Well, summer is in full swing here! It’s been a busy but fun week – we did have some rainy days, but the rain broke enough to go for some nature walks. We found a berry thicket that has three kinds of berry bushes in it. One is past season, one hasn’t ripened yet, but READ MORE
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GARLIC AND THE WITCH (AND GARLIC AND THE VAMPIRE) – BREE PAULSEN
This is another wonderful graphic novel I discovered thanks to my kid, who is becoming a connoisseur of the genre. It’s the story of a witch who has brought her vegetables to life because she desperately needed help in the garden. One of these, Garlic, is facing a difficult transition – she might be developing READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HAVE I EVER BOUGHT THE WRONG BOOK?
This week’s prompt: Have you ever purchased the wrong book by accident? If so, what did you do next? Did you return the book, keep it, pass it on to another reader, or donate it? Hmmm. I don’t think I’ve ever bought the wrong book… or if I have I don’t remember it. I have, READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | CELEB GOSSIP
I don’t really follow celeb gossip. Not on purpose, anyway. I do hear about it though – either someone mentions something to me, or I see a headline when I open Google to look for something else, or one of the few times I am on Facebook I see posts. But usually it leads to READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES JULY-DECEMBER 2025
I had no idea what was coming out in the back half of the year before writing this post, and I must say, there are some exciting surprises! So without further ado, let me share my favourites with you! July A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This was the first full week of summer vacation, and it’s been good but a little discombobulating because regular routines are up in the air. This means my reading has also been a bit all over the place. Plus all my library holds came in at once, so now I’m drowning in reading options, and READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GOOD NIGHT, IRENE – LUIS ALBERTO URREA
This is the story of two young women, Irene (who is fleeing an abusive relationship) and Dorothy (who just wants to get away from her farm and do something to help the war effort). They both join the Red Cross in the US during WWII and get sent to Europe to drive vehicles that were READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | READING OUTSIDE MY USUAL GENRES
This week’s prompt: Have you ever ventured out of your preferred genres? If so, were you surprised you enjoyed the book? I have been trying to do this more often, though I’m still avoiding genres like horror because I am too much of a marshmallow to be able to handle it! I have tried some READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FUNNY BOOK TITLES
There are tons of great funny book titles out there. But there are a few I particularly like: Up a Tree in the Park at Night With a Hedgehog by P. Robert Smith All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SUMMER 2025 TBR
As you all know, I’ve been on a major nature kick lately. I’m back in the garden, and in addition to being interested in learning about plants to grow, I’m also watching the insects, birds and other creatures that are visiting it. And I’m fascinated by what they’re doing, and why. So there are a READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE PARIS WIDOW – KIMBERLY BELLE
Another of the books I borrowed from the library to satisfy my thriller craving! I think I’d just read The Paris Apartment, and I’d enjoyed both the thriller storyline and the atmosphere of the setting. I was hoping to re-visit that feeling again in another Parisian-set thriller, only this time with an entirely different kind READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | BOOK BUDGETS
This week’s prompt: Do you set a monthly budget for books? If yes, what amount? Have you ever exceeded your limit? I don’t have a monthly budget for books specifically, but I’m trying not to spend money that doesn’t need to be spent. So I have subscriptions for audiobooks, but other than that I try READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE THINGS TO DO IN THE SUMMER
Well, there’s what I’d like to do in summer, and what I can do in summer. There is some overlap, but not as much as I’d like! What I’d like to do in summer is travel a little bit, spend time going to beaches or camping or swimming in lakes, having picnics and enjoy evenings READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH WISHES
There’s always a long list of books I want… and it’s constantly being added to! Because it’s a little overwhelming to just try to figure out which books from the never-ending TBR to include, I’m going to narrow it down to my current top area of interest – books on gardening, nature, animals and how READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I missed last week, but managed to throw most of this together on my borrowed computer time and I’m now trying to finish it on my phone! So I’ll keep it brief. Just Shelved Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag Really enjoyed both of these. Put sequels READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS – PETER SWANSON
I was intrigued by the premise of this book, partly because I’m a book blogger, and partly just because it involves books and a bookstore. It’s about a a bookseller, Malcolm (Mal) Kershaw, and a blog post he wrote years ago in which he listed the top eight books featuring a perfect murder. It was READ MORE
BEYOND THE BOOKS | TECHNICAL ISSUES
Hello all! I’m just posting a little note out of my regular scheduled content to fill you in on my current situation. I have had two events happen in the last week that may affect my blogging – one may even lead to me not being able to post as much or at all for READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HOW DO I SIDESTEP SPOILERS IN REVIEWS?
This week’s prompt: How do you strike a balance between providing enough information to pique readers’ interest without giving away too many spoilers in your reviews? This is an interesting prompt, because it’s the perennial problem when writing reviews. Here’s the issue. Without sharing all the information about the plot, you can’t really talk about READ MORE