Our reading plans for this month changed quite a bit, in part because our local libraries opened again (a very welcome change from the past few months)!
August TBR and July Wrap-up
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Bookstores
“I love walking into a bookstore. It’s like all my friends are sitting and shelves, waving their pages at me.” ~ Tahereh Mafi
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Made Us Smile
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Make Us Smile There have been plenty of these over the years so it’s a bit of a challenge to whittle it down. Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for another great Top Ten Tuesday topic! Pete’s Five Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson This is a heartwarming romance... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Authors We’ve Read The Most Books By
We Both have plenty of favorite authors, many of which are shared between the two of us, so putting this list together took little time at all.
Our Honeymoon Haul
Two Saturdays ago, we got married at—of all places—our local library. It was not exactly the day we had originally planned, but it was wonderful, and our close family was able to celebrate with us. Our honeymoon consisted of several stops in a few of our favorite towns, which of course all have bookstores aplenty.... Continue Reading →
July TBR and June Wrap-up
We had a pretty busy June so that resulted in . . . not a lot of reading time. We’re hoping to make up for that in July and making pretty long TBR lists to encourage ourselves! (Because that always works, right?)
Top Ten Tuesday: Top Books We’ve Read Together
We have a bit of a big occasion coming up soon: we’re getting married. So instead of the usual Top Ten Tuesday, we wanted to look back on some of the books we’ve read together throughout our relationship. We’ve picked out books to read together ever since we started dating and it’s always interesting to... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books that Give off Summer Vibes
This week’s topic is books that give off summer vibes — and given that this is a pretty weird summer, these books are likely to be more important than ever.
June TBR and May Wrap-up
This was a pretty great month of reading for the both of us. For once, neither of us had any unfinished books on our list! Let’s hope the same is true for June.
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Opening Lines
This week’s topic is best opening lines, which led us to flip through a couple dozen of our favorite books. It’s surprising how many first lines are a bit flat or don’t make sense without context—but we managed to find some gems.
Lit Lens 