My Christmas reading list this December is above so it will be one of these books but not sure which. As usual it all depends on my mood.
So there is my WWW Wednesday! Please drop me a comment if you want a chat and of course please drop me the link to your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie but with a wintry festive feel. With this in mind I thought I would go for different copies of The Nutcrackerby E. T. A. Hoffmann. Every December I read a different version of The Nutcracker. This can be translated by different people or just a different edition but my favourites are always the ones with pretty illustrations or like last year a pop up book!
So here we go…
First up is the one I have ready to read this year, the illustrations look really nice so I am looking forward to reading it.
This was last year’s read and I must admit I got very excited when I discovered it. It is absolutely stunning and I highly recommend it.
This is another beautiful edition but it is big so not easy to read for too long. This was 2018’s Christmas read.
I have the full set of these little Christmas books and I absolutely love them. This one was 2017’s.
Now you might notice this isn’t actually by Hoffmann but it is the story but it is Dumas’ adaptation and this is also the start of my tradition. I bought this when I went to the German Market in Birmingham with my then future husband and we took a trip to Waterstones and I picked this up and then read it through December 2016.
These next ones are future editions that I would one day like to buy and read.
So there is my Top Ten Tuesday and one of my Christmas traditions. Have you got any Christmas book traditions? Please drop me link to your Top Ten Tuesday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Another Wednesday has arrived and I am definitely in the Christmas reading mode. So here is how my reading is going.
What I am Currently Reading
I’m loving my little poem book. Christmas at Woolworths is rather confusing at the moment because Everest’s writing style is rather all over the place and its all rather hectic trying to work out who said what.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Loved both of these books and I was really pleased to discover a new author, Sarah Morgan who I will definitely be reading more of. Here are the reviews A Perfect Cornish Christmas and A Wedding in December.
What I think I will Read Next
It will be one of these as it is all Christmas books in December and I have loads of them to read. I just need to make sure I don’t buy anymore!
So there is my WWW Wednesday, please drop me a comment if you want a chat and of course please drop your link to your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!
Well it is Friday and I am about to start a new book so I thought I would take part in First Lines Friday.
So you know the rules and as usual the answer will be below the cats.
When her phone rang at three in the morning, ripping her from a desperately needed sleep, Maggie’s first thought was bad news.
Her mind raced through the possibilities, starting with the worst-case scenario. Death, or at least life-changing injury. Police. Ambulance.
In the snowy perfection of Aspen, the White family gathers for youngest daughter Rosie’s whirlwind Christmas wedding.
First to arrive are the bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick. Their daughter’s marriage is a milestone they are determined to celebrate wholeheartedly, but they are hiding a huge secret about their own: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland.
Rosie’s older sister Katie is also dreading the wedding. Worried that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake, Katie is determined to save her sister from herself. If only the irritatingly good-looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans…
Bride-to-be Rosie loves her fiance but is having serious second thoughts. Except everyone has arrived – how can she tell them she’s not sure? As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one White family Christmas none of them will ever forget.
Did anybody guess correctly? Please drop me a comment with your thoughts if you have read the book.Also if you are taking part in First Lines Friday today please leave your link and I will head over for a guess.
Happy Reading
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The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
Happy Wednesday!
I have a surprisingly busy day teaching today and it is two of my students last lessons before their exams. I think I am more nervous than they are with all the extra Covid 19 precautions that have to be in place for exams and as I am not allowed to be there on the day I just hope I don’t forgot to tell them anything.
Anyway, here is what my week in books has looked like.
What I am Currently Reading
I am about a third of the way in and thoroughly enjoying it so far.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Not what I was expecting to be honest. The review is here.
What I think I will Read Next
Yes, it is all Christmas reading now. The only problem is I keep finding more Christmas books I want to add to the list.
So there is my WWW Wednesday. Please drop me a link with your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
It has been a few weeks since I have taken part in Top 5 Tuesday, but this week I really liked the topic, so thought I would take part.
Here are my 5 books that I am really pleased to have read this year. Click the pictures for the review.
The Existence of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
This is a type of book I would never have usually considered reading but I am so pleased I did because it was brilliantly written and a big eye opener.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This was a beautiful retelling of The Iliad and a really refreshing approach.
Half a World Away by Mike Gayle
I discovered Mike Gayle over lockdown and really loved this book, it was beautifully written but I warn you if you read it have a box of tissues at the ready.
Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and David Litchfield
Another lockdown gem that I got for free on my ipad but have since bought the hardback version as it is so beautiful.
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
Another new author for me this year and it was quite simply a laugh a minute.
So there is my list. Please drop me a link with your Top 5 Tuesday and I will head over for a visit.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
Hello!
Another fabulous theme this week and one quite apt as my husband and I own two cats that are named after book characters.
So here is the list and first up are my cats!
Meet Lyra and Pan from His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Gandalf the Grey from The Lord of the Rings – This is my dream name for a long haired grey cat.
Winnie from Winnie the Pooh – A female British Bulldog.
Pilot from Jane Eyre – A male German Shepherd
Holmes and Watson from Sherlock Holmes – Two male Beagles
Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights – Male wire haired Dacshund
Deuteronomy from The Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats – Male Maine coon cat.
Darcy from Pride and Prejudice – Male or female Dalmatian
Meg from Little Women – Female long haired collie
Hercule from Hercule Poirot – Male Scottish Fold cat
Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol – Male Tea Cup Chihuahua
So there is my pet wish list.
Please drop me link with your Top Ten Tuesday and I will head over for a visit.
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
It is that time again!
What I am Currently Reading
Really enjoying this at the moment.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
Really enjoyed this little read. Click picture for review!
What I Plan to Read Next
As per usual I am never sure what I will read but it will be one of these as I have been boxing up my books so they are out of the way for when we start decorating so it has to be a book that isn’t in a box.
Please drop me a link to your WWW Wednesday and I will head over for a visit.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. For more info please check out Jana’s blog.
Another interesting topic this week!
I think there will be some interesting books listed this week in response to the prompt.
So here is my list.
The Summer of Madness by Alexander Raphael
Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss
Girl in Trouble by Stacy Claflin
The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack
Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
While you were Sleeping by Kathryn Croft
Goodbye to All the Cats by P. G. Wodehouse
Half a World Away by Mike Gayle
The Existence of Amy by Lana Grace Riva
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
There is my list. I think some of these would make some pretty good heavy metal songs.
Please drop me a comment with your Top Ten Tuesday and I will head over for a visit.
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