I kind of covered this a little bit last week – there are certain topics that will always attract me to a book. But there are other reasons I’ll pick one up and at least check it out: If it’s been recommended to me or I’ve seen a lot of bookish people talking about READ MORE
Year: 2022
RELEASE DAY REVIEW | HOW NOT TO DROWN IN A GLASS OF WATER – ANGIE CRUZ
If you enjoy books that draw you deeply into the mind of one character, this book is for you. If you enjoy books that show you both the attributes and flaws of a character in equal measure, again, this is a book for you. If you want to learn about the experiences of immigrants, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS IN THE TITLE
This is such an interesting prompt! I’d never thought about geographical terms in book titles before, but now that I have I’m seeing them everywhere! Here are some of the books I was able to find fairly easily that have geographical terms in them – I think city was really interesting in the variety READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I totally forgot to do a post last week – I only noticed when I went looking for my post to see what I’d finished since then! So this week will be a two-fer as I’ll be covering both. Let’s get started! Shelved Last Week I’ve READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | STILL LIFE – SARAH WINMAN
This was yet another of the books I read for the quarterfinals of the BookTube Prize. I had been meaning to read Sarah Winman’s work for ages – I have at least two of her books on my shelves, unread, but this one was quite long and therefore languished on my “maybe, someday” pile. READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A PLOTLINE I LOVE TO READ
This week’s prompt is the opposite of last week’s but just as difficult. Maybe even harder. Plotlines I always want to read? Well, I do like novels about people who learn about themselves. Especially if they’re people who live alone and kind of like it that way and read a lot. I enjoy a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LOVED SO MUCH I HAD TO BUY THEM
I mean, I am usually pretty good at figuring out which books I won’t want to keep and borrowing those ones from the library. So this might be a bit of a challenging prompt for me, but I’ll do my best to come up with some! I can think of one, at least…. READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | RECKLESS GIRLS – RACHEL HAWKINS
You know when things are going on in life that feel like a LOT and you really just want a book that will sweep you up, grab your full attention, and transport you away from everything that’s stressing you out for a while? This book was exactly that. What attracted me to this book READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A PLOTLINE I WON’T READ
Hmmmm. I mean, I don’t think there are any I absolutely refuse to read. There are always exceptions. But there’s one I do tend to avoid: romance stories where one character is in a relationship and you’re supposed to root for them to fall in love with someone else and either cheat or break READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SCHOOL FREEBIE – BOOKS THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON
This week’s prompt is a school freebie, so I’ve decided to look at some of the books that taught me how to be a better person. I always think they need to teach kids about feelings more in school, and teach them how to understand other people, employ relativism to accept differences, and, above READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Not as good of a reading week for me this week, but I did discover some new graphic novels that are lovely, and I’m making progress (though slow) in a couple of print books and one audiobook! Let’s dive in. Just Shelved I haven’t read as much this week as READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE MAGICIAN – COLM TÓIBÍN
I didn’t really have a lot of interest in this book to start with. It’s historical fiction, and it’s based on the life of an author I’d never heard of, let alone read (Thomas Mann). But it was on my second round of judging for the BookTube Prize, so I had to give it READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKMARK, SCRAP PAPER, DOG EAR….?
Oh, this one is easy: All of the above and then some. I’ve been known to dog ear pages when it’s a book I don’t care so much about or when I need to mark a particular poignant passage and don’t have any page markers. I’ve got a huge collection of bookmarks, recently added READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SERIES I WISH HAD MORE BOOKS
I don’t read that many series, so this is a hard one for me. Made even harder by the fact that I don’t always want more books from the series I do read. So I’ll do my best, but some of these might be a bit of a stretch! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Not my best reading week ever, but also not my worst. I had one book that was a bit of a flop, one that was good, but not fantastic, and one that was a very pleasant surprise. So here they are! Just Shelved Dark Sacred Night is the READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE – CHERIE JONES
Another book from my group for the quarterfinals of judging for the BookTube Prize, How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House is an interesting novel that managed to surprise me. I expected a mystery, with a few unexpected twists and turns and with a tropical backdrop. I was interested in it, and was pleased READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHERE WOULD I SPEND ONE DAY IN THE PAST?
Hmm. This is a tough one. I don’t go in for the past, generally. I don’t even read much historical fiction. I’m not thrilled with the way things are going in the world right now, but I do tend to feel like in a lot of ways most points in the past were as READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LOVE THAT WERE PUBLISHED 10+ YEARS AGO
This prompt isn’t a particularly hard on, as I’ve been reading for 35 or so years now! There are plenty of books I love that are more than a decade old. Some significantly older! I’ll start with a recent re-read, and go from there! READ MORE