Well, the obvious answer here is a gift card for a bookstore, because that is all a booklover EVER wants, really. But there are book-adjacent things that we are also pretty fond of! Blankets There is really nothing better than curling up under a soft, fuzzy, warm blanket to read your book. We need READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | SPRING CLEANING
I’m sort of on a constant spring clean of books – I find that every time I get rid of the books that are on the bottom of my list, new ones move down that just a week earlier I didn’t think I could part with. So I try to constantly re-assess my shelves READ MORE
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH + INT’L WOMEN’S DAY | BOOKS ON FEMINISM & EXPERIENCES OF WOMANHOOD
We are now in Women’s History month, and today is International Women’s Day, one of my favourite celebrations of the year. I think it’s so important for women – and men – to understand the ways sexism still affects all of us. From employment opportunities to salaries, domestic violence, childcare, medical attention, poverty – READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I’ve somehow lost my momentum with reading, so this week I only managed to get through one book that I’d already read half of! I did read some longer books with my kid this week, though, so I’m throwing those in as well since I technically did read them too! Read last week: . READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM – YAA GYASI
I always meant to read Homegoing – I even started it a couple of times – but for some reason I wasn’t able to get very far. I found the audiobook of Transcendent Kingdom available from my library, and it seemed like time for me to give Gyasi’s work another try. It’s really hard READ MORE
WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 | LONGLIST PREDICTIONS
It’s that time of year again! The Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announcing their longlist on March 10th – just five days from when I’m writing this. It’s always an exciting thing to see which books make the list – partly to see which of the books you’re rooting for, and partly to READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY GREATEST WEAKNESS
Hmmm. Well I feel like I kind of touched on this in last week’s post, and mentioned how much I dislike this question in job interviews! I don’t like it much better here, but I’ll give it a go. I have a lot of flaws, like anyone. I can have a quick temper (though READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | CHARACTERS WHOSE JOBS I WISH I HAD
This one is both easy and hard. Easy because I’m going to repeat myself with the same job (or a similar one) in a few different books – obviously anything related to books is a go-to! And hard because finding jobs that aren’t working with books is not as easy as I though it READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Well that week went fast! It was a decent one, my kid and I have taken up daily yoga (Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube is fantastic) which has provided a nice daily calm space for us both, as well as some movement and play. I haven’t read as much this week, but I did READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE – SOLOMON NORTHUP
I never really planned to read this book, but it’s Black History month and I saw it on the shelf… it felt like the right time. I’m sure most of you know all about this book because it was made into a film a few years ago, but just in case, here’s the basics. READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY GREATEST STRENGTH
This prompt is like in job interviews when they ask you your biggest flaw and you have to come up with something that sounds legit, but isn’t bad enough that they wouldn’t want to hire you, and if possible, can also be twisted to be a good thing. (I suspect pretty much everyone says READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT MADE ME LOL (LITERALLY)
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, READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
This is a link-up that has been going on for a long time, but that I keep forgetting to join! It’s a weekly post that encourages bloggers to share what they have read in the past week, what they’re currently reading and books they’ve recently added to their TBRs. Originally started by Sheila at READ MORE
BOOKTUBE TAG | BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOKTUBE TAG
This tag obviously wasn’t one I was tagged in, since I’m not on YouTube, but I loved this video and decided I really wanted to offer my answers to the questions, even if I am crashing the party! It was originally created by Books By Leynes here, but I’m sharing the video above because it READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | HOW I TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH
Well this is a doozy of a first prompt for me to hop on board with, huh? It feels like health is not something anyone is really aiming for at the moment, because we’re all consumed with just getting through this. Many of us are doing so by upping our consumption of pizza/Netflix/alcohol/chocolate/other random READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | MARDI GRAS COVERS
I like this theme, mostly because several years ago I was in New Orleans for the beginning of Mardi Gras, and those memories are some of my best. Here are my picks for the theme: This is READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS THAT TAUGHT ME SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE
I’m not, as those of you who know me will already know, big on romance. I don’t believe in the power of flowers to right a wrong, I’ll eat chocolates if they’re given to me but don’t really get the point of boxes of them that are half the gross fruity ones no one READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WRITTEN BEFORE I WAS BORN
Oh man. Talk about an endless topic! I think I’m going to choose some of my all-time favourites, but really this is only a small selection. . . . . . . . . . There are so many more that I READ MORE