The blurb for this book grabbed my attention, because I really loved Ove. I read A Man Called Ove last year and it was one of my favourite books. I even liked the film. Eleanor Oliphant was less of a hit, but more because I took issue with some of the author’s decisions around READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I SHAKE OFF A BAD MOOD
For a long time in my life the answer to this would have been simple: I don’t. But over the past several years, with some hard work and (a lot of) therapy, I’ve made a lot of progress in feeling ownership and some modicum of control over my emotions. I can’t will myself out READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MINOR CHARACTERS WHO DESERVE THEIR OWN BOOK
This is an interesting prompt. Because of my poor memory, however, I’m left wishing I’d known this was coming up while I’d been reading over the past decade or so, so I’d be able to make a list as I read. Now I have a hard time thinking of them, and I know I’ll READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t been reading as much lately, so I didn’t have anything to share last week. This week I was able to read a bit, but it’s still not very much to discuss! Here it is anyway. Just Shelved Both of these books are knitters (or knitting admirers) talking READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WOULD I MOVE TO A MARS SETTLEMENT
HAHA nope. Not even a tiny chance. For so many reasons, but if I had to bring it down to basics, I don’t like small spaces and generally space travel is quite a cramped affair. I also don’t love wide open spaces… so you know, it hits on both. I also quite like this planet, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY AUTUMN TBR
Here we go again – another list of books that I’m currently super excited about, but that will move down my TBR the second the post is published. Oh, to be someone who could actually set a list and then follow through! So here are books that look excellent that I most likely will READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | FUNNY FARM – LAURIE ZALESKI
This was yet another book I stumbled across while browsing audiobooks, and as I’m currently really interested in outdoor life (more gardening, but I’ll extend that to farming or homesteading or, in this case, animal rescue farms), this caught my attention. It was even further piqued when I read the subtitle – my reaction READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE FAIRYTALE OR LEGEND AND WHY
I’m not really a fan of the fairy tales I read as a child – the European Grimm’s fairy tales being the majority of the genre from what I’ve experienced. Generally I find them problematic and upsetting, particularly if you look at the originals (like how in Cinderella the step sisters actually hacked off READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS
This prompt is not the easiest, but it’s also a great one. Because the relationships between characters in our books both tell us a tremendous amount about that character’s sense of self, place in the world and generosity of spirit, and help us feel emotionally connected to the story as it unfolds. They also READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week! I finished four books this week, and they were all good – but two were even better. Now I’m just trying to figure out what to read next to keep the enjoyable experience going! Just Shelved I’ve had How to Keep READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT – JEN MANN
Yet another book that has been languishing on my shelve for literal years – this seems to be a theme lately! This one came to my attention when I was unpacking my books after a recent move. I was looking for something on the light side, that would make me feel any kind of READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SONG LYRICS I’VE MISHEARD
It’s been years since we didn’t have the internet to look song lyrics up on, so I don’t really remember. I know there were lots. I think I mis-heard Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and thought it was “his story” instead of “history” – let’s just say I was a precocious feminist and was afronted READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT DEFIED MY EXPECTATIONS
This is an interesting topic. It manages to sum up both the best and worst parts of being a reader. Worst, because when you’re super excited to read a book, particularly if it’s one that has come highly recommended to you, and then it’s a let-down, the disappointment can be a physical sensation. On READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
When I looked back in my Goodreads at what I read this week I was surprised to see I finished more books than I remembered! I thought I’d finished two, but instead…. Just Shelved . . I read People I Want to Punch in the Throat earlier in the summer, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THAT WAS WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO WORRY – NANCY TUCKER
I’ve had this on my shelf for years. I’ve started it a few times. After finishing Joanna Cannon’s brilliant book about mental illness, Will You Read This, Please? I wanted more. So I picked this up again. It was time to give it a proper go. Similar to Cannon’s book, this is a compilation READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THE WEIRDEST THING I LOVED AS A CHILD
Seriously, where do they get some of these prompts from?? The inner depths of my repressed psyche? Cos that’s how it’s starting to feel. Weird things I liked as a child? I mean, I’m neurodivergent. So mostly it was weird things I didn’t like as a child. Can I do that instead? Yes because READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | WATER
This week’s prompt is books with water. It’s open to interpretation, so as per usual, I’ve created unnecessary work for myself by interpreting it in two ways and doing both. Because of course I did. Books with water in the title: READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I had a decent reading week this week – but I can’t tell you anything more about it. So you’ll have to just take my word for it. Here’s what I read, and what I’m reading, and a few books I might (but probably won’t) read next. Just Shelved READ MORE