It’s here! The best time of the year! Time to break out your Spooky Stacks, #WickedGoodReads, and start #ImbibingPeril! I’ll also be reading for Murder, Monsters, and Mayhem and FrightFall events. My Fall TBR is sooooo long, but here are a few books that I’m prioritizing. I feel like I have a good mix of horror tropes here. Notice that I’ve got two T. Kingfisher books on this list because she is essential spooky season reading! Hemlock and Silver is a ‘dark reimagining of Snow White...| Chapter Adventure
As most of you will know, I tend to have a go at multiple reading challenges. This year I’ve added quite a few and even a few more throughout the year. Now that we are nearing the end of Augu…| A Dance With Books
About the Book Einar and the Wolf Coats have angered most of the kings of Northern Europe. With England no refuge, their only solution is to set sail across the Whale Road. A chance encounter with a slave trader leads them to Muslim Spain, but what starts as a joyous homecoming for one of the… Continue reading Book Review – The Blazing Sea by Tim Hodkinson→| What Cathy Read Next…
This year Cathy at 746 Books handed over the baton of hosting the 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge to Annabel at AnnaBookBel and Emma at Words and Peace. Every year I approach the challenge high on ambition and usually low on likelihood of success. This year my list was made up of the oldest… Continue reading 20 Books Of Summer 2025 Reading Challenge Wrap-Up #20BooksofSummer2025→| What Cathy Read Next…
About the Book In the heat of the desert, will the trail go cold? Cairo, 1938. Archie Nevenden is many amateur archaeologist; theatre impresario; absent father; potential defector. And now, he̵…| What Cathy Read Next...
Unlike last month, I’m actually getting to this fairly late – other stuff has taken over recently, so I haven’t been able to work on the blog as much as I would like. I have been consistently reading, but slower with the audiobook. And it’s getting to the point where I’m starting to worry aboutContinue reading "2025 Reading Challenges Update #8"| Unwrapping Words
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Here I go, finally steaming through the last of my 20 Books of Summer 2025 project! As we know by now, I’ve used this year’s 20 Books to get a load of hardbacks off my shelves before the paperbacks come out (unsuccessfully in this one’s case as the paperback was published at the start of […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Having been feeling a bit under the weather with an infection and the attendant antibiotics (I’m feeling quite a bit brighter now, thank you), I am not now sure I’m going to finish the 1.5 books I have left for my 20 Books of Summer project! However, I did at least manage to pick up […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Now, the thing with this book is, my 20 Books of Summer 2025 project was supposed to get hardbacks off my shelf where the paperback might have already come out but I might beat it, setting the scene for me to be able to read hardbacks before I could have bought them in paperback. But […]| Adventures in reading, running and working from home
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Summer of Horror 2025 is hosted by Books, Bones & Buffy. Join us as we indulge in horror reads this summer. Fridays are reserved for featuring great horror covers/titles in a category of your choosing. This week I am sharing ten horror books with winged creatures on the cover. I did my best to feature … Continue reading Summer of Horror 2025: Book Covers with Winged Creatures| A Kernel of Nonsense
Discover how Sora’s new Reading Challenges can spark motivation and build positive reading habits in your classroom or library.| OverDrive
Welcome to today’s stop on the blog tour for The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead, the latest in the crime series featuring illusionist and solver of seemingly insoluble mysteries, Jos…| What Cathy Read Next...
Summer of Horror 2025 is hosted by Books, Bones & Buffy. Join us as we indulge in horror reads this summer. Fridays are reserved for featuring great horror covers/titles in a category of your choosing. This week I am sharing ten horror books that feature animals on their covers. Kind of impressed by the number … Continue reading Summer of Horror 2025: Animals on Horror Covers| A Kernel of Nonsense
I’m not sure if that’s the best way to phrase my question, but it’s the closest I could get at what I’m trying to ask. I’m wondering what is it about reading horror stories that makes you scared. W…| Zezee With Books
Welcome to Poetry Day for Story Chat Digest 2025. We will discuss these incredible poems just as we do the short stories.| Marsha Ingrao - Always Write
Reading is a foundational skill that not only shapes academic achievement but also a student’s confidence and self-esteem. At Lindamood-Bell, we believe that all individuals can learn to read and comprehend to their potential. Our instruction for struggling readers is based on programs authored by our founders. It offers a personalized, evidence-based approach that... The post A Reading Program That Works for Struggling Readers appeared first on Lindamood-Bell.| Lindamood-Bell
We’re just over halfway through 2025 so it’s time for me to review my ongoing progress with this year’s reading challenges. I know that some people don’t like the idea of re…| Wicked Witch's Blog
Summer of Horror 2025 is hosted by Books, Bones & Buffy. Join us as we indulge in horror reads this summer. Fridays are reserved for featuring great horror covers/titles in a category of your choosing. This week I am featuring horror books with creepy hands on their covers. It turns out there are a lot. … Continue reading Summer of Horror 2025: Creepy Hands on Horror Covers| A Kernel of Nonsense
Paris in July 2025 is hosted by Emma@WordandPeace.| My Head Is Full of Books
#20booksofsummer2025 June 1 – August 31st *** Answer this questionnaire with what you read in June! *** Post your July reviews here I recently offered questions for you to recap your June re…| Words And Peace
#20booksofsummer2025 June 1 – August 31st Post your June reviews here WOW, already one month of #20booksofsummer2025 went by! How did you fo for this first month? To help you with a fun recap…| Words And Peace
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#theclassicsclub The Classics Club 2024-2029 MY FULL CLASSICS CLUB 5th LIST IS HERE The Classics Spin #41 Twitter hashtag: #ccspin I was away and off the grid when Classics spin #41 was announced, …| Words And Peace
The Locus Awards recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature and works. The awards are presented to winners of the Locus magazine annual readers’ poll on June 21. The top ten finalists in each category were recently announced. These are the ones in the Science Fiction Novel category that I’ve got my eye on. I’ll have to cover the other categories in separates posts because there are so many good ones to gush about!| Chapter Adventure
About the Book ‘Things change; we have to recognise that; the world will not stay still. What we must hope is that the new is better and stronger than the old.’ ANNO DOMINI 1546. In a m…| What Cathy Read Next...
