Hmmmm. I mean, I don’t think there are any I absolutely refuse to read. There are always exceptions. But there’s one I do tend to avoid: romance stories where one character is in a relationship and you’re supposed to root for them to fall in love with someone else and either cheat or break READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | SCHOOL FREEBIE – BOOKS THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON
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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Not as good of a reading week for me this week, but I did discover some new graphic novels that are lovely, and I’m making progress (though slow) in a couple of print books and one audiobook! Let’s dive in. Just Shelved I haven’t read as much this week as READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKMARK, SCRAP PAPER, DOG EAR….?
Oh, this one is easy: All of the above and then some. I’ve been known to dog ear pages when it’s a book I don’t care so much about or when I need to mark a particular poignant passage and don’t have any page markers. I’ve got a huge collection of bookmarks, recently added READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SERIES I WISH HAD MORE BOOKS
I don’t read that many series, so this is a hard one for me. Made even harder by the fact that I don’t always want more books from the series I do read. So I’ll do my best, but some of these might be a bit of a stretch! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Not my best reading week ever, but also not my worst. I had one book that was a bit of a flop, one that was good, but not fantastic, and one that was a very pleasant surprise. So here they are! Just Shelved Dark Sacred Night is the READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHERE WOULD I SPEND ONE DAY IN THE PAST?
Hmm. This is a tough one. I don’t go in for the past, generally. I don’t even read much historical fiction. I’m not thrilled with the way things are going in the world right now, but I do tend to feel like in a lot of ways most points in the past were as READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LOVE THAT WERE PUBLISHED 10+ YEARS AGO
This prompt isn’t a particularly hard on, as I’ve been reading for 35 or so years now! There are plenty of books I love that are more than a decade old. Some significantly older! I’ll start with a recent re-read, and go from there! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week, and a couple of very enjoyable books! I had an urge to read thrillers this week, so that was most of what I finished. I was pleasantly surprised, as I haven’t read any in a while! Just Shelved I read Reckless Girls on READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THOUGHTS ON FAN FICTION
You know, I’ve never really read any fan-fic. So I haven’t really thought much about it. I guess I feel like if it is a positive outlet, a way for someone to join into a world they want to be part of (especially if it’s to help them deal with a real world that READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TITLES THAT MADE ME CURIOUS
I’ve already done the prompt for this week – hilarious book titles – here. So this week I’m going to do a bit of a tangential prompt. I’m going to list some books with titles that made me really, really curious! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week for me! I’m feeling proud of myself for finally getting to a few books that have been on my TBR since last year (or longer) and for tackling a couple that were a bit more difficult. I hit some light fiction, heavy memoir, dark fiction. And three of the four (true READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WEIRDEST FOOD YOU LOVE
I am NOT an adventurous eater. I don’t eat meat or seafood because I don’t like the strong flavours, I don’t like squishy textures like okra or eggplant, I don’t like strong cheeses and there are several vegetables I don’t like the flavour of. So when it comes to weird food… well, pretty much READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, somehow I’ve gone from struggling to get through a single book over weeks to zooming through a record amount in no time at all! I suppose it’s the intoxicating feeling of being able to read anything I want after four months of prize reading (not that I didn’t enjoy the prize reading – READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY BOOKCASE
I laughed when I saw this prompt. That would be a huge post, and that’s not even accounting for the fact that most of my bookcases are double stacked. That is so not happening. So I’ve taken a photo of one, the one that my Dad and I made together when I was in READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON PAST SEASONAL TBRS I HAVE ACTUALLY READ
This week’s prompt was actually books on previous seasonal TBRs you haven’t read. But I figured, given my inability to stick to TBRs, looking at the books I have read would be a shorter post. So here they are. How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I have had a great reading week. Seriously, it’s been pretty fantastic. I’ve found a new favourite book, I’ve re-read a favourite modern classic, I’ve found a funny book about mental illness (I know it sounds weird, but humour is my coping mechanism, so the worse the situation, the more inappropriate humour I employ READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | PERFECT WEEKEND GETAWAY
I don’t really do weekend getaways since the kid arrived. But if I did, it would be simple. I’d find a nice little AirBNB where I’d have quiet and privacy. I’d find some great take out in the area. I’d carefully select my reading material. If possible I’d also locate a nearby bookshop to READ MORE