Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  This prompt is not the easiest, but it’s also a great one. Because the relationships between characters in our books both tell us a tremendous amount about that character’s sense of self, place in the world and generosity of spirit, and help us feel emotionally connected to the story as it unfolds. They also READ MORE

  This is an interesting topic. It manages to sum up both the best and worst parts of being a reader. Worst, because when you’re super excited to read a book, particularly if it’s one that has come highly recommended to you, and then it’s a let-down, the disappointment can be a physical sensation. On READ MORE

  This week’s prompt is books with water. It’s open to interpretation, so as per usual, I’ve created unnecessary work for myself by interpreting it in two ways and doing both. Because of course I did.   Books with water in the title:                             READ MORE

  This is a topic I’ve been reading a lot about over the last few years – longer, even. It’s one that’s close to my own experiences and the experiences of people in my life, and one I find very fascinating. I started reading about depression, then anxiety, and various other issues like bipolar disorder READ MORE

  This, potentially, is a fun one. If I can get my memory to work properly, which is always a bit of a crapshoot if I’m being honest. But here we go, let’s see what I come up with *cracks knuckles.*   Hermione Granger (The Harry Potter series) and Matilda Wormwood (Matilda) Anne Shirley (Anne READ MORE

  I get most of my book recommendations online. Wether it’s from a BookTube channel, another blog, or indeed from someone who has left a nugget of literary gold in a comment, the online book community is a rich repository of great books I’ve yet to discover. It’s hard to remember exactly where I heard READ MORE

  I’ve tried to delve into the recesses of my mind to think of some great books I’ve read that I don’t hear discussed that much, and that I really enjoyed. I’ve started with some I read and loved as a child – so definitely qualify as backlist – then progressed to more recent but READ MORE

  I constantly DNF books, but then I also constantly return to partially-read and often mostly forgotten books and pick them up again. So this is a hard one for me, because DNFing a book isn’t a big dramatic decision for me as it can sometimes be for the more committed readers among you. I’ll READ MORE

  I like this week’s prompt – it allows me to choose widely varied books from all kinds of genres, some I’ve read, some I haven’t, and it’s not going to be that hard. So here are some I found by perusing my shelves, looking back over what I’ve read and just thinking about it READ MORE

  I came across this prompt in the archives, and it seemed to be a good one that I don’t think I’ve written about before. It will, however, require a bit of thought. I’ve read and forgotten more characters than people I’ve met in real life, and remembering some of my favourites might be easy, READ MORE

  This week’s prompt was book covers in the colours of my country’s flag because it’s (I think?) Independence Day or something in the US this week. Unfortunately, I’m from Canada. Which doesn’t give me many options, since the only colours on my flag are white and red. Here are the most interesting books I READ MORE

  I always find these posts stressful these days, because I’m not up on new books the way I used to be. That said, it’s also a really exciting moment when I come across an upcoming release from a favourite author that I didn’t know about or stumble upon a book that I’d never have READ MORE

  Whenever one of these prompts come up my instinct is pretty much just, “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” That’s it. I don’t ever stick to any list I’ve planned to read without any outside pressure. Not ever. Not even once. So I could literally put anything on this list and it would have neither any more or less READ MORE

  I always have a long and ever-growing wishlist of books I’ve heard about online, been told to read, discovered through browsing bookish lists or, in the old days, have come across in a bookshop but didn’t have sufficient cash on hand to purchase. To say that I will never own all the books I READ MORE

  Any of you who have been here for a while known summer and I do not get along. I don’t do well with heat, I am allergic to pollen and air pollution (which increases during hot temperatures), and I burn super easily. So you won’t find me lounging on a beach during summer, you’ll READ MORE

  This week’s topic is following on from last week’s in reverse – last week was what makes me want to read a book, this week is what makes me not want to read a book. Like last week, it’s more about feelings and vibes than defined things, but I’m going to try to put READ MORE

  I’m a big mood reader, and I don’t have a specific strategy for choosing what I read. There are so many things that can attract me to a book, that it’s hard to really prioritize a list. So here are some of the factors, in no particular order: The cover. I mean, who am READ MORE

  As some of you know, I’ve had a bit of a rocky year so far – both in terms of events going on in my life, and my reading progress (in the sense that there hasn’t been all that much). But I do have some solid reasons why this time, and here they are: READ MORE