This challenge, organised by Jo at Booklover Book Reviews is in it’s 11th year, but this is my first year of participation. I do enjoy reading Australian authors, particularly female authors, but in 2020 I plan to read more than I would usually read in one year. According to the challenge website, ‘the objective of […]
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#AtoZChallenge J – Julie and Julia by Julie Powell | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
Books read in January | Best Bookish Blog
Goodreads tells me that I’ve read 9 books in January. To many, that probably doesn’t sound like many books read in a whole month. but it’s about average for me. Working, writing reviews, blogging on three blogs, along with everything else in my life doesn’t leave a huge amount of time for reading. I dream […]
WWW Wednesday | Best Bookish Blog
I came across WWW Wednesdays through a book bloggers link up, and was immediately interested in the premise. The blog was Taking on a World of Words . The idea of WWW Wednesday is to publish a post answering three questions. Those questions are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish […]
#A-ZChallenge P: Places We Swim By Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
O: On Writing by Stephen King #atozchallenge | Best Bookish Blog
On Writing: A memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Summary There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Guardian as ‘the most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature’, Styephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down. […]
My favourite books of 2018 | Best Bookish Blog
2018 has been another fabulous year of reading many great books. I’ve been wondering how I can possibly pick my top five books out of the many wonderful books I’ve read during this year. After much thought and changing my mind over and over, here is the list of my five favourite books this year.
#A-ZChallenge P: Places We Swim By Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]
S: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan #atozchallenge | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By the end […]
WWW Wednesdays | Best Bookish Blog
I came across WWW Wednesdays through a book bloggers link up, and was immediately interested in the premise. The blog was Taking on a World of Words . The idea of WWW Wednesday is to publish a post answering three questions. Those questions are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish […]
Bloggers Award Nomination | Best Bookish Blog
Can you imagine my surprise and excitement when I opened the email that told me that this blog has been nominated for the Fifth Annual Bloggers Bash Awards in the category of Best Book Blog? I was really shocked and couldn’t believe it that a reader saw enough merit in my new book blog, to […]
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey | Best Bookish Blog
Summary On a very hot night in the summer of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, age 13 is woken by knocking at his bedroom window. He finds Jasper Jones there, trying to wake him. Jasper is an outcast in the town. He is a bit rebellious, a loner and of mixed race. But when Jasper asks him […]
Bloggers Award Nomination | Best Bookish Blog
Can you imagine my surprise and excitement when I opened the email that told me that this blog has been nominated for the Fifth Annual Bloggers Bash Awards in the category of Best Book Blog? I was really shocked and couldn’t believe it that a reader saw enough merit in my new book blog, to […]
Unsolved by James Patterson and David Ellis #AtoZChallenge | Best Bookish Blog
The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is for bloggers who wish to participate by publishing a blog post every day in April except for Sundays. Each blog post will focus on a letter of the alphabet. For example April 1 will be A, April 2 will be B and on it goes. By […]