This is a fairly easy one! There’s always a ton of bookish stuff out there that’s super cute and that I immediately want to add to my clutter. An Ideal Bookshelf Print. I’ve got the book and really enjoy losing myself in the art that celebrates books. Lovely. I love reading socks. READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | ON MY TBR
Well, this could get long. I have SO MANY books on my TBR at any given moment, and now is certainly no exception. I’m currently reading for the BookTube Prize (fiction category), so of course that takes precedence, but I do have several others I want to read once I’m done! Books from my READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I HAVEN’T READ BUT WANT TO
There are so many authors I’ve meant to read for years, and just never gotten around to. So this week’s prompt is easy! Here are a few of the ones that come to mind currently. READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Finished one or two more books in the past few weeks to catch you up on. A couple of really cracking reads, and a couple other great ones underway! Just Shelved The 1619 Project was excellent. It’s based on the article that was originally published in The New York Times, and expands READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A TALENT I HAVE
This is a tricky one. I’m not someone who really has specific talents. When I asked the husband, he said my talents are managing multiple medical conditions simultaneously (though it was then pointed out that doesn’t necessarily mean managing them well), and making my kid laugh. Well, okay then. I’ll take it. Serious answer READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I RECENTLY UNHAULED (FREEBIE)
It’s a freebie this week, so I chose to share some of the books I’ve unhauled recently. I’ve been trying to clear off space on my bookshelves (and, let’s face it, in the various stacks of books randomly scattered around my house), so I’ve gotten rid of like 6 full boxes of books in READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Okay, so it has been MONTHS since I did a Monday post. September. No idea how it went that long, because I did read at least a few books in September and October. But I then went into my hibernation mode and didn’t finish a single book for three months. It’s been that way READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE I’D LIKE TO HAVE AS A PET
I don’t know much about mythological creatures if I’m being totally honest, so I definitely Googled this one. It was either that or defer to my 5-year-old, who would definitely say unicorn, and as a backup, UNICORN. Luckily there are lots, including this guy who I’d never even heard of: the Enfield. This READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | 21ST CENTURY BOOKS I THINK WILL BECOME CLASSICS
This is a hard one, because I don’t even get close to reading all the books that come out. I don’t even read all the big titles each year. So choosing future classics from the tiny sliver of books I’ve actually read is somewhat of a challenge. I’ve got some here that I legitimately READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY FAVOURITE PODCAST
Surprisingly (or not), I’ve gone overboard with this prompt. No way I can just choose one! Buckle up…. I think Nice White Parents is an important podcast for all of us to listen to, not just parents – particularly those in the US. It discusses segregated schooling and the ongoing impact READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH AN ADJECTIVE IN THE TITLE
This week’s prompt is “books with an adjective in the title.” I feel like this is a fairly broad category, so I’m going to look through my shelves and recent books on my Goodreads lists, and see which pop out first! READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING LUCKY
Man, this is turning out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. I think the basic things – being born in a peaceful country in a family who had secure housing and food and access to medical care (that one has really turned out to be important for me). Those READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS [PROBABLY NOT] ON MY SPRING 2022 TBR
Any of you who have been around for a while will be fully expecting what I’m about to say: I never, ever stick to a TBR that doesn’t have an outside component to it. If I’m reading books for something like a book club or prize, I’ll read them because I said I would READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOK SETTING I’D LIKE TO VISIT
I made the above image for a question similar to this sometime last year. It’s a view of the Italian countryside, one of the places I most want to visit. So basically the setting of Under the Tuscan Sun. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to go there now, though, because of various READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH MY FAVOURITE THEMES
There are several book themes that will usually draw me in. A lot of my favourite books of all time are about one of these themes, and a lot of the books I’m most looking forward to reading are as well. I couldn’t pick just one, so I’ve separated this post into a few READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FACTS ABOUT MY PETS
I’ve had a fair number of pets over the years and they’ve all been pretty awesome. I had a goldfish who used to enjoy it if I propped picture books up against his tank for him to “read” (I was 4 at the time, so he probably didn’t actually even notice). I had a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I HAVEN’T REVIEWED
This week’s prompt is a hard one, because mostly I have mentioned books by this point. But there are several that, while I may have mentioned them, I didn’t actually write reviews. So here are a selection of them. Some of these I haven’t reviewed yet. READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT I LEARNED LAST YEAR
So my first response to this is probably fairly obvious. Because it’s the same for all of us. We are all so consumed by COVID-19, that it feels like there’s little space for anything else. What did I learn last year? I learned that the vaccines we waited so long for wane significantly after READ MORE