Two weeks ago Cathy at 746Books announced the 2023 edition of her annual challenge #20BooksofSummer, a flexible challenge which encourages readers to pick 20 (or 15 or 10) books to read between June and August (until 1st September) of the year. Being a flexible challenge, one is welcome to increase or reduce numbers, replace books…
Announcing #ReadingtheMeow2023: A Week of Reading Books With Cats in them!
What else is a more comforting combination than cats and books--reading books sitting with our cats, or reading books with cats in them, or best of all reading books with cats in them while one's cats are sitting with one! To celebrate cats and books, here's announcing Reading the Meow, a week dedicated to this…
The Emile Zola Tag #Zoladdiction2023
For #Zoladdiction2023 hosted by Fanda at Fanda Classic Lit, last week, I finally made my first foray into Zola with Germinal, described as his masterpiece, and while not having read anything else by him, I would have to agree that this was an excellent read, even if not an easy one in its realistic portrayal…
#10BooksofSummer: How did I fare?
#20BooksofSummer is an annual challenge hosted by Cathy at 746Books, which involves picking 20, 15, or 10 books to read over the three months of summer (June-August; or winter if you happen to be on the other side of the world). A flexible challenge, this allows one to switch titles, drop the number, and pretty…
My Blog’s Name in Books
So my post today was going to be about the 'new' books I added to my TBR pile in April, but when I signed in here this morning, I came across this fun game/meme on my blogging and goodsreads friend Paula's blog, Book Jotter . The meme and picture are from the blog Fictionophile, who…
Literary Potpourri 