Hmm. This is an interesting prompt, but I honestly don’t remember many of the reasons I’ve purposely DNFed a book. Most of the time when I don’t finish reading a book it’s either because it just didn’t grip me, or because I got distracted and forgot to come back to it. Honestly. I’m not READ MORE
Category: Top Ten Tuesday
TOP TEN TUESDAY | UNREAD BOOKS ON MY SHELVES I WANT TO READ SOON
There are always a thousand books that I absolutely, definitely want to read next. The problem is that I can’t read them all at once, so I have to choose one and then the rest just sort of form an endless queue. I’m writing this a bit ahead of time, so I’m looking on READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS (AND AUTHORS) I’D LIKE TO GO ON VACATION WITH
I’m going to cheat a bit this week because I had a hard time coming up with enough characters to fill a top ten list. But also I kept coming back to wishing I could include some of the writers whose work or interviews have left me feeling like they’d be interesting to have READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LGBTQ+ AUTHORS AND STORIES
I’ve been thinking about LGBTQ+ stories lately, as by chance I’ve been reading a lot of books that are either written by LGBTQ+ authors, feature these characters, or both. I’ve found these voices to be not only important representation of this group of people, but also of the human condition in general. People’s reactions READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS TO READ ON A RAINY DAY
I’m doing a bit of a twist on this week’s April Showers theme and selecting some of my favourite books to read on a rainy day. The prerequisites are that it must be easy to read (no dense historical non-fiction or philosophical leanings here), it must feel at least a bit cosy, and it READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOVIES & TV SHOWS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE AMAZING BOOKS
This is a tricky one. I know I’ve seen prompts like this before, but they’re usually going in the other way – books that would make good movies or TV shows. I’ve never considered going from screen to book! 13th As Time Goes By The Gilmore Girls Luther Skins Misfits Sons of Anarchy READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SPRING 2024 TBR
Well, you all know me and TBRs. But I enjoy putting together lists, not so much of books I’m going to read, as books that glimmer in my mind at this moment. There are some upcoming and new releases I’m really interested in. I don’t know if I’ll get to any of them in READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’M AFRAID I WON’T LIKE AS MUCH NOW
This is one of those fears that always lurks in the back of my mind when I stand contemplating my shelves of read books. There are so many dearly loved volumes there, but many I love based on how I felt reading them years – or even decades – ago. I’m an entirely different READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | WEIRD OR FUNNY THINGS I’VE GOOGLED THANKS TO A BOOK
This is an interesting prompt, but man this is not an easy one. I can’t remember what I was thinking 5 seconds ago, so remembering ten things I Googled because of books is just… well, this will be tough. So instead I think I’m going to include some things I’ve actually Googled, and some READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | COVERS AND TITLES WITH THINGS FOUND IN NATURE
I absolutely adore this prompt. I’m a huge fan of gardening, and though I don’t go out walking as much as I should, whenever I do spend time in nature I always feel better. I have grown up in a part of the world that’s a temperate rainforest, which means I’ve got green around READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH SUPERPOWERS I WISH I HAD
Bookish superpowers? Hmmm. This is an interesting post, but also feels a bit odd because I’ve always felt like reading is a superpower. I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with this week – I think it’s going to be a prompt that brings out the creativity! Let’s see what I can come READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | LOVE FREEBIE – BOOKS THAT MADE ME FEEL WARM AND FUZZY
I’m not much of a romance person, so this is one of the harder posts of the year for me (followed closely by Halloween, as I don’t do scary either!). So rather than looking at romantic themes, I’m going to find some books that made me feel love. Books that showed how beautiful relationships READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | QUICK READS
It’s funny, unless a book is reeeeeally long, I don’t really notice the length that much. So I had to think a bit about which ones would actually qualify as being short reads. I decided that I’d include both short books and books that read very quickly, since the two feel so similar to READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS I DISCOVERED IN 2023
I had a great reading year in 2023. I didn’t read a huge number of books, but I read a bunch that were really enjoyable, that made me think, that taught me something (or something about myself) or that hit upon some universal truth that the author put into words brilliantly. There were a READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I MEANT TO READ IN 2023
HAHAHAHA… this is a joke right? No? Oh, well in that case, ALL OF THEM. There, that was easy. Not good enough? Man, there are so many. Let’s see if I can pick a few at random. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH GOALS FOR 2024
This is always a tricky post for me, because I don’t see reading as something that I need to set goals for. I do it because I love learning, I love stepping out of my own mind for a while, I love learning about other lives and cultures, and I love the chance to READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS FOR JAN-JUNE 2024
If I’m honest, I haven’t got any idea about books coming out this year. So I’ve had to do some quick and dirty Googling to find some for this week’s prompt! Here’s what I came up with. No date announced yet: February March READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023
I’ve had a pretty darn good reading year this year. I’ve got lots of new favourites, but interestingly they’ve mostly been non-fiction. A good chunk were memoirs – ones about interactions with nature, others about special interests, others about mental health or neurodiversity, and some were about more than one of these. But each READ MORE