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Back at it with your weekly dose of bookish lists, Top Ten Tuesday. While not a full return to blogging, yet, inspiration struck for this week's topic when I had a spare moment to open my dusty laptop and compile a few thoughts. This Spring, adjusting to a new job and ending each day mentally... Continue Reading →
I won't go as far as to say it was impossible to complete this week's TTT, but for me, it was nearly so. I have more fingers than I do books with less than 2,000 Goodreads ratings, and of those, even fewer that I actually love. Rather than tossing up half a list, I created... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl since January of 2018. Jana writes, 'it was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” In that spirit, link up with your list at That Artsy Reader Girl and comment with your list, link, or thoughts below. Top... Continue Reading →
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”-Zora Neale Hurston I believe that 2019 is a year for answers. Life is changing, as it always does, but these shifts feel a bit more seismic, weightier, life-defining. If one holds to the theory of convergence, in that good things coincide with bad things then... Continue Reading →
This year, I'm continuing with Teaser Tuesdays whenever I read a relatively new book that I want to share. Published January 8th, 2019, I discovered this novel while scrolling through #bookstagram. The cover photo depicting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding day pulled me in, as historical (and modern) photos of royals do. The Gown:... Continue Reading →
2018 was a stellar reading year (so many good books) spurring a resolve to read even more in 2019. In that spirit, I'm throwing my blogging ball cap into the ring of all the Most Anticipated New Books of 2019 lists (I do love to write a proper list). Pooling library resources from Bookpage, Booklist,... Continue Reading →
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language/And next year’s words await another voice/And to make an end is to make a beginning.” T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Leaving it to T.S Eliot to lay it down, literary style-that turning of the page that only the beginning of a new year can bring. 2018's reading... Continue Reading →
Thanks to all of the new bookish followers I've acquired this year, and to those here previously for staying with me as I incorporate more book topics into this blog. Here's my reading journey for 2018, stats and cover photos compiled from Goodreads. TOTALS: read 10,526 pages across 30 books AVERAGE LENGTH 350 pages SHORTEST BOOK: 128 pages Fantastic Beasts and Where... Continue Reading →
