My last few months of reading had some definite ups and downs. My reading usually slows during the winter, and this was no different. December it was nearly nonexistant, and January was not much better. I have, however, picked things back up in February, and I’m hoping that will carry through into the Spring! READ MORE
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READING CHALLENGE | POPSUGAR 2024 READING CHALLENGE
I’m a bit late to the party – I started this post and then forgot to finish and post it, so we’re now into March! Oh well, better late than never. I enjoy the PopSugar Reading Challenge because of the sheer amount of prompts. This year it has fifty prompts. And even a reader READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A BOOK TROPE I WISH HAPPENED IRL MORE OFTEN
I don’t have a lot of these, because I enjoy reading a lot of memoirs and non-fiction and books that are kind of their own thing. I’m sure there are tropes in them, but that’s never really what I notice these days (I noticed it more when I was reading mostly YA books, as READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M AFRAID I WON’T LIKE AS MUCH NOW
This is one of those fears that always lurks in the back of my mind when I stand contemplating my shelves of read books. There are so many dearly loved volumes there, but many I love based on how I felt reading them years – or even decades – ago. I’m an entirely different READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This week has been better than last week in terms of reading! We’ve had an interesting week – it snowed for the second time this year, which was beautiful to watch (it came on around 10 pm in huge flakes that drifted peacefully down beneath the streetlights). Just Shelved READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HAPPILY EVER AFTER & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN – DEBBIE TUNG
Relationships are tricky. Each one is different, and all are full of ups and downs, lovely moments and the most frustrating personal habits you’ve ever encountered. It’s all a mix, and it’s never perfect. But when you love someone enough, those quirks and oddities can be (mostly) endearing. You know, to a point. I READ MORE
WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION | LONGLIST ANNOUNCED!
It’s that time of year again! The Women’s Prize for Fiction has released their longlist, and the bookish world is abuzz with excitement and predictions. I have not been doing a good job of keeping up with new releases over the past year, so for I think the first year ever, while I’ve heard READ MORE
RAIN CITY RECOMMENDS | WE WILL GET PAST THIS BY SANDI TOKSVIG
As you may have read in my last Monday post, I’ve been having a bit of a tough time recently. I have a family member who is ill and not getting help very quickly, which is stressing me out. We also have a terminally ill cat who has been in our family since she READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NON-FICTION BOOKS I’VE READ RECENTLY
I read a fair amount of non-fiction – I enjoy learning about social issues, people, experiences different from my own. I like reading about nature, books, social issues, racism, physical and mental illness and memoirs of people I find intriguing. So my recent non-fiction reads are a bit of a mishmash, as usual! READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | WEIRD OR FUNNY THINGS I’VE GOOGLED THANKS TO A BOOK
This is an interesting prompt, but man this is not an easy one. I can’t remember what I was thinking 5 seconds ago, so remembering ten things I Googled because of books is just… well, this will be tough. So instead I think I’m going to include some things I’ve actually Googled, and some READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It has been a very rough week. I went from finishing five books last week to none this week. Which actually isn’t that much of a shock, because things are… a lot right now. A member of my family has been poorly for a few months now, and it seems that they finally know READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SKYLARK’S WAR – HILARY MCKAY
I’ve read many books that deal with the second world war – it’s usually the only historical time period that I’ll actively seek to read about – but this book is set earlier, before and during the first world war. And yet, it felt familiar in the way that WWII narratives feel familiar, because READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I AMUSE MYSELF IN WAITING ROOMS
The obvious answer is, like, stupidly obvious. We are all here because we’re readers, right? So isn’t that the number one thing to do in any situation where there’s time to kill? I don’t tend to carry books around with me these days, but I have several ebook apps on my phone with access READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COVERS AND TITLES WITH THINGS FOUND IN NATURE
I absolutely adore this prompt. I’m a huge fan of gardening, and though I don’t go out walking as much as I should, whenever I do spend time in nature I always feel better. I have grown up in a part of the world that’s a temperate rainforest, which means I’ve got green around READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been another surprisingly prolific reading week for me. I have zero control over my impulse to read – sometimes it dissipates completely, other times it’s insatiable. They tend to even out. Lately it’s been on the insatiable side, and this week I made it through five books, with mixed results. Just Shelved READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE LITTLEST LIBRARY – POPPY ALEXANDER
I don’t normally jive with romances, as you all know by now, but once in a while I do enjoy picking one up if it has other things that appeal to me about the story. Being an admitted bibliophile, any book that is about readers will automatically pique my interest, and if the story READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | PETS I WISH I COULD HAVE
I love animals. So if I had a huge amount of space and zero allergies, I’d basically just have an animal sanctuary. One thing is that I don’t like the idea of taking a perfectly healthy and capable wild animal out of their natural habitat just so I can have them as my pet. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH SUPERPOWERS I WISH I HAD
Bookish superpowers? Hmmm. This is an interesting post, but also feels a bit odd because I’ve always felt like reading is a superpower. I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with this week – I think it’s going to be a prompt that brings out the creativity! Let’s see what I can come READ MORE