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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR – PAUL KALANITHI
This is probably one of the best-known memoirs to come out in the past decade. It’s written by a neural surgeon who was diagnosed with terminal cancer just as he was preparing to finish his training. So going into it, you know it’s going to be an intense read, and that you should probably 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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THIS BOOK IS ANTIRACIST – TIFFANY JEWELL
This Book is Anti-Racist is a graphic non-fiction book for young readers that covers the basics of racism – history, terminology, identities, and how to deal with and address it. I picked it up mostly because I liked the graphic style and have been looking for books on the topic for any age, as I 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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | ALONE TOGETHER – JENNIFER HAUPT, ED.
The past year and a half has been rough. For everyone. In the entire world. Most of us have suddenly had to narrow our lives down to only a few people, some of us haven’t even had that. We’ve been coping with fear, loss, uncertainty. Some of us have been coping with death or 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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD – ANNE TYLER
The title of this book is the first thing that drew me in. Who is this redhead? What are they doing by the side of the road? Why are they there? How did they get there? It fascinated me, and I wanted to find out the answers – turns out the explanation isn’t anything READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A RECIPE I LOVE
I am not a great cook. I can do okay meals, they’re edible, sometimes nutritious. But I’m not about to start making up my own recipes at any point in the near future – or probably ever. So the best I can do for you guys is share a recipe I’ve made from the 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
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HOMELAND ELEGIES – AYAD AKHTAR
This book caught my attention when it first came out – the premise is timely and interesting, and I was curious to explore the mixture of fiction and non-. This novel is about a man called Akhtar (like the author), a playwright who has reached some acclaim (like the author). The novel traces his READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A BOOK I WANT ADAPTED
Finally, an easy one! I wouldn’t have found this one as easy even a couple of weeks ago. I probably would have found a few, and done my typical thing of giving you guys a list for a one-item question. But not this week! I actually have an answer! Yep, I have one book READ MORE