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: This is my first time doing this, but I figured […]
This week’s prompt is books on my winter 2023-2024 to-read list and I’m actually kind of excited about this topic for a change. Why is that, you might ask? Because you might have noticed that while I work through an ever-growing backlog of ARCs, my list of pleasure […]
This week’s topic is a freebie, and since Chanukah starts at sundown on Thursday night this year, I figured I would use this week’s post to highlight ten of my favorite Chanukah stories. I figured it works because of the heavy emphasis on Christmas books, and the recent […]
This week’s prompt gives us a bit of structure and a bit of leeway. It’s books set in X (pick a setting and share books that are all set there. This could be a specific continent or country, a state, in outer space, underwater, on a ship or […]
I might as well just call this week ‘Gratitude Week,’ because it feels like all my posts have been either book reviews or posts about what I’m grateful for. Today’s prompt is books I’m grateful for. And there’s so many books I can be grateful for, for a […]
This week’s prompt is reasons why I’m thankful for books, and it’s in honor of Thanksgiving here in the United States. I’m aware of the problematic nature of this holiday and its roots, and I am fully on the side of the Indigenous people. However, my family likes […]
Hey everyone and welcome to another week of Friday Favorites. This week’s prompt is retellings, and anyone who’s read more than a couple of my posts will know that I’m a huge fan of retellings. I’m always on the hunt for new and interesting retellings, and here are […]
This week’s prompt is books with orange, red, or brown covers, and it’s just in time! The weather here is finally staying kind of chilly, and the leaves are changing. Having a post about books with covers that are similar colors to the leaves is perfect, plus it’s […]
This week’s topic comes from Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and it is book titles that would make great newspaper headlines. It’s a great post idea, and I had to really search to come up with titles that fit the prompt. Here are some of the ones […]
This week’s prompt is books written by Indigenous authors, and I’m thrilled about it. November is Native American Heritage Month here in the United States, and there’s no better time to highlight books written by Indigenous authors. Here are some of my personal favorites: What are some of […]