Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  Hmmm this is a great prompt! I’ve never tried to convert a non-reader to a reader, as being at least somewhat okay with books is kind of a prerequisite to being part of my life. But there are some books I’ve recommended to people who don’t read all that often or ones I would READ MORE

  I’m not big on Halloween, particularly when it comes to books. I don’t like scary books. I hate horror. I’m not good with creepy. I don’t like ghost stories, hauntings, things living in walls, blood dripping down them, strange noises in the night, foggy nights, things that move in an unnatural fashion or twins READ MORE

  Being a book lover isn’t usually as simple as picking up a book from time to time. I’ve noticed a tendency amongst the most dedicated bookish folk to take it several steps farther. We collect book-related stuff. There are bookmarks (often from The Book Depository) scattered throughout our houses and tucked seemingly at random READ MORE

  I’m getting old. I mention this, because my memory is not what it used to be. I can’t remember the names of songs I just listened to, I find myself forgetting not only what films were about, but whether or not I’ve even watched them until I’m halfway through. I’ve had a feeling a READ MORE

  This week’s topic is a freebie, so I decided to come up with my own. I’m thinking back over books that, for one reason or another, I didn’t expect to like going in, but that I really, really did. Either they’re a genre I don’t usually enjoy, an author I didn’t get along with READ MORE

  I feel the need to say, yet again, though all of you who come here often already know, that I am not good at being told what to do. This applies to people in authority who I do not trust, but also to myself. I can choose a list of books I’m super excited READ MORE

  I was expecting this to be so, so hard. I was picturing scouring my shelves with growing stacks of fruitless picks all around me, my hair disheveled and muttering incomprehensibly to myself as we approached Monday night. Surprisingly, it was incredibly easy! I just searched my cover images by one number after the other READ MORE

  This week’s prompt was books that will make you smile, but let’s face it. What we all need right now isn’t a half-hearted little smile. What we need is some raucous belly laughter. So I’ve tried to pick some of the funniest books I have read. These oughta do the trick!        READ MORE

  This week’s topic is literary crushes, which I don’t really do. I’m not much for romance and don’t really have much interest in falling for people who don’t exist. It’ll just further frustrate me to deal with real people. So instead this week I’m sharing some of the characters and authors I’d love to READ MORE

  There are so many books I wish I could enjoy again for the first time. To recapture the magic I experienced while immersing myself in to a world that welcomed me with open arms and said, “you belong here.” These are just a few of them.                     READ MORE

  This week’s topic is favourite places to read. When it comes down to it, these days I don’t really have many options – it’s my bed, my armchair or my kitchen barstools. But throughout my life, there have been lots of places I’ve really loved curling up or lounging with a good book. So READ MORE

  Hmmmm. This is a tough one. It shouldn’t be – I know there have been hundreds of characters I’ve come across in books and wanted to know more about. But for some reason I’m blanking on this one, and given that I’ve been sitting with it for over a week now, that seems unlikely READ MORE

  Oh man, I’m going to pretty much just do this based on the bookshelf that is right in front of me as I type this, because there are SO MANY. I’m hugely attracted to books based on the title, cover or description. I will either be interested or not in a book immediately, if READ MORE

  This makes me think of desert island discs and is, I imagine, and equally difficult question! I mean, realistically, I’d want my Kindle and some kind of solar powered battery charger so I could have a few thousand to keep me busy until I was either rescued or died of starvation/was swept out to READ MORE

  I’ve never been a very fast reader, so reading books in one sitting pretty much never happens. But there are a few that I’ve included here, and a few more that, had I been able to read faster or been able to read all day rather than needing to do things to keep a READ MORE

  Another of these ones where I have to Google and comb shelves to try and find some that fit! Made it to ten, but aren’t all great picks, I have to admit!                                         Well, that’s it READ MORE