This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Character Names I Love (or Unusual Character Names). This is going to be interesting, folks! 1. Thursday Next from The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde I haven’t read the whole book yet, but this name is one of my faves READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | TOP TEN BOOKS I WAS “FORCED” TO READ
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Books I Was “Forced” to Read – by anyone, teachers, parents, friends, review commitments… whatever. In my case it never took a lot to get me to read a book, so “forced” might be too strong a word, but these are READ MORE
DEWEY’S 24 HOUR READ-A-THON REPORT
So as you guys know, I participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-a-thon for the first time yesterday. Hundreds of other booklovers joined in, either as readers or cheerleaders, posting and commenting on blogs, Instagram and Twitter. I expected to enjoy spending a day reading, and challenging myself to get through as many pages as READ MORE
BOOK SWAP!!!!
My friends Katrin and Martha (along with three other awesome ladies) are hosting an amazing swap – Booktober! The idea is to swap books with another blogger – you’ll be paired up with someone who has similar tastes and will be able to chat with them before the swap so you can find an appropriate READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST/WORST SERIES ENDERS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Best/Worst Series Enders. As I mentioned a couple of TTTs ago, series aren’t really my thing. So this is another challenging one for me – but I’ll do my best! Best: 1. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Obvs. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOK TURN OFFS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday on The Broke and the Bookish is all about turn-offs. Top Ten Book Turn-Offs, that is. Only 10? Aw, shucks. Here are some of mine, in no particular order. 1. Grammar/spelling. The odd mistake is fine, to be expected in fact. I can get past that. God knows, I make READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | MORE TALES OF THE CITY – ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cozy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgänger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favorite gynecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhile, their venerable landlady takes the READ MORE
LINK-UP | A-Z BOOKISH SURVEY
I saw this over on Care’s Online Book Club blog and traced it back to the original source, Perpetual Page-Turner, so that I could join in! I love fill-in the blank type link-ups, I like that there are a bunch of questions that I can give short answers to and that will make me READ MORE
BOOK MEMES & PICS | YOU LEFT WHO IN CHARGE?
Either of these would be awesome and also very dangerous for me. Though the books would probably be more so. Not only would I be unable to resist taking at least half of them home with me, but I’d probably get my nose stuck in one and not even notice people walking off with the READ MORE
BOOKS ON THE WEB | WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE WORST BOOK YOU’VE READ, CHAOS WALKING… AND MORE!
It’s been a busy week for bookish articles and news on the web – so I already have another roundup for you guys! ‘Blurred Lines’ Model Emily Ratajkowski Cast As Ben Affleck’s Mistress In ‘Gone Girl’. For those of you anxiously awaiting casting news! 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sherlock Holmes. In anticipation of READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY FALL TBR LIST…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday list on The Broke and the Bookish is a good ‘un: Books on My Fall TBR List. Oh geez. This could be a very long post. So I’m sure a lot of these lists will be books coming out this fall, and I’ve got some of those. They’re the READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | READY PLAYER ONE – ERNEST CLINE
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | TALES OF THE CITY: A NOVEL – ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
“San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous – unmistakably the handiwork of Armistead Maupin.” – Goodreads Description —— I READ MORE
BOOK MEMES & PICS | LONG-AWAITED READING
Happy Labor Day, bookworms! Who’s using the extra day off to start a long-awaited book? I’m finally digging into Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City – prompted, I’ll admit, by a recent trip to San Francisco! Which books have you been meaning to read for ages?
IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING I SAW ON THE INTERNET | BOOKSHELFIES, BOOKS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE…. ETC.
I keep coming across awesome book-related images, posts and articles and I figure maybe I’ll keep track of them and share them with you guys occasionally. Here are some of the things that caught my interest recently: Bookshelfies Tumblr: The Newest Trend You NEED to Know About. You guys all know about “selfies,” those READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY: BOOKS SET AT THE BEACH/NEAR THE SEA
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is up: Books Set at the Beach/Near the Sea. Oh man. It’s like these ladies are just trying to test my faint memories of books gone by! Seriously doubting I’ll make it to ten on this one, guys, but I’ll give it a READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | GOING BOVINE – LIBBA BRAY
This is the story of a totally normal teenaged boy called Cameron. Cameron has a sister, two parents, enjoys quirky music and smoking up and eating pizza. Like most teenaged boys, Cameron’s biggest problems are not doing well in school, not getting along with (and frequently disappointing) his parents, not being able to find a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I WISH HAD SEQUELS
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday with The Broke and the Bookish is up: Books I Wish Had Sequels.This is an excellent topic – I just hope I can do it justice! I warn you there are a few cheats in here. But they’re honest cheats. So bear with me. 1. The Harry Potter Series READ MORE