I didn’t want to read this book. Not because I didn’t think it would be good – I’ve heard mainly positive things – but because I don’t love mythology, I’m not big on re-tellings, and I just finished reading Circe, which is both. But I’m so close to finishing the entire shortlist for this READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE BOOKS OF THE LAST DECADE
This week’s topic is favourite books of the past decade. I’m going through and choosing at least a couple for each year – not ones I necessarily read in that year, but my favourite of the books I’ve read that were released in that year. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451 – ANNIE SPENCE
I adore the concept of this book. Before I even opened it I was half in love, and ready to fall all the way. It’s a book of letters from an avid reader and librarian to the various books she has loved or hated most, books that are being removed from circulation, and books READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SPECIAL BOOKS
I am not just a reader, I am a book collector. As you can quickly tell by walking into my house, which has bookcases and stacks of books everywhere. I don’t generally lend out my books because I have had some bad experiences of either not getting them back, or getting them back damaged READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | NAKED AT THE ALBERT HALL – TRACEY THORN
If you read my review of Tracey Thorn’s first book, Bedsit Disco Queen, you’ll know that I’m an all-around fan of hers. I read this directly after finishing Bedsit, and mostly because I just couldn’t bear for it to be over. This isn’t a memoir, so it’s not a continuation of her first book. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | PAGE TO SCREEN
It’s the endless debate, isn’t it? Book or movie? Well, here are some to which I will eagerly say “Both!” (And a few extras that fall into different categories.) The Martian by Andy Weir I’m not normally into science fiction, but I was completely sucked into this book, and the movie almost lived READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE KISS QUOTIENT – HELEN HOANG
Who knows why, after the failure of One Day In December I chose to read another romance story, but I guess I don’t have to make sense. In my defense, I didn’t really realize this one was straight up romance when I got myself into it. I thought it was more like The Rosie Project – READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS THAT REMIND ME OF MYSELF
This week’s topic is hard because most of the characters I identify with are probably more because I see things in them I aspire to more than things I actually am. Or I see something in how they deal with things or see the world. I haven’t met many characters that really remind me READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE WIFE BETWEEN US – GREER HENDRICKS & SARAH PEKKANEN
I went into this with very high expectations. I’d seen it discussed by everyone who reads thrillers, it was one of the nominees for Goodreads’ best thriller of the year, and Lala from Books and Lala, who read all the Goodreads’ nominees, chose this as her favourite and talked about how surprising the twist READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS
This week’s prompt is inspiring or thought-provoking quotes. Which is a great topic, but I don’t write down quotes. I don’t even mark them in books. So while there have been many that have made me pause recently, I don’t have any way of finding them – other than re-reading all the books, which READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | CIRCE – MADELINE MILLER
Greek mythology is not my thing. I’ve never read any of the original myths, nor have I had much exposure to movies or re-tellings based on them. I’m not quite sure why – I know some of them are rippingly good yarns – but they just don’t appeal to me. Perhaps a little too READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MY FIRST TEN REVIEWS
Oh man, this week’s prompt takes me back. The first reviews I wrote weren’t for this blog, and the site I wrote them on no longer exists, so I can’t go back to the very beginning. So instead, I’ve gone back and found the first ten reviews I wrote on my original book blog, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | RAINY DAY READS
Seasonal reads are different for everyone. Some people love to read books set in warm temperatures when it’s winter because it transports them. Others save up snowy backdrops to match their real-life weather conditions. Some people like to read scary books or thrillers when they’re stuck inside so they’re completely absorbed in what they’re READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BEDSIT DISCO QUEEN – TRACEY THORN
I adored this book. Let me say that straight off. Here’s why. First of all, you have to know who Tracey Thorn is. She is possibly the voice of my adolescence, being that hers was the one I loved most. Though she is best known as the singer for Everything But the Girl, that’s READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CRAZY THINGS ONLY BOOK LOVERS UNDERSTAND
This week’s topic is outrageous things you’ve done for the love of books, and honestly I’m having trouble coming up with much. So I’m going to twist the topic a bit and talk about ridiculous habits bookworms can all relate to! A few of them are a little outrageous, too. 1. Referring to characters READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ORDINARY PEOPLE – DIANA EVANS
I came across this book last fall while browsing titles online. I loved the cover, and even more the description of the book. First of all, it’s set in London, and you all know how much of a sucker I am for that particular setting. Second, it’s about two young couples with young children READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS THAT MAKE ME PICK UP A BOOK
This week’s topic is an interesting one. I remember reading about this in Anne Fadiman’s book Ex Libris. She talked about how most readers have an odd niche interest in their reading – in her case, arctic exploration. She couldn’t explain exactly why, but books on this topic fascinate her and she has a READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER – OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE
Though it’s a thriller at heart, this is one of those books that seems to somewhat defy categorization. This seems to be upheld by its recent selection for the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, a list that, in the few years I’ve been following it, hasn’t favoured the thriller genre. Before seeing it on READ MORE