This week’s prompt is bookstores we most want to visit. Which is a really long list for me, because I basically want to visit ALL of them. There are a few that come to mind first, so I’m including those. But in usual fashion, I’m putting a twist on the topic by also including READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I LEARNED THE MOST FROM
This week’s topic was “Back to School/Learning Freebie.” I chose the latter option, and am going with books I personally learned something important from. Because, while I loved College and think it’s safe to say I wouldn’t be the same person without having had that experience (mainly due to some amazing teachers and fortuitous READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FUTURE RELEASES I WOULD KILL TO GET MY HANDS ON EARLY
I’m behind on… well, all my reading… but there are some upcoming releases I am really dying to get my hands on despite my already massive TBR. Some of them, thanks to The Book Depository being situated in the UK, I have or will soon have. But others just aren’t available to little old READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HUNGER – ROXANE GAY
I’m a little ashamed to admit that this was my first foray into the work of Roxane Gay. I don’t know how, but I have somehow managed to miss her previously published works – though they all sound like they are exactly my kind of books. I was drawn to this because of the READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE BOOKS READ IN 2017
I’m tweaking this topic a little (as I seem to pretty much every week these days) because as you guys know, I’ve been behind on my reading in the last couple of years, and have only really gotten back into reading at all in the second half of the year. And because of that, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | A BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE THING – JEN WAITE
This is a memoir, but it reads more like a romance novel turned psychological thriller. In it Jen Waite shares the harrowing story of her fairytale marriage to a man who starts off as her soul mate and dream partner, but who becomes, more or less overnight, someone completely different. The book is Jen’s READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE POWER – NAOMI ALDERMAN
This is one of the books I’ve heard most about in the past six months, since it was nominated for (and later won, much to the surprise of many, myself included) the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction. This book is part dystopian fantasy, part sociological speculation. It brings to life a theoretical question many READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | REBECCA – DAPHNE DU MAURIER
I remember a battered copy of this book, mass market paperback, yellowed and curling pages, ugly cover, somehow making its way onto my bookshelves when I was a teenager. I can’t remember if I read the first few pages and decided it wasn’t my thing, or if I was put off by the cover. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR FOODIES
I have to admit I’m not really the best person for this week’s topic. I’m not a huge food person, and I don’t read books that center around food for this reason. So I’ve scoured my reading history for any books I can really remember food from – wherever possible in a positive light, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE LIE OF THE LAND – AMANDA CRAIG
This is only the second Amanda Craig book I’ve read (the other being Hearts and Minds, which was one of my favourite books of 2014) but I already feel like I can count her among my all-time favourite authors. The Lie of the Land is, at its center, about the dissolution of a marriage READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH CHARACTERS WHO…
I couldn’t decide on one category of characters for this post, so I kind of cheated and picked a few. On the plus side, you get a bit more variety! …Renewed my faith in humanity The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS TO PUT ON YOUR TBR IF YOU MISSED 2016 (LIKE I DID)
As any of you who have followed my blog for a while know, there was a long gap in my blogging (and reading) life over the past year or so. Which means that not only did you miss me (I assume), but I missed out on everything that was going on in the bookish READ MORE
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas day, and hoping you found many book-shaped packages under your trees!
STACKING THE SHELVES | #89
September has come with an overwhelming amount of long-anticipated and excellent-sounding book releases. So. Many. Good. Books. My pre-orders are rolling in like they heard there was a party with an open bar. This week brought several I’ve been hearing a lot about, and that I’ve been eagerly anticipating: Did You READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SERIES I HAVE YET TO FINISH
In 2013, when I first started reading again post-university, I was drawn to young adult books. Many of the ones I was drawn to were series I’d heard a lot of other bloggers raving about: Divergent, The Hunger Games, Shades of London. Some of the series were already published, so I was able to READ MORE
I’M ON VACATION! | SAN FRAN 2015
As of tomorrow I’ll be in San Francisco! It’s just for a week (don’t worry, I’m not defecting) and I’ve got a few posts scheduled to go up while I’m away, but I might be a little slow to publish/respond to comments while I’m out of town. In the meantime, you can see what I’m READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WIND/PINBALL – HARUKI MURAKAMI
Haruki Murakami’s newest book is actually a set of two novels (or novellas) that were the very first stories he ever wrote. This is the first time in years these two stories have been available in print – much less in English – and they provide a fascinating glimpse of this venerable writer’s beginnings. READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #85
I had a fantastic week for books this week. Not only did I get some great books I’ve been dying to get my hands on, but I spent a few days with my cousin who loves books at least as much as I do. We visited two of my favourite local used book stores, READ MORE