The obvious answer is, like, stupidly obvious. We are all here because we’re readers, right? So isn’t that the number one thing to do in any situation where there’s time to kill? I don’t tend to carry books around with me these days, but I have several ebook apps on my phone with access READ MORE
Month: February 2024
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COVERS AND TITLES WITH THINGS FOUND IN NATURE
I absolutely adore this prompt. I’m a huge fan of gardening, and though I don’t go out walking as much as I should, whenever I do spend time in nature I always feel better. I have grown up in a part of the world that’s a temperate rainforest, which means I’ve got green around READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been another surprisingly prolific reading week for me. I have zero control over my impulse to read – sometimes it dissipates completely, other times it’s insatiable. They tend to even out. Lately it’s been on the insatiable side, and this week I made it through five books, with mixed results. Just Shelved READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE LITTLEST LIBRARY – POPPY ALEXANDER
I don’t normally jive with romances, as you all know by now, but once in a while I do enjoy picking one up if it has other things that appeal to me about the story. Being an admitted bibliophile, any book that is about readers will automatically pique my interest, and if the story READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | PETS I WISH I COULD HAVE
I love animals. So if I had a huge amount of space and zero allergies, I’d basically just have an animal sanctuary. One thing is that I don’t like the idea of taking a perfectly healthy and capable wild animal out of their natural habitat just so I can have them as my pet. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH SUPERPOWERS I WISH I HAD
Bookish superpowers? Hmmm. This is an interesting post, but also feels a bit odd because I’ve always felt like reading is a superpower. I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with this week – I think it’s going to be a prompt that brings out the creativity! Let’s see what I can come READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I had a pretty good reading week, not just in terms of how many books I finished, but how much I enjoyed some of them. Most were ones that have been sitting on my TBR for ages and that I decided to try out on a whim, one is a new release that I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK – SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU
Another BookTube Prize selection for 2023, this was not a book I even had on my radar, let alone my TBR. And it was not at all what I expected, based on the very little I read before picking it up. Rather than a true novel, this book takes the form of a series READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT’S NEW IN MY LIFE
Hmm. I don’t have a lot to report. I’m still trying to get over a nasty cough that seems to have been doing the rounds since December – apparently it’s being referred to as the hundred day cough, and I can see why. Not the funnest experience I’ve ever had, but luckily I seem READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LOVE FREEBIE – BOOKS THAT MADE ME FEEL WARM AND FUZZY
I’m not much of a romance person, so this is one of the harder posts of the year for me (followed closely by Halloween, as I don’t do scary either!). So rather than looking at romantic themes, I’m going to find some books that made me feel love. Books that showed how beautiful relationships READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I’ve had quite a good reading week so far, despite being sick, having a family member end up in hospital (just for a day and they’re fine, don’t worry), and trying to step up school work for my kid! Here’s what I’ve finished, what I’m reading, and what I *might* read next! Just READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | YOUNG MUNGO – DOUGLAS STUART
I read this for The BookTube Prize in the summer of 2023, though it wasn’t one I had planned to read otherwise. I read Shuggie Bain in 2021 for the same reason, and while I found it difficult going – of course – I was also glad I read it. It was dark, being READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THINGS I LIKE TO DO ON STORMY DAYS
It’s weird, because when I was a kid I loved stormy days. They were so cosy and we had a roaring fire and it felt like I was so snoodled and comfy. But as an adult, I now bear responsibility for dealing with any issues that arise due to said storm, and we live READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | QUICK READS
It’s funny, unless a book is reeeeeally long, I don’t really notice the length that much. So I had to think a bit about which ones would actually qualify as being short reads. I decided that I’d include both short books and books that read very quickly, since the two feel so similar to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
As usual at this time of year it’s been a couple of weeks. I’ve been sick – there’s a nasty cough going around that’s been dubbed the hundred day cough, and I’m on about day 27 at this point and it’s still going strong (even if I’m not)! But I did read a couple READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SON OF ELSEWHERE – ELAMIN ABDELMAHMOUD
This was the first book I read in 2023. If I’m honest I’ve been putting off writing this review – not because I didn’t like it (I really, really did), but because I’m still not sure what I want to say about it. I don’t have a proper explanation for it, but this book READ MORE