves I look at on the regular and walk on by. Some I’ve tried, some I’ve re-tried, others I’m too scared to even attempt. And yet, they have been on my shelves, some for years, because despite my fears I think they deserve to be READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOME IS BURNING – DAN MARSHALL
Continuing on my current kick of memoirs related to mental and physical illness, I finally got around to picking up Dan Marshall’s book that has been sitting on my shelves for years and years. This is the memoir of a man whose mother has cancer (has done most of his life) and whose father READ MORE
BOOKER PRIZE | 2019 SHORTLIST
The wait is over! The 2019 Booker Prize shortlist was announced on Tuesday. It contained some obvious choices, but also a few surprises. I’ve only completed one of the books on the long list – Girl, Woman, Other (review to come shortly) – but I had been watching reviews and predictions of some of READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LOVED THAT AREN’T MY USUAL STYLE
I love it when a book pleasantly surprises me. I tend to feel like I have a good handle on what I’m going to like, but every once in a while I hear so much about a particular book that I decide to give it a try, even though on the surface it doesn’t READ MORE