Tag: reading
Top Ten Tuesday – Skulls & Skeletons
Halloween is just around the corner, so it’s naturally this week’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl.
I can safely say that, of all the spooky creatures and monsters, undead skeletons terrified me the most as a child. I have a vivid memory of hovering outside the biology classroom with a couple of other second graders, daring each other to look through the keyhole at the skeleton model. It was obviously fake and didn’t even have a skull, but it still sent us running away in terror. So, here are some book covers featuring skeletons, skulls and bones.
Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Was Assigned to Read in School
This week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl sent me down the memory lane, back to the books I had to read for school.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler – Book Review
Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, as the famous Leo Tolstoy quote goes. It’s fair to say that the unhappy family in this quirky and zestful novel is quite unlike anything else I’ve read about.
The Body by Bill Bryson – Book Review
Bill Bryson takes a speedy yet comprehensive tour through the human body, and reveals it as miraculous, complex, a bit gross and more mysterious than you’d think.
Top Ten Tuesday – Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Modes of transportation is this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl. I didn’t expect to come up with so many darker book covers from the mystery and horror genres; planes, trains and automobiles are obviously a popular setting for things going terribly wrong!
The Dry by Jane Harper – Book Review
I haven’t read Australian fiction in a while, and I quite enjoyed this solid, well-written crime novel set in regional Victoria during an unrelenting drought.
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. – Book Review
This sprawling, intricate post-apocalyptic novel blends religious faith with science fiction, and envisions a potential course for human civilisation that’s both bleak and hopeful – and surprisingly humorous. It’s a wonderfully written book deserving of its classic status.
Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Book Quotes
A great book quote can stick with you for a lifetime. It was fun to think back to my personal favourites, for this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl. Read more
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – Book Review
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