I’m not really that into foodie writing (or foodie anything, since I’m a vegetarian with an otherwise very British penchant for the bland and potato-based), so this one is going to involve a few that will seem like a bit of a stretch. Under the READ MORE
Month: August 2020
QUARTERLY WRAP-UP | (X2) JANUARY-JUNE 2020
So it looks like I entirely forgot to write my quarterly wrap-up for the first quarter of this year, a fact I didn’t even notice until I randomly stumbled on one of my old quarterly wrap-ups and went, “oh, right. I wonder when the last time was that I did one of those things?” READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | QUESTIONS FOR MY FAVE AUTHORS
I feel like there is a small list of questions I’d have for authors, and they are generally pretty standard. But there are one or two I’d ask of specific authors, so here they are. Neil Gaiman My favourite book of all time is Good Omens written by yourself and Terry Pratchett. I want READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GHOST – JASON REYNOLDS
I first heard about this book while watching PBS’ The Great American Read. I hadn’t heard of it before that, but now I really don’t know why. This is the story of a young man named Castle Cranshaw – better known as Ghost. Ghost hasn’t had an easy life. He lives in the projects READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE ADAPTED
I’ve really been enjoying series based on books – Big Little Lies, Small Island, Little Fires Everywhere – they’re great, even better if you’ve read the book. Sometimes when you’re reading you can almost see what the book you’re reading would look like on the screen, but rarely do the ones you most want to see READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT – LUCY ELLMANN
This book is a beast. I was defeated by it before I even began – over a thousand pages, most of it comprised of a single sentence – yep, I was fully intimidated. And then it was selected for my pool in the BookTube Prize (I suspected my luck would bring me that outcome READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I NEVER REVIEWED
Around the time when I had my daughter I found reading hard. I read, but it was in fits and starts, with long breaks, and one book in particular took me months to read. I wasn’t blogging during that time, so I didn’t review what I was reading, so there are several I’ve read READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SECRET GARDEN – FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
I have read this book at least once before – but possibly two or three times. It’s one of those stories that feels like it was irrevocably woven into the fabric of my childhood. I feel like Mary is, in a sense, a part of me. I came across the Kindle In Motion edition READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COLOURFUL BOOKS
I like this week’s prompt idea. You don’t really think about how many books have a certain colour in the cover or have a type of food or plant in the title or have authors whose names begin with a certain letter until you have a challenge like this one. I hadn’t ever thought READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | CITY OF GIRLS – ELIZABETH GILBERT
This was another of the books on my BookTube Prize reading list, and another I likely wouldn’t have gotten around to without it. In large part because I’ve not had great success with Elizabeth Gilbert in the past. I particularly struggled with Eat, Pray, Love, her best-known work all about the trauma of her READ MORE