Wow. That’s the one word version of this review. I can’t believe it took me this long to finally read this blockbuster book, or that I went into it with zero idea what I was getting into. Honestly, I think that’s probably the best way to experience it, so if you want to go READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | HALLOWEEN READS
This week’s prompt: Do you have a favorite book or author you turn to every October to celebrate Halloween? I don’t, because most of the books that are associated with Halloween and that time of the year aren’t ones I have any interest in reading. I don’t like horror, nor am I into READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING THAT WAS BETTER WHEN I WAS A KID
This is an interesting question. There are so many things that have gotten more accessible, easier, and more convenient since I was a kid. I can no longer imagine a world without my cell phone, for example. The number of times I use it to find businesses I’m looking for, look up directions or READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKISH BRAGS OR CONFESSIONS
I’m not finding this week’s prompt very easy, partly because I don’t really think about bragging about anything to do with my reading, and likewise I don’t really feel shame about anything I read or don’t either. If I like a book that’s a “guilty pleasure,” I’m happy to openly praise it. If I READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
It’s one hell of a week this week, and last wasn’t great either. Lots going on and lots of stress. For me, it’s taking on most of the driving as my husband has started a new job, and trying to pass my road test so I can continue to do so when there’s no READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | IS THIS ANYTHING? – JERRY SEINFELD
Thanks to the 90s TV show, it feels as if Seinfeld has been part of the backdrop of popular culture for most of my life. I wasn’t an early devotee to Seinfeld – I saw the odd episode here and there, I knew who Kramer and George Costanza were, but I didn’t go out READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | UNPLEASANT FEELS IN BOOKS
This week’s prompt: Are there any books that you find particularly creepy or unpleasant, even if they aren’t horror novels? Hmm, I’m not a horror person, so I definitely don’t have any straight up, proper horror books to include here. I do occasionally dabble in the supernatural, which can go either way. One I READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A GENRE I WANT TO READ MORE OF
I like to read all kinds of things. In the past couple of years I’ve tried cosy fantasy, sci-fi, graphic novels, and even romance. I’ve found some books I’ve loved among my experiments. But I think the thing that I enjoy most is when a book subverts my expectations. A literary fiction that has READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS I READ BECAUSE OF THE HYPE
The prompt for this week was “Books I Read/Avoided Because of the Hype” and I was planning to cover both. But first it was much harder to think of ones I’ve avoided as they aren’t in my list of read books nor my TBR, and second, there were quite enough books I read because READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
You’re not going to believe this (or maybe you will if you’re also a parent/caregiver to children) but my kid has been sick AGAIN this week. Now, to be fair, school just started, and that’s always it’s own hellishly unique petri dish situation mixing all the various viruses each kid managed to come into READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | I’LL SHOW MYSELF OUT – JESSI KLEIN
I love this new genre of books written by mothers – often middle-aged ones – that tell the nitty gritty truth of what it’s actually like to make, birth, and raise tiny humans in today’s world. Spoiler alert: not easy. In this collection of essays, Jessi Klein explodes the cult of silence that has READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | SUMMER TO AUTUMN TRANSITIONAL READING
This week’s prompt: With the changing of seasons from summer to fall in September, do you have a favorite book that reflects the essence of this transitional period or one that you enjoy reading when the temperature cools down? This is an interesting prompt, because – though I know I’ve definitely read books READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY SENSE OF HUMOUR
Oh, well that’s easy. British. Dark. Dry. Irreverent. Sarcastic. Often involves swearing. Usually considered offensive. Any questions? That really is all I need to say on the matter. Any other dark humour people out there? Do you find the sort of thing you wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing at work to be the most READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS ON MY AUTUMN TBR
Well, as usual I’ve absolutely no idea. I might read the books I just borrowed from my library, or I might return them in a few days without even trying them. I might read one of the books I’ve had on my TBR for ages, or I might find something new when I’m browsing READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well, it’s been a busy few weeks! School started again, both my family members finally recovered fully from their bout with COVID (and I seem to have managed to quarantine my way around it), we’ve had a lot of appointments and errands to do, and I’ve been spending a lot of my time driving READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BOMB SHELTER – MARY LAURA PHILPOTT
In Bomb Shelter Mary Laura Philpott introduces herself while lying upside down on her living room floor, rendered immobile at the age of forty-four by two herniated discs. While she’s down there, she ruminates on memories of her family, Christmases past, the house they share, and thinks about how she ended up there. But READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | BOOK EVENTS & AWARDS
This week’s prompt: September is a busy month for literary events and book awards. Are there any award-winning books or authors you’re eager to read, or any forthcoming book events you intend to go to or cover on your blog? My relationship with book prizes has been on and off. I find that READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | BOOKS THAT SHOULD HAVE ENDED A DIFFERENT WAY
I don’t like doing this, because I love books, I respect the effort an author puts into it, I even like books that don’t have perfect endings or have bits I don’t think worked as well as they could have. So I’m only including two, and I’m doing it under protest. They’re not bad READ MORE