Wendy’s TBR Pile – More than One Challenge
TTT: Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects
Weekly Photo Challenge: Patterns
Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
TTT: Books When You Need Something Light & Fun
Review: Loki’s Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr
Review: Drunk Mom by Jowita Bydlowska
TTT: Ten Words/Phrases that Instantly Make Me Buy/Pick Up A Book
Review: The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
A Graphic-ly Impressive Duo: Reviews of the latest from Chris Grine and Shaun Tan
Wendy’s TBR Challenge 2013: I Didn’t Know About You…
TTT: Ten Books I Tend to Recommend Most Frequently
Reviews »
Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (5)
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who… Read More ›
Top Ten Tuesday »
TTT: Top Ten Books Dealing With Tough Subjects (8)
I have a great appreciation for authors who are able to tackle really difficult subjects in their writing. It’s not easy to write something that many will find a trigger, or that might come off as ‘preachy’ or (worse) superficial. Luckily, there are many fantastic writers out there who have done a great job writing… Read More ›
Weekly Photo Challenge »
Weekly Photo Challenge: Patterns (5)
When I taught Grade 7, part of the math curriculum involved teaching students about the work of Fibonacci. This mathematician identified a number pattern, with each sequence being the sum of the previous two numbers. There are examples of Fibonacci’s sequence found throughout nature in some pretty amazing examples, and that, for me at least,… Read More ›
Readalong »
Brunch Book Club: RECAP for An Abundance of Katherines (2)
It’s that time again! Did you read along with us? We hope you did – remember to link up your reviews on Just a Lil’Lost’s page! As this is a recap of the book, there may be spoilers within – you have been warned! This month, we were delighted to welcome several new faces to… Read More ›
Personal Musing »
Why We Need to Appreciate the Everyday People Who Become Extraordinary (1)
There’s been a lot of mention lately about our very own Commander Chris Hadfield and his time on the International Space Station. As I write this, he’s somewhere above the Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft, about three hours from home. By the time he lands in Kazakhstan, we will know if the Toronto Maple Leafs have… Read More ›
Events »
Book Club: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (3)
“A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.” In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates’ bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao plans to… Read More ›
