I’m not much of a culinary wizard, so I’m not big on cooking. I occasionally dabble in baking, mostly cookies at Christmas time and occasionally something my kid wants to try. So my comfort foods are generally ones I can buy store-made, because that’s more enjoyable than trying (and usually failing) to make something delicious! READ MORE
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TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I DNFED
It’s hard for me to answer this prompt, because I almost never officially DNF a book. Let me explain. As anyone who knows me is aware, I’m very easily distracted. It’s very common for me to be reading three or four books at the same time, and I’m constantly finding new ones I want to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been another busy week – spring break is in full swing, in addition to which our fish pond that we inherited when we moved stopped draining – just in time for absolutely torrential downpours that had it overflowing into the yard. So we spent the weekend trying to pump the water out of the READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HOW DO I HANDLE READING FUNKS?
This week’s prompt: Sometimes, readers get into funks and maybe stop reading or feel like reading is work. What do you do to get yourself out of a reading funk? You know, I used to really worry when this happened. I’d think, “that’s it, my reading days are over. What if I never read another READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVE WEBSITES/PODCASTS/BLOGS
I have a list of some of the sites I have followed or enjoyed over the years here. Currently I don’t spent a lot of time online, because I just don’t have that time to spend. But I do occasionally listen to podcasts. Some I’ve enjoyed recently are: Sue Perkins Dilemma: The READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SPRING 2025 TBR
As usual, I’ll remind everyone reading this that I cannot, to save my life, ever stick to a TBR. The very act of making a TBR virtually guarantees that I’m highly unlikely to read a single one of them. Nonetheless, I feel obligated to at least attempt to join in a few times a year, READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another busy week – last one before spring break for my kid, husband was away for a bit, there was a field trip… just life stuff. Nothing major, but not a lot of reading time. Next couple of weeks aren’t looking too good either! But I did finish one book, so let’s take a look READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | WHAT’S ON MY BLOG?
This week’s prompt: Do you only feature reviews on your blog? Well, I started this blog mostly as a place to write reviews of backlist titles in addition to the new release reviews I was writing for the online entertainment site I volunteered for in University. The blog began its life as Backlist Books before READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | CHARACTERS I WANT TO MEET
There are so, so many characters I’ve met in books over the years that I’d want to meet – and many that I feel like I have met! Early examples were Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables, Matilda from Dahl’s book of the same name, Sara Crewe from A Little Princess, and Trixie Belden READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT INCLUDE…
I had trouble choosing just one thing for this week’s prompt, so I’ve selected a few different themes or features and am sharing a few (or more) books for each! Most I’ve read, but there are a couple in here that are still on my TBR waiting for me to get to them! A READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another busy week during which reading wasn’t at the top of my list! I did a little bit, but mostly I’ve been trying to get on top of things around the house, keep up with homeschool and crocheting bookmarks for my kid who has become a constant and voracious reader! (I might share some photos READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | LITERARY SCI-FI/FANTASY
This week’s prompt: What fantasy or Sci-fi should be part of the literary canon? I have no idea what this prompt is asking me. What’s the literary cannon? Also what are people who don’t really read sci-fi or fantasy supposed to write? Okay, let’s take this one step at a time. I’m going to guess READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A BOOK I’M NERVOUS TO READ AND WHY
Oh man, there are so many books that fit this prompt. Any book longer than 500 pages. Any book with difficult language, including dialect (Trainspotting, A Clockwork Orange) or just general impenetrable language like Ulysses. Most classics because I’m out of practice with the language of the period. Any book that I know is going READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | THINGS CHARACTERS HAVE SAID
Oh man, quote prompts are always so hard! I don’t make notes of them, and my memory is pretty much useless these days. So there’s zero chance I’m going to remember any, and I don’t have a way of looking them up at will! So I’m turning to Google for help on this one. I’m READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a week. Not terrible, but a little full on. I spent an extra few hours driving to prepare for an unfamiliar and busy route to a field trip my kid was going on, which was super stressful as it involved bumper-to-bumper traffic as 5 lanes merged into 2…. on a bridge. Not my READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HOW MUCH TIME DOES BLOGGING TAKE?
This week’s prompt: How much time does blogging take out of your life weekly? Hmmm, this is a difficult question for me. Partly because I have ADHD, so time is a bit slippy and hard for me to quantify. But also because this question makes quite a big assumption – that I work on my READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVE HOBBY AND WHY
Well the super obvious answer to this question would be reading, but fortunately I’ve got a lot of favourite hobbies! Through autumn and winter I enjoy crocheting, playing games with my family, baking occasionally and generally cosying up spending time in soft blankets and doing anything that’s possible from that vantage point. Through Spring and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS SET IN ANOTHER TIME
I’m not a huge historical fiction reader, nor do I read a lot of Sci-Fi that would take me far into the future, but nonetheless I think I’ve got quite a few to choose from for this prompt! I’m including a few set in the future, as well as several set in the past (spoiler READ MORE