February 25, 2025

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Which Books Are You Looking Forward to Reading This Spring? (March-May)


Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly meme created by Heidi at Rainy Day Ramblings in order to discuss a wide range of topics from books to blogging (and some slightly more personal matters throw in for good measure). After Heidi stopped blogging (apparently for good), five of us took over as hosts while providing new questions. The current team is composed of Berls at Because Reading Is Better Than Real LifeJen at That's What I'm Talking AboutKaren at For What It's WorthLinda at Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell and Roberta at Offbeat YA. This week's question is...

WHICH BOOKS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO READING THIS SPRING? (MARCH-MAY)

I don't know if I'll ever get around to buying all these books or when, since 1) early reviews and excerpts might cause me to change my mind in the future, and 2) given my current situation (see: unemployment status), book money is scarce...(I got a few of these in eARC form though! See below. Then again, for the majority of these I've been rejected - or I haven't gotten an answer yet - on EW, and I've only been able to wish for them on NG, which HAHAHA OK BYE). Anyhow, I wanted to give a bit of exposure to all the spring books that caught my eye, so here's my list (complete with pub dates)...and yikes, there are FIFTEEN of them???!!!??? ("only" fourteen, actually - one of them was postponed to September!).            

February 01, 2025

Offbeat Offline: January 2025 (Plus Announcing the First Hiatus of the Year)


Welcome to Offbeat Offline, where I bring you up-to-date with what went on in my life during the month just gone, give you a sneak peek of my next shenanigans, and share my favourite posts of late!

What happened last month to yours truly? Nothing new...again. Not that things are going great, of course...they just haven't gotten worse. I'm still not feeling well, so I have new examinations/visits in my near future. My husband isn't making further progress on the walking front yet. At least my reading and reviewing remained steady (again, thanks to mini reviews 😁). That's pretty much it...