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Isn’t it convenient how this monthly TBR game ends up picking certain themes all on its own? In October, it turns out that the theme of the month was “love.” But not romantic love — “REAL love” (in the words of one of our featured titles). This month, we have books on: Real love (what it is, …
September 2022 Book Report [Tic-Tac-TBR Wrap-Up] Last month’s reading roundup included a fantasy adventure series by a new favorite writer, a graphic novel about a group of people living in perpetual daylight who use a sand-based magic system, a mystery about a new grandpa (or two) searching for their new granddaughter’s missing drug-addled mother, and …
A rare thing has happened: I may have found a new favorite author. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed fantasy, much less a middle grade fantasy series, but after stumbling on Brandon Mull via my research on another author named Brandon, I’ve devoured his books in a way that I haven’t done in …
Sad fact of life: Everything has a cost. That includes both good and bad things. And the best (read: most interesting) stories, fiction or nonfiction, reflect that reality. That’s what this last month’s random collection of reads reinforced. From a book about how the so-called “underdogs” may actually have strengths that the “giants” aren’t aware …
Anyone up for a little religion and psychology this month? Those are the topics covered in the books I read in June, anyway. It was definitely a much lighter-than-usual reading month, and yet I still somehow managed to knock out enough books to put on the TBR board. (Thanks, audiobooks!) So here we go, deep …
Since I discovered the wonder of listening to audiobooks while doing art, I’ve been able to get back into “reading” fiction a lot more than usual. Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t still read nonfiction. In this month’s set of featured books, I cover three memoirs — by a girl saved from suicide by a (literal) …
In this article, we have… An ancient king with a (several) unusual ways of dealing with rivals and enemies… A girl with a hidden traumatic past who learns how to reconnect… A seemingly unassuming old pro revealed to be a filthy (literally, not a metaphor) murderer People with superhero-like skills who turn into murderers because …
For this month’s reading wrap up, I’m sharing a book written by the guy who wrote the screenplay for Braveheart… A book by an actor who changed the world (for a few very important small people) via salad dressing. Yes. You read that right: Salad dressing… A book that you might find useful if you …
Another month has ended, and it’s time to report how I did on this month’s Tic-Tac-TBR Solitaire game! When playing solitaire to choose books at the beginning of the month, I promised to let you know how it went, so here goes… What’s inside this TBR Wrap Up Article: List of books read this month Brief reviews …
As part of my plan to study story-creation in the next few months and beyond, I’ve been researching Booktube, specifically: TBR games. (More on that in future articles). Which is what inspired me to start a To-Be-Read project of my own. For the first couple months of this Project, I’ve been using a simple “spin …