Bookish Fun
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Top Ten Tuesday: My Favorite Books of 2023
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists and a love of lists, and I also love both those! This week’s topic is “Favorite Books of 2023.” I read so much excellent fiction this year, which made making this list exciting, but… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 12/31/2023
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! It’s time again for Sunday Posts, my favorite day in the blogosphere! News & Fun It’s been a busy week here on the blog! Stuff Your Kindle Day was earlier in the week, and I scoured the whole list to find the top 20 SFF picks from Stuff Your… Continue reading
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The Year of the Novella: 2024 Book Challenges and Intentions
Here at Back Shelf Books, I’m christening 2024 as “The Year of the Novella.” My goal is pretty simple – I want to read as many SFF novellas as possible in 2024. When I first started Back Shelf Books, I joked that I was on a mission to read every speculative novella in existence. Now,… Continue reading
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My Top 25 SFF Novellas
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books! 2024 is the Year of the Novella on my blog, which means I’ll be reading a whole lot of speculative, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy novellas to find the best of the best. For more info on what I mean by “The Year of the Novella,” here’s my intro post.… Continue reading
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Top 20 SFF Picks From Stuff Your Kindle Day (12-27-2023)
Stuff Your Kindle Day is hosted by Romance Bookworms and only comes a few times a year. It’s happening one final time in 2023 for one day only on December 27th (TODAY!). It’s not just for Kindle, either. It’s also for Google Play, Apple Books, Nook, and Kobo. Even if you don’t have an e-reader,… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Recent (Second-Hand) Additions To My Bookshelf
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is Ten Recent Additions to My Bookshelf. Since I regularly talk about my digital books on my Sunday posts, I wanted to feature the physical books I’ve recently acquired. I don’t actually buy a lot of physical books… Continue reading
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The Great Doctor Who Christmas Special Rewatch and Ranking – Ranking All 13 Christmas Specials
To prepare for Ncuti Gatwa’s first full episode as The Doctor this Christmas, my husband and I decided to rewatch all the Doctor Who Christmas specials. We’ve been doing a rewatch of NuWho recently (Eccleston through Whittaker) and rating each episode to get a good idea of which seasons and Doctors are ~scientifically~ our favorites.… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 12/24/2023
Here we go, again! Another Sunday Post. How are we all doing this week? We’ve been under the weather in my neck of the woods, so I’ve been less productive than I wish I could have been on the blog this week. But, it’s almost Christmas! That alone is reason to celebrate. I’ve got another… Continue reading
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Recently Announced – Star Wars: The Glass Abyss by Steven Barnes (aka a canon Mace Windu novel!)
I’m thrilled about this recent announcement, and couldn’t wait to share this in case you missed it. We’re finally getting a canon Mace Windu novel! I’m always up for more Star Wars prequel novels, but a Mace Windu novel that also heavily features discussions of Qui-Gon and contrasts him with Mace? Yeah, I’m going to… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Book Wishlist and Last-Minute Gift Ideas
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is Books I Hope Santa Brings and our Bookish Wishes. My list is a mix of both books and bookish gifts. The items on my list are all either things on my Chrismas wishlist, gifts I’ve given in… Continue reading