First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “18 February 1921 I do not have long […]
It’s time for another seasonal post, and the prompt for this week is books on my Fall 2024 to-read list. Fall is my favorite time of the year, and thanks to Jana, I’ve been making seasonal TBRs for as long as I’ve been doing Top Ten Tuesday. I […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “A woman had been crushed by a goal […]
This week’s prompt is ten characters authors surprisingly redeemed, and it was submitted by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse. You should definitely check out her blog if you haven’t yet! Now, I must admit this isn’t really my favorite of topics. Don’t get me wrong, I like a […]
Oof. This week’s prompt, books that provide a much-needed escape, really speaks to me. I’ve been using books for an escape for the majority of my life, and to escape from a variety of situations and issues. Lately, I’ve been reading to escape chronic pain and frustration. Here […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “I arrived in Israel the morning after October […]
August has been hot and humid here in New York, just like it has been basically everywhere. I’ve still been spending a lot of time inside the house, but lately I have had fatigue that is off the charts, combined with nighttime insomnia. It’s really difficult to function […]
Hello and happy Wednesday! This week’s prompt was submitted by Cathy @ WhatCathyReadNext and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life, and it challenges us to come up with our ten favorite books involving food (that are not cookbooks). I love to read cookbooks, but I also really enjoy when […]
Immortal Dark Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live […]
I finished July with 35 ARCs left to be read. August feels like it went by in the blink of an eye, didn’t it? My finances took a big hit, with my car needing an expensive repair, 3 of my dogs needing vet visits, then my car needing […]
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