In our Dark Is Rising series readalong, we've reached the Newbery-award winning The Grey King. Why did this particular book out of the five win the award? I think Greenwitch is a stronger book, although each of them has its points. Now I know that the book was probably an example of the Death by … Continue reading #TDiRS22: Death by Newbery
I love this new topic and I am looking forward to seeing what other readers have chosen! Here's the description: "One of the greatest things about reading nonfiction is learning all kinds of things about our world which you never would have known without it. There’s the intriguing, the beautiful, the appalling, and the profound. … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Worldview Changers
One task for the Support Book Bloggers challenge is to write a guest post on another blog, or host one on your own. This month, I reviewed the new Folio Society edition of The Tombs of Atuan for Shiny New Books, a review site founded by book bloggers. I hope you'll check it out and … Continue reading #BookBloggerSupport22 Challenge: Write a guest post
I love this topic, as I look back to see what serendipitous fiction/nonfiction pairings emerge in the course of my reading year. Visit What's Nonfiction for the linkup. Once more, there were the obvious literary pairings -- Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar with the biography of Plath, Red Comet; Beverly Cleary's memoirs A Girl … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Book Pairing
Hello nonfiction readers! It's always a pleasure to get to share these lists. Please visit Nonfiction November host Doing Dewey this week for more. Counting from last year's Nonfiction November, here's what I consider my outstanding discoveries of the year: Have you read any of these? Did you love them too? As you can see … Continue reading #NonFicNov: Your Year in Nonfiction
It's here! Witch Week, a celebration of fantasy books and authors, is an event I cooked up in my first year of blogging and it's been going ever since, now ably hosted by Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross Writer. This year's theme is Polychromancy and here is the exciting lineup of posts: Day 1: Monday 31st October. Daphne … Continue reading Witch Week 2022
This month, for the Support Book Bloggers Challenge I thought I'd shake things up a bit and look for some random blogs I would not have come across otherwise. I scrolled through the Search panel of WordPress Reader and picked out a few posts that caught my eye, then commented on them. As a bonus, … Continue reading #BookBloggerSupport22 Challenge
I got through this month's Dark Is Rising readalong book, Greenwitch, in extra quick time. It's the shortest book in the series, and I remember it as one of my favorites. I was swept along again by this atmospheric tale that contains elements of horror but also of elegaic beauty. I don't think it's necessary … Continue reading #TDiRS22: The sea, the sea
It's been a while since I did one of these posts. There is no lack of books on my shelves waiting for me to read them, however, so I thought I'd better ask your help again. This month, I'm featuring some of the beautiful illustrated books that I lugged along with me across the Atlantic … Continue reading Make Me Read It: Beautiful illustrated books edition
A friendly reminder that Witch Week is on its way, October 31 to November 5. This event, which I started in my first year of blogging, now ably hosted by Calmgrove and Lizzie Ross, Writer, celebrates fantasy books and authors during the week designated by Diana Wynne Jones as "a time when anything can happen." … Continue reading Witch Week is coming …
