Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Books for People Who Liked Author X” this week. That threw me for a loop for a minute. I read pretty widely at this point and I’m not terribly faithful to any one genre. Could I do this? Maybe I needed to go rogue. Then I realized the angle I needed to take. Here’s a list of […]
Book Covers that Make Me Think of Spring
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share a “Top Ten Tuesday Rewind” this week. We’re supposed to choose a previous TTT topic that we missed or update a TTT post that we wrote in the past. I didn’t really feel like looking through old topics, though there are plenty of interesting ones […]
Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List” this week. I’m a mood reader but I have found that these seasonal TBRs help me stay on top of my reading challenges and get to some books that have been lingering on my to-read shelf entirely too […]
Ten Bookish People I’ve Met
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten bookish people we’d like to meet this week. I decided to tweak the topic just a bit and write about ten bookish people I’ve met at book signings and festivals. I haven’t been to many book events since the pandemic but before that, I was fortunate to attend quite […]
Top Ten Books of 2022
My goals for the year were to read 100 books and read less books than I did in 2021 (I have other projects I should be working on instead). I read 109 books in 2022, down from 180 in 2021 so I was successful with both goals! I’ve noted whether links go to my review; if I didn’t write one, the link goes to the Malaprop’s website […]
Recent Additions to My Book Collection
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “the most recent additions to my book collection” this week. My list doesn’t have ten books, so I’ll just share what did I receive. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Signed copy!)–All of Ruta Sepetys’s books are fantastic so I really wanted this one, her most recent. Another […]
Completed Series That I Wish Had More Books
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten “completed series that I wish had more books” this week. I am a terrible series finisher. I texted one of my friends that I had just finished the Tristan Strong trilogy this week and recommended that she read it. She replied, “If you actually […]
Hilarious Book Titles
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten hilarious book titles this week. One series immediately leaps to my mind but other than that…we’ll see what I come up with! I have an affiliate relationship with Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe in beautiful Asheville, NC. I will earn a small commission at no additional cost […]
Books That Awaken My Travel Bug
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “books set in a place I’d love to visit” this week. This topic feels a bit too similar to Places in Books Where I’d Love to Live and Favorite Book Settings so I’m going to post about a topic I missed–books that awaken my travel […]
Books from Seasonal TBR Posts I Haven’t Read
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “ten books from seasonal TBR posts I haven’t read.” I’m such a mood reader, I usually bow out of seasonal TBR (To Be Read) topics but I do have one to look back on. I have an affiliate relationship with Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe in beautiful Asheville, NC. I […]
Ten of My Favorite Books Set in the Southern Appalachians
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl gave us a pass to choose our own topic this week. I’m from the southern Appalachian mountains, specifically the Blue Ridge mountains, and I love reading books set in my area. We have an abundance of natural-born storytellers so there are plenty to choose from. I’m limiting my choices to one book […]