This is an interesting prompt. Because of my poor memory, however, I’m left wishing I’d known this was coming up while I’d been reading over the past decade or so, so I’d be able to make a list as I read. Now I have a hard time thinking of them, and I know I’ll READ MORE
Category: Link-Up
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t been reading as much lately, so I didn’t have anything to share last week. This week I was able to read a bit, but it’s still not very much to discuss! Here it is anyway. Just Shelved Both of these books are knitters (or knitting admirers) talking READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WOULD I MOVE TO A MARS SETTLEMENT
HAHA nope. Not even a tiny chance. For so many reasons, but if I had to bring it down to basics, I don’t like small spaces and generally space travel is quite a cramped affair. I also don’t love wide open spaces… so you know, it hits on both. I also quite like this planet, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY AUTUMN TBR
Here we go again – another list of books that I’m currently super excited about, but that will move down my TBR the second the post is published. Oh, to be someone who could actually set a list and then follow through! So here are books that look excellent that I most likely will READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE FAIRYTALE OR LEGEND AND WHY
I’m not really a fan of the fairy tales I read as a child – the European Grimm’s fairy tales being the majority of the genre from what I’ve experienced. Generally I find them problematic and upsetting, particularly if you look at the originals (like how in Cinderella the step sisters actually hacked off READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week! I finished four books this week, and they were all good – but two were even better. Now I’m just trying to figure out what to read next to keep the enjoyable experience going! Just Shelved I’ve had How to Keep READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SONG LYRICS I’VE MISHEARD
It’s been years since we didn’t have the internet to look song lyrics up on, so I don’t really remember. I know there were lots. I think I mis-heard Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and thought it was “his story” instead of “history” – let’s just say I was a precocious feminist and was afronted READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT DEFIED MY EXPECTATIONS
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
When I looked back in my Goodreads at what I read this week I was surprised to see I finished more books than I remembered! I thought I’d finished two, but instead…. Just Shelved . . I read People I Want to Punch in the Throat earlier in the summer, READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THE WEIRDEST THING I LOVED AS A CHILD
Seriously, where do they get some of these prompts from?? The inner depths of my repressed psyche? Cos that’s how it’s starting to feel. Weird things I liked as a child? I mean, I’m neurodivergent. So mostly it was weird things I didn’t like as a child. Can I do that instead? Yes because READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | WATER
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I had a decent reading week this week – but I can’t tell you anything more about it. So you’ll have to just take my word for it. Here’s what I read, and what I’m reading, and a few books I might (but probably won’t) read next. Just Shelved READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THREE FUN FACTS ABOUT ME
This is the kind of prompt that makes me want to hide under the covers for a week. Fun stories? About me? I mean. Like what? I don’t have a fascinating job or a bunch of travel tales. I don’t have any special skills. So this is not an easy one for me. Let’s READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | GENRE FREEBIE – BOOKS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS/NEURODIVERGENCE
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This one is a two-week edition because I didn’t have time to write it last week. Not that it matters much! I’m making good progress despite being busy in the garden and with my kid, who I’m loving having extra summer time with. We had a wonderful time yesterday repotting three varieties of mint READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A DOCUMENTARY I LIKED
This is a tough one because there have been several. I go through phases of niche interests and I try to go on a deep dive for each one. So over the years I’ve had several favourites on different topics. But when I look back there have been a couple that have stuck with READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS FROM DIFFERENT BOOKS I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
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