1. When did you join The Classics Club? How many titles have you read for the club so far? Share a link to your latest classics club list. I joined the Classics Club in 2012. I confess that it took me a lot longer than the “required” five years to read 50 books from my initial […]
Celebrity culture and the power of social media to make and break reputations is the subject of Yomi Adegoke’s 2023 debut novel. The issue is seen through the perspective of social media darlings and Michael, AKA “the king and queen of #BlackLove”. She’s a big talent at Womxxxn magazine and he’s just landed a plumb […]
This week’s Top Ten topic set by That Artsy Reader Girl) is “the best books I read in 2025”. I often have trouble getting to 10 books that match the prompt but this week it was hard to limit myself to just ten. One thing that struck me about my list is how few of […]
I neglected my TBR Book Jar last year but this is a new year so it’s a good opportunity to get back into the habit of using it to help guide my decision on what to read next. For the benefit of anyone new to this blog, the idea of my TBR book jar is […]
Cranford was a huge disappointment when I first read it some ten years ago. I was expecting the same hard hitting social commentary found in North and South. Instead, I found some rambling stories about a bunch of elderly female residents who seemed to spend their entire life gossiping, eating and worrying about social etiquette […]