TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for May 2, 2026.

From "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy to "Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge" by Lizzie Pook. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be … Continue reading TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for May 2, 2026. →

TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – Freebie: from Winter to Spring – April 28, 2026.

The topic for my Third #TTT for 2026 is: A Freebie! According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and … Continue reading TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – Freebie: from Winter to Spring – April 28, 2026. →

TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – My Life in Books? – April 14, 2026.

The topic for my third #TTT for 2026 is: Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life! According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a … Continue reading TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – My Life in Books? – April 14, 2026. →

TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for April 4, 2026.

From "The Correspondent" by Virginia Evans to "My Friends" by Fredrik Backman. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the … Continue reading TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for April 4, 2026. →

TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – GREEN Book Covers! – March 17, 2026.

The topic for my second #TTT for 2026 is: Green Book Covers! Happy St. Patrick's Day According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, … Continue reading TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – GREEN Book Covers! – March 17, 2026. →

TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for March 7, 2026.

From "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë to "The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax" by Dorothy Gillman. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be … Continue reading TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for March 7, 2026. →

TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – Freebie: Delicious! – March 3, 2026.

The topic for my first #TTT for 2026 is: Genre Freebie! According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and … Continue reading TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – Freebie: Delicious! – March 3, 2026. →

The Art of Rebellion and/or Conforming.

Book Review for “The Dream Life of Sukhanov” by Olga Grushin. Summary: "At fifty-six, Anatoly Sukhanov has everything a man could want. Nearly twenty-five years ago, he traded his precarious existence as a brilliant underground artist for the perks and comforts of a high-ranking Soviet apparatchik. Once he created art; now he censors it. His … Continue reading The Art of Rebellion and/or Conforming. →

A New Recipe for Death.

Book Review for “To Kill a Cook” by M.W Akers. Summary: "Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice Black. It’s 1972, and she is the city’s busiest restaurant critic, juggling her fiance and his two young sons with demands of fine dining. Bernice talks fast, walks faster, has a razor-sharp wit and no patience for … Continue reading A New Recipe for Death. →

For the Love of Syntax.

Book Review for “Confessions of a Grammar Queen” by Eliza Knight. Summary: "Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss … Continue reading For the Love of Syntax. →