Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  I’m a sucker for book covers that appeal to me. I don’t know if it’s because my dad is a designer and my mom is an art lover, so I’ve always been surrounded by beautiful art, or if it’s just a peculiarity of mine. Whatever the reason, I have a lot of trouble bringing READ MORE

  I’m writing this in advance, so this is more the books I added to my shelves before the second week of January. And they’re ones I’m very excited about!   These two were presents from my wonderful husband for Christmas. I have yet to get into Elena Ferrante’s work, though I’ve read small bits READ MORE

  This is a tough prompt, mostly because I can’t really remember which I came across this year, last year or the year before! Time tends to meld into one continuous blur these days. So some of these might not be accurate on the timeline, but still are awesome nonetheless! Musicians Can Be Awesome Writers READ MORE

  There are only a few books that have been announced for release in the first half of 2020 that I’m over-the-moon excited to get my hands on. But there are several others that look interesting and that I wouldn’t mind checking out. Here are a mixture of the two:            READ MORE

  I had some very high highs (and some pretty low lows, but fortunately that’s not what we’re here to discuss!) in my 2019 reading. There are several books that have been added to my all-time faves, and a lot I highly recommend that you check out! Here are the top ten: Non-Fiction:     READ MORE

   I rarely find books under my tree. Mostly because no one (even me) can keep track of which I already have, let alone which I most want. So I don’t realistically expect to see any there this year – though if I’m very lucky there might be a gift card I can put towards READ MORE

  It’s no secret that the past few years have been slow reading years for me. But even when I was reading between 50 and 100 books a year, there were always books I felt like everyone and their lazy dog had managed to read except me. It stands to reason, then, that my sense READ MORE

  There’s something about the lead-up to Christmas that makes cosy something that comes from the inside and makes magic feel real. So I generally love to read anything that has one or both of those elements around Christmas.   The Harry Potter Series. Because of course. I don’t even care that it’s a cliché, READ MORE

  Breaking down what exactly makes me so grateful for books is something I’ve always struggled with. Reading is just awesome. End of story. But I think part of the reason why it is so awesome is because there are so many ways in which it has improved my life. So I’m trying to tease READ MORE

  This week’s topic is an interesting one, but also a difficult one. Most aspects of my reading life have remained relatively constant, with minor situational changes. But here are a few things that are different now than they were about three years ago, whether the changes will persist or whether some of them will READ MORE

  I have to admit that, despite a large collection of beautiful made-to-purpose bookmarks, I often use whatever I have to hand as a bookmark. I have been known to use bus passes, random scraps of paper, flowers and leaves (hence today’s image), ticket stubs, granola bar wrappers and, on one memorable and short-lived occasion, READ MORE

  I love autumn. I love everything about it. I love the cold bite in the air, I love the colours of the leaves, I love the satisfaction of a warm mug of tea and the unbeatable cosiness of anything warm and fuzzy. So it stands to reason that I enjoy books that give off READ MORE

  I can’t do horror. I can handle violence, but if there’s even a hint of creepy, I’m out. So there are definitely books I’d love to read if I had the constitution for them! There aren’t that many though, because since I can’t handle scary stories, I don’t tend to file them away in READ MORE

  This week’s prompt is a tricky one. I don’t really keep track of titles I don’t like, though I know there have been lots over the years. Here are a few I might have given a different title if it had been up to me, but I know there are ones I liked less READ MORE

  I think titles are so important. Not only do they tell you something about the book – its topic, tone and genre – but they also grab attention. I can’t count the number of times I’ve picked up a book just because I liked the sound of the title and ended up discovering something READ MORE

  I don’t think there will be anything that original in this list – I feel like most of us readers tend to gravitate towards similar character traits. But still, it is lovely to think back over some of my favourite characters and try to tease out just what, exactly, made me love them so READ MORE

  This week’s prompt is books that have a number in the title. I tried to include numbers 1-10 in particular, but I’ve also included a few other numbers just for the heck of it! Here they are:                                          READ MORE