The second book in the Out of the Hitler Time series, this book jumps forward in time from where When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit left off. In this book the family are now living in a boarding house in London during the early days of the Blitz. Things are tough – not just because READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS THAT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME
I actually wrote a whole post about this last year, because there were several books I read in 2022 that really did surprise me. I’ll share a couple of my top picks below, though, in case you don’t want to click over: Both of these had difficult main characters, but READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | INTERESTING 2023 DEBUT BOOKS
Some research was required to put together a list of debut books that are coming out in 2023, but once I embarked on said research, I discovered that I had actually already heard of several – I just didn’t know they were debuts at the time! Here are some I’m either interested in reading READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BORDERS – THOMAS KING & NATASHA DONOVAN
I adored this book. It was one of my top reads of last year, and also one of my favourite graphic novels (probably either #1 or #2). This is the story of a young boy and his mother who are Blackfoot and live on a reservation in what we think of as Canada. Our READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT DO YOU EAT IN A DAY?
Okay, so I know this is just a random idea for a post, and a lot of people really like talking about what they eat, especially if they’re creative with food or like to eat adventurously. But I do have bit of a cringe response to it, I have to admit. It can be READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT INTIMIDATE(D) ME
Today I’m going to look at some of the books that intimidated me too much to actually read (yet, if ever), as well as some of the books I have actually read that really intimidated me before I tackled them. Too scary to read yet: READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a busy and stressful week, so I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I normally do. Just one book finished last week. We’ll see if I’m able to get back to it this week or if this is the beginning of a major slump. Could be the latter as there are READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS – M.L. STEADMAN
If you are the type of reader who can withstand tragedy and pain as long as it’s presented in beautiful prose and has characters whose pain you will feel acutely, then this is the book for you. Because man, does it ever serve up the tragedy with both hands. The story begins with Tom, READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING I’M PROUD OF DOING
I feel like most of the posts I’ve written so far this year have been a bit on the serious and heavy side. But I’m not done yet, because there are only two things I can think of in recent years that I’m proud of. One is working hard on my relationship with my READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS I DISCOVERED IN 2022
Last year turned out to be a pretty great reading year for me. I read a lot of books, and I read a lot of new authors as well. Some I discovered thanks to the BookTube Prize, others through starting to review for Netgalley again, others just because they were hanging around on my READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE APPEAL – JANICE HALLETT
I picked this book up because I watched one of Lauren and the Books‘ videos (I’d link the actual video but it was months ago when I watched it and I don’t remember which one) in which her partner, David, reads this whole book in a weekend, and he doesn’t normally read that much. READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NEW THINGS I’VE TRIED RECENTLY
I am not really in an adventurous phase of my life – all the fun and interesting trips and social activities were about a decade ago. So I guess the only new thing I’ve tried recently is actually listening to my body and resting when my back is out. I’ve got various back issues, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH GOALS FOR 2023
I’m not super big on defined and concrete goals, as that tends not to go that well. So I haven’t sat down and set up bookish or reading goals for 2023 that are a huge difference from anything in the past. But if I had to define some of the things I’m kind of READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these posts! The last one was November 21st. So I’m going to include the books I’ve finished since then, partly because I haven’t finished any in the past week anyway! Just Shelved This has been a great start to my 2023 READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE LATE SHOW – MICHAEL CONNELLY
When it comes to police procedural thrillers, Michael Connelly pretty much has the genre on lock. Thanks to his wildly successful Harry Bosch series (which was made into a TV series starring Titus Welliver), and fast pace at which he releases new books, his fans are often devoted ones. First published in 2017, The READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT I THINK OF RESOLUTIONS
I talked about this a bit in last week’s post, but in a nutshell, they don’t really work for me. I do a lot better with just trying to do something for a day or an hour than making a resolution for a whole year. It’s really hard for me to stick with things, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023
I haven’t really been paying attention to upcoming releases, so I only knew about a couple of these from BookTube videos. The rest I just found via the wonders of Google, but a couple I’m very excited about!!! JANUARY . . . FEBRUARY . **This Heartstopper image is a READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | GOALS FOR 2023
Hmmmm. So here’s the thing. I don’t really buy into resolutions – no shade to the people they work for, but for me it’s kind of like picking a TBR. The very second I make that firm decision whatever I chose instantly becomes completely unappealing. So I’m actually less likely to read whatever I READ MORE