Posts Tagged ‘books’
Bookish Questions – Favorite Genre?
What is you favorite genre? My favorite genre will always be sci-fi/fantasy. I love being able to escape my ordinary life and go on dangerous and crazy adventures from the comfort of my favorite chair. We’ve all had that moment when we’ve wanted to leave the shire, but just like Samwise Gamgee, we know it…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Which book do you recommend to friends and family most?
Which book do you recommend to friends and family most? The books I recommend to people really depend one who they are. For example, while I love S.A. Hunt’s Outlaw King series, I would not recommend it to my friends unless they enjoyed epic fantasies or science-fiction. So here’s a list of books that I…
Read MoreBookish Questions – How many books have you read so far this year?
How many books have you read so far this year? Thanks to Goodreads, it’s easy to keep track of the number of books I read each year. I do the Goodreads Reading Challenge each year, which allows me to set a goal for the number of books I want to read, and to keep track…
Read MoreBookish Questions – How many books do you buy in a year?
How many books do you get/buy in a year? For myself, I try not to purchase more than a couple of books a month, though I admit to purchasing more than that when I see books that I just need to have. Sometimes it’s because I’ve come upon a collection of Nancy Drew or Hardy…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Do you like twist endings?
Do you like twist endings? I love a twist ending! Finding a book that doesn’t end the way you expect is a nice change. Particularly when so many books these days have plots you can see right from the first paragraph. The best plot twist I’ve read recently, came in the form of Where’d You…
Read MoreBookish Questions – Your current favorite book?
What is your current favorite book? I have a really bad habit of answering this question with “the one I’m reading.” And, while it is true that I’m always enjoying the books I’m reading the most, I recently read a book of poetry that I am in love with. Outside of Shel Silverstein, poetry has…
Read MoreBookish Questions – What do you do to get through a reading slump?
What do you do to get through a reading slump? For me, reading slumps usually occur when I’ve been reading too much of the same type of book- too many memoirs, fantasies, or children’s classics. So for me the easiest way out of a reading slump is to pick up a different type of book. …
Read MoreBookish Questions – What book have you always meant to read?
What book have you always meant to read and haven’t gotten around to yet? Anything you feel embarrassed never to have read? Ya know, as much as everyone seems to love it, I have never read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Come to think of it, I’ve never read any of Austen’s novels. I feel…
Read MoreBook It! – Seeking Love. Finding Books.
I didn’t get many books finished this month, but I’m still pretty far ahead on my reading challenge. That’s a good thing, as I may be getting busier with house/farm related things soon. Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls. Man Repeller is fashion blogger Leandra Medine‘s memoir about how fashion influenced her life. It’s been…
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