This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books That Were Hard for Me to Read. This can be because they were complex, long, on a difficult topic, not my cup of tea or just books I felt like I had to read and that made me resist. Whatever READ MORE
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STACKING THE SHELVES | #40
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR List. I assume this means NEW books coming out in fall, so I’ll stick to those but include a few that just came out! The Children Act – Ian McEwan The Paying Guests – Sarah Waters READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #39
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I’VE ONLY READ ONE BOOK BY & NEED TO READ MORE
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Authors I’ve Only Read One Book From & Need To Read MORE! Because I have heinous allergies and am about to go to bed early, I’m not going to extrapolate – but I will give you a list! Jonathan Tropper Amanda READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #32
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #37
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
FIVE FRIDAY FAVES | BOOKS I WAS RECOMMENDED
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite Books I Was Recommended.” 1. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett I’d been told about this a few READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | COLD COMFORT FARM – STELLA GIBBONS
‘I saw something nasty in the woodshed’ When sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste is orphaned at nineteen, she decides her only choice is to descend upon relatives in deepest Sussex. At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders: cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their READ MORE
LIFE OF A BLOGGER | FEARS
Life of a Blogger is a weekly meme hosted by Novel Heartbeat. Every week there’s a new topic, not related to book blogging. This week’s topic is the other side of last week’s: Fears. (For a full list of topics – past and future – go here.) Well, this should be an easy topic for READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I REALLY WANT TO READ BUT DON’T OWN YET
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Top Ten Books I Really Want to Read But Don’t Own Yet. Hahahaha, oh dear. This could get out of hand. But I’ll try, very very hard, not to exceed my allotted ten! Not My Father’s Son – Alan Cumming Yes, Please – READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | Q’S LEGACY – HELENE HANFF
Here is the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and of all the things its success has brought her. Hanff recalls her serendipitous discovery of a volume of lectures by a Cambridge don, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. She devoured Q’s book, and, wanting to read all the books READ MORE
5 FRIDAY FAVES | BOOKS I READ BETWEEN APRIL & AUGUST
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite Books You’ve Read Between April and August.” *rubs hands with glee* 1. Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff Oh, I just READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #30
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME I MUST READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books People Keep Telling Me I MUST Read. Which there are a lot of, but these are the first that come to mind in no particular order: Under the Dome – Stephen King 1984 – George Orwell On the Road – Jack READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #34
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M NOT SURE I WANT TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books I’m Not Sure I Want To Read. Oh, what a good topic! 1. Allegiant – Veronica Roth Seeing as I didn’t much like Insurgent and then had this definitively spoiled for me, I’ve rather gone off the prospect.2. Crime and Punishment READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #33
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE