A Town Unraveling 2012 marked the assent of a literary star. Fredrik Backman was a writer for the Swedish newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad and for the Swedish men’s magazine, Moore Ma…| The Pine-Scented Chronicles
Over at Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads, I saw a fun bookish game in which ten images are generated by AI, using prompts inspired by books. It was originally inspired by the same game at Bowl Owl&…| Reading Freely
Yesterday I mentioned that I’ve been rereading Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy: Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin’s Quest. I read them once before, but it must have been at leas…| Lesser Leaves
“If you could eavesdrop without anyone knowing – if you could turn yourself into a barrel, or a coil of lines, or a clump of canvas on deck where two people are standing together, whisp…| First Line Reader
“Fitfull drafts of chill air blew in through the cruciform windows of the Bell Tower, and the fire did little to combat them.” First line in Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan As anyo…| First Line Reader
“Ellwood was a prefect, so his room that year was a splendid one, with a window that opened onto a strange outcrop of roof.” First line in In Memoriam by Alice Winn How is it June alrea…| First Line Reader
Back in April Naemi created a fantastically fun – and extremely challenging – quiz where she used Microsoft Designer (a free image-generating AI software) to create fanart of iconic sce…| Bewitching Books, Ravenous Reads
Young Adult books haven't been my thing for a good number of years. I don't enjoy almost all of them and pretty much gave up hope that I'll love any new YA book. But then I Hope This Doesn't Find You came along and smashed through my expectations. I read it in almost one sitting and immediately persuaded a friend to read it. Let me explain why it was so good.| the wordy habitat
In one of Bella @ throneofpages YouTube videos, she challenged herself to read 100 pages every day for a week, then in one of her recent ones, 200 pages. I recently watched the latter, and felt ins…| Morgan Is Reading Again
Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a “pleasure to have in class.” It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face…| Inkspun tales
