Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. When I originally saw this topic on the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge List, I thought it would be an easy one. It turns out that most of the books I’ve read recently have not been about tough topics, and the ones I have read are not necessarily titles I’d… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed That Are Outside of My Comfort Zone
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I had some trouble coming up with all ten answers for this week’s prompt. Generally, I don’t bother finishing books that are truly outside of my comfort zone. These titles were were exceptions to that rule, and they make for an eclectic, if also shorter than usual, list. 1.… Read More
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Harry Potter Characters and Socks
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Happy Labour Day to everyone in Canada and the United States. Most schools here in Canada reopen after Labour Day weekend, so thoughts of making lists and cracking open books are bouncing around in my head. This is the time of year when I’d try to squeeze the last bit of fun out of the… Read More
An Update on My Walk to Mordor
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Do you remember a few months ago when I blogged about my plans to walk to Mordor? That is, I signed up for an app that lets you track how many miles or kilometres you walk every day and gives you updates about what Frodo and Sam were up to when they’d walked a similar… Read More
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Books I Had to Read in School and Liked
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Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. This list will be a long one. I had some truly wonderful Language Arts teachers over the years. While there were a few books they assigned to us over the years that I didn’t like, I found something enjoyable in the vast majority of our assigned reads. I’m assuming… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Read That I’d Like In My Personal Library
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl My list is a short one this week. There simply aren’t that many books out there that I’d reread often enough to want to have in my personal library. 1. Old Reference Books I discussed my love of reading dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias here before. These books can be… Read More
Happy 12th Anniversary, Long and Short Reviews!
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Long and Short Reviews is a well-respected book review site that I’ve been a fan of for many years. They review titles from many different genres: erotica, romance, sci-fi/fantasy, mysteries, horror, young adult books, and more. Many of the authors they work with are self-published or from small publishers. I love the fact that they… Read More
Interview with Matthew Kagle
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Say hello to Matthew! He signed up for my speculative fiction interview post last week, and I’m thrilled to share his witty answers with all of my readers today. What was the first speculative story you ever remember reading? Green Eggs and Ham. It’s a powerful dystopian novel about the dangers of factory farming and not maintaining… Read More
Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: What I Read When I’m Not Feeling Well
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Hosted by Long and Short Reviews. There are three different types of things I like to read when I’m not feeling well. I’ll give everyone a few examples of each one. Comic Strips All of these comic strips tend to be a mish-mash of whatever it is their creators have been thinking about recently. There… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Tropes
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Hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I had such a good time putting this list together. How many of these tropes do all of you also enjoy? 1. Unseen Antagonist This trope tends to be most common in the horror genre. The main characters either never meet the antagonist or have encounters with him or… Read More
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