"My father was a king and the son of kings." First line in The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Today is the best day of the year - It's the day of the Eurovision Grand Final! I'll admit, this post is rather spontaneous as I usually post on Mondays, not Saturdays, but I saw… Continue reading The Eurovision Book Tag
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The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag
"From the moment I accepted the invitation, I was nervous about returning to Germany." First line in A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne Sooooo today is actually my blogiverasary. It's been exactly four years since I decided other people needed to hear my nonsense and I started this blog. I'm doing The Quarter… Continue reading The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag
The Fantasy Tropes Tag
"Simon Snow did what he came to do." First line in Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell As I'm participating in the Trope-ical Readathon this month, I'm only writing posts about tropes in March. Last week, I discussed the unlikable main character trope and today I'm doing The Fantasy Tropes Tag created by One's Peculiar. I… Continue reading The Fantasy Tropes Tag
The New Year’s Resolutions Book Tag
"The Home Office telegraphy department always smelled of tea." First line in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley January has been a lot of looking back on 2022 but in this final one, I'm looking forward to 2023 through The New Year's Resolutions Book Tag. I haven't been able to find the original… Continue reading The New Year’s Resolutions Book Tag
5-Star Predictions Wrap-Up and New Predictions #3
"The day I went missing. That's where I'll start. Keep up." First line in Echo Cycle by Patrick Edwards I might have forgotten that I had read all my 5-star predictions but my wrap-up is here now! It's time to reveal whether I have gotten any better at predicting which books I'll give 5 stars… Continue reading 5-Star Predictions Wrap-Up and New Predictions #3
The Feelings Book Tag
"Twenty miles from here, twenty miles north, the funeral mass was starting." First line in The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai It's time for a tag and one I was actually tagged for this time: The Feelings Book Tag. I was tagged by Hundreds and Thousands of Books so thank you very much for that!… Continue reading The Feelings Book Tag
My Complicated Relationship With Audiobooks
"There were literally three seperate couples sitting around the fire making out, like some sort of organised kissing orgy, and half of me was like, ew, and the other half was like, wow, I sure do wish that was me." First line in Loveless by Alice Oseman Hi, and welcome to another rambly post from… Continue reading My Complicated Relationship With Audiobooks
TBR Clean-Out: Books I No Longer Want to Read
"I'd always welcomed war, but in battle my passion rose unbidden.First line in Nightshade by Andrea Cremer The title of this post is pretty self-explanatory: I'm removing books from my TBR today. If you've been reading my wrap-ups this year, you know I haven't been loving that many books and that's actually continuing a trend… Continue reading TBR Clean-Out: Books I No Longer Want to Read
How I Choose my Books Tag
"When people ask me what I do - taxi driver, dental hygienists - I tell them I work in an office." First line in Elearnor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman It's time to do a tag I wasn't tagged for! However, this looked liked so much fun that I just had to do… Continue reading How I Choose my Books Tag
Matching Books To My Favorite Songs
"I'm pretty much fucked."First line in The Martian by Andy Weir I love music almost as much as I love books, so I've long been wanting to do something music-related here on my blog. I've taken a closer look at my "on repeat" playlist on Spotify to find some of my favorite songs that I… Continue reading Matching Books To My Favorite Songs
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