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
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NEW OR USED BOOKS?
Well, this is easy: both. All of the above. But to go into more detail, it depends. I love new books, particularly now that I have respiratory issues so I don’t want books that are moldy or smell of cigarette smoke or are full of animal fur or even dust. So these days, if READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ABOUT PLACES I’D LIKE TO GO ON VACATION
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It hasn’t been a great reading week. It’s hasn’t been a great week full stop, really. But I’m here, still kicking, and though this coming week is going to be a stress-fest, who knows. The week after might kick ass, right? Lie to me if you must. Just Shelved I READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING SCI-FI I WISH WERE REAL
Those of you who have been around for a while will know that I don’t generally read sci-fi. So I have a limited frame of reference for this question, and some of the things I can think of are sort of like maybe they’d be cool or maybe they’d be a terrible idea. Like READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVE BOOKSTORES
It has been two plus years since I last set foot in a bookstore, but I think I vaguely remember them. I do have some favourites, most in other places than where I live. So I’ve got a few pictures to share from some of my travels! New Orleans Faulkner House Books READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, it’s been a week. My kid was sick last weekend. Then my partner got very sick at the end of this week, then I got sick this weekend. So that definitely made this a not so great reading week in terms of amount read. I’m also reading a really long book that I READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | LIBRARY OR BUYING BOOKS?
Well, another easy answer: both. I used to enjoy going to the library with my kid to borrow books – it was fun to explore the shelves and see which the librarians would recommend. Since COVID though, we don’t go in person to indoor spaces that we don’t absolutely have to go to. So READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TYPOGRAPHIC BOOK COVERS
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another week gone by just like that! It was a bit of a long one – second week of school for the little one, who managed to pick up some kind of bug that caused a horrendous 24 hours of vomiting and feeling generally horrid. So that was our weekend. Now I’m just waiting READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY LEAST FAVOURITE CHORE
Oh man. I mean, there are so many! How do I narrow it down to just one? I hate all of them. Every single one. I particularly dislike scrubbing bathtubs, because I’ve got a bad back and that always hurts. I also hate changing laundry over for the same reason – lots of bending. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS (MAYBE) ON MY AUTUMN 2022 TBR
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It has been a week! My kid just started a new school last week and it’s very different for all of us (in no small part due to getting up earlier than we had to all summer!), so I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I have been. That said, the books I READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT MAKES ME PICK UP A BOOK
I kind of covered this a little bit last week – there are certain topics that will always attract me to a book. But there are other reasons I’ll pick one up and at least check it out: If it’s been recommended to me or I’ve seen a lot of bookish people talking about READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS IN THE TITLE
This is such an interesting prompt! I’d never thought about geographical terms in book titles before, but now that I have I’m seeing them everywhere! Here are some of the books I was able to find fairly easily that have geographical terms in them – I think city was really interesting in the variety READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I totally forgot to do a post last week – I only noticed when I went looking for my post to see what I’d finished since then! So this week will be a two-fer as I’ll be covering both. Let’s get started! Shelved Last Week I’ve READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A PLOTLINE I LOVE TO READ
This week’s prompt is the opposite of last week’s but just as difficult. Maybe even harder. Plotlines I always want to read? Well, I do like novels about people who learn about themselves. Especially if they’re people who live alone and kind of like it that way and read a lot. I enjoy a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LOVED SO MUCH I HAD TO BUY THEM
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