I’m not sure what made me choose this book when I did. I had just started using Audible, and I hadn’t yet built a library of books to choose from. This one wasn’t too expensive, and I remembered hearing good things, so I downloaded it. I was out walking to an appointment one day, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SPRING 2019 TBR
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know my abysmal track record with setting and completing TBRs. It just doesn’t happen. But I can never resist making them! So here are the books that, at this current moment (and probably only for this one specific moment in time) are READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | NORMAL PEOPLE – SALLY ROONEY
It has been a long time since I read this book, and in the intervening months, an odd thing has happened. When I read this book, I loved it and thought it was wonderfully written. I still think this, but the down time has put some distance between me and the reading experience has READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | STAND-ALONE NOVELS THAT NEED A SEQUEL
This week’s prompt is stand-alone books that need a sequel. I’m going to attack this from a couple of sides. A few will be books that I felt needed more information or that the story didn’t quite feel finished to me. The other is books that I just loved so much that I would READ MORE
WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | 2019 LONGLIST
The longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 has now been announced! And I managed to guess nearly half of the books on it, so I’m pretty happy about that (and it would have been half except I couldn’t find UK publication dates for one and thought it wasn’t eligible… but I’ll go READ MORE
CANADA READS | 2019 LONGLIST, SHORTLIST AND PANEL
It’s that time of year again, the time all literary Canadians have come to anticipate with bated breath. Or at least, this one does. The Shortlist for this year’s Canada Reads debate has been announced, along with this year’s panelists! I’m including the Longlist here as well, because I know I enjoy seeing all READ MORE
WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | MY 2019 LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s nearly time for one of my favourite book awards of the year to announce its 2019 longlist! That’s right, the Women’s Prize for Fiction announcement is coming up on March 4, less than a week from now! I haven’t had the best reading year, so I haven’t read very many books that are READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I MIGHT ADD TO MY 2019 TBR
This week’s prompt is books that I’m on the fence about – books that are coming out soon, but that I’m not sure if I want to read. There are always a lot of these, since there are far more books coming out than one person could ever read. Here are a few I’m READ MORE
READING CHALLENGE | POPSUGAR 2019 READING CHALLENGE
I really enjoy the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge because it has so many prompts and they vary so widely. Of course this also makes it one of the hardest to complete, and if I ever do manage to do so, I’m fairly sure there will be some sort of prize ceremony involved. A book READ MORE
READING CHALLENGE | BOOK RIOT’S READ HARDER 2019
We all know by now that there’s no way I’m going to complete any reading challenges this year, except maybe for my Goodreads goal. But that’s no reason to ignore them completely – if I even manage to tick off two or three of the challenges from this list this year I’ll call it READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO MY TBR
I haven’t been doing a very good job of updating my online TBR, so these aren’t necessarily the most recent books I’ve added to it, but rather the ones I can remember at the moment! Some of these I’m eagerly anticipating, others I have more of a passing interest in. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I MEANT TO READ IN 2018
I only read a small amount of books in 2018 – less than one full length book every two weeks. So let’s just say there are a lot of books I wanted to read and didn’t get to! Since there are so many, I’m just using cover images and only including the ones that stand READ MORE
END-OF-YEAR SURVEY | 2018
Well, it appears that I took another unintended break from blogging over the holidays – I always underestimate just how busy I’ll be at this time of year! But it seemed a good idea to come back with a look back at the past year of reading, a good way to wrap it up READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COSY READS
There are a few categories of books I enjoy reading when it’s cold outside. Here they are, along with a few recommendations from those categories and some books I have on my TBR. Series Nothing makes me feel cosier than cuddling up and diving into a series I know will keep me completely READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BACKLIST TBR
I have so many backlist titles on my TBR that a list could literally run into the thousands. So the list below is a combination of some of the classics on my list and some of the books I’m most frustrated with myself for not having read yet. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKSHOPS I LOVE AND WANT TO VISIT
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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LONGEST BOOKS ON MY “READ” SHELF
Short and sweet this week – in contrast to the topic! Here are the longest books on my Goodreads “read” shelf: I Know This Much Is True – 897 pages The Mists of Avalon – 884 pages Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – 870 pages READ MORE
SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE & MAN BOOKER | 2018 SHORTLISTS
It feels like just yesterday that this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist was announced, but apparently it wasn’t because yesterday saw the shortlist released! This will be a short post because I haven’t yet finished any of the books (the past few weeks have been crazed and reading has somewhat gone out the window READ MORE