Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Head Full of Books where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence […]
Happy New Year, Everyone! While I didn’t post much in 2025, I thought it would be fun to do a mad-lib style meme to sum up my year of reading. Describe yourself: Clever Little Thing by Helena Echlin How do you feel: Wicked by Gregory Maguire Describe where you currently live: Where the River Merges […]
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole’s Random Life in Books On My TBR This Week […]
October was a slow month of reading and blogging. October flew by mainly consisting of work and weekend laundry. My book club typically reads books that have been adapted to movies or tv series. However, last month we went off script and read Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris and went to a reading at a local […]
Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Head Full of Books where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence […]
Don’t Open Your Eyes by Liv Constantine is the perfect summer domestic thriller. It is a poolside book to get lost in. Liv Constantine opens the book with a bang, a distressing nightmare that the reader knows will come back to haunt Annabell, the main character. The author sprinkles these premonition dreams throughout the story, […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. It’s a place to meet up and share what you have been, and are about to be reading over the week. It’s a great post to organise yourself. It’s an opportunity to visit and comment and er… add to your groaning […]
I’ve been a little MIA for the past few months. It’s not that I haven’t been reading but more of a blogging rut. I read two books in July, a slower month for me particially because I’ve been listening to a lot of true crime podcasts over the summer. Anyway, my hope for August is […]
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole’s Random Life in Books On My TBR This Week […]
Saturday Adaptation is a weekly post comparing books to their adapted counterparts. My first review in this series is Lessons in Chemistry, which I reviewed earlier this year. The book Lessons in Chemistry is such a well-thought-out book with vivid characters and an engrossing plot. Bonnie Garmus slowly developed Elizabeth Zott so the reader could […]