Top Ten Tuesday: Books By My Favorite Authors That I Still Haven’t Read

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 →

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 →