Category: Top Ten Tuesday

  We’re finally heading into autumn, and I can’t tell you how relieved I am. I do not fare well in hot weather. I begin to wilt, and if it goes above 30°C I actually melt. It’s not pleasant. So autumn is always a hugely exciting season for me, even if it does bring a READ MORE

  There are definitely a fair few books on my shelves I look at on the regular and walk on by. Some I’ve tried, some I’ve re-tried, others I’m too scared to even attempt. And yet, they have been on my shelves, some for years, because despite my fears I think they deserve to be READ MORE

  I love it when a book pleasantly surprises me. I tend to feel like I have a good handle on what I’m going to like, but every once in a while I hear so much about a particular book that I decide to give it a try, even though on the surface it doesn’t READ MORE

  I’m very lucky because I’m at a point in my life where if I really want a book, I can just get it. There are exceptions to this, though. Some are out of print, others I can only find in damaged editions or at prices I’m not willing to pay. I don’t know if READ MORE

  I feel like, particularly among adult readers of YA books, the word “trope” tends to conjur negative associations. The word is usually applied to played-out plot devices and relationships that we are all so, so tired of reading. So to come up with a list of ten (seriously, ten??!!) that I like feels like READ MORE

  The best books are ones that feel real, like you’ve actually stepped into them and live, for a time, in their world. Because of this, the characters we find there often feel just as real to us as the people we bump into in real life. There are characters I have loved, hated, learned READ MORE

  I love learning from the books I read. Whether it’s about a set of experiences outside of what I can encounter first-hand, a place I’ve never been, an area of social or scientific research of particular interest to me or a culture that diverges from my own, I love finding ways to expand my READ MORE

  I love visiting other parts of the world in my books, but there are definitely places I love to read about, and that will make me want to pick up a book, and there are others that I find less appealing and will likely make me put it back down again. But this post READ MORE

  I have several of these, and there are more that I’m sure will become auto-buy authors once they have more books out to buy! These are the ones that most immediately came to mind when I read the prompt: Isabel Allende   I adore her mix of astute representation of the full range of READ MORE

  I adore it when I find a character (or person, if it’s non-fiction) in the pages of a book that I feel like I really get. One that could step off the page, fully formed, and sit down to have a cuppa with me. When this happens, the book will inevitably be counted amongst READ MORE

  There’s something magical about childhood memories of reading. The books I read as a child, particularly the ones I struggled to read to myself, have had a much greater impact on me than any of the books I’ve read as an adult. Here are some that stand out, and a few words about why. READ MORE

  As you all know, I am absolutely rubbish at sticking to any sort of TBR. But there are always some books on my TBR stack that shine brighter than the others, and these are them, in no particular order:       Your turn! Which books are you most drawn to for summer reading? READ MORE

  I’ve got a fair amount on my TBR list this year, but surprisingly there aren’t many really exciting releases (to me personally) coming up that I’m aware of. So below are a mix of the most buzzed about releases that I’m curious to hear other people’s thoughts on or want to read, and a READ MORE

  I’m not sure if I have very many unpopular bookish opinions. I feel like I mostly agree with the majority. But maybe I just think that because I feel this way. So let me state my opinions on some divisive discussions in the book realm and you tell me. Are they unpopular? Books vs READ MORE

  I am not just a reader, I am a book collector. As you can quickly tell by walking into my house, which has bookcases and stacks of books everywhere. I don’t generally lend out my books because I have had some bad experiences of either not getting them back, or getting them back damaged READ MORE

  It’s the endless debate, isn’t it? Book or movie? Well, here are some to which I will eagerly say “Both!” (And a few extras that fall into different categories.) The Martian by Andy Weir   I’m not normally into science fiction, but I was completely sucked into this book, and the movie almost lived READ MORE