Another book-less week, unfortunately. Well, not entirely book-less, I just haven’t finished any. So instead of my usual “Just Shelved” section, I’m going to include a “Started” for the books I started and abandoned (“Currently Reading” will be the books I’m still going with but haven’t completed yet). Started READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS ON MY TBR THE LONGEST
Hahahahahaha…. oh, you’re not joking? Well, this is literally impossible for me to answer. I have so many books on my physical and virtual TBR that I could not possibly tell you which have been there the longest. There are a lot of classics I have kicking around that I haven’t yet read – 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, more time has gotten away from me and rather than reading, I’ve been watching BBC shows about plants, wildlife, nature, gardening and history (A House Through Time is a current favourite). I’ve also spent a lot of time out in the garden weeding and tackling two very large, very unruly rose bushes that READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT FAMILY OR FRIENDS
I have been thinking on this one for quite some time, and all the stories I’ve come up with are either inappropriate, would embarrass said family/friends, or aren’t that exciting. So the only thing I can think of is a story about a trip I went on when I was a kid. My mother 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
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A BOOK TROPE I WISH WOULDN’T HAPPEN IRL
There are so, so many. Life is full of horrible things, unpleasant things, and unfair things. So I can’t really narrow this one down other than to say that I wish everyone had access to safety and what they need to survive and live good lives, I wish justice was always served (and included 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, this week I have had a lot going on, so I have been reading only a little bit and having trouble sticking with any one book. I’ve been dabbling in a few, hopping back and forth, and mostly putting down the book or pausing the audiobook to watch old episodes of Grace and READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A BOOK TROPE I WISH HAPPENED IRL MORE OFTEN
I don’t have a lot of these, because I enjoy reading a lot of memoirs and non-fiction and books that are kind of their own thing. I’m sure there are tropes in them, but that’s never really what I notice these days (I noticed it more when I was reading mostly YA books, as 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This week has been better than last week in terms of reading! We’ve had an interesting week – it snowed for the second time this year, which was beautiful to watch (it came on around 10 pm in huge flakes that drifted peacefully down beneath the streetlights). Just Shelved READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NON-FICTION BOOKS I’VE READ RECENTLY
I read a fair amount of non-fiction – I enjoy learning about social issues, people, experiences different from my own. I like reading about nature, books, social issues, racism, physical and mental illness and memoirs of people I find intriguing. So my recent non-fiction reads are a bit of a mishmash, as usual! 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It has been a very rough week. I went from finishing five books last week to none this week. Which actually isn’t that much of a shock, because things are… a lot right now. A member of my family has been poorly for a few months now, and it seems that they finally know READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I AMUSE MYSELF IN WAITING ROOMS
The obvious answer is, like, stupidly obvious. We are all here because we’re readers, right? So isn’t that the number one thing to do in any situation where there’s time to kill? I don’t tend to carry books around with me these days, but I have several ebook apps on my phone with access 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
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been another surprisingly prolific reading week for me. I have zero control over my impulse to read – sometimes it dissipates completely, other times it’s insatiable. They tend to even out. Lately it’s been on the insatiable side, and this week I made it through five books, with mixed results. Just Shelved READ MORE