Books, Taylor Swift, and other hyperfixations
Happy Pride Month!! I waited a full year to do this tag after seeing it on May's blog. I'd hoped to have read thousands more LGBTQIA+ books by now. Oh well. I have plenty waiting in the wings. May added black/brown to this tag last year for inclusivity. I added some additional colors this year.… Continue reading 🏳️🌈 Pride Flag Book Tag 🏳️🌈
Shana at Bionic Book Worm decided on Summer Time reads today. Cool. Will this list look suspiciously similar to my last list? Who can say? (Yes. Yes, it will.) Everything Leads to You Read during: the summer solstice School's out, your brother's gone, and you and your best friend have a rad summer job.… Continue reading Top 5 Summer Time Reads
I suspect this will be a challenge. Many of the bloggers I follow posted their lists this morning (as inspired by That Artsy Reader Girl.) I can't figure out what "the last 10 years" covers. This year? Is 2009 included? I'm going to start in 2010 and do my best to pick an early favorite… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books released in the last ten years
My mom and I headed down to Portland for May the 4th. Miraculously, EVERYTHING was on sale. I found an entire collection of bargain social science books in the Red Room. I also abandoned some of my most-anticipated reads for newer, less familiar books. Oh, and I forgot to buy The Handmaid's Tale, despite walking past… Continue reading Powell’s Haul: What did I just buy?
Has it been almost 2 years since Wonder Woman came out? That's nuts! Cassidy did this tag over on The Little Book Cottage. Read her post for even more Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman: Your favorite badass female book character… Alanna of Trebond was the OG Badass Lady Knight.. Without Alanna, there would be no Kel. LOOK… Continue reading Wonder Woman Book Tag
The start of Black History Month alerted me to the number of unread books I currently have by POC authors (including the massively popular The Hate U Give.) This month, to honor black writers and books with black main characters, I plan to read the following: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas I've watched The Hate… Continue reading Black History Month
I had a decent January, not in the least because I got to celebrate my birthday with a trillion new books. I read almost 30 books this month and I loved most, if not all, of them. That's rare!!! I wanted to see if I could narrow down my favorites to five books. Though difficult,… Continue reading January Books-of-the-Month Club
My birthday came and went with minimal angst. I spent a nice weekend with my parents. On the actual day, some friends took me out for dinner and improv. Oh, and I got a ton of books. These books came in waves. After Christmas, flush with gift cards, I ordered some books to be picked… Continue reading Birthday Book Haul
I left Seattle on Friday with the best of intentions. You may recall my plan to finish my Bremerton library books, turn them in, and start on backlist books. I have, after all, at least a dozen partially-read books, a hefty stack of recent purchases, and an embarrassing number of unread Powell's finds. Ahem. This… Continue reading Lauren’s Poor Impulse Control: The Great January Readathon
Well...I did a thing. I liked both of the topics on Artsy Reader Girl and Bionic Book Worm, so... ...I combined them. My birthday is next week and there are so many books I WANT. I keep adding books to my wishlist. I have narrowed down (somewhat) the books I want to read in the… Continue reading Top 10 Books I Need to Read in 2019
Narrative Paradise 