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: “LONDON, SPRING 1815 Most young ladies were expected […]
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 […]
If you grew up like I did, you probably heard “don’t judge a book by its cover” all the time. Granted, the phrase typically refers to anything other than books, and was used all the time throughout my younger years to remind us not to judge something (or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: “Maman lied when she told me there were […]
There’s nothing like blog posts to really showcase my personality. This week’s prompt gives me an opportunity to showcase posts I’ve written that give you the best glimpse of me. This is a fun topic, because I get to browse through all of my post and show off […]
I was never even aware that people visualize things differently until only a few years ago. This week I want us all to discuss how we visualize what we’re reading, and I’m hoping that you all feel free to chime in. The idea of visualization while reading wasn’t […]
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 Day of the Flight I had to […]
This week’s prompt is a relationship freebie, and we’ve talked about so many different kinds of relationships. One of my favorite relationship types is also one of my favorite tropes to see in books—found family. So for this week, I want to build my own found family out […]
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