“Time has no borders except those people make.” First line in Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao Welcome to my September wrap-up where I talk about the stuff I did and read in the past…| First Line Reader
September… What happened in September? Not a whole lot, really. The highlight of the month was celebrating mum’s 70th birthday, which was surprisingly low-key. It was nice though, and I enjoyed spending time with her and her siblings who joined the festivities. Other than that, I got a new desk set up, which I’m feeling […]| dinipandareads
oh hello, friends! i hope you’re doing well! and i hope you’re reading all the five star things! august was truly so good to me and i can’t wait to talk about all the things i was…| meltotheany
June Monthly Wrap Up In June I read 2 nonfiction books and book books were amazing reads. The first book I read is Forest Cats of North America by Jerry Kobalenko. This books focuses on three wild cats that are often ignored: The Cougar, the Bobcat, and the Lynx. Three cats with unique abilities that […]| The Scientific Detective
Summer was quite a busy season, and I fell off of my weekly blog posts. But here we are with a monthly review. In may I read 3 books. Two books were nonfiction, and one was fiction. Two were great reads and one was dropped. Let’s get the terrible book over with, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia […]| The Scientific Detective
“He was born with an eleventh finger.” First line in The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez We’ve made it to September and it’s time to look back and reflect upon the previous …| First Line Reader
July is somehow already over and I already can’t seem to recall what I did this past month! 🤣 Honestly, I have zero social life and most of my days I’m at work, sometimes going to the g…| dinipandareads
“You do an awfully good impression of yourself.” First line in Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis It’s still summer but July is over, so it is time for me to talk about how I spent t…| First Line Reader
“My father kept a dragon eye upon his desk.” First line in Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi Welcome to another wrap-up where I talk about all the things I did and read in the month of June. I…| First Line Reader
“Our bards always ask the Muse to find the beginning, but the big joke – I say joke in the loosest possible sense – is that they never then start at the bloody beginning.” F…| First Line Reader
“Happy birthday, Haymitch!” First line in Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins March isn’t completely over yet, but I won’t be finishing any more books so I thought I w…| First Line Reader
Note: This book contains spoilers for the story. Daffodil is a short story by Osamu Dazai, translated in 2023 by Maplopo. Dazai’s story only covers 16 pages and the remaining 23 pages consist of a …| The Scientific Detective
“Would it kill you to get here before noon?” First line in Attachments by Rainbow Rowell I made it through a freezing cold February so now it’s time for a wrap-up! Life-wise, I di…| First Line Reader
Last year, I decided to combine several different “end of the year” tags into one big one that’s complementary to the Mid-Year Freak Out Tag. I like what I came up with so I’…| Keeper of the Wood Between Worlds
May was a slump month. Such a slump that I couldn’t even muster the energy to describe it till now… at the end of June. I read 4 books, 3 nonfiction and 1 fiction. I would read each book, find it i…| The Scientific Detective
I haven’t done a tag since May. Actually, I haven’t done many tags this year, which is a shame for me because I enjoy doing them. Have I lost the enthusiasm for such posts? I really hope not. Thoug…| Zezee With Books
A highly appraised novel with a popular movie. Some people consider this to be Forster’s magnum opus. I, however, do not. Unfortunately Forster’s novel did not open any window in my brain. This is …| The Scientific Detective
