Life between the pages, as I've lived it
When a book takes over your day the way LM Montgomery’s Anne of Avonlea does, it’s indescribable. But I will try. Anne of Avonlea is a continuation of the Anne of Green Gables series written by LM Montgomery. While Anne of Green Gables surprised me with a story telling that was simple and beautiful and... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a feature that The Broke and the Bookish host. This week’s topic is “10 things books have made me want to do or learn about after reading”. And boy, do I have a long list. In my head. Which is always forgetting stuff. Conveniently. Did I say always? So, I hope... Continue Reading →
It’s the last day of the 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge, for which I was nominated by Shameeksha and Somawrites. Thank you both! Had a great time doing this challenge. Today’s quote is special – it’s one of the many many many things that Anne Shirley says in Anne of Green Gables and made me... Continue Reading →
It’s day 2 of the 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge! Thanks once again to Shameeksha and Somawrites for this nomination! 3 Days, 3 Quotes Rules: Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you. Post a quote a day for 3 days. Nominate 3 bloggers every day. Today, I’m nominating: Carrianne’s Cuppa n Critiques Shannon Reads Sue’s Reading... Continue Reading →
It has been a while since I posted quotes, so when Shameeksha and Somawwrites nominated me to do the 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge, I was quite glad. Thank you! Do check out their Quote Challenge posts too. I especially loved the More Roald Dahl post by Shameeksha and Day 3 Quotes by Somawrites. 3... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is a book-related feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish and this week’s topic is “Ten Books Set Outside the US”. This title got me thinking, hard. How often do you pick up a book thinking about where it is set? Most often I end up reading a book based on... Continue Reading →
Surreal. It’s the one word that I can use to describe The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. But somehow that falls short of conveying all that this book is. It is dreamy, captivating, fascinating and mysterious. It’s everything I want from a novel. And it delivered so well on each point. No wonder then that... Continue Reading →
Not really sure how many of you noticed, but I’ve been quite irregular these past two weeks with my blogging. And I really don’t know how to say this, but… I’ve become quite (surprisingly) addicted to the Game of Thrones (GoT) TV show – though I haven’t gotten around to binge watching as much as... Continue Reading →
A huge shout out and thanks to Holly at Ink Spy for nominating me for the Blogger Recognition Award! What I like about these tags and awards is that it really makes me take the time to just focus on what I really enjoy about blogging - the books, and reading them and the whole experience... Continue Reading →
This week, I’m starting Stacking the Shelves, a meme hosted by Tynga’s Review, where I will be sharing about the books that I recently bought and will be adding to my bookshelf this month. Since these books will be a part of my reading list for July (about which I will be doing a more detailed... Continue Reading →
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