Top 5 Wednesday is a weekly thing hosted by Sam from Thoughts on Tomes. You can find more information about past and upcoming topics in the GoodReads group. This week's topic is books that we're thankful for. It was hard to choose which ones to include, but these are without a doubt books I'm truly thankful for. 5 — Crow: From The Life and Songs of The Crow by Ted HughesIt offered me comfort at a time of grief. I can't quite put my finger on why I feel so deeply for this poetry collection. Perhaps it's the mythical nature of the character of Crow, I honestly can't say. It has a special place in my heart none the less. 4 — The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2017
The TBR Book Tag
The TBR book tag was created by Rachel from the A Perfection Called Books way back in 2014. I've been looking for a fun tag to do and I thought this one would be great, so here we are! How do you keep track of your TBR pile? I don't have a specific place for my unread books on my shelves. I've considered dividing them into read and unread, but I've been too lazy to actually take all of my books off of the shelves and organize them. I remember which books I've read, so it's not a problem for me to quickly pick an unread book off of my shelves anyway. I also really like reading on my kindle, so I have some tbr books there as well. Besides the ones that I own, there's my GoodReads tbr. … [Read more...]
The House Cup Reading Challenge: Update #1
We're a little over halfway through the house cup reading challenge, so I thought it was time to do an update of what I've read so far. As I always, I changed my tbr a bit. What a surprise. I'm very much a mood reader, so I'd say it was unavoidable that I'd switch it up instead of following what I planned to read. It has been a very productive readathon for me this far. I've already read 8 books. Most of them are really great, and a couple have even become new favorites. Main Challenges (20p) I've completed five out of seven main challenges, which are the ones that are worth most points. I feel very on top of schedule, even though I mixed up my tbr a bit as I've already … [Read more...]