Thinking About Books and Reading

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Thinking About Books and Reading

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10 Memorable Book Quotes (Vol. 5)

Bookish Goals 2026

Author Spotlight: Debut or New-To-Me Authors

10 Favorite Audio Books

Underrated Gems of 2025

Best of the Best: 2015-2025

Most Memorable Reads of 2025

2025 Reading Stats and 2026 Reading Goals

Misery Lit or UpLit?

Favorite Historical Fiction 2025

Books as Gifts 2025

End Your Reading Slump

If You Don’t Read (insert genre), Try This One

Are you a Completist?

Books I’d Love to Reread

Summer’s One Must-Read Book 2025

How do you Read so Many Books?

Best 6 Books in 6 Months (2025)

Bookish Books (Books about books, libraries, bookshops)

Those Elusive Five-Star Reads

Do your Book Reviews Change Over Time?

Benefits of Book Club

Unpopular Bookish Opinions

10 Page-turners You Will Not Want to DNF

Books I Haven’t Reviewed

Love Story or Romance: Is There a Difference?

Top 5 Bookish Podcasts

2024 Reading Stats and 2025 Reading Goals

Most Memorable Reads of 2024

Best of the Best: 2015-2024

2024 Reading Stats and 2025 Reading Goals

Books as Gifts 2024

Thankful for Authors Who….

10 Ways My Reading Has Changed Over Time

10 Books I Recommend for Students

Bookish Brags and Confessions

10 Books That Deserve More Hype

Reading: Audio Books, Print Books, or Digital Books?

Book Characters Who Redeemed Themselves

10 Books to Read for Escape

10 Books Featuring Food

10 Posts That Give a Glimpse Into Me and/or My Reading Life

What Makes a Book Unputdownable?

Favorite Book in a Favorite Series

I Wish Books Had Less…

Best 6 Books in 6 Months (2024)

10 Books For Your Beach or Pool Bag (2024)

Books That Evoke Strong Emotions

Bookish Books (2024)

Ten Memorable Book Quotes

19 Petty Reasons I’ve DNF’d a Book

Historical Fiction Pros & Cons

Celebrating Poetry

Celebrating Black Authors

What is Your Reading Taste?

10 Bookish Superpowers

Reading: To Track or Not to Track?

Do You Have a Book Project?

Books as Gifts 2023

Ten Bookish Wishes For You

Gift an Author: Write a Review

Reading Goals Update 2023

Top Ten Bookish Jobs I’d Do For Free

Favorite Character Relationships

Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Books

Are You a Stubborn Reader? Know Your Reading Tastes

Books About the Journey

Showing Love to Back List Books

Books Set in Paris

10 Popular Books I Did Not Finish

Summer’s One “Must Read” Book (2023 Collaboration)

Best 6 Books in 6 Months (Jan-June 2023)

Books Set Near Water

10 Things That Make Me Instantly NOT Want to Read a Certain Book: Deal Breakers

10 Things That Make Me Instantly Want to Read a Certain Book

10+ Books That Exceeded My Reading Expectations

Most Recommended Books

10+ Awesome and Diverse Middle Grade Reads

Women in the Resistance Movement/Spying

Books Set in Libraries

National Independent Bookstore Day (books set in bookstores)

Most Recommended Books

10 Favorite Young Book Heroines

Books by Black Authors on my Bookshelf

Best of the Best 2015-2022

Literary Book Party 2022

Favorite Self-Improvement Books on My Bookshelf

Reading Goals 2023

Most Memorable Reads of 2022

2022 Reading Stats and 2023 Goals

Especially Satisfying Reads of 2022

Confession From an Outlier: Books on my DNF Shelf (2022)

Books as Gifts 2022

Stories With Christmas Settings

10 Discussable Books For Book Club

10 Books With Aww Endings

Bookworm Series: Top 5 Ways to Catch a Bookworm, Top 5 Bookworm Problems, Top 5 Reasons to be With a Bookworm, Top 5 Things I Would Never Tell a Bookworm

What is Plot-Driven or Character-Driven Fiction?

Summer’s One #MustReadBook 2022

Favorite Memorable Memoirs

10 Zany, Dynamic, Memorable, Eccentric, or One-Of-A-Kind Characters

6 Favorite Historical Fiction in 6 Months

Recommendations for Historical Fiction With a Side of Thriller

To Annotate or Not to Annotate

TTT: 10 Memorable Bookish Characters

Do You Love a Book Series?

TTT: 10 Memorable book Quotes (Vol.3)

Track Your Reading: Goodreads or Story Graph?

Meet the Blogger (Book Tag)

TTT: 10 Women Authors and Their Debuts

TTT: 10 Favorite Dynamic Duos in Literature

TTT: Have You Lost Your Heart in a Book? 10 Books Too Good to Review Properly

Are You a Rereader?

10 Favorite Books With Character Names in the Title

Books About Books

Top 5 Books That Changed My Reading Life

Best of the Best 2015-2021

Top 5 Bookish Resolutions 2022

2021 Reading Stats and 2022 Goals

Dear Authors, An Update On These Characters Please

TTT: Ten Memorable Book Quotes (volume 2)

Is a Balanced Reading Life Important?

TTT: Ten Favorite Book Settings

TTT: Ten Bookish Pet Peeves

Do Hype, Book Buzz, and High Expectations Affect Your Reading Experience?

TTT: Ten Books That Live Up To their Hype

TTT: Ten Bookish Pet Peeves

TTT: 10 Bookish Confessions From an Ardent Bibliophile

TTT: Did You Like the Ending?

TTT: 10 Reasons Why I Love Reading

6 Tips For Writing Book Reviews

Is Summer Reading Season a Thing?

More Books Like These Please!

Never Have I Ever Book Tag

What Makes You Pick Up a Book?

20 Questions Book Tag

What is a Good Ending?

TTT: Ten Bookish Confessions

What is Your Reading Style?

TTT: Ten Books That Make Me Smile

TTT Most-Read Authors

Ten Favorite Book Quotes

Books That Feature Librarians or Libraries

Ten Reasons Why I Love Middle-Grade Books

Favorite Book Quotes

Lighter Reads During Stressful Times, 5 Light Women’s Fiction Reads

Ten Signs That I’m a Book Lover

Top Ten Favorite Books About Books

The Last 10 Books That Gave Me a Book Hangover

My Love/Hate Relationship With DNF

How I Use Goodreads

Trigger Warnings: Yes or No?

Popular Books Worth the Hype

Thankful For a Favorite Author

Ten Irresistible Book Titles

Traits That Help Me Fall in Love With Characters

Do I Write Honest Reviews?

10 Favorite Tropes

Book Characters I’d Like as Best Friends

If You Like That, Read This!

8 Ways I Choose My Next Read

How to Start a Book Club

How I Write a Fiction Review