There has been so much talk of this book series in the online book world for years. Everyone who has read it has loved it, particularly those who read a lot of books from the LGBTQIAP+ community. It’s the story of a Canadian called Mike who shows up on Yaichi’s doorstep in Tokyo and READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE SCARY MONSTER
Nope. Nooooooope. I do not do horror movies, I do not like scary. I am a firm wimp, and that will never change. Monsters? Not for me! I did go through a Walking Dead phase, but I liked it in spite of the zombies, not because of them. I’ve never read Frankenstein, or I’d READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH WEATHER IN THE TITLE
This week’s topic is book titles with weather in them, or book covers that feature weather events. I’m going to go with the former, mostly because I think that’ll be some interesting searching to do! That turned out READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BETTER LATE THAN NEVER – EMMA MAHONY
Learning later in life that you’ve had a uniquely functioning brain your entire life is not easy. It comes with a lot of conflicting emotions and a re-framing of past decisions, mistakes, and challenges. Emma Mahony has written a memoir that takes the reader through this journey of diagnosis and self-reflection as she is READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | THE MOST CREATIVE HALLOWEEN COSTUME I’VE WORN
So here’s the thing. I like Halloween well enough, aside from the fact that I can’t do scary or horror, like, at all. But I don’t do costumes. I hate them. They’re fine on other people, but I am not a fan of wearing them. I did a few when I was a kid READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t done a Monday post in a little while (and this one is late) because I have been ill and not reading much as a result. But here we go, time to catch you guys up on what I’ve read in the past couple of weeks! Just Shelved READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH JOBS I’D DO FOR FREE
Well, this is an interesting one – as I sit here typing out a book blog for which I get absolutely zero monetary compensation! So I guess I’d say – this one! But as that’s one, and this is a list of ten, let’s see what else I can come up with. Book READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | TEN STEPS TO NANETTE – HANNAH GADSBY
If you don’t want to read the whole review, then I can give it to you in one sentence: I fucking love Hannah Gadsby, and I’m betting you will too. There, that’s all you really need to know. No? Want more? Okay, here it is. If you have yet to experience Hannah Gadsby, she’s READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | DO I BELIEVE IN KARMA? WHY?
Hmm. I guess the answer to this is yes… and no. I first have to acknowledge that the concept of karma I hold may not even be accurate, as it’s appropriated from another culture that I don’t have any knowledge of and am not part of. So my idea of karma is the westernized READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | READING GOALS BEFORE YEAR-END
Hmm. I’m not really sure what to do with this post, because I don’t really set a whole lot of reading goals, other than participating in the Goodreads challenge each year. But even then, I generally set my goal to one book a week, which by this point I’ve likely passed already. So I READ MORE
BOOK REVIEW | AMAZING GRACE ADAMS – FRAN LITTLEWOOD
The blurb for this book grabbed my attention, because I really loved Ove. I read A Man Called Ove last year and it was one of my favourite books. I even liked the film. Eleanor Oliphant was less of a hit, but more because I took issue with some of the author’s decisions around READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I SHAKE OFF A BAD MOOD
For a long time in my life the answer to this would have been simple: I don’t. But over the past several years, with some hard work and (a lot of) therapy, I’ve made a lot of progress in feeling ownership and some modicum of control over my emotions. I can’t will myself out READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MINOR CHARACTERS WHO DESERVE THEIR OWN BOOK
This is an interesting prompt. Because of my poor memory, however, I’m left wishing I’d known this was coming up while I’d been reading over the past decade or so, so I’d be able to make a list as I read. Now I have a hard time thinking of them, and I know I’ll READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I haven’t been reading as much lately, so I didn’t have anything to share last week. This week I was able to read a bit, but it’s still not very much to discuss! Here it is anyway. Just Shelved Both of these books are knitters (or knitting admirers) talking READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | WOULD I MOVE TO A MARS SETTLEMENT
HAHA nope. Not even a tiny chance. For so many reasons, but if I had to bring it down to basics, I don’t like small spaces and generally space travel is quite a cramped affair. I also don’t love wide open spaces… so you know, it hits on both. I also quite like this planet, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY AUTUMN TBR
Here we go again – another list of books that I’m currently super excited about, but that will move down my TBR the second the post is published. Oh, to be someone who could actually set a list and then follow through! So here are books that look excellent that I most likely will READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | FUNNY FARM – LAURIE ZALESKI
This was yet another book I stumbled across while browsing audiobooks, and as I’m currently really interested in outdoor life (more gardening, but I’ll extend that to farming or homesteading or, in this case, animal rescue farms), this caught my attention. It was even further piqued when I read the subtitle – my reaction READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | FAVOURITE FAIRYTALE OR LEGEND AND WHY
I’m not really a fan of the fairy tales I read as a child – the European Grimm’s fairy tales being the majority of the genre from what I’ve experienced. Generally I find them problematic and upsetting, particularly if you look at the originals (like how in Cinderella the step sisters actually hacked off READ MORE