These past few months, I’ve been an awful blogger. Managing both a university course load and a book blog was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, which is why I ended up taking an extended break from posting for a while. So what better way to determine what changes I want to make in...
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On Recommendations and Rejection
Yesterday was Boxing Day in Canada, which means that I received a lot of texts/messages that went a bit like this: “Erin, I have all these Chapters gift cards and I don’t know which books to spend them on! Any suggestions?” or this: “Since I’m going away on co-op next term, I’ll have a lot of free time...
This Month In Books: October 2013
As my incredibly long to-read list will tell you, this October is a great month for book releases. Here are the ones that I’m looking forward to reading. As always, if you’re interested in one of the books, click on its cover image to be taken to its Goodreads page. October 1 October 3 October 8 October 10...
I Read Banned Books
As many of you know, September 22-28 is Banned Books Week: a week where readers come together and celebrate the freedom to read and express ideas. I’m so thankful that I grew up with parents who cultivated and encouraged my love of reading from a young age, and that they never sought to limit the types of books...
Mini-Hiatus
Hello everyone! As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been awful at posting and replying to comments this past week… and I’m so sorry to say that it will probably be the same for the next week to a week and a half as well. I moved into a townhouse in Waterloo this year for school, and I don’t actually...
Summer Book Haul
I start school next Monday (and I move in tomorrow, which is an equally terrifying thought!), which means that my summer vacation is over. This summer, I volunteered at my local hospital, attended the Gentlemen of the Road stopover in Simcoe, and read. A lot. I meant to do July and August wrap-up posts including my book hauls...
Rereading Scares Me
I have a confession to make: I’m afraid to reread books. That’s not to say that I never do it; I used to reread books all the time. Sometimes it was by accident, and I wouldn’t realize until partway through the book that I had already read it once before. Most often, though, it was intentional. If a...
This Month In Books: September 2013
As my incredibly long to-read list will tell you, this September is a great month for book releases. Here are the ones that I’m looking forward to reading. As always, if you’re interested in one of the books, click on its cover image to be taken to its Goodreads page. September 1 September 3 September 10 September 12...
A To Z Bookish Survey
I used to love filling out the surveys and notes on Facebook back in the day, so when I saw this A to Z survey on Jamie’s blog, I just had to fill it out! Author you’ve read the most books from: Lemony Snicket (16) followed by J.K. Rowling, Harlan Coben and Sarah Dessen (each with 11). Best...
The Art of DNFing
So far, this has been a week of firsts for me: I successfully parallel parked between two vehicles (and freaked my mom out in the process), I donated blood, and I marked a book as “DNF.” Guess which one I was the most proud of? Yup, the DNF. For some reason, I always had to finish a book....