Books & Reading
Book It!
I feel a bit like a slacker because I didn’t write up a Book It! post last month, but then again, I didn’t finish any books last month. It was the first time in two years that I didn’t finish any books during a whole month. I blame motherhood. The lack of alone time is…
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Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is less than a month away, so it’s time to think about getting into the holiday spirit. And for me, one of the best ways to get into the holiday spirit is to read something festive. So, today, I’m going to recommend 6 books to get you into the holiday…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Out of Shelf Space?
What do you do when you run out of shelf space? If you’re a big fan of e-readers, you may never encounter this problem, but thanks to the recent creation of my own tiny human, I suddenly have a lot less space for books. So, while I would like my collection of books to keep…
Read MoreThrough the Sad Wood – A Review
I recently got a chance to read a review copy of Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses will Hang by Ava Farmehri. So what’s this book about anyway? A Synopsis – At the age of 20, Sheyda Porrouya’s life is almost over. She was born in Iran on the day staunchly orthodox mullas declared the…
Read MoreBookish Questions – What’s Your Favorite Halloween Read?
What’s your favorite Halloween read? Fall always seems like the perfect time to pick up a spooky book or two. I keep meaning to get around to reading Slasher Girls & Monster Boys, which is a collection of spooky short stories that came out last year. It feels like the perfect sort of read for…
Read MoreBook It!
Another month has gone by where I’ve only finished one book, but it was a good book. Soul Music Soul Music is the Terry Pratchett’s 16th novel about Discworld, and the 3rd to feature the anthropomorphic personification of death, who happens to be my favorite character on the Disc. In this particular novel, Death isn’t…
Read MoreBookish Question – How do you get ARCS?
How do you get ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies) of books? Recently, the lovely Anna in Spain asked me how I got my ARC copies of books. And that is a great question. If you’re new to book reviewing, you probably don’t know where to start to get ARCs for review, which leaves you reviewing books…
Read MoreBookish Questions – How many books do you own?
How many books do you own? This is the type of question likely to get me in trouble, and my husband will be the first to tell you that he thinks I’m a hoarder. And while I do have lots of “things,” I don’t consider it hoarding if it’s books. Resource Materials Not including magazines…
Read MoreBook It!
I have to seriously thank the new “LeVar Burton Reads” podcast for getting any reading done this month. It’s basically the adult “Reading Rainbow,” and I didn’t realize how much I needed it in my life until it appeared. Thanks to the podcast, I was able to rack up several completed “books” which were really…
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