Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelves

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection. I received a few books for Christmas that I wanted and I also acquired a secondhand via the library recently. Beowulf: A Commentary and Translation and The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien: My dad got me both of …

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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope to Own Soon-ish

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Books I Hope Santa Brings/Bookish Wishes. Like before, I'm not going to link to Amazon or anywhere for anybody to purchase. I also don't usually focus on what I get/don't get for Christmas. But I will make a list of books I'd like to own at some point, …

Books and Waffles Alphabeticals: B

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Freebie (Make up your own topic, or use a previous TTT topic you might have missed.) Instead of doing a Top Ten post, I'm going to do another Alphabetical post. I wasn't planning to do two this close together, but I kind of like the idea of doing …

Top Ten Tuesday: Books for Dragon Lovers

This week's prompt for Top Ten Tuesday is a freebie, so I've decided to list my recommendations for anybody who likes stories about dragons. As someone who loves dragons, I'm always on the lookout for good dragon books (because unfortunately there are a lot of bad dragon books). So if you like dragon books like …

Top Ten Tuesday: Classics I Can’t Believe I Read (and Actually Enjoyed)

In college, I spent three and half years taking English and writing classes, which meant I've read a lot of classic books. Some classics deserve high praise and others... not so much. So of course, there were always books assigned that I didn't think I would enjoy, but it was a pleasant surprise when I …

Top Ten Tuesday: Monster Books

Happy Halloween! The prompt for this week's Top Ten Tuesday was a freebie, so I'm going to discuss stories with monsters in them. I think that's fitting for Halloween, since a lot of monster tales can also be spooky/creepy/scary. So who's ready to monster mash? (This is the prompt for this week's Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween …

Top Ten Tuesdays: 10 Classics I Actually Love

I have a love/hate relationship with classics. Since I went to school for English and spent my high school career in honors and AP English classes, I've have to read a lot of classics. And sometimes I wonder why such books are given such high praise. I've kicked and screamed by way through reading many. …

Top Ten Tuesdays: 10 Books I Read for School and Actually Enjoyed

As English/Creative Writing major, I've read a lot of books for school. Some I loved, and a lot I did not love. I took courses on Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and even Tolkien and Lewis, so I of course read their books and several other classics. But beyond those lovelies, here are ten books I had to read …