I’m getting old. I mention this, because my memory is not what it used to be. I can’t remember the names of songs I just listened to, I find myself forgetting not only what films were about, but whether or not I’ve even watched them until I’m halfway through. I’ve had a feeling a READ MORE
Category: Link-Up
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | REQUIRED READING IN SCHOOLS
This is a good prompt. I also like that it’s not a specific question. It could be interpreted in several ways. Should there be required reading in schools? What did I read for required reading when I was in school? Which books do I think should be required reading in schools? First question, I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH PET PEEVES
Oh man. I imagine this week is opening CANS of worms! I plan to open up a few of my own. Here goes cracks knuckles! Let’s get started with a contentious issue in the book world: I find it upsetting when people say that audiobooks don’t count as reading. There are a bunch READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | I WISH SOMEONE WOULD INVENT…
I’m not really one for dreaming about inventing stuff. I probably should be – my Dad is a very talented Industrial Designer who has designed pretty much everything at some point – but I don’t seem to have inherited much of those genes. There are lots of useful things that would be great. A READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I DIDN’T THINK I’D LIKE
This week’s topic is a freebie, so I decided to come up with my own. I’m thinking back over books that, for one reason or another, I didn’t expect to like going in, but that I really, really did. Either they’re a genre I don’t usually enjoy, an author I didn’t get along with READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT MAKES ME LOL
Hmm. I enjoy laughter, but it take a fair amount to make me laugh out loud. Usually my type of humour is on the darker, more irreverent, usually sweary end of the spectrum. British and all that. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to give examples of shows I found funny or share some READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR
I feel the need to say, yet again, though all of you who come here often already know, that I am not good at being told what to do. This applies to people in authority who I do not trust, but also to myself. I can choose a list of books I’m super excited READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS TO PUT IN A TIME CAPSULE
This week’s challenge prompt is books to include in a time capsule and why. I’m having a bit of trouble with this one. I think because the idea behind a time capsule is to capture a particular point in time and save it for posterity. But we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH NUMBERS IN THE TITLE
I was expecting this to be so, so hard. I was picturing scouring my shelves with growing stacks of fruitless picks all around me, my hair disheveled and muttering incomprehensibly to myself as we approached Monday night. Surprisingly, it was incredibly easy! I just searched my cover images by one number after the other READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT I DO TO RECHARGE
This week’s topic is what I do to recharge. And if I’m honest, after more than a year and a half of COVID-19, I don’t really know anymore. I feel like I’ve been functioning on like 25% of a charge for at least a year and 5 months of that. I vaguely remember something READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT’LL MAKE YOU SMILE
This week’s prompt was books that will make you smile, but let’s face it. What we all need right now isn’t a half-hearted little smile. What we need is some raucous belly laughter. So I’ve tried to pick some of the funniest books I have read. These oughta do the trick! READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Slightly better reading week than last week, though still not as good as the week before! I managed to finish four books, and am part way through a couple more. I even really enjoyed them! Just shelved: I have been hearing great things about Aristotle and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS AND AUTHORS I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH
This week’s topic is literary crushes, which I don’t really do. I’m not much for romance and don’t really have much interest in falling for people who don’t exist. It’ll just further frustrate me to deal with real people. So instead this week I’m sharing some of the characters and authors I’d love to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This week wasn’t as good a reading week as lat week. Not even close. I tried several books, but I had a hard time getting one to stick. I finally settled on the one below, but that was pretty much it! Just shelved: I had heard really mixed reviews of this one READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WISH I COULD READ AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME
There are so many books I wish I could enjoy again for the first time. To recapture the magic I experienced while immersing myself in to a world that welcomed me with open arms and said, “you belong here.” These are just a few of them. READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I’ve had probably the most prolific reading week ever this week. I managed to get through seven books in as many days, something I don’t think I can claim to having managed in the past! I have no idea why or how. But I definitely enjoyed it! There were even some new favourites in READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE PLACES TO READ
This week’s topic is favourite places to read. When it comes down to it, these days I don’t really have many options – it’s my bed, my armchair or my kitchen barstools. But throughout my life, there have been lots of places I’ve really loved curling up or lounging with a good book. So READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I didn’t have the best reading week – I’m not really sure why, I just wasn’t in the mood to read as much as usual. But I did finish one book early this morning, and it’s one from my TBR list last week! Yay! Just shelved: I enjoyed Harold Fry. It wasn’t READ MORE