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
TOP TEN TUESDAY | FAVOURITE CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS
This prompt is not the easiest, but it’s also a great one. Because the relationships between characters in our books both tell us a tremendous amount about that character’s sense of self, place in the world and generosity of spirit, and help us feel emotionally connected to the story as it unfolds. They also READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another decent reading week! I finished four books this week, and they were all good – but two were even better. Now I’m just trying to figure out what to read next to keep the enjoyable experience going! Just Shelved I’ve had How to Keep READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT – JEN MANN
Yet another book that has been languishing on my shelve for literal years – this seems to be a theme lately! This one came to my attention when I was unpacking my books after a recent move. I was looking for something on the light side, that would make me feel any kind of READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SONG LYRICS I’VE MISHEARD
It’s been years since we didn’t have the internet to look song lyrics up on, so I don’t really remember. I know there were lots. I think I mis-heard Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and thought it was “his story” instead of “history” – let’s just say I was a precocious feminist and was afronted READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT DEFIED MY EXPECTATIONS
This is an interesting topic. It manages to sum up both the best and worst parts of being a reader. Worst, because when you’re super excited to read a book, particularly if it’s one that has come highly recommended to you, and then it’s a let-down, the disappointment can be a physical sensation. On READ MORE