I like this theme, mostly because several years ago I was in New Orleans for the beginning of Mardi Gras, and those memories are some of my best. Here are my picks for the theme: This is READ MORE
Year: 2021
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE
I’m not, as those of you who know me will already know, big on romance. I don’t believe in the power of flowers to right a wrong, I’ll eat chocolates if they’re given to me but don’t really get the point of boxes of them that are half the gross fruity ones no one READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WRITTEN BEFORE I WAS BORN
Oh man. Talk about an endless topic! I think I’m going to choose some of my all-time favourites, but really this is only a small selection. . . . . . . . . . There are so many more that I READ MORE
READING CHALLENGE | BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER
Book Riot’s annual Read Harder Challenge is probably one of the (if not THE) best-known. It does a fantastic job of covering a great mixture of genres, topics, spins on topics and is very purposefully diverse. There’s something for every reader here – and something to challenge every reader, too! Because I only read READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS I READ IN 2020
Well, 17 of the books I read last year were by new-to-me authors, so this one should be easy. Here are ten of the ones I’m happiest to have discovered: I found some fantastic books and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | OOPS! BOOKS I MEANT TO READ IN 2020
Well, this post could go on forever. I only read 30 books last year (though sadly that is pretty much normal for me in the past few years), so the list of books I didn’t read is way, way longer. Here are a few that I either started and haven’t finished yet or that READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | RESOLUTIONS AND HOPES FOR 2021
This week’s entry is a bit late because our internet was down and then… life. But here it is: Welcome to 2021 with zero bells on. Speaking for myself and my immediate family, the only humans with whom I have had any contact in so long I don’t really remember what other people look READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES FIRST HALF OF 2021
One of the best parts of ringing in a new year is the prospect of all the wonderful books that will come along with it. I try not to get too far down the rabbit hole of books that aren’t out yet because I need to limit my spending and I only have so READ MORE