Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  I come across a lot of books. People recommend them to me, I read reviews online, I hear about upcoming releases, I’m subscribed to several bookshops who send me emails about their favourites or most exciting upcoming releases and I’m always watching BookTube videos brimming with books I just HAVE to read RIGHT NOW. READ MORE

  I have to admit that summer is not my favourite season. I’m of Scottish and British stock, you see, so I become a rather disgruntled tomato very quickly upon exposure to even the slightest hint of sun, having completely skipped that nice golden, sun-kissed stage. I find heat uncomfortable, even when I live in READ MORE

  First lines aren’t everything, but they can really set a book up. That said, there are very few that I remember. I’m going back through some of my books to try and find some good ones, but I’m sure I’m missing out on a lot! (Also included a couple from books I haven’t finished READ MORE

  There are so many possible ends to this week’s topic sentence when it comes to books. I love authors, genres, formats, topics, themes – even locations. So I decided to do a mish-mash post with a few of my book loves and see where that takes us! …Literary Fiction This is the first and READ MORE

  I am a huge mood reader, and I have found through many bad experiences, that trying to force myself to keep going with a book I’m not into just leads to me not reading. So I abandon books a LOT. For every book I finish, I start at least two. But there are some READ MORE

  This seems like a particularly cruel prompt given the current circumstances that preclude any form of social gathering, bookish or no, but I’ve decided to give it a go anyway. There are a few things I’d like to have at a bookish party, and a few people I’d love to invite! Some fun snacks READ MORE

  No matter how many books you read, there are always some you don’t get to. Then in my case, there are books that weren’t even published yet when I was a kid. Notably the entire genre of young adult fiction, which didn’t really exist when I was a kid. So here are some of READ MORE

  This is an interesting prompt! And a lot harder than I thought it would be. I spent ages reading through spines on my shelf and somehow very few seemed to hit the mark. Here are the ones I thought came close:                           READ MORE

  There are so many wonderful books I’ve read that haven’t really shown up much on this blog. Because they’re not as popular, or they don’t fit easily into themes and genres or because they’re just not that well known. But I loved them, and am excited to bring a few to your attention. Who READ MORE

  Most of the books I buy are because of one of three reasons: 1) someone on BookTube raved about them, 2) they were nominated for a book prize or 3) they’re new releases that are getting buzz or are by an author I have read before. Occasionally I hear about books from friends or READ MORE

  This is a fun post. I love articles that allow me to experience that sense of looking in a mirror, one that shows all the ways in which I’m a complete basket case when it comes to books. So here are ten of the things people might notice about me that mark me as READ MORE

  I really enjoy a good thriller. I haven’t read as many lately as I would like, but when I find a good one, it’s one of the genres I find easiest to speed through. So here are some of the series and stand-alones I’ve enjoyed most. Stand-alones I enjoyed:           READ MORE

  As always, it’s hard to choose a TBR that I think there’s any chance of me sticking with. Even more so when the world is in such chaos (and, because of it, I have toddler to entertain at home, with no playdates or trips to the park, potentially for weeks). But there are several READ MORE

  I have to admit that one of the things that fell off my radar with becoming a mom was the time I spent on social media. Instead of scrolling Twitter, any time I have on my phone I use to read ebooks. Sometimes that’s all the time I have to read. So I’m going READ MORE

  This was a fun one! I spent longer than I likely should have combing my shelves and TBR lists to find one-word titles, particularly ones that are interesting on-word titles.                                                  READ MORE

  In looking back over the books I’ve read in the past couple of years, I was surprised by how few immersed me enough to leave me with that book hangover feeling when I finished them. Perhaps it’s partly reading more non-fiction – it doesn’t feel quite the same as reading a fictional plot and READ MORE

  I’m doing a bit of a twist on love. I’ve never been hugely into Valentine’s Day, and I don’t read books about romance very often. But that doesn’t mean I don’t value a story that has love at its heart. I just value all different kinds of love. So here are a few kinds READ MORE

  This is an exciting post, because I’ve been meaning to write one on this very topic for a while! I feel like most of the books on my TBR shelves (hundreds at this point) are ones that I at least feel have the potential to be 5-star reads, and a lot of them I READ MORE