Welcome to my 13th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2022, and set some new goals for 2023. Posting and Reading Overview I posted 44 times in 2022. Still substantially less than 2020, but almost double of 2021! My loose goal for 2022 was originally 3 posts/week when I have the capacity, then […]
Cybils 2022 Finalists Happy New Year! 🥳 And Happy Cybils Finalists Announced Day! 😜 I participated as a round one judge, working through the longlist to shortlist seven books in the middle grade speculative fiction category. Here are the standout titles. You can read more about each book in blurbs written by the round one judges on the Cybils website. Winners will be announced on February 14. There are eight […]
Hosted by Jamie @ Perpetual Page Turner, I like how this survey delves into the specifics of books read and gives me a chance to review all I read and wrote this year. I have completed this survey every year since I started book blogging full time (2014). I removed some questions for which I didn’t have an answer. So, be sure to visit the original post if you’d like to […]
![10 Books Gifted for Christmas [TTT]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/books-gifted-for-christmas-banner.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection. IE What books did you get as presents this holiday season? Or what did you buy with gift cards? Here are the books that were exchanged in my household. Mom Received: Sister Received: I Received: Which books did you gift or receive this holiday season?
![Siren Queen by Nghi Vo [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/siren-queen-banner-2.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Siren Queen by Nghi VoSource: ebook/NetGalleyPublished: May 2022Publisher: Tordotcom (Macmillan)Length: 288 pages Genre: Historical fantasyTarget Age: AdultRepresentation: Protagonist is wlw Chinese American Summary 💬 “No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers.” Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill—but she doesn’t care. […]