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 Life, Jen at That's What I'm Talking About, Karen at For What It's Worth, Linda at Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell and Roberta at Offbeat YA. This week's question is... This time I'm doing a partial round-up of the last month's worth of questions, because I hate how I've been M.I.A. when it comes to the meme! (I'll tackle the last February question on its own on the appointed day).
January-February Round-Up
+ Question of the Day:
ARE THERE ANY BOOKS YOU'VE READ THAT CHANGED YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON A SUBJECT?
- January 6th: What are your blogging/reading goals for the new year?
As I wrote in my 2025 wrap-up: post weekly (or better, produce one post per week, which isn't the same) and incorporate more backlist books into review schedule. As for the reading part, I never set any goal because I want to do things at a leisurely pace.
- January 13th: What's a food you're obsessed with?
Obsessed? None. But I can't go without pasta for more than a couple of days, I like seafood a lot, and I use garlic freely if that counts 😁. I'm also a yoghurt lover, but since I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant, I'm down to three flavours (no brand seem to manufacture the other six I used to eat in the lactose-free version), apart from when I make a rare exception and go back to normal yoghurt...
- January 20th: What are your favorite snow/winter-themed books?
I don't read seasonal books, so I don't have any...sorry!
- January 27th: What's your favorite decade and why? (You do not need to have lived through it!)
The '70s had the best music, no question. But I was a teen in the '80s, and I'll forever miss their colourful, sparkly fabrics and fanciful attires (minus the shoulder pads 😂), and perms that actually did their job...(...well, I didn't have problems with those until ten years ago or so, but still). And that sense that everything was possible, you know, because the future was bright and everything you needed was at your fingertips. And the music, maybe it wasn't always at the same level as the previous decade's, but there was actual joy in it, and you just felt like dancing for no reason...
- February 3rd: If you could invent a holiday, what would you celebrate?
I'm drawing a blank here. Blogger holiday? LOL.
- February 10th: Share some romance book recommendations
- February 17th: Are there any books you've read that changed your perspective on a subject?
Not exactly...I tend to read books that align with my beliefs and perspective, and anyway, I'll admit that I don't read to educate myself - I need the escape, dammit. But books have helped me understand better certain categories whose lives are very different than mine, like non-binary/genderfluid people.
Well, that's it for now. Did you enjoy this post? Would you like to participate in the meme on a regular or semi-regular basis, and get emailed the prompt list? Just head over here and fill in Jen's form! (Of course, you can jump in anytime you like - you are under no obligation to actually do all the posts, or even most of them, just because you signed up, and you can remove yourself from the list at any time). And if you're interested in participating in a more casual manner, or only in commenting, here is the TMST prompt list for the rest of November and the month of December:
- February 24th: Which books are you looking forward to reading this spring? (March-May)
- March 3rd: Which made-up thing do you badly wish was real? (a question I submitted)
- March 10th: If you could have any celebrity be your best friend, who would you pick? (a question I submitted)
- March 17th: Do you prefer single narrator, duet/dual narration, full cast, or "graphic audio" audiobooks?
- March 24th: What’s your go-to coffee/tea order?
- March 31st: What's your favourite colour? (a question I submitted)
I'll be back for the meme on February 24th, with a list of all the spring books that caught my eye!
Now tell me something...is there any book that taught you to see things in a different light?
Like you, I tend to read things that align with what I know/enjoy. That said, I find non-fiction often helps me learn something new. I read a book about the Hiroshima bomb last year that really helped to humanize that event.
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