December 2024 Month In Review + Cybils 2024 Finalists

1 January 2025 / month in review / 4 Comments
December 2024 Month In Review + Cybils 2024 Finalists

Sooo, I ended up working only two days in December. My term ended Dec 13, but I was in Vancouver to Dec 4 (Wed), and then I had so much vacation time banked that I took off Dec 9 to 13 (Mon to Fri). I kept quite busy, though, with reading, blogging, enjoying some wintry weather, completing some deep house cleaning, wrapping gifts and writing Christmas cards, and spending time […]

2024 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2024 / meme, thoughts / 19 Comments
2024 End of Year Book Survey

Originally 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 […]

We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado [Horror Review]

28 December 2024 / review / 9 Comments
We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado [Horror Review]

We Came to Welcome Youby Vincent TiradoSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept 2024Publisher: William Morrow (HarperCollins)Length: 384 pages Genre: HorrorTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +16)Representation: Protagonist is Black (Dominican American) lesbian, spouse is Korean lesbian (author is non-binary Afro-Latine) Summary 💬 Where beauty lies, secrets are held…ugly ones. Sol Reyes has had a rough year. After a series of workplace incidents at her university lab culminates in a plagiarism accusation, Sol is put on probation. Dutiful visits […]

Books I Hope Santa Brings [Top Ten Tuesday]

24 December 2024 / top 10 tuesday / 16 Comments
Books I Hope Santa Brings [Top Ten Tuesday]

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is Books I Hope That Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes. I spent a good amount of time yesterday (Dec 23) drafting a post for today, “X Posts to Get to Know Me as a Blogger”. Then I realized I had essentially already done that earlier this year in “A Falling Letters Timeline“, where I listed my favourite posts by year 🫠 So instead I have decided to participate […]

Atmospheric & Spooky Reads [2024 Review Round Up #2]

21 December 2024 / brief reviews / 9 Comments
Atmospheric & Spooky Reads [2024 Review Round Up #2]

Overview Near the end of 2023, I began toying with the idea of doing mini review round ups throughout 2024. I wrote a post in January with all the books I read in 2023 but didn’t review. This idea was basically an attempt to get ahead of having to write one massive post like that for 2024. Thank-you to Annemieke @ A Dance with Books for writing Pocket Reviews and […]