What an odd year for reading.
I agree with French booksellers – bookshops are an essential service. And I certainly did my bit to keep them in business this year. Continue reading
Tag Archives: TBR
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. I’m sure Australia’s bushfires have made world news. The stats* are staggering and almost incomprehensible. I won’t turn this into a rant about our government’s lack of action (no, even acknowledgment) on climate change but this article is worth a read.
“Australia is the canary in the coal mine.”
The TBR stack that (happily) never goes away
I write a post every year about how I’ve made virtually no progress on reducing my TBR stack. Some bloggers will read this post and feel really good (smug) about their own manageable-and-totally-in-control TBR stacks. Others will read it and say, “Pfft. That’s not a stack, this is a stack”, and point to pictures of their hallway, lined with bookshelves that are filled with unread books. Continue reading
Nonfiction November – New to My TBR
It’s the final week of Nonfiction November, hosted by What’s Nonfiction?
So what’s the damage? I’ve added a few books to the TBR stack – Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
01. I love the cloudscapes by artist, Kelly Money.
02. I didn’t have a beach holiday this summer but I have restored the soul with a McCrae day trip. There will be a few more before Easter. Continue reading
The TBR stack – it’s still there
I write a post every year about how I’ve made virtually no progress on my TBR stack. Some bloggers will read this post and feel really good (smug) about their own manageable-and-totally-in-control TBR stacks. Others will read it and say, “Pfft. That’s not a stack, this is a stack”, and point to pictures of their hallway, lined with bookshelves that are filled with unread books. Continue reading
Nonfiction November – New to My TBR
It’s the final week of Nonfiction November, hosted by Katie @ Doing Dewey.
So what’s the damage? I’ve added quite a few books to the TBR stack. Continue reading
20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)
Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. By Cathy’s own admission, she doesn’t have a great track record with her own challenge… But I do! As I’ve done in previous years, I’m using this challenge to read from my to-be-read stack (with a particular focus on hard copies). The challenge is straightforward – read twenty books between June 1st and September 3rd. Continue reading
Apparently I should give up
See above for my reading theme song.
Truly, I rarely abandon a book. In fact, I can list the books I marked DNF on one hand – Continue reading
Choosing what to read next
At the end of last year, Bill, of The Australian Legend, asked me what seemed a straightforward question – how do you choose what to read next?
I’ve been thinking about my answer since, trying to tune into what is driving my choice of books and I’ve realised that it’s a really difficult question to answer.
There are a number of things at play – Continue reading