I feel like there is a small list of questions I’d have for authors, and they are generally pretty standard. But there are one or two I’d ask of specific authors, so here they are. Neil Gaiman My favourite book of all time is Good Omens written by yourself and Terry Pratchett. I want READ MORE
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THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GHOST – JASON REYNOLDS
I first heard about this book while watching PBS’ The Great American Read. I hadn’t heard of it before that, but now I really don’t know why. This is the story of a young man named Castle Cranshaw – better known as Ghost. Ghost hasn’t had an easy life. He lives in the projects READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE ADAPTED
I’ve really been enjoying series based on books – Big Little Lies, Small Island, Little Fires Everywhere – they’re great, even better if you’ve read the book. Sometimes when you’re reading you can almost see what the book you’re reading would look like on the screen, but rarely do the ones you most want to see READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT – LUCY ELLMANN
This book is a beast. I was defeated by it before I even began – over a thousand pages, most of it comprised of a single sentence – yep, I was fully intimidated. And then it was selected for my pool in the BookTube Prize (I suspected my luck would bring me that outcome READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I NEVER REVIEWED
Around the time when I had my daughter I found reading hard. I read, but it was in fits and starts, with long breaks, and one book in particular took me months to read. I wasn’t blogging during that time, so I didn’t review what I was reading, so there are several I’ve read READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE SECRET GARDEN – FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
I have read this book at least once before – but possibly two or three times. It’s one of those stories that feels like it was irrevocably woven into the fabric of my childhood. I feel like Mary is, in a sense, a part of me. I came across the Kindle In Motion edition READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COLOURFUL BOOKS
I like this week’s prompt idea. You don’t really think about how many books have a certain colour in the cover or have a type of food or plant in the title or have authors whose names begin with a certain letter until you have a challenge like this one. I hadn’t ever thought READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | CITY OF GIRLS – ELIZABETH GILBERT
This was another of the books on my BookTube Prize reading list, and another I likely wouldn’t have gotten around to without it. In large part because I’ve not had great success with Elizabeth Gilbert in the past. I particularly struggled with Eat, Pray, Love, her best-known work all about the trauma of her READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | MIDDLE ENGLAND – JONATHAN COE
I haven’t read any Jonathan Coe before, but I have a few of his books on my shelves because they’ve caught my attention. So when this book turned up in my round for the BookTube Prize I was excited to have a reason to pick it up. Technically this book is third in a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LITERARY FESTIVALS
It’s been years since I’ve been to any kind of literary event, but the ones I’ve attended have been hugely inspirational. There are several in different parts of the world I’d love to attend (or go to again). Below are the highlights of my list, and at the end I’m including some great lists READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | WOMEN TALKING – MIRIAM TOEWS
This is a book I have been hearing about everywhere since its release two summers ago. At first I wanted to read it – Miriam Toews’ book All My Puny Sorrows is a favourite of mine – but then when I heard what it was about I wavered. I find it difficult to relate READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT MADE ME SMILE
I love books that make me smile. Most of my favourite books did that for me, at least in parts. So this post is going to be a nostalgic journey through some of the ones that stood out to me the most for this very reason! I like that this topic came now, because READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | LONG BRIGHT RIVER – LIZ MOORE
This was my first Liz Moore book, but I had heard wonderful things about her previous book, The Unseen World. This one appealed to me because at its core it is a thriller, and yet it has that literary leaning I’ve been enjoying in my thrillers of late. This book centres around a young READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | AUTHORS I’VE READ THE MOST BY
I haven’t found a way to sort my “read” shelf on Goodreads by most books read by a single author, so I had to do a bit of guess work to get the list below. Nearly 30 years of reading will start to blur together, after all! Quick-Read Series: Charlaine Harris I was really READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE – CHARLIE MACKESY
I have been seeing this book everywhere for months now. It was particularly popular around Christmas, and I actually got it as a Christmas present. It’s a small book. Short, full of pictures, light on words. It doesn’t have a linear plot, nor do you get much in the way of characters. It’s more READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | EXCITING UPCOMING RELEASES
I’m not as on top of upcoming releases as I normally am, but I’ve spent a little time Googling and have found a fair few worth noting! July Of these I’m probably most interested in New One and Loveless, but Crossings is intriguing (it’s READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE INNOCENTS – MICHAEL CRUMMEY
This was the first book I read from my assigned reading for the BookTube Prize. It’s one I’d had on my radar – Crummey is a prominent Canadian author, after all – but that hadn’t grabbed me. I doubt I ever would have gotten to it if it hadn’t been for the prize. It’s READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LOOKING BACK…
This week marks the 500th Top Ten Tuesday! To celebrate, we’ve been allowed to do any topic we want – go back and do one we missed, re-do one we enjoyed or come up with something brand new. I am following Jana’s lead and looking back over some of my old posts and adding READ MORE