Bookfessional: Books We Love on the Big (or Little) Screen Last week, Tor.com posted a MASTERLIST of all the SFF adaptions coming to TV or theaters, and I couldn’t curb the urge to repost/comment on some of the ones I’m most looking forward to. But FIRST, it’s important to know that just b/c the film […]
Bookfessional: Reader Quirks Any time we do anything on a regular basis, we develop habits. Constantly misplace your keys? Put a key bowl on the bookshelf by the front door. Husband devours your favorite snack b/c it’s there? Put it on a different shelf (b/c if it’s not where it’s “supposed” to be, it doesn’t […]
Bookfessional: Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Yesterday began the first round of this year’s voting for our favorite books in various genres on Goodreads! *throws confetti in the air* Personally, I love this time of year. I love checking out the different categories and dithering over whether Saga, Volume 6 or Monstress should get my vote […]
Bookfessional: My Trip to Goodreads A couple of months ago, I received an email inviting me to the second annual Goodreads Power User Summit. Airfare, hotel accommodations, and meals would all be covered by the good people at Goodreads. Sounds like a scam, doesn’t it? I would’ve thought so too, but I know people who […]
Bookfessional: Weird Stuff Our Friends Talk Us Into Reading I’m not a judgmental person, especially when it comes to reading preferences . . . Unless someone makes a point of reading nothing but classics and/or literary fiction with the intent of looking down their long noses at the rest of us, in which case I […]
Bookfessional: Book Funks . . . Ughhhh. They’re the bane of every readers existence. Sometimes they’re the result of binge reading a greatly anticipated new release from start to finish in a single sitting. You become so enmeshed in the world and the characters that when it’s over, you can’t let go. You continue to […]
Bookfessional: Meeting Your Online Friends in Real Life DISCLAIMER: I am not encouraging anyone to put themselves in a compromising situation with some random person they met in some random chat room. If you’re going to meet someone who befriended you on the internet in real life, you need to be smart about it—meet in […]