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
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 other … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Underrated Non-Fiction Favourites
Besides fantasy, weird fiction and non-fiction, I also love the classics. Jane Austen is one of my favourites - and a favourite of so many, which is probably why there's a profusion of adaptations of her work. So I've picked out my top 5 Jane Austen adaptations of five of her novels. These will be … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Jane Austen Adaptations
I really enjoy discovering impressive or intriguing magic systems in fantasy. So for this weeks Top 5 Tuesday by Bionic Book Worm, picking five books with magic would be too easy. Instead I'm going to list five books that are purported to have real magic within - because I love a research project! Here are the Top 5 most … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Books With REAL Magic
I could wax lyrical about all the tropes I'm completely done with, that I never again want to see the light of day, or light of the moon for that matter. But that would just be a list - and this isn't a Listicle. The tropes I mention below are ones I've had enough of in their lazy … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday: Top 5 Tropes I’ve Had Enough Of – and How They Can Be Done Better
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
This post comes from the tag Top 5 Tuesdays hosted by Shanah over at Bionic Book Worm. I've been reading her Top 5 Tuesday tags for a while and she's so inspired with her weekly ideas that I had to get in on that action. This weeks Top 5 Tuesday theme is "Top 5 Fantasy (YA or Adult)" I love fantasy … Continue reading Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Fantasy (YA or Adult)
