Hello Readers! Happy New Year! Before we say goodbye to 2024, it’s nice to look back on our reading year and see what worked and what didn’t, what goals we met, what new bookish things we discovered, and what maybe we decided to let go. Sometimes it’s only while working on my year-end wrap-ups that …
Tag: Ann Patchett
My Popsugar Reading Challenge Wrap-Up for 2024
Hello Readers! This was my seventh year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and I barely made it happen this year. I typically only allow myself to cheat with a few short stories or children’s books for those prompts that are extra hard for me to fulfill, but this year I ended up reading …
Top Ten Tuesday: I’m a Sucker for Floral Covers
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is May Flowers β Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on …
April 2024 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! While I read sparingly the first few months of the year, my reading finally picked up in April. Just in time because I was getting behind on my advanced reader copies. π We’ve had lovely spring weather, a mix of sunshine and rain, which always makes me want to pick up a book. …
My Popsugar Reading Challenge for 2024
Hello Readers! This will be my seventh year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge. What I like about this challenge is it pushes me out of my comfort zones a bit, but I can almost always find books off my own shelf to fill the prompts. There’s an informative Goodreads group, as well as …
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Books I Hope Santa Brings This Year! Hello Readers! I hope today’s TTT finds you well! If you celebrate the holidays, I hope you’re past …
Top Ten Tuesday: Christmas Songs Book Tag Mashup 2023!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is a Freebie, so I decided to stick with my annual tradition of combining TTT and Jana’s Christmas Song Book Tag. You can check out my …
Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Vineyard or Orchard Settings
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it.) Hello Readers! Current weather update: we had two GLORIOUS days last week with high …
Top Ten Tuesday: The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Bookshelf
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf (close your eyes and touch/grab/point to 10 random titles and tell us what they are! …
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To Soon
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt isΒ Authors I Havenβt Read, But Want To (Submitted by Deanna @ A Novel Glimpse) Hello Readers! I hope you’re all safe and well this week. Our …