Category: thoughts

Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction [Bookshelf Tour 5/5]

11 December 2022 / thoughts / 9 Comments
Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction [Bookshelf Tour 5/5]

It took almost a year instead of the planned eight weeks, but here is the final post in my Bookshelf Tour! There’s no preamble required for these final three shelves. Favourite Middle Grade More Middle Grade This shelf includes favourites from way back when I was a wee kiddo (I spy some key Scholastic Book Fair purchases, like Wish Upon a Unicorn), classic titles (hello Charlotte’s Web), books still on […]

11 Books About the Social Internet [Nonfiction November]

17 November 2022 / thoughts / 10 Comments
11 Books About the Social Internet [Nonfiction November]

This week we’re focusing on all the great nonfiction books that almost don’t seem real. A sports biography involving overcoming massive obstacles, a profile on a bizarre scam, a look into the natural wonders in our world—basically, if it makes your jaw drop, you can highlight it for this week’s topic. Hosted by Christopher @ Plucked from the Stacks. Overview This week, I’m bending the topic to include a post […]

Favourite YA and Adult Authors, Plus Some Other (Non-MG) Stuff [Bookshelf Tour 4/5]

16 October 2022 / thoughts / 8 Comments
Favourite YA and Adult Authors, Plus Some Other (Non-MG) Stuff [Bookshelf Tour 4/5]

The top two shelves of these bookcases are not perfectly, ideally organized. They were a result of the space constraints. I really thought I would have room left over with these two bookcases! But I suspect I will acquire a third if I still live here in two or three years… Anyway, the top shelf became the catch-all stuff for books that didn’t belong much to any other grouping. Fairy […]

Arctic Exploration, Japanese Religion, Assorted Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction, and a Few MG Faves [Bookshelf Tour 3/5]

6 September 2022 / thoughts / 7 Comments
Arctic Exploration, Japanese Religion, Assorted Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction, and a Few MG Faves [Bookshelf Tour 3/5]

Continuing by bookshelf tour with Tolkien, middle grade faves, Arctic exploration, Japanese religion, and assorted adult fiction and non-fiction.

2022 Mid-Year Check-In

9 July 2022 / thoughts / 5 Comments
2022 Mid-Year Check-In

Welcome to my 2022 mid-year check in! In this post, I check my progress on my reading goals, challenge participation, and blogging goals. I also review my ratings of every book I’ve read so far in 2022 and share some life updates. Personal Goals 30/100 books read – I’m 20 books behind schedule but only 9 books off more than my entire year of reading for 2021, so this is good. It […]