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 […]
The first month of 2025 is in the books and it is time for my monthly wrap-up. I didn’t get as much blogging/reading done as I would have liked but I made progress with my goals all the same. Books Reviewed Books Read: Book Club Selections Proposed Monthly TBR: Challenge Progress On the Blog Books […]
The Write On Review-a-thon has been hosted by Reading the Paranormal for the past several years but is currently on hiatus. The basis is to catch up on backlogged reviews or posts and after taking a break from blogging last year I have a lot of reviews to write Books to Review
I was excited to read Bridget Jones’s Diary as I loved the movie and had heard good things about the book. The novel started out strong and Bridget was endearing at first… Bridget started out as someone I’d like to know but as time went on I began to roll my eyes and just wanted […]