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Top Ten Tuesday: First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf
I have beautiful handmade bookshelves that span the whole wall of my office at home. Our shared home office is on the top floor of our split-level which means it’s extra cozy. It’s got a window that lets in the morning sun. The slanted walls come from where the roof…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Full Cast Audiobooks for Tweens and Teens
I’m not much of an audiobook listener. I’m very lucky to have a quick commute and don’t love the feel of headphones while I’m working on housework and yardwork. But, I’ve heard (pun intended) amazing things about full cast audiobooks. Typically, audiobooks will have a narrator, one person who reads…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Recipes
I love to cook; if you’ve been a reader for a while, I’m sure you already know. I think cooking might actually be my love language. I love finding new recipes to try and often surprise myself with great flavors and new favorites. My partner and I often lean toward…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles with Animals In Them
Animal-focused books aren’t necessarily what I would pick up as my first choice. Partially, because I hate books with dogs in them because inevitably something happens to the dog. But, I’m more inclined to a realistic fiction title than something from an animal perspective. But I did learn a new…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Indie & Self-Published Books
This theme was a little tricky for me this week. I don’t tend to read a lot of self-published titles because I’m typically reading what I borrow from the library. But, I do read some independently published titles. Although again, not too many as they aren’t purchased as often at…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books for People Who Like Victoria Jamieson
There are many past posts in which I state graphic novels are not my favorite format. And honestly, they’re not. And that’s not because I think graphic novels are any less than prose, it’s more of what works best for me as a reader. But, I can’t argue with the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: TTT Rewind
Today is a fun Top Ten Tuesday theme: TTT Rewind. Today I’m taking an old theme – Top Ten Books For Every X To Read and recreating it for today! Today, my theme is Top Ten Books for Every Nonfiction Tween to Read. I really enjoy reading young reader’s editions…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
Time is flying! I’m still trying to catch up on some winter reading. And now I’m having to create a list for the spring – I’m not ready yet! But, time keeps on ticking. So here we are with a middle grade list of titles that are being released over…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish People I’d Like to Meet
I’ve been really lucky to meet a lot of amazing authors at conferences across the country. I also “know” a lot of authors, illustrators, and other bookish people on social media. But, for today’s Top Ten Tuesday post, I pulled together a list of people I’d love to meet and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Art Heist Middle Grade Mysteries
In today’s blog post for Top Ten Tuesday, we had the chance to choose a “genre freebie.” And I’ll tell you how I ended up in sharing books in this tiny little niche of a sub-genre – art heist middle grade mysteries. When I sat down to choose a genre,…
