I love audiobooks. As a busy stay-at-home mom, I don’t get a lot of time to actually sit down with a book and, you know, read. Audiobooks are responsible for the vast majority of my book consumption in the past couple of years, and I am so grateful for them. I also know that READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A PIECE OF GREAT ADVICE
This week’s prompt is a piece of advice you’ll always remember. I’ve received a lot of advice in my life, but if I’m honest, a fair amount of it has come from books or articles or even TV shows. Not so much that has really stuck with me has come from real people. So READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | GARDEN PLANS
So I’m moving soon, and will have more outdoor space to play with than I’ve had in years. To say I’m excited to grow things is an understatement – I’m beyond thrilled. My kid and I both love getting our hands in the dirt, and growing things together is one of the most joyful READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | COLD REMEDY
So I grew up on a hippie island. We were taking kyolic garlic and echinacea (gross in liquid form, btw) before it was cool. And I have to say I never really noticed any of those alternative remedies making a noticeable difference to the tragectory of any cold. I then gathered info from all READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH ANIMALS ON THE COVER OR IN THE TITLE
I have a hard time trusting books about animals. I can handle a lot of difficult stuff in books, but not bad things happening to animals, and I feel like a lot of books with animals in them don’t end well for said animals. I’ve spent my entire life avoiding reading Charlotte’s Web, for READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | INDIE AND SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS
I have to admit that I needed to do some research for this one! And I learned a lot. There are actually a few books that I had no idea were self-published originally that came as a huge surprise. So here are some I’ve enjoyed (though I probably won’t make it to ten this READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BEST NON-FICTION BOOKS I’VE READ
I really enjoy reading non-fiction, so there are quite a few I could choose for this prompt. So, in typical form, I’m not going to limit myself to just one. Hope you’re okay with that! Here are a random assortment of the non-fiction books that have had the biggest impact on me. READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKED….
This week is an interesting prompt – books for people who liked author x. I couldn’t think of enough books to do just one author, so I’ve picked a few different ones. I’m not sure if they’re all that on point, but they connected in my brain at any rate! Isabel Allende: Aimee READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAMOUS BOOK I NEVER READ (& WHY)
Well, let’s face it, there are TONS of famous books I’ve never read. Most I don’t ever plan to read. So this post could have gone in all kinds of different directions. But I decided to pick one that I feel like most people did, in fact, read in high school. Even people who READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I FOUND BECAUSE OF THE BOOKISH INTERNET (AND YOU GUYS)
I love the bookish internet. Of all the online communities I’ve discovered, it’s the one that is the most interesting, diverse, welcoming and intelligent. I’ve not only found fantastic books through mentions and recommendations from online book sources, but I’ve also found readers I can follow who read similar types of books to me, READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE HISTORICAL FIGURE TO READ ABOUT
I don’t read about historical figures that much. Let’s face it, most of the historical figures you can read about are white men, often the type I wouldn’t want much to do with. I do enjoy reading about women who bucked societal pressures (Megan Mayhew Bergman’s Almost Famous Women was a fascinating read), and READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY SPRING 2023 TBR
Well, here we are again. Time for another seasonal TBR that I will in no way, shape or form actually follow through on. Ah, the joys of futility, my friends! Well, for the sake of a post, let’s look at the books that would be on my TBR if I had any chance at READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING FUNNY THAT HAPPENED TO ME
Something funny that happened to me. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the past, or because things have felt a bit dismal for a few years now or what. But I have spent weeks now trying to think of a funny thing that happened to READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH PEOPLE I’D LIKE TO MEET
There are so many bookish folks I’d love to meet, have a coffee with, or befriend. People who are wise, interesting, funny or have great taste in books. So I’ve got a bit of a varied list here, everyone from smaller BookTubers to authors. I don’t think about this much, so there are probably READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL & WHY
Now the answer to this one will depend on when in my school career you’re talking about. Because most of elementary school I liked anything that allowed me not to have to pay attention to a teacher talking at me and let me work on things myself, but they had to be things I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | GENRE FREEBIE – BEST MEMOIRS I READ IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
This week’s prompt is a genre freebie, so I’ve decided to focus on memoirs. Partly because there are lots of good ones, partly because I’ve read so many good ones in the past couple of years, and partly because there’s so much variability in formats, themes and styles within that genre. Here are my READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FIRST WEBSITE I REMEMBER VISITING
Well this one should be easy – I don’t. I have zero recollection of the first time I sat down at a computer to logon to the internet, and no clue at all whatsoever what I was doing on it when I did. Now, in my defense, I’m not exactly a kid. We’re talking READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE HEROINES
I love books with strong female characters. I love it even more when they push boundaries are live in their weirdness or kick some ass. I like when characters in general surprise me, and that goes double for heroines (self-identified included). Molly Weasley, because she’s a complete badass and a great mum The READ MORE