If You Liked This š, Try That š
Greetings, fellow book fanatics! I come bearing recommendations š Now, a read-alike for a book you love is not an easy thing to come by (trust me, Iāve been trying to rekindle the Selection magic for years), but if youāve read and enjoyed any of the titles on this list, I hope I can beā¦
“If This Gets Out” Is A No-Skip Album of A Book
A rich, exultant love story with music at its core, If This Gets Out is one of the best contemporaries I’ve ever read. Following two members of a wildly popular boy band, Saturday, as their headliner tour sees them falling in love, the book offers both a fervently sincere pair of leads it’s easy toā¦
What I Read In June šŗ
Hello and happy July, everyone āØ June has been all about figuring out how to fill my summer. Should I practice chemistry for my college class in the fall? Should I pick up a new instrument? Should I be writing? I donāt think any of us truly know what the ābestā way to spend ourā¦
Letās Talk Bookish: How are you doing on your reading goals so far this year?
Hello, and welcome to The Pigeon! Letās Talk Bookish is a weekly discussion hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits, and this weekās topic was suggested by Amber @ Escape Life in the Pages! Did you set any reading goals for yourself at the beginning of the year? Iām an extremely planning- and checklist-oriented person,ā¦
My TBR for Jane Austen July āØ
Hello everyone! So thereās this Jane-Austen-themed reading event floating around šš Predictably, I couldnāt 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 Iām going to try to hit them all in one extremely nerdy andā¦
Get To Know The Fantasy Reader – A Tag
Hello and welcome to The Pigeon! Today I humbly bring you this tag š The rules are as follows: Make sure you give credit to the original creators of this tag ā this tag was originally the āGet to Know the Romance Readerā tag by Bree Hill, and was adapted for fantasy readers by theā¦
What I Read In May š
Well, well, well. We meet again! Happy June š 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 aā¦
What I Read in April š
Hello and welcome to the blog! Thanks for sticking around through my breakāāschool, 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. Letāsā¦
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Birds on the Cover
Hello and Happy TTT! Now, my blog theme being what it is, I couldnāt 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 Nightā¦
The Pigeon’s Guide to Reading and Enjoying Shakespeare
Hello and welcome to the blog! If youāve been around here awhile, youāll know that I love the works of William Shakespeare: watching them, reading them, and occasionally even performing in them. But theyāre not always the most accessible for new readers. Language has changed a lot since they were written, much of their contextā¦
“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 demonā¦
What I Read In March š
Happy April, everyone! I’m so happy to be sharing with you what will be my fifth wrap-up in a row! (š„³) 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.ā¦
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