The Book Lovers’ Sanctuary

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 2021 Releases I Was Excited to Read But Didn’t Get To →

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire… Continue reading Book Review: Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection →

Liesl Weiss long ago learned to be content working behind the scenes in the distinguished rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the… Continue reading Book Review: Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Eva Jurczyk →

As Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known?… Continue reading Book Review: The First Woman, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi →

Meet Felix Pink. The most unlikely murderer you’ll ever have the good fortune to spend time with. When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, he’s there to perform an… Continue reading Book Review: Exit, Belinder Bauer →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing In the First Half of 2022 →

In the interests of #beatthebacklist, I turned my mind to actually trying to sort out some of the mountainous TBR List, and add them to my Reading Log. After counting over 40,… Continue reading 2022 TBR Reading List →

One of the great things that I love about the new year – alongside new stationery and new notebooks and new beginnings – is starting a new reading log. I have borrowed… Continue reading 2022 Reading Logs →

This has become something of a tradition over the past couple of years – turbulent and challenging years that they have been! – as the final hours of New Year’s Eve draws… Continue reading 2021: A Year in Books →

Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children’s book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and annotations. Wanting to know more, he took… Continue reading Book Review: The Twyford Code, Janice Hallett →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read In 2021 →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Winter 2021 To-Read List →

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Diversity in 2021 →