This book was exactly what I needed at the beginning of 2021, when holidays at a distance had been both cosy and pleasant, but also really sad, when the weather was getting me down, and when the prospect of going back to full time duty trying to keep my kid entertained at home without READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVE NATURE/OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Me and the outdoors… it’s complicated. I love getting outside in Spring and early Summer. I love digging in the dirt, I love feeling the breeze on my face, smelling the plants, feeling sun on my face. But nature, it does not like me. I’ve developed increasingly bad allergies, and now those tie into READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | ANIMALS FROM BOOKS
I have to admit that I don’t often read books about animals. Mainly because authors are cruel, and they often end up getting hurt or killed. And when that happens it breaks me. I can handle pretty much anything gruesome happening to grown up people – my favourite show was Criminal Minds – but READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WINTERING – KATHERINE MAY
I stumbled across this book and was intrigued by the idea that maybe someone out there had captured what life feels like when you have a health issue or mental health episode. It wasn’t quite what I expected, but it was close. May talks about periods in her life when something goes wrong – READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COLOURFUL BOOK COVERS
This ties in nicely with last week’s post about Crayola colours! I’ve used a couple of the same ones for this post as well, but hey, colour is colour, right? READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS – DAWN FRENCH
I picked this up after reading and (mostly) enjoying French’s newest book, Because of You. I was curious about some of her older books, plus I enjoyed the audiobook and wanted another fun listen. This book is about a woman who is stuck in her marriage and flumoxed by her teenaged kids – which READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | IF I WON THE LOTTERY…
Oh, man. This is such an open-ended prompt, because who couldn’t sit here all day spinning fantasies of the things they would do if they won the lottery? My fantasies have shifted since my medical issues have worsened – at the moment my #1 thing would be to move to a house with no READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TITLES THAT SOUND LIKE (ADULT) CRAYOLA COLOURS
I started this post off with the best of intentions, but it kind of slid into the gutter pretty quickly, and there was no getting back on the straight and narrow road once that happened! So these are some actual answers, and then some that would not be appropriate for the age of people READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Oh man, the last week has been an object lesson in when it rains, it pours. But, somehow, I did manage to get some reading in! Here’s what I read this week. Just shelved: I never planned to read A Children’s Bible, but am glad I gave it a try. It’s READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BECAUSE OF YOU – DAWN FRENCH
This is going to be a short review because I read this book a few months ago, and the details have gotten a bit fuzzy. I love Dawn French. Particularly right now – her short Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown revival and her podcast with Jennifer Saunders, Titting About, have been two of the READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER
I absolutely choose books based on all sorts of things that aren’t the reviews or the description. Covers, titles, aesthetic, topic, the interest of someone whose opinions I trust, an association with someone I care about… all kinds of things influence my decision to pick up a book. Here are some I add based READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS BY MY FAVOURITE AUTHORS I STILL NEED TO READ
This week’s topic was supposed to be “books I’d gladly throw into the ocean,” but I don’t usually continue with books I dislike, and that means I don’t generally read enough to develop a really strong hatred for books. So I couldn’t think of many I’d want to throw into the ocean. So I READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This is actually two weeks of reading, because last week was far too nuts for me to take the time to write one. I’m good(ish) at the posts I can schedule, but these Monday ones will be more sporadic because I have to do them live. That said, let’s get into what I’ve been READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SHE CAME TO SLAY – ERICA ARMSTRONG DUNBAR
For Black History Month, I wanted to learn more about some of the people who worked for freedom and civil rights. Harriet Tubman is a name I know, but I didn’t know the details of her life. So I decided to read this book and pair it with the film, Harriet. This book is READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | TV SHOWS I BINGED
I am big on TV, especially right now, for obvious reasons. I do like a good binge, and there are several shows I have binged in the past, or would binge if I could stop myself watching the episodes right away! Here are some of my more recent picks (or re-watches): Dear White People READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | PLACES IN BOOKS I’D LOVE TO LIVE
I love literary travels. I love feeling like I’ve been somewhere just because I’ve read about it, and I love when a made up place is so well written that I feel like it’s real. Here are some of the places I’ve read about and would love to go! Of course READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE NIGHT WATCHMAN – LOUISE ERDRICH
Louise Erdrich is a name I feel like I’ve heard many times for so long I can’t remember first hearing it. I’ve had at least two of her other books on my shelves for years – if not decades at this point – and yet this is the first of her books I’ve actually READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY LAST MEAL
I’m not a huge foodie. Mostly because I’m vegetarian, and there are very few big deal meals that don’t feature some kind of dead animal. I do have favourite meals, but there has only been one experience in my whole life that stood out for its culinary delights: visiting New Orleans. Of course, New READ MORE