Winter 2016 Reading List

KBB_winter2016readinglistSeeing as this blog seems to be divided into me baking and confessing all my quirky habits to the general online population, I figured it was time for another confession. This summer I developed a complete obsession with The Little Free Library. (If this is the first time you’ve heard of this, stop what you’re doing right now and click here to learn more about it.)

The idea of me being able to have access to free literature that I could have and hold (and by that I mean mostly hoard and keep to myself) was so addictive that I immediately charted all of the libraries in my area. Together my dog and I visited them on a rotating basis throughout the spring and summer and as such my pile of books to-read has grown exponentially.

Now that the weather is forcing my dog and I to stay inside more I’m finally making my way through a stack of some of my summer finds. Here’s a pretty random list of what I’ve picked up, and what I hope to have read by the end of winter.

1. The Bear by Claire Cameron

2. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

4. One Day by David Nicholls

5. 1222 by Anne Holt

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Psst- wanna see which books have previously graced my bookshelves? Click here. Want even more fun reading recommendations? I’ve got some for you here. Don’t forget to find me on Goodreads so we can snoop each other’s bookshelves and dish about our favourites.

Fall 2015 Reading List

KBB_fall2015ReadingListI often get so many book recommendations from so many people that it’s sometimes hard to pursue my own literary interests- which range in pretty much everything to neuroscience to young adult fiction (guilty as charged). For the past few months I’ve concentrated on making sure that all of the books that I’ve borrowed have returned to their rightful owners and now that the weather is cooler, I’m looking forward to trying out some new flavors of looseleaf tea from the shop down the street and digging into some of the books that have been waiting for me on my bookshelf for probably a year or more.

1) Adultery by Paulo Coelho. Although I’ve never read his most famous work, The Alchemist, a friend of mine automatically assumed (seeing as I’m such a prolific reader, haha) that I read it and that I’d be interested in reading this one as well. Here’s hoping that this one lives up to the author’s reputation although I think I might have picked this one up for the title alone- it promises to be a juicy read.

2) Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. I read The Glass Castle way back when I was on a cruise in 2007 (shows you often I go on vacation) and the sequel, Half Broke Horses, has been sitting on my shelf virtually ever since then. Shame on me!

3) Songs Without Words by Ann Packer. My sister recently returned this book to me with many thanks for recommending it. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that it too has been one of the many volumes that has sat lonely and unread on my shelves for over a year. Fortunately, she enjoyed it but lesson learned: you never know what you may be stealing when you steal something off someone else’s bookshelves.

4) Juliet by Ann Fortier. I’m a sucker for anything Shakespeare-related and I have a particular soft spot for the story of Romeo and Juliet, maybe because it was my first-ever major role in a school play. I’m also a sucker for any kind of epic love story across time so I’m holding out for a dreary afternoon where I can curl up with this one and a box of tissues.

5) And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. Normally when I find a particular author I like I tend to grab everything they’ve ever written and read it voraciously, so I’m a little curious as to where I found the patience to hold off on reading Khaled Hosseini’s latest novel. Although The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns are not exactly the type of book that I’d reread over and over again (mostly because I felt so devastated after reading each one), both of his previous novels have been so powerful and captivating that I have to read this one as well. My sister promises it lives up to its predecessors.

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Psst- wanna see which books have previously graced my bookshelves? Click here. Want even more fun reading recommendations? I’ve got some for you here. Don’t forget to find me on Goodreads so we can snoop each other’s bookshelves and dish about our favourites.
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