Bookish Memory Check – Wyrd & Wonder Edition

Artist: Tithi Luadthong It’s Wyrd & Wonder so it's time to do another fantasy version of the Bookish Memory Check! The rules: Go to your Goodreads ‘fantasy’ + ‘read’ shelf Sort by random Test your memory on the top five books One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez What I remember: Hmmm, I know…

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Howl’s Moving Castle Read Along: Week 1

Artist: Tithi Luadthong For those who have seen the film adaptation/first time readers: these opening chapters already make it clear how much of a difference there is between the two versions of this story. How do you feel about that difference? Are you curious to read on, or has it thrown you? ...I didn't know there…

Wyrd & Wonder: Best Laid Plans

Artist: Tithi Luadthong I just signed up for Wyrd & Wonder a minute ago! I was away from blogging for a couple of months but today I saw a tweet about Wyrd & Wonder and thought it might be a good reason to go back. I participated the last two years as well but the last…

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I just finished reading this book a minute ago and I just have to say how absolutely blown away I am. I heard about how good it was for a long time but I didn't pick it up until I saw the news that the trailer for the movie was out and I didn't want…

Journal #2: Wrap-Ups and Plans

I spent the last 4 days of 2022 reading enough books and comic books to finish my Goodreads challenge. It felt great. And the more I read the more I wanted to read, I was looking at blurbs of so many books and everything seemed so amazing and I wanted to read every book at…

Flatland, sexism and my wrong conclusions

I just finished reading Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott and I'm not quite sure what to think about it. It's a very original story, for me at least, I've certainly never before read a book from the perspective of a 2-dimensional character. I'm also pretty sure I've never read a book with a chapter dedicated…

Journal #1: Catching Up To My Goodreads Challenge

My Goodreads challenge for this year was 50 books - it's the fourth of December and I have 19 more books to go. It's doable, but I'm not gonna force myself to read too quickly just to finish the challenge. In my younger days I would have absolutely done that and stressed over it, but…

Tune by Tune: Taylor Swift the Self Titled Album

I've been meaning to listen to all Taylor Swift albums in order for a while, and the time has come. Sometime after 1989 came out, I listened to all of her older stuff, some songs stuck with me, some didn't. But occasionally I'll hear a song that didn't work for me years ago and suddenly…

What to Read for a Readathon

The 24 Hour Readathon is here!!! I almost missed it, but thankfully I spend a lot of time on twitter so I noticed the hashtag and signed up real quick. I have no other plans for today and the snacks are ready, now I just need to decide what to read! I'm currently 18 books…

The Darkest Part of the Forest Read-along: Week 1

I've finally started reading The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black so these are my answers for the week 1 questions... Q1: All is fair in Fairfold… or is it? What are your thoughts on the way of life in this particular bubble? What do you make of the folk of Fairfold, both…