Any of you who have been around here for a while know I’m not a fan of romance, I don’t often get book crushes, and I am not often overly impressed by bookish matches. I don’t hate them, they just aren’t generally the highlight of the book for me. So rather than focusing on READ MORE
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WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS THAT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME
I actually wrote a whole post about this last year, because there were several books I read in 2022 that really did surprise me. I’ll share a couple of my top picks below, though, in case you don’t want to click over: Both of these had difficult main characters, but READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | INTERESTING 2023 DEBUT BOOKS
Some research was required to put together a list of debut books that are coming out in 2023, but once I embarked on said research, I discovered that I had actually already heard of several – I just didn’t know they were debuts at the time! Here are some I’m either interested in reading READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT DO YOU EAT IN A DAY?
Okay, so I know this is just a random idea for a post, and a lot of people really like talking about what they eat, especially if they’re creative with food or like to eat adventurously. But I do have bit of a cringe response to it, I have to admit. It can be READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT INTIMIDATE(D) ME
Today I’m going to look at some of the books that intimidated me too much to actually read (yet, if ever), as well as some of the books I have actually read that really intimidated me before I tackled them. Too scary to read yet: READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a busy and stressful week, so I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I normally do. Just one book finished last week. We’ll see if I’m able to get back to it this week or if this is the beginning of a major slump. Could be the latter as there are READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING I’M PROUD OF DOING
I feel like most of the posts I’ve written so far this year have been a bit on the serious and heavy side. But I’m not done yet, because there are only two things I can think of in recent years that I’m proud of. One is working hard on my relationship with my READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | NEW-TO-ME AUTHORS I DISCOVERED IN 2022
Last year turned out to be a pretty great reading year for me. I read a lot of books, and I read a lot of new authors as well. Some I discovered thanks to the BookTube Prize, others through starting to review for Netgalley again, others just because they were hanging around on my READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | NEW THINGS I’VE TRIED RECENTLY
I am not really in an adventurous phase of my life – all the fun and interesting trips and social activities were about a decade ago. So I guess the only new thing I’ve tried recently is actually listening to my body and resting when my back is out. I’ve got various back issues, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH GOALS FOR 2023
I’m not super big on defined and concrete goals, as that tends not to go that well. So I haven’t sat down and set up bookish or reading goals for 2023 that are a huge difference from anything in the past. But if I had to define some of the things I’m kind of READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these posts! The last one was November 21st. So I’m going to include the books I’ve finished since then, partly because I haven’t finished any in the past week anyway! Just Shelved This has been a great start to my 2023 READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WHAT I THINK OF RESOLUTIONS
I talked about this a bit in last week’s post, but in a nutshell, they don’t really work for me. I do a lot better with just trying to do something for a day or an hour than making a resolution for a whole year. It’s really hard for me to stick with things, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023
I haven’t really been paying attention to upcoming releases, so I only knew about a couple of these from BookTube videos. The rest I just found via the wonders of Google, but a couple I’m very excited about!!! JANUARY . . . FEBRUARY . **This Heartstopper image is a READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | GOALS FOR 2023
Hmmmm. So here’s the thing. I don’t really buy into resolutions – no shade to the people they work for, but for me it’s kind of like picking a TBR. The very second I make that firm decision whatever I chose instantly becomes completely unappealing. So I’m actually less likely to read whatever I READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BEST BOOKS I READ IN 2022
I had the best reading year I’ve had since 2015 in terms of amount read (I finished 80 books, which is a fair amount for me). But I also read a lot of books I really enjoyed. Some were re-reads, others were random picks from my ancient TBR shelves and digital shelves, others were READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO MY BOOKSHELVES
My picks for this week are going to be audiobooks – mostly because that’s the only books I’ve bought in the last few months! And, for the first time I think EVER, I didn’t get a single book for Christmas this year! I know, I’m shocked too. So here are my recent audio additions: READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I’D LIKE TO FIND UNDER MY TREE
As any book lover knows, there’s really nothing better than finding book-shaped packages under the tree on Christmas morning*. I remember when I was a kid, I loved opening my presents, and I was thrilled by the clothes and jewelry and art supplies and other random thoughtful gifts – but the books would READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY FAVOURITE CRAFTY HOBBIES
This week’s prompt is a fun one! I have a lot of crafty things I enjoy – some I haven’t had time to do for a while, but they’re still ones I have great memories of. Here are a few: Knitting. I’m not a pro, I mostly make scarves, hats and blankets (mainly flat READ MORE