Bookish Musings: Top Ten Books/Series I Read in 2023 + Some Non-Bookish Things

Bookish Musings: Top Ten Books/Series I Read in 2023 + Some Non-Bookish Things

Here we are, the last blog post of the year! It might be the new year by the time you're reading this, but still, it's my last 2023 post, and I guess I saved the best for last? Since I am talking about my favorite books from the year. (All of which are queer, btw! Love that!) I'm grateful to have found these, and all the other great books I read this year, because they brought me joy or...
 
Bookish Musings: Top Ten Characters from Books I Read & Games I Played in 2023

Bookish Musings: Top Ten Characters from Books I Read & Games I Played in 2023

It's actually become increasingly harder for me over the years to choose favorite characters from books because I don't really have favorites the way I used to. Which is not an insult to authors, they are still writing great characters! But it's more that I love the way they fit into their stories and the dynamics they have with other characters. I guess, I'm finding it harder now to separate...
 
Bookish Tag Post: The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag

Bookish Tag Post: The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag

This picture looks more like a birthday or anniversary sort of post, but I don't know, I didn't want to waste too much time looking and just grabbed something with a one in it. *shrug* There's something weirdly fun about looking back at the "firsts" of things. Also tags are fairly easy blog posts to make when I'm low on energy. So here we are! I found this at Howling Libraries (I just get...
 
Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (4)

Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (4)

I'm back with more first lines of books! As I have said many times, I don't think the first line is the most important. I don't think most people are going to stop reading if the first line isn't amazing. But I still think it can be fun and interesting to look at them. And I think an interesting one presented without context in a post like this might grab someone's attention enough to try a book....
 
Cover Love: Romantic Book Covers

Cover Love: Romantic Book Covers

I sort of wanted to do something for Valentine's Day (not that I'm celebrating, but I've been blogging for over seven years, I need to get ideas from somewhere), so this is what I decided on! Because book covers are fun. I have to be honest, I was a little bit lazy and mostly looked through covers I already had on my blog from previous posts. But not everyone has seen all those...