BW26: Half full/half empty

Happy Sunday! Can you believe we are halfway through the year already. Are you a half glass full or half glass empty type of person? Me, my glass is half full which means although I have shelves full of books I have yet to read, I keep finding new shiny stories to fill my glass back up. Are you ready for our July authors of the month?

Our Literary Legend this month is John Kennedy Toole and I have The Confederacy of Dunces waiting in the wings as well as our Author Bookology contemporary author William Gibson and the second book in his Sprawl series, Count Zero.  

Plus we have our next Bingo Quest to celebrate 52 Books/L.E.S.T.E.R's eighteenth Blogoversary which is drum roll, please: 18

Read a book with an 18 year old character

Read the 18th book in the series

Read a book with 18 in the title

Read a book published in the 1800's, 1918, or 2018.

I just so happen to have James Rollins 18th book Arkangel in his Sigma Force series which has been calling my name. Now would be a perfect time to read it. But maybe I'll decide to read the 18th book in Steve Berry's Cotton Malone series, The Atlas Maneuver or Lee Child's Jack Reacher series, Never Go Back or even J.D. Robb's Divided in Death. Decisions, decisions.



Happy reading!

BW25: The word of the day is Yes!

 Happy Summer!!!  Instead of a no button, I want a Yes button.  It's Summer. Why not?  My son and I went to the book store to shop for Father's day presents.  He has a habit of picking out books based on their covers which in actuality always turn out to be very good.  So I always say Yes.  Which is how I ended up with This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page. 

"When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly because she can’t remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. Mainly because Joe died five months ago…

The gift is simple – twelve carefully-chosen books from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.

Tilly sets out on a series of reading-inspired adventures that take her around the world. But as she begins to vlog her journey, her story becomes more than her own. With help from Alfie, the bookshop owner, her budding new following and her friends and family, can Tilly’s year of books show her how to love again?"

And note that it has a Y word on the cover which coincides with the letter of the week!  

Happy Father's day to all the dads!

BW24: Xplore Creative Sparks

 

Happy Sunday! I'm not feeling particularly creative today.  Are you feeling creative today? Sometimes we all need a little something to light a spark.  

5 Favourite Books To Reignite Your Creative Spark

Revealed! 7 Brilliant Books About the Nature of Creativity.

Spark Your Creativity: 16 Titles to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

The 10 Best Books on Creativity (To enrich your mind)

20 of the best books on journaling

13 Books I Love To Use For Junk Journaling

Have fun! 

BW23: Bingo Quest - Prince

 

Happy Sunday! Our next bingo quest is Prince.  Read about Prince, born June 7, 1958 and who sadly passed away April 21st, 2016 at the age of 57.  For those who don't want to read about Prince or find a story with the words in the titles of any of his songs,  we can go in a different direction, reading stories with Prince or royal in the title, or a character in the story.  

Must-Read Books About the British Royal Family

Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: 15 Books About Royal Life

Pick a book Chosen by Her Majesty

13 Novels Starring Fictional Royals

Have fun!