Greetings from San Francisco! Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and READ MORE
5 FRIDAY FAVES | BOOKS I READ BETWEEN APRIL & AUGUST
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite Books You’ve Read Between April and August.” *rubs hands with glee* 1. Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff Oh, I just READ MORE
55 QUESTIONS ABOUT BOOKS | PART ONE
I wrote the first half of this post once already, and somehow Blogger deleted it. You have no idea how irritated I am right now. So this is the second version, which is bound to be nowhere near as good. Just do me a favour and pretend it’s like 10% funnier than it is as READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #30
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
I’M ON VACATION!
As you read this, I’m on a plane somewhere over either the ocean or the continental USA on my way to San Francisco! I’ll be gone for a week or so, but don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of posts scheduled. I just might be a little slower publishing and responding to comments than usual! In READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS PEOPLE KEEP TELLING ME I MUST READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books People Keep Telling Me I MUST Read. Which there are a lot of, but these are the first that come to mind in no particular order: Under the Dome – Stephen King 1984 – George Orwell On the Road – Jack READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WE WERE LIARS – E. LOCKHART
A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Read it.And if READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #34
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
5 FRIDAY FAVES | FAVOURITE FILMS
Five Friday Favourites is a weekly meme hosted by Amanda over at Book Badger. Every Friday she chooses a new topic – full list of topics can be found here. This week’s topic is “Favourite films.” Seriously – only five? 1. Amelie I love the whimsy in this movie, and the sense that there is READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M NOT SURE I WANT TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books I’m Not Sure I Want To Read. Oh, what a good topic! 1. Allegiant – Veronica Roth Seeing as I didn’t much like Insurgent and then had this definitively spoiled for me, I’ve rather gone off the prospect.2. Crime and Punishment READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS – AISHA TYLER
Comedian, actress, co-host of CBS’s daytime hit The Talk, and creator of the top-ranked podcast Girl on Guy, Aisha Tyler offers a collection of hysterical and unflinchingly personal essays about the spectacular mistakes she has made in her life and what those epic fails have taught her. A fun, revealing and savory read, Self-Inflicted Wounds READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #33
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
WWW WEDNESDAY | #29
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR ADULTS NEW TO THE YOUNG ADULT GENRE
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is: Ten Books I’d Give Someone Who Has Never Read X. X being a genre, author, type of book, books on a certain topic etc. Hmmm. This is a tough one! There are so many things I could pick – magical realism, books READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GONE GIRL – GILLIAN FLYNN
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #32
Time to look at the books I added to my shelves this week with Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews! Not necessarily books I bought – also includes books I borrowed, was given or otherwise ended up with. Weeks where I don’t buy books I’ll scramble around my shelves and find some books I READ MORE
MONTHLY WRAP-UP | JULY 2014
Perhaps because of the uncharacteristically hot weather we’ve been having in Vancouver over the past month, I’ve actually gotten through a respectable 6 new (to me) books in the past month – even some that had been on my TBR for quite some time! Though it’s hard to pick favourites, I think Cold Comfort Farm READ MORE
STACKING THE SHELVES | #27-28
It’s time for this week’s WWW Wednesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading blog (head over and check them out!). This link up asks three questions What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll be reading next? Here are my WWW answers! What did I recently finish reading? READ MORE