2015 has been a pretty darn good reading year for me. Not only that, but it’s been varied – I’ve read great books from a whole bunch of different genres and styles. I mean really, it doesn’t get better than that! There were way more than 10 that stood out for me, but here READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SHADOW AND BONE – LEIGH BARDUGO
If you read YA books and haven’t been living under a rock, this series has been on your radar for a couple of years now. It’s been Tweeted about, quoted, squeed over and highly anticipated. As usual, I put off reading it because I’m wary of hype and worry that books won’t live up READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS I READ IN 2015
I’ve had a great reading year this year, so I’ve got a lot of authors to choose from for this post. there are a few obvious picks, and then some that took me wonderfully by surprise. So let’s get down to it! Michael Christie – If I Fall, If I Die Paula READ MORE
MONTHLY WRAP-UP | NOVEMBER 2015
Well, another month has come and gone! Here in Canada that means the weather is getting chilly and Christmas is, well, pretty much everywhere. I’m a fan of Christmas, though, so no complaints here! I haven’t been reading my usual variety of books lately, but I have gotten through a fair number of cozy READ MORE
MY WEEK ON WEDNESDAY | #26
Looking back, I haven’t done a My Week On Wednesday post in about two months. Oops! That was not the plan. Here’s hoping I can get back to my regular scheduled posting going forward. Here’s what I got into over the past week: Just shelved: I’ve been very into the READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | 2016 NOVELS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO
I have to admit that I’m not on top of 2016 releases at all. I don’t have any clue which books I should be eagerly anticipating, let alone which are debuts and which debuts are going to take the book world by storm. So I had to resort to Googling, and some of these aren’t READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA – BECKY ALBERTALLI
This book has been on my radar for months, mostly due to the hundreds of pictures featuring it along with packages of Oreos on my Twitter feed. I put off reading it half because I was scared it wouldn’t live up to the hype, and half because if it did, I wanted to save READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | EXTRAORDINARY MEANS – ROBYN SCHNEIDER
I started this book sitting in a bookstore and before I knew it I was in the third chapter. When I finally got my own copy and sat down to read it in earnest, I ended up finishing the entire thing in one sitting. Which is always a good sign. The story is an READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #94
Only one new book on my shelves this week, but it’s one I know I and many, many other readers have been anxiously awaiting since before it was even announced! Carry On – Rainbow Rowell So that’s it for my tiny week in books, but what about you guys? Anyone read this one yet? READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | DEBUT AUTHORS WHOSE NEXT BOOK I CAN’T WAIT TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is debut authors whose first book has me clamouring to read their second. I cannot even tell you how frustrated I become when I absolutely love a book, finish it, and then go looking for more…. only to discover there aren’t any yet! I mean, I guess it’s READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | M TRAIN – PATTI SMITH
This book took me by surprise. I read Just Kids earlier this year after hearing a lot of buzz about it, but not really knowing much about Patti Smith herself. Perhaps because I didn’t come to her book as a fan of her as an artist, I didn’t have the same craving for celebrity READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #93
Haven’t been getting much book mail lately because I’ve got more than enough on my TBR pile as it is. But I did add a couple of books in the past couple of weeks I’m excited about: Home Is Burning – Dan Marshall The Clasp – Sloane Crosley The Mark READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | HALLOWEEN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
I am the world’s biggest wuss. Seriously, I am. I’m fine with blood and gore, but anything even remotely creepy and I’m a wibbling mess. While I like the concept of Halloween, I really can’t handle the scarier aspects. This applies to pranks, movies and books. So when I was trying to decide what READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | DIETLAND – SARAI WALKER
It’s not hard to see why everyone has been talking about Dietland. This is a book that will challenge you. It’ll challenge you to think about your prejudices and pre-conceptions, it’ll make you uncomfortable, and it’ll even make you think about your ideas of wrong and right. Which makes it sound heavy and serious READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | 10 WISHES FROM THE BOOK GENIE
Okay, well obviously my first wish from the book genie, if there is such a thing, would be for unlimited further book-related wishes. But if that didn’t work, here are the top ten actual wishes I’d love to have granted. A new book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. If I had to READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS – M.R. CAREY
I read this book as a buddy read with Katie and Shaina, which was actually a really good thing, because I don’t think I would have stuck with it if I hadn’t been accountable to two other people. Which would have been my loss, because once I got past the initial world-building and slow beginning, it READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #92
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve done a Stacking the Shelves post – I haven’t picked up many new books lately and have been busy with life stuff that’s kept me off the blog more than I’d like. But here are a few that arrived this week! READ MORE
READATHON | DEWEY’S 24 HOUR READATHON
It’s that time of year again – time for Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon! It starts tomorrow (for a list of start times by time zone, go here) and goes all day long. I was supposed to be away right now, so I’m a bit late to the party, but better late than never, right? READ MORE