![Books I Haven’t Read by my Favourite Authors [Top 10 ‘Tuesday’]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/top-ten-tuesday-new-host.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
I missed this week’s Top Ten Tuesday because I’ve had a cold sapping my energy since Sunday night, but I had a two hour nap this afternoon and now I’m ready to blog! I wanted to participate in this topic (books by my favourite authors that I still need to read) because I actually have a Goodreads shelf for it. Links to Goodreads. The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson […]
Thanks to Nandini for tagging me to do this! I’m posting this tag today in honour of Hobbit Day (September 22 is the birthday of both Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins, respective protagonists of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf – a book that taught you something Zen Keys by Thich Nhat Hanh – Taking ‘taught you something’ literally here, this is the book that largely introduced me to and spurred […]
![In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Family2Breads2Bsmall.png?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Why we chose Sarah Rees Brennan’s In Other Lands After Mythago Wood disappointed my sister and I, we agreed that we wanted to try another stand alone fantasy. Ash suggested this book, about which I had recently heard some positive things. The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border—unless you enjoy a fireworks display […]
Hello! You may have noticed I was catching up on blog hopping this past weekend. Now I’m catching up on my own blog. The past few weeks have flown by. The final week of August saw me wrap up my summer job (primarily in the form of a 3,000 word report :P). My parents drove me home from the mountains and visited until September 13. University classes started on September […]
![Reading a Book for the First Time (or, I Finally Read The Silmarillion in its Entirety)[Discussion]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/silmarillion-paperback.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
When I was young and utterly in love with The Lord of the Rings films and The Hobbit book, I kept telling myself I would read The Silmarillion by the time I turned 18. In fact, I did not even read the entire The Lord of the Rings until I was 20 years old. Now I have read The Silmarillion, at 26 years old. I don’t regret waiting. While not as difficult as a read as I anticipated, the […]