This week’s topic was a bit of a freebie: Reasons Why We Love [Blank]. We went with secondary world fantasy—fiction focusing on a non-Earth setting—because it is one of our most beloved genres.
May TBR and April Wrap-up
With our state essentially being in shut down-mode, we managed to get a lot of reading done. Let’s hope the same will hold true for May!
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Most Recent Additions to Our To-Read List
Though it always seems like we’re adding to our stack of books on our list to read, this month it seems like we’ve been adding more than usual. Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for the TTT prompt!
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on Our Fall TBR
This list was a tricky one—somehow, we are both getting to the ends of our TBR shelves! But we do have a handful of book we’re looking forward to reading this fall. Thanks as always to That Arts Reader Girl for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read by the Pool/At the Beach
Since it’s been hitting 90 here (with the heat index making it feel like well over 100 every day), this one came at a perfect time. Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl for another great Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Book Quotes
Thanks to That Artsy Reader Girl, we're joining in on our first Top Ten Tuesday!
Villette: Bronte’s lesser known but fantastic novel
“I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.” ― Charlotte Brontë
Review: M Train
The thing that Patti Smith writes about always seems secondary to the way in which she writes about it. “I’m sure I could write endlessly about nothing. If only I had nothing to say,” writes Smith.
Review: Hotel World
Ali Smith’s Hotel World is signature Smith—experimental and clever while being easy to read.