Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes Summer 2024

Looking back on the last year - and as a teacher I am counting it from September - it has been a nightmare! Genuinely. New schools, hospitalisations, a cancer scare, our landlord choosing to evict us, the search for a new home, mortgage and legal issues, my father's sudden health deterioration, death and funeral, chaos at work... The idea of sending this year on its way with a very bookish summer, in a new house that I have finally been able to own rather than rent - with all the security that that will bring - would be delightful, however. And this week's theme is a celebration of all things bookish and the chance to grant each other a little gift, or at least revel in our wishes for the Summer. My List is here: Amazon Wish List Bookish Wishes 2024

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didnโ€™t Get To

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 love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Previous Top Ten Tuesday Topics 7th November: Book Titles That Would Make… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023 but Didnโ€™t Get To

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes

Merry Christmas everybody! Or whichever holiday you celebrate and observe! For me, I love Christmas time. We have our tree up - and have had for two weeks now. We have wreaths on the door and around the mantleplace, lights up sort of everywhere inside and out, presents waiting to be wrapped. Batches of mince pies, gingerbreads which we decorate on Christmas Eve, chocolate crackle cookies, heavy fruit cakes that have been steeped in alcohol for two years now, pannetone, pudding, yule log. Christmas does seem to have become very food-oriented! And of course it is a bookish holiday. Books as gifts. Books set around Christmas time - yes I have just finished Hercule Poirot's Silent Night and have The Christmas Appeal and a Christmas Jigsaw Murder lurking around on my TBR. Old recipe books dug out. And bookish Christmas trees!

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes

This is Jana's twice-yearly invitation to us to share our Amazon wishlists and show the books that we would love to own - with the opportunity to jump around each others' links to make one or two people's wishes come true. I shall just post my list here and edge away slowly!

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023

Overall, 2023 looks like almost all of my favourite authors have new books coming out! A fantastic array of exciting new novels from a parade of wonderful writers! It's looking like a good year!