Our topic for this week is: April showers (Interpret this however you’d like: rainy day reads, books that make you cry, books that give you happy tears, books to wash away a bad reading experience, books set in rainy places, books with rain/raindrops/umbrellas on the cover, blue book covers, etc.) 1. Weather Girl – Rachel …
Our topic for this week is: book titles that describe me/my life. (Example titles: Well Traveled could describe you if you like to travel, Hotshot Doc could describe you if you’re an awesome doctor, Falling into Place could describe a life where things are starting to work out, An Infinite Love Story could describe your …
Our topic for this week is: books about/set in places on my bucket list. I’m taking it one step further and including activities on my bucket list. 1. The Shark House – Sara Ackerman Swimming with sharks 2. The Man Who Fell from the Sky – Anita Frank Skydiving 3. Moloka’i Nui Ahina: Summers on the Lonely …
Our topic for this week is: buzzwords that make me want to read (or avoid) a book. I decided to list five that make me want to read a book, and five that make me want to avoid a book. Makes Me Want to Read 1. Cozy Who doesn’t love cozy? 2. Historical Fiction I’m …
Our topic for this week is: books on my Spring 2026 to-read list. 1. A Nantucket Fling – Kathryn Freeman out June 9 2. Melania – Melania Trump 3. The Road Back to You – Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile 4. The Whole Cat and Caboodle – Sofie Ryan 5. The Half Life – …
Our topic for this week is: green book covers, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, which is today!! 1. Wow, No Thank You. – Samantha Irby 2. Summer Snow – Robert Hass 3. Ask Again, Yes – Mary Beth Keane 4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid 5. The Woman in …
Our topic for this week is: book titles featuring ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers are numbers that define an item’s place in a series. For example: first, second, third, fourth, tenth, fourteenth, thirty-third, one hundredth, etc. 1. First Person – Richard Flanagan 2. Love at First Psych – Cara Bastone 3. The 19th Wife – David …
Our topic for this week is: a genre freebie. I chose to list historical fiction sitting on my to-be-read shelf. 1. Rules of Civility – Amor Towles 2. Beneath a Scarlet Sky – Mark Sullivan 3. The Goddess of Warsaw – Lisa Barr 4. Bluebird – Sharon Cameron 5. The Lost Girls of Paris – …
Our topic for this week is: quotes from or about books. I googled book quotes and decided to pick ten of my favorite quotes about books and reading. 1. “Oh this? It’s a ‘bookworm’. They live in books, and they love to eat important pr valuable words.” – CLAMP 2. “Children are made readers on …
Our topic for this week is: books for armchair travelers. Let’s travel without leaving our chairs! 1. All the Horses of Iceland – Sarah Tolmie Iceland 2. Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes Tuscan countryside, Italy 3. Wild – Cheryl Strayed Pacific Crest Trail 4. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert Italy, India, Indonesia …