Before the Coffee Gets ColdBefore the Coffee Gets Cold, book 1by Toshikazu Kawaguchi At a small café in Tokyo, patrons can travel through time to meet with someone of their choosing, but they must return before the coffee gets cold. The way this book was described when I first heard about it, I expected four … More Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawagushi
One week into autumn and the leaves are already turning their classic fall colors where I live. It’s the perfect time of year for both spooky and cozy reads. I’m not sure who created this one, but here’s the Finally Fall book tag. In fall, the air is crisp and clear: name a book with … More Finally Fall | Book Tag
Recently, I’ve been thinking about how accessible books are, and how accessible the book community as a whole is. I have fairly limited, and probably outdated, experience with accessibility features since I don’t require any myself. But it’s still something I think about when I’m reading, writing, or interacting with the book community online, and … More Accessibility in Reading
There are plenty of books with covers that are entirely text, often stylized in a way that represents the story without using extra images. As much as I like those types of covers, I also like when the text is part of the cover art, blending the two parts together. Here are ten books I … More Typographic Book Covers
‘Unseen is an audio comic created by Chad Allen. Written by a blind person, with a blind heroine, for blind (and sighted) audiences. Unseen is the story of Afsana, a blind assassin living in a chaotic world in which she is invisible to society. Discounting her abilities is her enemies’ gravest mistake’ … More Unseen by Chad Allen
Happy Autumn, my fellow Northern Hemisphere friends. And happy Spring to all the rest. Last week I went to two different bookstores. Both locally owned ones that I love visiting. I got a specific copy of The Return of the King that I’ve been on the hunt for and a book of the complete works … More Paint and DNFs | Sunday Synopsis
It’s the first official day of autumn, although it seems like everyone else has been trying to live like it’s autumn extra early this year. Before I move on to autumn, let’s give summer one last mention with a summer bucket list, although not all of these were summer reads. Hopefully you got to do … More Summer Bucket List | Book Tag
The more time I spend in the book community, reading in excess, and receiving news of new and upcoming releases, the more I notice the trends that come and go in publishing. Sometimes it’s a great thing, and sometimes I can’t wait for the next trend to replace the current one. Recently a lot of … More Book Trends
As autumn approaches, I’ve planned out a lot of my reading for the rest of the year, leaving some room for mood reads. I’ve been dabbling in other genres as well as trying to finish up some of the many series I’ve started over the years. I’m excited about all the things on my TBR … More Books On My Fall 2022 To-Read List
A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltMonk & Robot, book 1by Becky Chambers Centuries after the robots disappeared into the wilderness, Dex, a tea monk, is approached by a robot, Mosscap, that wants to know what it is people need. This story follows Dex, who leaves their old life behind to set out on their own and … More A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Last week I went on a Little Free Library search. I went to four that were relatively close to where I live and although I didn’t find anything I wanted to take, I did finally donate the bag of books that has been riding around in my car with me for ages. It was a … More Little Library Adventures | Sunday Synopsis
At the time of the Dragon Reborn’s birth, Moiraine is an Accepted preparing to become Aes Sedai and Lan is a soldier in battle. Their separate lives will soon bring them together and lead them to join in the search as a team. … More New Spring by Robert Jordan
We talk about books a lot, but I’m sure we all have other things going on. It’s not all books all the time. Probably. It’s a lot books a lot of the time, but I still like other things. For this tag, my answers can be anything but books. original tag by Book Buds What … More Anything but Books | Book Tag
There was once a time when I couldn’t bear to DNF a book once I started it. If I committed to reading a book, I was going to read the whole thing. There was no putting it down, no trying again later, and certainly no giving up. These days, I feel like I’m DNFing constantly. … More When to DNF
Being a bookworm is great, but it’s not without its problems. I don’t think we’re being dramatic when we face these, they’re just part of living the bookish life. The perks of being a bookworm far outweigh the downfalls, but here are five bookish problems I think are pretty common: Top 5 Tuesday is hosted … More Top Five Dramatic Bookworm Problems
Kit has committed to a six-month stay at the private island retreat Wisewood, cut off from the outside world. Her sister, Natalie, arrives at Wisewood after receiving an e-mail threatening to reveal her secret to Kit. … More This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
We got rain! A whole day and a half of it! It was a light rain, and it did not change our drought status at all, but I think that was the most rain we got all summer. Last week I finished reading New Spring by Robert Jordan. It’s the prequel to The Wheel of … More A Lot of Paint and a Little Rain | Sunday Synopsis
We got a tiny break from the heat and sunshine this week, but most days it’s still beach weather where I live. Although I grew up by the ocean, I was never much of a beach bum, but I must admit the beach is a great place to settle in with a good read. And … More Life’s a Beach | Book Tag
At this point in my life I’m pretty picky about which books I purchase. I usually won’t buy anything unless I’ve already read it and loved it. Even though I may outgrow these favorites as I get older, it’s so much nicer to look at my shelves and see familiar stories that I love to … More Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy
Finlay Donovan is Killing ItFinlay Donovan, book 1by Elle Cosimano Finlay Donovan, a struggling single mother and suspense novelist, is mistaken for a contract killer. The trope of ordinary people getting in over their head when they enter the crime world is such a delight for me. The overall setup of this reminded me a … More Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
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