Winding back just a little bit this time, only to a year ago. I was having a very productive week, reading wise, this time last year! All good books, each of them. Have you read any of these? Thoughts on them?
My Reading Life
#BookBingo – Round 21
I've filled a horizontal line this round. Bingo! Beloved Classic: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne I have a lot of beloved classics but just in case I don’t read anymore of them this year, I figured I'd better lock this one in! This round gives me another full row filled across the top of … Continue reading #BookBingo – Round 21
The Week That Was…
Back to work this week and I am really feeling the early mornings and busy days! My reading time has taken a hit this week on account of dropping off to sleep each time I get comfortable on the couch. As an end of week treat, I'm headed to the cinema to watch Downton Abbey … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means a new round of #6degrees and this month’s starting book is Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. You can find the details and rules of the #6degrees meme at bookaremyfavouriteandbest, but in a nutshell, everyone has the same starting book and from there, you connect to other … Continue reading Six Degrees of Separation from Three Women to The Summer of Impossible Things…
The Week That Was…
Holidays...farewell my dear friends. All good things must come to an end. Back to work next Tuesday after a long weekend for the Queen's birthday - thank you very much Lizzie! It's all good though, only 9 weeks until the holidays...the BIG holidays. Say no more. ~~~~~ Joke of the week: ~~~~~ The sacrifices we … Continue reading The Week That Was…
The Week That Was…
Holidays! I started off my weekend deeply immersed in a Little Women-a-thon, revelling in all of this luxurious time I had to read, and in keeping with my 'read at whim' goal, I was doing exactly that! Reading only what I felt like which turned out to be not only Little Women, but its follow-up, … Continue reading The Week That Was…
The Classics Eight: Little Women
Little Women AND Good Wives – a reflection in words and images I first read Little Women when I was ten. I was gifted a copy and took it with me to Europe in that same year, carting it everywhere and reading it over and over. I never read it again, but still have that … Continue reading The Classics Eight: Little Women
The Week That Was…
It's here! The last day of term 3. School holidays are just hours away, I can almost touch them. ~~~~~ Joke of the week: ~~~~~ Things I one day want to do: ~~~~~ Just started watching: So far so good! ~~~~~ Book of the Week: ~~~~~ What I'm reading right now: ~~~~~ What I'll be … Continue reading The Week That Was…
Spring Break Reading Goals
So close! Spring break is just around the corner. Two weeks of loafing about in weather that is neither too hot nor too cold. I always like to set myself some reading goals for this particular set of holidays, mostly because I begin, always about this time of the year, to feel the loom of … Continue reading Spring Break Reading Goals
The Week That Was…
It's been a long week. School holidays can't come soon enough... ~~~~~ Joke of the week: ~~~~~ TV of the week: ~~~~~ Book of the Week: ~~~~~ Disappointment of the week: https://youtu.be/YAfCD9MVq_c Discovering that The Goldfinch is not listed for screening at my local cinema. And we only have one. Looks like I'll be waiting … Continue reading The Week That Was…
