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
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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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week, and a couple of very enjoyable books! I had an urge to read thrillers this week, so that was most of what I finished. I was pleasantly surprised, as I haven’t read any in a while! Just Shelved I read Reckless Girls on READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE – IMBOLO MBUE
This was the first book I read for the quarterfinals of the BookTube Prize this year. I had heard of, but not read, Mbue’s earlier book (Behold the Dreamers), which garnered a lot of attention upon its release, particularly as it was selected for Oprah’s Book Club. So I was definitely interested in this READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THOUGHTS ON FAN FICTION
You know, I’ve never really read any fan-fic. So I haven’t really thought much about it. I guess I feel like if it is a positive outlet, a way for someone to join into a world they want to be part of (especially if it’s to help them deal with a real world that READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TITLES THAT MADE ME CURIOUS
I’ve already done the prompt for this week – hilarious book titles – here. So this week I’m going to do a bit of a tangential prompt. I’m going to list some books with titles that made me really, really curious! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week for me! I’m feeling proud of myself for finally getting to a few books that have been on my TBR since last year (or longer) and for tackling a couple that were a bit more difficult. I hit some light fiction, heavy memoir, dark fiction. And three of the four (true READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE FIVE WOUNDS – KIRSTEN VALDEZ QUADE
I hadn’t even heard of this book when I was assigned it for my BookTube Prize reading. But I’m glad it was brought to my attention, and that I had a chance to give it a try. It’s not the kind of book I’ve been gravitating towards lately, either. It’s a family story, for READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WEIRDEST FOOD YOU LOVE
I am NOT an adventurous eater. I don’t eat meat or seafood because I don’t like the strong flavours, I don’t like squishy textures like okra or eggplant, I don’t like strong cheeses and there are several vegetables I don’t like the flavour of. So when it comes to weird food… well, pretty much READ MORE