Holiday Fun

 Here is some fun for today.

April Bookish Bingo

Here is the new card for April.

My Books:

1. Empire Falls--Richard Russo (4 squares): Not Finished Previous Month, Physical Book, Not in a Series, Character Drama
2. Andersen's Fairy Tales--Hans Christian Andersen (4 squares): Audiobook, Dangerous Abilities, Magic, Immortal
3. The Paradise Problem--Christina Lauren (8 squares): E-Book, Book Club, Brooding, Aunt/Uncle, Brooding, Free Space, Healer, Set in a City
4. Sang Spell-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 squares): Shelf Love, Silhouette on the Cover
5. First Job--Jane Sorenson (2 squares): In a Series, Strong Friendship

D is for Dresses

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. Note: If this link doesn't work, go the March archives to "More on the A to Z Theme this year." 

Today's item is:

Dresses

My choice:

The Selection--Kiera Cass

Dresses, especially fancy gowns, appear a lot on book covers. This is especially true for historical-fiction novels. It's been more than 10 years since I read this series. However, remembering the covers on each of the books is what made me choose this as the time of the day, as well as having seen so many covers with fancy dresses. I know I have at least one such book at home that has yet to be read. I have discussed dresses on covers before, in this post from 2024.

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

C is For Cats

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate.

Today's item is:

Cats

My choice:

How to Paint a Cat--Rebecca M. Hale (from the Cats and Curios Mystery series)

I just had to include this one since I like cats. So many books have had cats on the covers, whether it's a book about cat or a cozy mystery involving cats. I've read quite a lot of those mysteries. I chose this one: I had so many to choose from, it wasn't easy. I don't know why I chose this one. I have several books in the series and son't know why I'm still holding onto to them. Not exactly something I plan to re-read, but that's a matter for another time.  

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

B is for Books

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate.

Today's item is:

Books

My choice:

The Bookshop on the Corner--Jenny Colgan

There have been many books that have shown book(s) on the cover. And the topic is all about books, so this seemed an appropriate choice. This was hard to choose a cover for, as there have been so many books with book on the cover. I looked through my Goodreads history and this was the first that popped up. I liked that it has more than one books on the cover. 

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

A is for Apples

Here begins Blogging A to Z 2026. A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate.

For day one, the cover item is...

Apples 

My choice is:

Winter--Marissa Meyer  

This seems to be a popular cover item, that  seems to have taken off after the Twilight series. It's been years since I read this and the other fairy-tale retellings this series. I got each of these from the library. This somehow came to my mind first when deciding on a cover with an apple. This is a Snow White retelling, so it's only natural an apple would appear on the cover. 

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

The Month Ahead

It's almost the end of March. I got all my A to Z posts written and scheduled, and am looking forward to seeing comments and to seeing others' posts as well. A lot of people have signed up. One blogger is doing an 80s theme--one I'll be reading for sure!

As usual, the A to Z will post every day except Sundays. And once again, I'm not sure how often I will be on the blog in April outside of A to Z.  If I choose to do any other posts, I will try to limit them to Sundays. I've not been posting at the Thursday 13 much lately, but will likely skip it next month, returning in May. As fas as the Book Blog Discussion Challenge goes, I may be able to count my A to Z posts, but am not sure about that. A lot of posts to link, and I don't know if they'll count as discussions.