A Book You Couldn’t Put Down Wow. It seems as though I have made it through to the end. Well, for this final category, I am going to use a trilogy, rather than a single book. You may recall that… Read More ›
30 day book challenge
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 29
A Book You Hated The list of books that I have hated is surprisingly short. I sometimes cannot get into a book, but disliking it enough to add it to my ‘do not read’ list is rare. Such books do… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 28
Favourite Quote From A Book I am actually going to include more than one quote here, but I think it should be acceptable because they are all from the same book – The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield: Quote 1:… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 27
Book That Has Been On Your To-Read List The Longest I am not sure what book on my shelf has been on Mt TBR the longest, so instead I am going with the book that has been on my wishlist… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 26
Book That Makes You Laugh Out Loud The Book I am choosing for this category is The Darwin Awards: 180 Bizarre True Stories of How Dumb Humans Have Met Their Maker by Wendy Northcutt. If you enjoy laughing at the… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 25
The Most Surprising Plot Twist Or Ending I cannot think of a single book to list here, but I can think of an author. There is one author whose books I enjoy reading who never fails to surprise me. Her… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 24
Book You’re Most Embarrassed To Say You Like/Liked Once again, I find myself stuck for an answer. I do not have a book to list here for the simple reason that I am never embarrassed to tell people if I… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 23
Best Book You’ve Read In The Last 12 Months
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 22
Least Favourite Plot Device Employed By Way Too Many Books You Actually Enjoyed Otherwise I read a lot of thrillers and mysteries and there are several plot devices that are quite common. There is just one that I find slightly… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge – Day 20
Favourite Childhood Book There is one book I truly loved when I was a kid – that I made my mother read to me over and over and over. I am sure I drove her absolutely mad. Anyway, that book… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 19
A Favourite Author
30 Day Book Challenge Day 16
Most Thought-Provoking Book I am not going to choose a book for this category. Rather, I am choosing an author. That author is Jodi Picoult. Jodi Picoult is an excellent author who engages the reader from page one. Her characters… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 14:
A Book That Made You Cry Whether you are talking about books or movies or music, I cry at the drop of a hat. Therefore, there are loads of books that I could use for today’s blog. The book I… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 12:
A Book You Wanted to Read for a Long Time But Still Haven’t Wow. There are so many, many books I could use for today’s challenge. At the time of printing, I have 2,667 books on my wishlist, and over… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 11:
Favourite Classic Book I don’t seem to have read a lot of the classic books that others have, though many are on my wishlist. I think it may be because people often make it their mission to read as many… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 10:
A Book You Thought You Wouldn’t Like But Ended Up Loving One thing about me is that I don’t always read the fine print. Because of this I often find myself adding books to my wishlist because they have an… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 9:
Most Overrated Book Everybody has their own taste in books. One person’s favourite book is another’s most hated. Sometimes a book comes along that is almost universally loved or loathed and, like people, a book’s reputation is often entirely undeserved…. Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 8:
Most Underrated Book In my opinion, one of the most underrated books I have read is a little known book called Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman. First published in 1934, the book takes the form of… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 6:
Book You’ve Read the Most Number of Times I am a bit unsure as to the answer for this one, since I am assuming books read over and over (and over and over and over) to my children don’t count…. Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 5:
Your Comfort Book I am not entirely certain what is meant by a comfort book. Does it refer to a book you read when you just want to be comfortable and don’t want to have to think too much? Or… Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 3:
The Longest Book You’ve Ever Read Warning: Spoilers! You may find this difficult to believe, considering how much I love books, but I actually have yet to read the most notoriously long books, like War and Peace and so on…. Read More ›
30 Day Book Challenge Day 2:
Favourite Side Character Warning: Spoilers! Every story has a main character, around whom all the action revolves. However, it would not be much of a story if it weren’t populated by many more minor characters to interact with our hero…. Read More ›
Thirty Day Book Challenge Day 1:
A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just end already Warning: Contains Spoilers! This is a difficult one for me because I am generally fairly happy with the length of series’ that… Read More ›
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