Every year I make an effort to post my Autumn Reading List. I love watching YouTube videos of what other people are reading and loving during the season, and I love reading about what others are reading and enjoying too. So, I figure, why not make my own list that someone else may enjoy (or…
This summer I’ve read more than I have during any summer previous. One of my favourite books I have enjoyed so far this season has been My Year of Living Spiritually: From Woo-Woo to Wonderful–One Woman’s Secular Quest for a More Soulful Life, by Anne Bokma – a Hamilton-based author.
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It probably is not going to come as a surprise to many people when I say books you read can have a huge impact on who you are, and the way you think. I have read quite a few books over the years (disclaimer, not nearly as many as I would like to have because…
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My book collection is constantly growing. I have a bad habit of buying books faster than I can read them which means my to-be-read (TBR) list is virtually never-ending. I also love watching BookTubers do book hauls. So, I thought I would dedicate a blog post to all the books I’ve recently added to my…
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When I first heard popular BookTuber Noelle Gallagher mention this book, I knew it would very quickly become one of my favourites. I didn’t know a lot about the book before I decided to pick it up, but it did not disappoint.
Read more Book Review: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
My 2021 reading goal is to read 12 books, and so far I have completed three. My latest? A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden.
Similar to many other readers, I read more books in the year 2020 than I have in any other year prior. Full disclosure, I usually don’t pay too much attention to the number of books I read or my Goodreads yearly recap. However, when my 2020 ‘Year in Books’ data came out I was so…
I was determined to finish this book before Christmas hoping it would propel me into the holiday mood I always wish for every year. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss did exactly that.
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About two months ago, I posted my Autumn 2020 reading list and while I haven’t checked them all off my list there are a few that I have. One of the books I have already finished is Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan.
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The process of buying a new book is always exciting but if you could make it even more so, why not right? Back in April, I received a gift card to go to Epic Books here in Hamilton. At the time the store was just doing online or phone orders, and curbside pickup. When I called to…
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