We had a whirlwind week-before-Christmas, juggling family time and Christmas shopping, wrapping, and cooking. Today we have two church services: regular Sunday service in the morning and the Christmas Eve mass tonight. And we’ll put the farolitos out at my parents’ house; it’s a tradition on their street, and people come from all over town to view them.
This week’s links include a Tolkien copyright fight, an author losing a book deal for review bombing other authors, Overdrive’s most downloaded authors, fighting book bans, and more.
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books I Hope Santa Brings Me.
I can’t believe Christmas is only a week away! I’m still finishing up the last of my Christmas shopping, but what’s left is mostly digital (audiobooks and ebooks.)
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books on My Fall 2023 To-Read List.
Is your TBR list a mile long? Are your unread books filling your shelves and piling up on the floor? Then The Backlist Reader Challenge is for you! If you’re like me, you’ve got a TBR list a mile long, and a lot of the books on it have been… Read more »
Books Read – November 2023 Books I read a lot of books in November, but 23 of them were both rereads and relatively short, quick reads (and even more so because I have read them before.) I also wasn’t sleeping well, so I had more time to read… but wanted… Read more »
Books Read – October 2023 Books Sorry I am so late in getting this post up! The November wrap-up will be along in a few days. I read more new-to-me books in October (6) than in the previous month, but still ended the month on a rereading binge (that lasted… Read more »
Can you believe it’s December already? I have so much to do before Christmas! I finally started my gift shopping, but I still have a long way to go. This week, I’ll be getting ready for our trip next week.
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