Carl Sagan’s Cosmos is one of those books that’s been on my TBR for more years than I care to mention. I’ve had the book that accompanied the original TV series since I was ten or eleven, so it’s not like I haven’t had plenty of opportunity to read it. I’ve even read his The…
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Reading Across Genres & Beautiful Discoveries
Do you like reading across genres, lovely people? Do you read whatever catches your fancy, or do you stick to certain genres only? For years I was very firm about what I did and didn’t read. I had very clear opinions on it. These softened somewhat as I got out of my teens and twenties…
American Gods Read-Along (Because “Book Club” sounds Serious)
Are you part of the American Gods read-along? Do you want to join us? Read on! I have never belonged to a book club. They scare me. I might have to sound insightful and intelligent, and if you’ve watched my book chats before, you’ll know my reviews are neither of those things. They’re enthusiastic and…
Comfort Reading & Why it Matters
What’s your comfort reading go-to? What do you read when you feel down? What do you read when you feel lonely? What do you read when it’s cold out and you need to feel warm? Do you have favourites you turn to? I’ve heard that there’s such a thing as bibliotherapy these days. As I’ve…
Lesser-Known Books by Well-Known Authors
In which I talk about books by Paul Torday, Mark Haddon and Marcus Zusak that you might not be able to name straight off. Or you might. As has been observed, I’m not very good at keeping up with trends. Maybe these have been just as popular as their big hit books, and I just…