Another busy week this week – birthday parties and family stuff all weekend – so not much time to read this week! I didn’t finish anything, but did listen to a bit of a couple of audiobooks while doing mindless tasks. Just Shelved Nothing this week! Currently Reading READ MORE
Category: Link-Up
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | YA BOOKS AS AN ADULT?
This week’s prompt: Have you ever looked at the young adult book section in a modern bookstore and felt out of touch or old? Hmmm. Yes and no, I suppose. There are usually some books that seem really immature and silly that make me realize that actually I’m probably no longer able to appreciate them READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS BY CANADIAN AUTHORS
This week’s prompt is supposed to be “authors who live in my state/country,” but I decided to broaden it slightly to just Canadian authors, not specifically those who live here – that way it includes authors with Canadian parents, who grew up here but left, or who are from somewhere else but moved here. If READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Wow it’s been a busy week, and we’re only just getting started! May seems to be birthday month around here – so many birthdays happening, it seems, back to back with one another. We’re already feeling overwhelmed and exhausted – and there are plenty more still to come next week! But it has been beautiful READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | REVIEW PROCESS (OR LACK THEREOF)
This week’s prompt: What’s your typical process for writing a book review, from reading the book to publishing the review on your blog? Hmmm. Well, I guess you’d call it procrastinatory. I read a whole bunch of books, then I realize I haven’t written reviews for any, so I’ll try to write a bunch at READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS I WANT YOUTH TO DISCOVER
You know, I’ve thought about this thanks to various different prompts and being a parent. I’ve made lists of books I was introduced to in school that I am glad to have read, and lists of books that have meant a lot to me in my own reading life that I’d want to share. I’ve READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH THE WORD “LIFE” IN THE TITLE
This week’s prompt is “Books with the Word [Insert Word Here] in the Title” and I spent some time thinking about which word to choose. There were lots of options I considered – flower, girl, rain, mountain, body, quiet…. But in the end, I settled on “Life.” I liked the variety of different types of READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, it has been another busy week! A good one though, as my aunt and uncle were visiting from the UK and we got to spend a couple of days with them. I haven’t seen them in years, and they’d never met my kiddo, so it was really nice to be able to connect them. READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | DO I HAVE ENOUGH SHELVES? (NO.)
This week’s prompt: Do you have enough shelves for all your books? Hahahaha nope. I’m doing better than I was, but only because they’re all double stacked and I got a new one when we moved that’s quite large. I am, however, trying not to buy books in print unless they’re ones I need to READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THINGS I WISH MORE BOOKS TALKED ABOUT
There are so many things I could include in a prompt asking what I wish more books talked about. Everything from chronic illness to pain to neurodivergence to mental health. All of those are very much on my list. But I think, lately, the thing I feel is most noticeably thin on the ground is READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT SURPRISED ME
I originally planned to split this post and do some that surprised me in a good way, followed by some that surprised me in a bad way. But once I got started on the good surprises, it was difficult to switch gears, so the closest I got to one that went wrong was a book READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a busy week, but mostly a good one! We’ve gotten out into the garden a bit and it’s looking slightly more tidy. We had a new tenant move into our downstairs suite, and met the two dogs who will be living there, which was lovely. I finished a few books. I got a READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | DO I KNOW THIS SONG?
This week’s prompt: Do you know the Night Song in the Jungle? No. What’s that? Do tell me if you know. The Book Blogger Hop is a weekly blog link-up that gives participants a different book-related question to ponder each week, and allows them to share their thoughts, find new blogs to follow and connect READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS I DISCOVERED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Well this is a tricky one, because it’s nearly all of them, especially if you’re including blogs and videos. I used to spend an inordinate amount of time watching BookTube, and my TBR is comprised mostly of books discovered via these readers and the blogging community I follow (i.e., all of you!). Some I found READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MY UNPOPULAR BOOKISH OPINIONS
Hmmm. This is always a tough one for me for a couple of reasons. The first is that I am probably fairly boring in terms of my bookish opinions. I don’t really have many that are controversial, at least not that I find so. But the main one is that I think having strong opinions READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, it’s been a better week this week! My allergies are still awful, but I’m dealing with them. We had a great weekend – it’s finally sunny here, so we all got out into the garden and worked on tidying it up, planting a few things and adding some fresh compost to the soil in READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE ME TO FINISH A BOOK?
This week’s prompt: How many days does it usually take you to finish reading a book? Well that’s me put on the spot! I’d say this varies a lot. There are some books that I read in print and only get to occasionally. Sometimes I’ll read a few pages a night, others a few pages READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | 10 UNUSUAL THINGS ABOUT ME
I have been putting this one off for so long that it’s now overdue! Unusual things about me? Ten?? I don’t think so. I’m a fairly ordinary person in my estimation! Hmmmm. Let’s see what I can come up with. I have ADHD, which is not at all uncommon, but does lead to some interesting READ MORE