Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten book settings this week. I chose a mixture of fantasy and real-world locations. Let’s go exploring! I have an affiliate relationship with Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe in beautiful Asheville, NC. I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you purchase merchandise Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten bookish pet peeves this week. I’m not clear if this is supposed to focus on tropes/stereotypes/plot errors or pet peeves about physical books but I’m going to list some of each. Most of these don’t bother me as much as I make Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl gave us a freebie for Top Ten Tuesday today. Since it’s Banned Books Week, I’ve borrowed a graphic from the American Library Association to share the top ten most challenged books of 2020. As I prep this post on Saturday, I’ve read three of these books (#1, 7, 8), Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Ten Books on My Fall 2021 TBR” (To Be Read list). I’m very much a mood reader but with Halloween just around the corner, Banned Books Week coming up in a few days, and several of my reading challenges having monthly prompts, I decided I Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten books with numbers in the title this week. That’s straightforward enough so let’s get started! One for the Money by Janet Evanovich (Tempting as it was, I did decide not to list […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Books I Wish I Could Read Again for the First Time” this week. At first glance the topic may sound weird but there is a difference between re-reading an old favorite and reading a new favorite for the very first time. There’s so much excitement as you realize how much you love […]
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our ten favorite places to read this week. I don’t have pictures of all of these places but here goes! The beach. Well, now that I’ve traveled enough to really understand that not all beaches are warm, let me specify a warm, sunny beach. I Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten secondary characters who deserve more love. I have a shelf full of books featuring characters I love on GoodReads so this was pretty easy to compile. I used to host a meme called Character Connection on my first turn at book blogging so I’ll link to some of those […]
The Top Ten Tuesday prompt this week is “ten covers that made me want to read the book.” I have a whole shelf of covers that I love on GoodReads so this was a relatively easy post. The only problem was trying to remember which ones I picked up based solely on the cover, rather Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten books with questions in the title this week. I knew this would be difficult but I didn’t realize exactly how difficult! I tried to choose books that I’ve either read or want to read. Do I just dislike question marks in titles or was Continue Reading…
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten reasons we love reading this week. That wasn’t really speaking to me since I felt that topic would get repetitive across many blogs, so I looked back through old prompts for other ideas. This week, I’m sharing the top ten books that Continue Reading…