Books, Books, Books
From Goodreads: "When Esther Thorel, the wife of a Huguenot silk-weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God’s will. Sara is not convinced being a maid is better than being a whore, but the chance to escape her grasping ‘madam’ is too good to refuse. Inside the Thorels’ tall house... Continue Reading →
Goodreads blurb: "Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels for hardcovers. Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung’s comics are humorous and instantly recognizable—making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds. Book Love is... Continue Reading →
Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!... Continue Reading →
Nonfiction November is hosted this year by Julie (JulzReads), Sarah (Sarah’s Book Shelves), Katie (Doing Dewey), Rennie (What’s Nonfiction) — is a month-long celebration of everything nonfiction. Each week, they'll be a different prompt and a different host looking at different ideas about reading and loving nonfiction. This week’s (Oct. 29 – Nov. 2) discussion... Continue Reading →
I've decided to join yet another reading challenge this year, the 2018 When Are You Reading Challenge hosted by Sam@Taking on a World of Words. It involves reading a book predominantly set in twelve different time periods. Fortunately, I've already read a few books for the different eras and so have added links to my... Continue Reading →
I saw this on Books and Me!! the other day and thought it would be great fun to join in. The Rules: Find a book on your bookshelves that contains (either on the cover or in the title) an example for each category. You must have a separate book for all 20, get as creative... Continue Reading →
I love this meme created and hosted by Inge @The Belgian Reviewer highlighting the difference between covers for the same book. I’ve noticed some more just recently so let's do round two. These are the covers for the Audiobook, Kindle and Audio CD version of Ready Player One. I prefer the the first one... Continue Reading →
As mentioned in a recent Top Ten Tuesday post I wasn't much of a re-reader, until last year when I discovered the joy of re-reading a favourite book. I always thought that re-reading was a bit of a waste of time, I mean why read something old that you know inside out, rather than discover... Continue Reading →
Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! My NetGalley Haul... Continue Reading →
