After taking a look at the unread books sitting on my bookshelves, I thought it would be fun to compile a list of 20 titles that I'd most like to pick up in 2020. This isn't a super strict TBR list that I'm going to absolutely hold myself to out of fear of punishment from... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Book Releases For the First Half of 2020
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: Most Anticipated Book Releases For the First Half of 2020 It seems like the first half of 2020 is set to be an embarrassment of riches when... Continue Reading →
Bout of Books #25 Sign-Up and Reading Plans
I'm hoping I can read up a storm this week during Bout of Books #25. What is Bout of Books? The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time... Continue Reading →
Classics Club Spin #20
Cheers to Classics Club Spin #20! On Monday, April 22nd, a number from 1-20 will be chosen and I will then have until May 31st to read the book from my list that corresponds with that number. Even though I never so much as opened my pick for the CC Spin #19 (a re-read of Evelina by Frances... Continue Reading →
Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon (April 2019) Sign-Up and TBR
Tomorrow (Saturday, April 6th) is the day we've been waiting for: the return of the biannual Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon! I'm excited to participate in another round of this fun bookish event. As per usual, I'm not going to attempt to read for anywhere near the full twenty-four hours, but I hope to scratch one... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Spring 2019 TBR
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 on my Spring 2019 TBR Happy (almost) spring!* I'm so excited to usher in the new season, along with new books and new reading plans. Here are... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Recent Additions to My TBR
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: Recent Additions to My TBR These ten books are not necessarily the ten most recent additions to my TBR, but rather a diverse sampling of some of the... Continue Reading →
Bout of Books #24 Sign-Up and TBR
Bout of Books #24 kicks off today, and I've decided to go along for the ride. What is Bout of Books? The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th in whatever time zone... Continue Reading →
My 2019 TBR Pile Challenge List
The 2019 TBR Pile Challenge is hosted by Adam at Roof Beam Reader, with the goal of reading the books that have been languishing on our shelves. The challenge is to read and review 12 unread books that have been on your shelf for more than a year, during the 12 months of 2019. My... Continue Reading →
11 Books in Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day
One hundred years ago today, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the First World War officially came to an end. It's an incredibly sobering and momentous anniversary. While I plan to spend some time diving back into Testament of Youth this afternoon, there are many books about WWI still on my... Continue Reading →