Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  I had the best reading year I’ve had since 2015 in terms of amount read (I finished 80 books, which is a fair amount for me). But I also read a lot of books I really enjoyed. Some were re-reads, others were random picks from my ancient TBR shelves and digital shelves, others were READ MORE

    As any book lover knows, there’s really nothing better than finding book-shaped packages under the tree on Christmas morning*. I remember when I was a kid, I loved opening my presents, and I was thrilled by the clothes and jewelry and art supplies and other random thoughtful gifts – but the books would READ MORE

  Well, this should be easy as long as no one checks up on my progress. I have a list of books I want to read next sitting on my bedside table right now, but I also know the chances of me reading them in the near future are very slim! But, as of today, READ MORE

  This week’s prompt was a freebie, so I thought I’d share some books that surprised me. Either because they had great plot twists or character reveals, or because they didn’t go where I expected, or because I ended up having a totally different reaction to them than I expected to have.        READ MORE

  Today I’m going to share some books that I’m thankful for – books that picked me up when I was down, books that made me feel seen, books that taught me something I didn’t know or shared an important perspective on life. These books all meant something special to me, and I recommend all READ MORE

  This is an interesting theme, because it’s a lot more open-ended than it seems at first glance. This could be the typical romantic conclusion type of “awww” moment, but it could also be so many other kinds. When someone who has been through a rough time experiences a kindness. When someone breaks through their READ MORE

  I’m not much for Halloween. So the idea of a Halloween freebie post isn’t as easy as it might seem on the surface. So I’m doing a bit of a sideways approach. I’m doing some book that are a bit spooky (have supernatural elements), but also some that have a form of magic (or READ MORE

  I love finding interesting words. Words that sound odd, words that make you giggle just to say them, words that are fun to say… I just get such enjoyment out of some of the words out there! So here are a few of my favourite fun words.   Scallywag /ˈskaləˌwaɡ,ˈskalēˌwaɡ/ noun INFORMAL noun: scallywag a READ MORE

  This week’s prompt was books you’ve read on vacation – bonus if you can tell us where you read them. I’ve got no idea. I haven’t been on vacation in over 7 years. I can’t remember what I had for breakfast. There’s just no way. So instead I’m sharing a few books about places READ MORE

  This is an interesting prompt, because it seems so simple at first, but when you really start to look for books with typographic covers (meaning covers that are mostly words), there is actually so much variation, and so many interesting ways that the words can be placed and used. So here are some I READ MORE

  I’m not really one for TBRs, as you all know, so instead of an actual TBR with intent, I’m listing some books that are coming out soon, have come out recently or have been on or near the top of my list of books I really want to read for a while and aren’t READ MORE

  I mean, I am usually pretty good at figuring out which books I won’t want to keep and borrowing those ones from the library. So this might be a bit of a challenging prompt for me, but I’ll do my best to come up with some! I can think of one, at least….   READ MORE

  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