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
Year: 2020
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FAMILY AND FRIENDS RECOMMENDED
One of the best things about being a reader is when someone recommends a book to you and you end up loving it. Here are some of the books that were recommended to me by people in my life – important people and people I only knew briefly – but books that have stuck READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MIDDLE ENGLAND – JONATHAN COE
I haven’t read any Jonathan Coe before, but I have a few of his books on my shelves because they’ve caught my attention. So when this book turned up in my round for the BookTube Prize I was excited to have a reason to pick it up. Technically this book is third in a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LITERARY FESTIVALS
It’s been years since I’ve been to any kind of literary event, but the ones I’ve attended have been hugely inspirational. There are several in different parts of the world I’d love to attend (or go to again). Below are the highlights of my list, and at the end I’m including some great lists READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WOMEN TALKING – MIRIAM TOEWS
This is a book I have been hearing about everywhere since its release two summers ago. At first I wanted to read it – Miriam Toews’ book All My Puny Sorrows is a favourite of mine – but then when I heard what it was about I wavered. I find it difficult to relate READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT MADE ME SMILE
I love books that make me smile. Most of my favourite books did that for me, at least in parts. So this post is going to be a nostalgic journey through some of the ones that stood out to me the most for this very reason! I like that this topic came now, because READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | LONG BRIGHT RIVER – LIZ MOORE
This was my first Liz Moore book, but I had heard wonderful things about her previous book, The Unseen World. This one appealed to me because at its core it is a thriller, and yet it has that literary leaning I’ve been enjoying in my thrillers of late. This book centres around a young READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I’VE READ THE MOST BY
I haven’t found a way to sort my “read” shelf on Goodreads by most books read by a single author, so I had to do a bit of guess work to get the list below. Nearly 30 years of reading will start to blur together, after all! Quick-Read Series: Charlaine Harris I was really READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE – CHARLIE MACKESY
I have been seeing this book everywhere for months now. It was particularly popular around Christmas, and I actually got it as a Christmas present. It’s a small book. Short, full of pictures, light on words. It doesn’t have a linear plot, nor do you get much in the way of characters. It’s more READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | EXCITING UPCOMING RELEASES
I’m not as on top of upcoming releases as I normally am, but I’ve spent a little time Googling and have found a fair few worth noting! July Of these I’m probably most interested in New One and Loveless, but Crossings is intriguing (it’s READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE INNOCENTS – MICHAEL CRUMMEY
This was the first book I read from my assigned reading for the BookTube Prize. It’s one I’d had on my radar – Crummey is a prominent Canadian author, after all – but that hadn’t grabbed me. I doubt I ever would have gotten to it if it hadn’t been for the prize. It’s READ MORE
BLACK LIVES MATTER | A READING LIST AND SOME DISCUSSION
As you all know, protests are taking place in cities throughout the USA and Canada – and in several other countries around the world. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was murdered by a police officer who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, was a flashpoint READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LOOKING BACK…
This week marks the 500th Top Ten Tuesday! To celebrate, we’ve been allowed to do any topic we want – go back and do one we missed, re-do one we enjoyed or come up with something brand new. I am following Jana’s lead and looking back over some of my old posts and adding READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SUMMER TBR
I completely spaced on this week’s post because I’ve been spending all my spare time working on a Black Lives Matter post (with lots of books in it) – mostly writing, re-writing, revising, having lots of feelings, not liking it, starting again. Hopefully I’ll get to a point where I can publish this week. READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GOOD TALK – MIRA JACOB
Every once in a while I come across a book that is so much more than I expected. This was one such book. I had heard good things, and I’d read part of Jacob’s previous book and admired her writing style, but I went into this without too much in the way of expectations.On READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | ? BOOKS ON MY TBR
I come across a lot of books. People recommend them to me, I read reviews online, I hear about upcoming releases, I’m subscribed to several bookshops who send me emails about their favourites or most exciting upcoming releases and I’m always watching BookTube videos brimming with books I just HAVE to read RIGHT NOW. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT GIVE OFF SUMMER VIBES
I have to admit that summer is not my favourite season. I’m of Scottish and British stock, you see, so I become a rather disgruntled tomato very quickly upon exposure to even the slightest hint of sun, having completely skipped that nice golden, sun-kissed stage. I find heat uncomfortable, even when I live in READ MORE