Prompt: What are your favourite childhood and adult books?

Favourite childhood booksAs a child, I'd read anything.  I was a voracious reader and there just weren't enough books available to be choosy.  I lived in a rural area with no public library, so the library at my school was the only access I had to books aside from the ones we had at home ( Read more... )

It’s been a couple of years since I did this quiz, so I thought it would be fun to do again. I originally found it at Maxxesbooktopia in 2017.

Just to be clear, I’ve excluded all re-reads. So this only covers books read for the first time in 2023.

Best book you’ve read so far in 2023?
Brute by Kim Fielding


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These are the books I read in June 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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These are the books I read in May 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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These are the books I read in April 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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Vivid blues and sweeping
gold are marred by a stain,
front and center,
that refuses to fade
into the background.

Set against dramatic reds
and depressive blacks,
it would have gone
unnoticed.

Focus on the blues that aren't red.

Focus on the gold that isn't black.

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These are the books I read in March 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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These are the books I read in February 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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I collected labels

this one pristine and crisp,
straight off the psychologist's printer

this one, from my childhood schoolbag,
       wrinkled,
       lacking adhesive,
       with an odour of expired yoghurt

and I built a mosaic
to present to the world
as me.

These are the books I read in January 2023, and the ratings I gave them.


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