It feels like the reading brain is coming back online, not with a triumphant roar but with the quiet, creaky stretch of a creature emerging from hibernation. And honestly? That’s exactly the pace I want right now. Slow. Curious. A little bewildered. Gentle. Here’s where I’m at this week — …
Cassie 
🦴 What Lies Beneath: Why I’m Fascinated by Burials and Bones
There’s something about bones. Maybe that sounds morbid, maybe it is morbid, but I don’t think I’m alone in the quiet fascination that settles in when a burial site is uncovered. When a skull is lifted from the soil. When archaeologists brush back the earth from a femur that last …
📚 Books I Borrowed from the Library This Month 📚
aka: I definitely don’t have a problem, I just love options There’s nothing quite like walking into the library and emerging with a stack of books that whisper hope and potential — and maybe a touch of delusion about how much free time I actually have. But listen, it’s not …
📚 Reading This Week: Love, Loss & the Layers Beneath
This week’s reads are taking me from heartache to hard ground, in the best possible way. 💞 Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Abby Jimenez always knows how to hit me right in the feelings, and this book is no exception. It’s tender, romantic, and bittersweet — about love, …
Genres
Do you ever think you know what your reading year will look like, only to find it turns out to be completely different? I honestly thought this year would be jam-packed with action/adventure thriller-type novels. I discovered and fell in love with Matthew Reilly’s books last year – completely OTT …
TBR w/c 17.06.24
My reading list for the coming week looks something like: finish BBC Science Focus June 2024 (currently 28%) finish Neil Gaiman – Neverwhere (currently 81%) finish Alix E Harrow – The Ten Thousand Doors of January (currently 19%) finish Neil MacGregor – A History Of The World in 100 Objects …
Sunday Reading Wrapup
What are you currently reading? M.T. Clanchy – From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307 47% read. I’ve said this before – this book was written to be written, not to be read. It’s utterly fascinating but it’s a serious slog DK Publishing – SuperSimple Chemistry 18% read. I picked …
Series I’d Like to Start/Catch up on/Finish
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to …
TBR Reorganisation
You know those 5-minute jobs that end up taking over a day? Yeah, I had one of those over the weekend. I’d finished a book and couldn’t decide what to read next, Li mentioned something about wondering if there was a random TBR generator or one that suggests items on …
My route around the library + Music Monday
I’ve been told that the way I choose books in the library – and in the Libby app – other than collecting reservations is a little bit… well.. odd. So I thought I’d write about it and see what y’all think! My first stop in the library is the ‘quick …