My TBR for Jane Austen July ✨
Hello everyone! So there’s this Jane-Austen-themed reading event floating around 👉👈 Predictably, I couldn’t resist the temptation to make a TBR. For this year’s annual Jane Austen July (Goodreads group here), there are seven strictly optional challenges (five reading, two watching), and I’m going to try to hit them all in one extremely nerdy and … Continue reading “My TBR for Jane Austen July ✨”
Get To Know The Fantasy Reader – A Tag
Hello and welcome to The Pigeon! Today I humbly bring you this tag 😌 The rules are as follows: Make sure you give credit to the original creators of this tag – this tag was originally the “Get to Know the Romance Reader” tag by Bree Hill, and was adapted for fantasy readers by the … Continue reading “Get To Know The Fantasy Reader – A Tag”
What I Read In May 📚
Well, well, well. We meet again! Happy June 💕 With twelve books and a lot of unusual picks for me to share today, this might be one of my favorite wrap-ups yet. (I read three works of nonfiction! Look at me go!) From my neck of the woods to yours, I hope you have a … Continue reading “What I Read In May 📚”
What I Read in April 💕
Hello and welcome to the blog! Thanks for sticking around through my break––school, as it tends to do, ramped way up just as I was finishing it! But, with my two-year associates degree (in science, of all things) behind me, I have a number of delightful reads from last month to share with you. Let’s … Continue reading “What I Read in April 💕”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Birds on the Cover
Hello and Happy TTT! Now, my blog theme being what it is, I couldn’t not pick birds for this particular freebie, and I hope you find many marvelous tales from among this flock to enjoy. (And if you did birds too, we have to be friends now. No exceptions.) 1. A Thousand Steps Into Night … Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Birds on the Cover”
The Pigeon’s Guide to Reading and Enjoying Shakespeare
Hello and welcome to the blog! If you’ve been around here awhile, you’ll know that I love the works of William Shakespeare: watching them, reading them, and occasionally even performing in them. But they’re not always the most accessible for new readers. Language has changed a lot since they were written, much of their context … Continue reading “The Pigeon’s Guide to Reading and Enjoying Shakespeare”
“A Thousand Steps Into Night” Toes A Very Promising Line
In Traci Chee’s first work of fantasy since her wonderful The Reader trilogy, we meet the “unremarkable” personage of Miuko, an innkeeper’s daughter who tries her best to be everything she is not: meek, quiet, tidy, and acceptable. But when a sudden kiss from a shaoha sets Miuko on the path to becoming a demon … Continue reading ““A Thousand Steps Into Night” Toes A Very Promising Line”
What I Read In March 💕
Happy April, everyone! I’m so happy to be sharing with you what will be my fifth wrap-up in a row! (🥳) March brought me some new favorite books, a great play or two, and myriad wonderful things to shout about in them all. Without further ado, here they are: 20. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. … Continue reading “What I Read In March 💕”
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2022 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly series hosted on That Artsy Reader Girl! This week, we’re looking ahead to spring: awaiting us is an unlivable amount of pollen, and even more books… 1. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh The first printing of this book––a retelling of the Korean legend The … Continue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2022 TBR”
Every Witch Book Wishes It Was Claire Legrand’s “Extasia”
If you’re a fan of 2018’s Sawkill Girls, rejoice! Claire Legrand returns (at last!) to magic-tinged horror in this bloody, angry wonder of a book. Generations have passed since the end of the world and (to our knowledge) only one fragile village remains. In Haven, women are blamed for humanity’s downfall, and a fiery gospel … Continue reading “Every Witch Book Wishes It Was Claire Legrand’s “Extasia””
What I Read In February
Welcome back to the blog! As we clear another month, I hope you’re doing what brings you joy, whatever form that takes. For my part, I found plenty of joy in the books I picked up this month, and even more in reviewing them 🤓 11. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare This charming comedy of … Continue reading “What I Read In February”
My Top 5 Very Specific Favorite Tropes
Hello again! I’m still recovering from a terrible hard drive crash (🥴) and had to dip from the blog for a while, but today I come to you with a list of favorite tropes inspired by one from the marvelous Aria @ Snow White Hates Apples! I love her list (and her blog in general), … Continue reading “My Top 5 Very Specific Favorite Tropes”
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