For a book about serious things, this book sure was funny. That’s the first impression I had of the book, and the tone instantly had me hooked. This is the story of Martha Friel, who is flailing. She suffers from mental health issues, and has a life that leaves her generally feeling unsatisfied and READ MORE
Year: 2022
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NEW OR USED BOOKS?
Well, this is easy: both. All of the above. But to go into more detail, it depends. I love new books, particularly now that I have respiratory issues so I don’t want books that are moldy or smell of cigarette smoke or are full of animal fur or even dust. So these days, if READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ABOUT PLACES I’D LIKE TO GO ON VACATION
This week’s prompt was books you’ve read on vacation – bonus if you can tell us where you read them. I’ve got no idea. I haven’t been on vacation in over 7 years. I can’t remember what I had for breakfast. There’s just no way. So instead I’m sharing a few books about places READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It hasn’t been a great reading week. It’s hasn’t been a great week full stop, really. But I’m here, still kicking, and though this coming week is going to be a stress-fest, who knows. The week after might kick ass, right? Lie to me if you must. Just Shelved I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THIS BRIGHT FUTURE – BOBBY HALL
This book. Man, this book. I went into this a bit curious, but not really expecting much. For those of you who don’t know, Bobby Hall is also known as Logic, one of the most successful, influential and respected rap artists of past couple of decades. He’s known for his lyrical skills and being READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING SCI-FI I WISH WERE REAL
Those of you who have been around for a while will know that I don’t generally read sci-fi. So I have a limited frame of reference for this question, and some of the things I can think of are sort of like maybe they’d be cool or maybe they’d be a terrible idea. Like READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE BOOKSTORES
It has been two plus years since I last set foot in a bookstore, but I think I vaguely remember them. I do have some favourites, most in other places than where I live. So I’ve got a few pictures to share from some of my travels! New Orleans Faulkner House Books READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, it’s been a week. My kid was sick last weekend. Then my partner got very sick at the end of this week, then I got sick this weekend. So that definitely made this a not so great reading week in terms of amount read. I’m also reading a really long book that I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE EXTRA ORDINARY LIFE OF FRANK DERRICK, AGED 81 – J.B MORRISON
I enjoyed reading The Reading List, and decided I wanted something else that had some serious topics in it, but mixed in with some humour and heartwarming moments. I’ve also been meaning to read some of the books on my TBR featuring older protagonists, as I fully support more books getting published about this READ MORE
QUARTERLY WRAP-UP | SUMMER – JUNE, JULY & AUGUST 2022
What a reading season! The summer started out slowly, but then picked up in July when I was lucky to find a few really great books that got my reading momentum going! I had a great mix of books I Ioved, liked and was mildly entertained by, and also had possibly my most prolific READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | LIBRARY OR BUYING BOOKS?
Well, another easy answer: both. I used to enjoy going to the library with my kid to borrow books – it was fun to explore the shelves and see which the librarians would recommend. Since COVID though, we don’t go in person to indoor spaces that we don’t absolutely have to go to. So READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TYPOGRAPHIC BOOK COVERS
This is an interesting prompt, because it seems so simple at first, but when you really start to look for books with typographic covers (meaning covers that are mostly words), there is actually so much variation, and so many interesting ways that the words can be placed and used. So here are some I READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another week gone by just like that! It was a bit of a long one – second week of school for the little one, who managed to pick up some kind of bug that caused a horrendous 24 hours of vomiting and feeling generally horrid. So that was our weekend. Now I’m just waiting READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | STRANGERS TO OURSELVES – RACHEL AVIV
Unlike many early readers of this book, I hadn’t heard of Rachel Aviv, who is a writer for The New Yorker. This book is her first, and it traces her own experiences as, at that time, the youngest child to ever be diagnosed with anorexia (she was six). From this she moves on to READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY LEAST FAVOURITE CHORE
Oh man. I mean, there are so many! How do I narrow it down to just one? I hate all of them. Every single one. I particularly dislike scrubbing bathtubs, because I’ve got a bad back and that always hurts. I also hate changing laundry over for the same reason – lots of bending. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS (MAYBE) ON MY AUTUMN 2022 TBR
I’m not really one for TBRs, as you all know, so instead of an actual TBR with intent, I’m listing some books that are coming out soon, have come out recently or have been on or near the top of my list of books I really want to read for a while and aren’t READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It has been a week! My kid just started a new school last week and it’s very different for all of us (in no small part due to getting up earlier than we had to all summer!), so I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I have been. That said, the books I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE READING LIST – SARA NISHA ADAMS
This book took me completely by surprise. I bought it as Audible’s deal of the day on a whim a while back, after quickly skimming the description. I like books about readers. That was pretty much all the thought I put into it. I think I decided to read it mainly because it was READ MORE