Reading

Beyond Their Cover — Judging Books by Colour and Height

After getting home from the library last week, I made a beeline for my closet to put away the newest additions to my reading stack. A few minutes later, I realized I’d been rearranging…

On My Shelf: Books I Read in April 2025

My reading activity picked up again in April, and there were some winners in the mix!

I only rated one book 5/5 stars — what can I say, I’m a tough audience — but there…

Reading
May, 06, 2025
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Lost Books, Last Chapters, and Lifelong Favourites

As so often happens (see last Monday), inspiration comes from the comment section of the blog. Today’s post is brought to you by Maria, who mentioned that two of the books she was reading…

Random, Reading
Apr, 22, 2025
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On My Shelf: March 2025

March marked a return to more typical reading habits with a total of six books completed – quite a contrast to the whirlwind of sixteen in February!

Along with a slower pace came some personal…

Reading
Apr, 10, 2025
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On My Shelf: February 2025

I’m pretty sure I haven’t read this many books in a single month since I was a teenager. Between sicks days and holidays and snow days and the interminable cold in Nova Scotia this…

Reading
Mar, 04, 2025
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On My Shelf: January 2025

Before I start discussing the books I’ve already read, let’s chat about one book I’m currently reading – The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery, which just so happens to be the Cool Bloggers…

Reading
Jan, 30, 2025
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Book Talk: An Abbreviated Roundup of What I Read in 2024

If you had asked me a few weeks ago how I fared with reading in 2024, I would have been appalled. I didn’t finish a SINGLE BOOK in November and December. Between NaBloPoMo and…