So. April was busy in the purchasing department. Which really isn't like me usually, but the charity shops have recently been hauling their own bounty and I had money so, it just happened. Anyway, it's only 12 books... My first trip to the Charity Shop in early April saw me pick up three books that I've … Continue reading Book Haul April 2019
I love books. Obvious, I know, given the name and purpose of this blog and all. But that also means I love revisiting the books I've already read. For Bionic Book Worm's / Shanah's Top 5 Tuesday suggestion, I looked at my bookshelves for inspiration. And fell short. Well, I've already reread a lot of … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Books I Want to Reread Soon
Booktube, bookstagram, book blogs, Oprah - they're all talking about That Book right now. It's so popular, you can see it everywhere. It's in so many of the subscription boxes. People have multiple copies on their shelves. Everyone's read it within the year it came out. Well, this isn't about That Book. It's about those … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Underrated Fiction Favourites
"My true love hath my heart, and I have his" (Sir Philip Sidney) - which explains so much. Including that huge scar that never quite heals... well, "There are wounds that are not meant to heal at all" (Vile Vallo). It also explains why this Valentines Day I was gifted with an amazingly weird haul. … Continue reading My Wonderfully ‘Weird’ Valentine: Putting the Love Into Lovecraft
Every year I enjoy reading (or rereading) a few classics, but there are a few I've still not gotten around to yet. This year I'd like to make a conscious effort to read them. I've already added Dune by Frank Herbert and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake in my previous 2019 Reading Challenge lists, so that's one science fiction … Continue reading Reading Challenge 2019: Classics
Orphans in India get pulled into a strange “rescue” mission aimed at stripping their mysterious powers, a portrait painter unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances, themes of empowered women to environmental nightmares to utopian dreams are illuminated and a house walks about on chicken feet. These are the books released in October 2018 that I'm excited … Continue reading Buried Alive By Books Out In October 2018
It's almost Halloween! Ok, it's a few weeks from Halloween, but who's counting. Me! I recently read an article on Tor.com that linked to NPR Books who had asked readers to nominate their favourite horror tales. A panel of judges then selected the 100 most terrifying. Of course the list is subjective - but who doesn't enjoy looking through 'Top … Continue reading Countdown to Halloween: Horror To Keep You Up At Night
I found it hard to pin down my Top 5 - there are so many I enjoy - so I started to look at it from the point of view of 'if I was writing that novel I really want to read, what tropes would I include?' As I was writing that list I found that a single … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Tropes I Want More Of. Or, How to Trope Like Gaiman
Books have recommended their reader to me before. I also find you can learn more about a person by looking at their bookshelves - And if someone doesn't have any books on their bookshelves, that must say something too, although I'm not sure what... But sometimes it's just nice to answer a few questions to give a quick overview of … Continue reading Getting To Know Me: 55 Quirky Bookish Questions Answered
