We're just over half way through the year, so it's time to list my top 10 9 books of the year so far. As per usual, I'm not going to list rereads, which actually made picking my books a tad tricky as I've reread a LOT this year (which is also why I only made it to 9). Still, there were at least 3 that are sure contenders for my Best of 2018 list as ( Read more... )

Today's topic at That Artsy Reader Girl and one I immediately knew I had to join in on.

I'm excluding non-fiction from this list, as travelogues are pretty much intended to awaken the travel bug in you.


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This week's topic on Top Ten Tuesday is one of my favourites. Top ten favourite book quotes. I've done this a few times before (LJ links), so I'll try to keep to newer quotes and not repeat myself.

1. "Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?"
Libba Bray - Beauty Queens2. It's only knitting and it ( Read more... )

Only 30 hours left of 2017, and as I'm not expecting to finish any more new books by the end of the year, I think it's time to call my Top Ten.

Readingwise it's been a much better year than 2016, and I actually had a hard time limiting myself to ten.

In no particular order...
Top Ten Novels of 2017

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With Christmas coming up in less than a week, The Broke and the Bookish thought it about time for us to list which books we hope to find under the Christmas tree this year.

In no particular order...


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Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in the US! (and whoever else might be celebrating it :) This week's Top Ten is books we're thankful for. As the question states: "Which books have touched your heart and left you feeling SO thankful that it was written?"

In no particular order....

The Yada-Yada Prayer Group - Neta Jackson Most of you have heard me ( Read more... )

The people at Broke and the Bookish are back, and I love this week's prompt - top ten graphic novels. I'm going to stretch it a bit and include graphic memoirs as well. I've only dived into this genre fairly recently, but I love it!

The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (memoir) A coming-of-age story of a girl living in Tehran during the ( Read more... )

Wow! How's that for a bulky subject line ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again :-) I know we still have three days left of the year, but I'm going to call it now.

I haven't been quite as lucky with my book picks this year, for some strange reason, so the 5-star books (non-rereads anyway) have been sparser than usual, and there's been no one book that has blown me away.... which actually made it ( Read more... )

I've done this top ten a few times before, and it's always funny to look back and see which books I actually did end up getting, which books I wound up buying myself later, and which books I'm totally not interested in any longer! ;-)


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