This week’s prompt: Do you have a favorite novel that captures the enchantment of summer nights or has unforgettable moments set under the stars? That second part of the prompt, “unforgettable moments set under the stars,” instantly made me think of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. I read it READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | A SPORT I WANT TO TRY
HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh man, this is hilarious. I’m pretty much the least sporty person you’ve met in your life. A sport for me is vacuuming the house or weeding. I don’t do sports, partly because I have a back injury that means I can’t do things that will have me falling about willy nilly, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | DEBUT NOVELS I ENJOYED
It’s funny, I very rarely pay attention to whether a book is a debut or not. Especially when I’m reading the backlist of an established and prolific author. I rarely know which of their books came first, and I rarely care. But for this post I had to actually do some research and find READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I’m feeling much better so far this week, though the cough is still with me. Progress is progress, though! My kid is in summer camp this week, so I’ve had a bit of time feeling lonely, but also getting more done. I’m trying to get a lot of stuff done around the house and READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GROWING OLD – ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS
If things go to plan, growing old is something we all expect to face at some point. When we are young – like, really young – we don’t feel as if this is the truth. Older people, even those our parents’ age, seem like a whole different species. Then we make it to adulthood, READ MORE
BOOK BLOGGER HOP | FAVOURITE ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK
This week’s prompt: July is a month for getaways and adventure. What is your favorite book that takes the reader on an exciting journey or transfers them to a captivating destination? I enjoy reading travel memoirs. Partly I love the vicarious dopamine of reading about people dropping everything in their lives, packing a backpack READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT GUESS ABOUT ME
There are a few obvious answers to this. If you just met me and didn’t know me or read my blog, you might not know that I have several highly complicated and debilitating medical issues. None of them are visible. You might not know that I am neurodivergent or that I’ve had mental health READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT TWO BOOKS
This a tricky one… I don’t know if I can list ten things I love about one specific book! I’m going to try, but might have to hop between a few if I run out of ideas. Here goes! Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby Obviously, the first one is going to READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
Another week of sickness! As per usual, a simple cold has now turned into a lung infection thanks to the joys of asthma. But I’m up and about, have a little more energy, and can (almost) taste things, so we’ll call that improvement, shall we? Books were slow this week because every time I READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | HIDDEN NATURE – ALYS FOWLER
Anyone who has been familiar with Alys Fowler for any length of time knows her most as a gardener. She was a presenter on Gardener’s World, and had her own mini-series called The Edible Garden in which she used a combination of polyculture and foraging to grow and find most of the fruit and READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | DO I ENJOY SHOPPING? SPOILER: NO.
Ugh, I hate shopping. I used to like it when I was younger, but now it’s just hell. Partly because I’m still cautious about COVID and it seems like an unnecessary risk. Partly because I’m less tolerant of public spaces and people. But mostly it’s just horrible. Especially clothes shopping, which hasn’t been fun READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | REBELS IN LITERATURE
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a throwback freebie, so I combed the list of past topics on the original blog, The Broke and the Bookish, and found an intriguing option – Rebels in Literature. This seemed like a great post to write, so here I go! Atticus Finch from To Kill a READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
The illness my kid had a couple of weeks back that I thought I had dodged has hit me full force this week. But we still managed to get out for some fun activities and a yummy patio lunch on Canada Day, and my garden has still been getting watered. My kid is bored, READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE FORTNIGHT IN SEPTEMBER – R.C. SHERRIFF
I love discovering quiet books that have completely escaped my notice for years, but that suddenly become reading experiences that irrevocably change my internal literary landscape. This is one such book. It was published in 1931, and written by a WWI survivor who had come to fame when he wrote a play, Journey’s End, READ MORE
WEDNESDAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE | MY THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Interesting prompt. I haven’t really thought about this much for a while. I think I have mixed feelings on it. I hate the new Twitter thing, it’s not as good, harder to find stuff I want to engage with, and the new logo freaks me out a little. I like Instagram to look at, READ MORE
TOP TEN TUESDAY | BOOKS WITH MY FAVOURITE COLOUR ON THE COVER
I don’t have one particular favourite colour, I like lots that please me in some way or other – but even more than that, I appreciate colour combinations that work really well. So here are some books that, when I look at them, I just feel an appreciation for the way the colours are READ MORE
LINK-UP | IT’S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING?
I finished a couple of books this week and overall spent a bit more time reading than I’ve had time to do lately! My kid and I set up an outdoor reading area, so we have been enjoying taking our books outside and spending the odd twenty minutes or so reading together while enjoying READ MORE
THE SUNDAY REVIEW | BETWEEN THE STOPS – SANDI TOKSVIG
Sandi Toksvig is a legend. She has lived an amazingly interesting life, she is hilarious, smart, knowledgeable and has a voice I could listen to for days. (I have, actually.) She is not only a writer, but a comedian, a former presenter of The Great British Bake Off, and took over as host of READ MORE