I’ve never been a very fast reader, so reading books in one sitting pretty much never happens. But there are a few that I’ve included here, and a few more that, had I been able to read faster or been able to read all day rather than needing to do things to keep a

  This week’s prompt is a special one. We’re to share the top books on our wishlists along with a link to our Amazon wish list (here’s mine) so that we can go around like tiny happiness fairies gifting each other books in honour of Jana’s birthday! So the first thing to say is, happy

  We all have books like this. Books we read, and instantly want to forget so we can discover them again for the first time. Books we want to duplicate, or that we wish would inspire lots of copycats. Here are some of the books I instantly wanted more of!            

  I started this post off with the best of intentions, but it kind of slid into the gutter pretty quickly, and there was no getting back on the straight and narrow road once that happened! So these are some actual answers, and then some that would not be appropriate for the age of people

  There is not much better in this world than a good book that makes me laugh so hard I run the risk of peeing. Unfortunately the British in me means I’m not big on showing emotion, including laughter. It takes a lot to get me to laugh on the outside (less on the inside,

  First lines aren’t everything, but they can really set a book up. That said, there are very few that I remember. I’m going back through some of my books to try and find some good ones, but I’m sure I’m missing out on a lot! (Also included a couple from books I haven’t finished

  I love it when a book pleasantly surprises me. I tend to feel like I have a good handle on what I’m going to like, but every once in a while I hear so much about a particular book that I decide to give it a try, even though on the surface it doesn’t

  The best books are ones that feel real, like you’ve actually stepped into them and live, for a time, in their world. Because of this, the characters we find there often feel just as real to us as the people we bump into in real life. There are characters I have loved, hated, learned

  I adore it when I find a character (or person, if it’s non-fiction) in the pages of a book that I feel like I really get. One that could step off the page, fully formed, and sit down to have a cuppa with me. When this happens, the book will inevitably be counted amongst

  It’s the endless debate, isn’t it? Book or movie? Well, here are some to which I will eagerly say “Both!” (And a few extras that fall into different categories.) The Martian by Andy Weir   I’m not normally into science fiction, but I was completely sucked into this book, and the movie almost lived

  This week’s prompt is stand-alone books that need a sequel. I’m going to attack this from a couple of sides. A few will be books that I felt needed more information or that the story didn’t quite feel finished to me. The other is books that I just loved so much that I would