So, January’s done, hey? It was a solid start to my year in terms of reading and blogging. Still sad about the state of Twitter. Now that Tweetbot’s gone (RIP), I find it less useful than ever. Grateful to everyone who checks out these posts even if they never see my tweets! Books Finished Books Reviewed Posts Written Shared on Twitter On My Radar in February Representation indicated below AFAIK […]
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Preamble Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Freebie. Time to bust out a topic I’ve had in my drafts since 2020! That topic is the Shikoku Henro (四国遍路), or Shikoku Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage consists of 88 temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku which are associated with Buddhist monk Kōbō Daishi, the founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan. From Aug 2014 to Aug 2015, I lived in Shikoku. I completed the […]
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Taking Up Spaceby Alyson GerberSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: May 2021Publisher: Scholastic IncLength: 272 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: +9Representation: Protagonist develops disordered eating Summary 💬 Sarah loves basketball more than anything. Crushing it on the court makes her feel like she matters. And it’s the only thing that helps her ignore how much it hurts when her mom forgets to feed her. But lately Sarah can’t even play basketball right. She’s slower now and missing shots she […]
September’s Result – Poppy and Ereth by Avi Way back in 2013, I added the remaining Dimwood Forest books I’d yet to read to my TBR. Chronologically, Poppy and Ereth is the final book in the series. In 2020, Avi published Ragweed and Poppy. So that leaves Ereth’s Birthday, Poppy’s Return, and Ragweed and Poppy on my TBR. The first Dimwood Forest book I read was Ragweed (first chronologically but […]
I always say I’m not chuffed about how many books are on my TBR… but it turns out I don’t like having over a thousand books on it 😛 Looking back in my book blogging folder, I’ve done this at least three times, creating docs to track which books I removed in Dec 2020, Jan 2018, and Dec 2015. However, I don’t think I’ve ever shared this process publicly. So […]