Month: December 2019

10 Books I Own But Haven’t Read [TTT]

10 December 2019 / top 10 tuesday / 5 Comments
10 Books I Own But Haven’t Read [TTT]

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie. I don’t know why I picked this topic. Usually I pick one that I missed recently…but this was the topic on November 5, 2018, lol. Well, anyway. My topic is books I […]

Favourite Reviews I Wrote in 2019 [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

9 December 2019 / thoughts / 1 Comment
Favourite Reviews I Wrote in 2019 [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

Last week, I looked at five different reviewing styles that I like and considered what I’ve learnt from them (see part two linked above). This week, I’m considering what I like about my own style by looking at some of the reviews I wrote this year.

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

“I Can’t Believe I Haven’t Read That Yet” Results [NF and MG Reviews]

Reviews of the winners of September and October’s vote – The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller (non-fiction) and Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (middle grade fiction)

November 2019 Month in Review

3 December 2019 / month in review / 1 Comment
November 2019 Month in Review

It’s been awhile since I had a month worth reviewing! If you read my “What Am I Doing Here?” post from last week, you’ll know that I’ve finally settled into a routine this month. Hence all the action on the blog here. I don’t want to rehash what I wrote in that post, so let’s get right to the monthly recap.

6 Blogs Whose Reviews I Could Learn From [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

1 December 2019 / thoughts / 3 Comments
6 Blogs Whose Reviews I Could Learn From [A Book Blogger’s Reflections]

In last week’s post (see above link), I discussed how I want to reconsider how I write reviews. I found it easy to be stuck in a rut of writing the same thing over and over. Although I don’t post anything I’m not mostly happy with, I have room for improvement (especially with books that I don’t review because I’m not sure how to do them justice.)