Hello readers! If you had to pick just six books to put at the top of your summer reading list, what would you pick? I’d love to make a giant, long list of summer reading books but I’m cutting it down to just six to be realistic. I also tried to choose six books from a variety of genres to mix things up. I’ve mostly been reading horror and mysteries lately so I want to branch out. Here’s what I came up with:| Chapter Adventure
A couple of days ago I was taking a look at the various new achievements Goodreads has added to their yearly reading challenge and I came across a very interesting book list for the “Her Story” Achievement. While browsing this book list I was immediately interested in the book Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book … Continue reading "Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: My New Reading Project"| My Reader's Journey
On At this point I have the impression that April would not be the same month without the r/fantasy Book Bingo Challenge I always participate in a very low key way by planning a TBR and keeping tho…| My Reader's Journey
This month we received one entry for Art and Puzzle Day. Thank you so much to Robbie Cheadle for her picture of a lion. If you enjoyed this picture and her haiku, you definitely should read her boo…| Marsha Ingrao - Always Write
Let’s celebrate Spring in the most bookish way, with a series of fun prompts designed to pair your favorite reads with the essence of the season.| Chapter Adventure
We’ve had the most gorgeous, perfectly warm weather the past couple of days. I’ve been able to read sitting outside on my bench and it’s brightened my mood significantly. Now, I’m not fool enough to think the cold is completely gone. Around here the weather likes to play mind games with us and we won’t get consistently nice weather until the end of May. But it’s got me thinking about my summer TBR and I thought I’d highlight a few books that really give off those sunny vibes.| Chapter Adventure
Made in Canva by Leticia Toraci Since 2022 I have done a mostly offline Reading Challenge where I have to read 5 of my physical books before (or after) buying a new physical book. I started this ch…| My Reader's Journey
About the Book A Year in a Small Garden follows Frances Tophill as she creates her new garden in a terraced house in Devon. Working in a small space, the book documents her journey to bring life to…| What Cathy Read Next...
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This year I’ll be repeating a Reading Challenge I did last year, where I plan to prioritize 25 books I predict will be 5 stars for me.This list will not only include books by my already established favorite authors, but also books by authors I’ve read one five or four star book the years before, … Continue reading "25 Five-Star Predictions for 2025 – The Year of the Wood Snake"| My Reader's Journey
Made with Canva by Leticia Toraci The rules for this challenge are simple, you just read one book published in that year for every year from 2000 to 2025. To make things easier I’ll add the conditi…| My Reader's Journey
Another thing I enjoy doing around this time of year is making reading plans and forming TBR lists. As you’d have seen, I sometimes stick to the plans, but I never stick to TBR lists, lol, no matte…| Zezee With Books
Trying to grow various aspects of our lives is so exciting but daunting. Whilst I definitely enjoy setting our goals for myself at the beginning of the year, there’s no set time to start sett…| Cuppa Clo
Rules: You can change 2 prompts in case you can’t find any book you want to read in that genre. If you complete a row, column or diagonal, you have won! If you complete the whole bingo board, you have slayed! 😉 First Row: Novella – The City in Glass by Nghi Vo. Thriller- I … Continue reading "Genre Bingo 2025 – My TBR"| My Reader's Journey
I made this new genre challenge to diversify my reading in 2025. You can change 2 prompts in case you can’t find any book you want to read in that genre. If you complete a row, column or diagonal, you have won! If you complete the whole bingo board, you have slayed! 🙂 In my … Continue reading "Genre Bingo 2025"| My Reader's Journey
Created by Leticia Toraci My Book Bingo Challenge 2024 was, without a doubt, the most successful blog post in the history of this blog, therefore I felt inspired to create a new book bingo reading …| My Reader's Journey