It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.
This month we begin with Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Tegan Bennett Daylight
Nonfiction November – Be the Expert
Put your ‘expert’ hat on, it’s Week 3 of Nonfiction November. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – a couple, a murder, and a dog
Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. My baby turned 18. Continue reading
The Details by Tegan Bennett Daylight
I think Tegan Bennett Daylight added the subtitle ‘Reading, Love and Death’ to her memoir/essay collection, The Details, just so that I’d buy it. Obviously I did. Immediately. What’s better than reading about reading, love and death? Nothing!
And this book delivered. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from How to do Nothing to The Memory Pool
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. 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. As Cathy states, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). Continue reading
Reading the Stella Prize Shortlist – Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight
Well. Tegan Bennett Daylight’s Six Bedrooms is very, very good. If all short story collections were this satisfying, I might very well be a convert to the world of short stories. Continue reading
The 2016 Stella Prize Shortlist
Ta da! The 2016 Stella Prize shortlist has been announced. Continue reading
Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts
1. Eclipses are ace, aren’t they?
2. Looking for a new meme to get involved in? I was reminded of the Meme Directory that Bookshelf Fantasies curates this week (and submitted 6 Degrees of Separation, naturally). Continue reading