Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is: Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read Most of these have been on my TBR list for a while now, but sometimes it's nice to... Continue Reading →
Friday Reads: The Far Cry by Emma Smith
My first read for the Persephone Readathon #2 is: The Far Cry by Emma Smith. It's a coming-of-age novel about a teenaged-girl who is uprooted from her home in England by her father, who takes her to India to avoid his ex-wife gaining custody. Teresa and her father have a complex and awkward relationship, but this... Continue Reading →
Stacking the Shelves- 9/8/18
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books we are adding to our shelves, whether physical or virtual. This week, I'm sharing three very different eBooks I've bought over the past month. I've been wanting to read a Graham Greene book, and The End... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Campus Novels
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is a Back to School Freebie, so I've decided to share ten Campus Novels. These books all take place (at least in part) on university, boarding school, or high... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is: Books to Pull You Out of a Reading Slump. I think we can all agree that reading slumps are THE WORST. Luckily, there are a few ways to... Continue Reading →
Six Degrees of Separation: Atonement
The 6 Degrees of Separation meme is a monthly meme hosted at booksaremyfavoriteandbest, that explores the ways in which a chosen book can be linked to six other books. The August 2018 book is: Atonement by Ian McEwan My chain this month includes: iconic dresses, NYC, food, black and white photographs, memoirs, Paris, and pink covers.... Continue Reading →
Announcing the Persephone Readathon Round 2!
If you enjoy readathons and Persephone Books*, I have some good news for you: the #PersephoneReadathon is back for its second round! The Persephone Readathon Round 2 will run from Friday, September 21st through Sunday, September 30th, 2018. As before, this will be a laid back readathon; read as much or as little as you’d like. The goal... Continue Reading →
Classics Club Spin #18
Classics Club Spin #18 is here!! On Wednesday, August 1st, a number from 1-20 will be chosen and I will then have until August 31st to read the book from my list that corresponds with that number. This will be my third #ccspin, and I can't wait to see which book gets picked! Here's my spin... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish I Could Read For the First Time Again
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week, I've decided to go off script to showcase the Books I Wish I Could Read For the First Time Again. These are all books that I loved; some of... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Short Story Collections by Women Writers
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog, and now hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is: Short Story Collections In creating this list, I realized that while I've read many short stories over the years, I haven't read very many complete collections. I've decided... Continue Reading →