Fanda @ClassicLit is once again hosting Zoladdiction month throughout April. This year she has included a fun questionaire to take us away from our books! You don't have to be reading a Zola this April to join in the tag either. The questions are designed to entice afficionados and those new-to-Zola as well. My first … Continue reading The Émile Zola Tag #Zoladdiction2023
I spotted this book tag initially as one for books in translation. But after an amazing few months of reading mostly Australian books, I wanted to keep the green and gold momentum going. To join in though, simply change the country to one of your choosing. It could be your country of origin, where you … Continue reading Australian Literature Book Tag
A little Book Tag, spotted somewhere on the interweb (please let me know if it was you, so I can acknowledge you properly), to get me over a slow blogging weekend. 1. The last book I gave up on: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous | Ocean Vuong - I wasn't in the right mood for … Continue reading The Last 10 #BookTag
First spotted at Bookertalk, this book tag may be the only 2020 round up post I manage right now. I had lots of grand plans for reading and blogging between Christmas and New Year, but so far almost none of them have come to fruition. So I will simply add an extra question or two … Continue reading 2020 in Retrospect
Originally created by Beth @Books Nest, I Should Have Read That Book is easy to play and a perfect way to while away a rainy Saturday afternoon.Rules:Link to the creator’s blog (booksnest.co.uk) in your postAnswer the questions belowThank the person who tagged you and link back to their postENJOY THE TAG!The Questions:A book that a … Continue reading I Should Have Read That Book
Created by Diana @Writings on Papyrus (a now defunct blog), this book tag is fabulous for anyone who loves to read books in translation.All the wonderful links on Diana's blog have now, sadly, been lost. But hopefully we can start a new chain of favourite translated books for us to get excited about. Feel free … Continue reading The Translated Literature Tag
I currently have 3 chapters left in The Count of Monte Cristo Readalong I've been participating in since May and my very own 7-month long Moby-Dick Readalong is just one month young, so when I spotted this meme popping up on various friendly blogs this week, I knew it would be one that I would … Continue reading It’s So Classic Book Tag
The Classics Club Gothic Book Tag coincides with the clubs #CCdare challenge for October to read a classic book that scares you, thrills you or challenges you somehow. I've been reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the very first time, in tandem with a bio by Charlotte Gordon about Shelley and her mother Mary Wollstonecraft, Romantic … Continue reading Gothic Book Tag
There are times in life when everything feels like it's getting away from you. I'm in the middle of one of those times right now. (At least, I hope it's the middle and not just the start of something bigger!)My head space is full of routine stuff, life stuff, work stuff, planning stuff, organising stuff and I'm … Continue reading #JustSaying
As many of you already know, I have a TBR problem. Throughout the year, I have been looking for various ways to highlight my plight and focus on these books in the hope of reducing these staggering numbers. Every meme, every book tag that makes me go through my piles searching for books that fit … Continue reading I Spy Book Challenge
There's a lovely Book Tag going around blogger land at the moment (see O @On Bookes and Jean @Howling Frog Books).It's a rainy, grey winter's day in Sydney today. The family has just settled down to an afternoon of disaster movies and just between you and me, I'm in a bit of a mood!Blame it on the … Continue reading Book Tag
I have been using Feedly for a while now as a way to put all my favourite bloggers together in one place so that I find their latest posts easily. However during a recent few days off work due to illness, I was going through the lists to tidy things up when I realised that … Continue reading Classics Book Tag
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