Lockup Library Riddle me this… Shawshank, December 12, 2020 Ok, I’m new at the whole book blogging thing, but I have a question. And I’ll try not to sound like an ass. But please believe me, I’m asking out of total curiosity, no malice at all. What’s the draw of reading YA novels? It seems that like 80% of all book bloggers blog about… Continue Reading
Lockup Library First line Friday Shawshank, December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 So jumping right into it, last weeks book was…. Wait for it…. Did you guess it? It was Sphere by Michael Crichton. Good job if you guessed it! On to this weeks: It happened every year, was almost a ritual. And this was his eighty-second birthday. When, as usual, the flower was delivered, he took… Continue Reading
Lockup Library 5 more bookish questions Shawshank, December 9, 2020November 28, 2020 Just scrolling around in the discover feature in the Wordpress app, I can usually cobble some pretty interesting questions. Usually enough to fill a post up. What’s your comfort book? It’s been a long time, but I remember really enjoying Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It’s a story as old as time. Married woman travels back… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book haul! Shawshank, December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Hello book friends! I finally got the chance to sit down and do a proper book haul. This is a couple weeks in the making. From the last time I was in SlightlyBiggerTown, to my boss, to the trip into BiggerTown today, I have a few to finally show off. The top 3 and the… Continue Reading
Lockup Library What were your favourite childhood books Shawshank, December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 I was thinking about it a couple of days ago. Just remembering what I used to read. I used to plow through tonnes of books. I had just about the whole original blue hardcovers of The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon. I loved reading them. I wish that I still had those books. The… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book Club Book club: Brave New world & The Girl on the Train Shawshank, December 6, 2020 Good afternoon my book lovers, There’s a bonus today. I’ll be talking about two books! I know, he has no time to read, but he’s reading two books now? While it’s true that I’m still trying to find balance between work and reading, I really wanted to read both of them. Brave New World by… Continue Reading