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: “The morning mist hadn’t yet begun to thin […]
This week’s topic comes from one of my favorite bloggers, Lydia @ Lydia Schoch, and it is all about how my reading habits have changed over time. I really like this topic, and if you haven’t checked out Lydia’s site, you really should. She’s so great at bringing […]
Hi all, it’s been a while since I last posted a Sunday Bookish Discussion. I have had a hugely busy schedule lately—there were three Jewish holidays back to back, which involved a lot of cooking and other time consuming activities. On top of that, I’ve had a lot […]
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: “Summer, 1348 One wicked July, a boy approached […]
This week’s prompt is books I was assigned to read in school, with bonus points for offering my own thoughts on the book. The vast majority of my schooling was long enough ago that I really had to think about the books that stood out in the vast […]
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: “It was seven in the evening, and Clara […]
This week’s prompt comes from Lydia @ Lydia Schoch, and I’m completely unsurprised that she would submit a challenging prompt — bookish brags (or confessions). I’m going to just kind of free associate and see what comes up. Lydia’s blog always challenges me to read books that I might […]
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: “It was not my intention to cause mischief […]
This week’s prompt is an interesting one, books I read/avoided because of the hype. However, I try to avoid books that are super hyped, because they never seem to work for me, and I’ve kind of stepped away from social media for a while so I haven’t been […]
There has been a push towards increasing inclusivity in many areas of our society, and the book world has been seeing more and more diversity in stories. While most of the results have been positive, there can be a negative side to it. Let’s discuss. I want to […]
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