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A Book Written By A Journalist: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2022

August 8, 2022 | Pauline | Comments (0)

I'll admit, "a book written by a journalist" was a rather easy category for me. People like Susan Sontag, Stieg Larsson and Ernest Hemingway immediately came to mind. But a quick internet search reveals that there are so many more great options! I had difficulty narrowing it down to one choice for this post. Let […]

A Book You Read Just Because: Picks for the 2022 TPL Reading Challenge

June 10, 2022 | Pauline | Comments (0)

One of my pet peeves is when I can't categorize something easily. It's the reason I love, love, LOVE this category. No need to hem and haw, trying to determine which category the book you just read fits into. It is the core of my love of reading: a book that I read just because. […]

A Book About Time: Picks for the 2022 TPL Reading Challenge 2022

January 25, 2022 | Pauline | Comments (5)

I love the many different ways to interpret this category. My first thought for the category was: ok, I guess I’ll read a book about time travel. Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi is about a café where one seat allows the person to travel in time. Except there are a lot of […]

A Book About STEM: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021

November 1, 2021 | Pauline | Comments (0)

I’ve never been great at the sciences, but that never stopped me from reading about STEM (science, technology, math and engineering). Especially since there are so many great non-fiction books about STEM that are written in an accessible narrative style. One of my favourite books so far this year was Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories […]

A Book With a One-Word Title: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021

September 13, 2021 | Pauline | Comments (2)

How can you sum up an entire book, with the years of work that went into it, in just one word? Accurately conveying the content and essence of a book via a succinct title is not a job I envy unless I get to use a long subtitle (which in my case would probably turn […]

A Book That Made You Feel Comforted or Hopeful: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2021

May 10, 2021 | Pauline | Comments (0)

I love to curl up under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and spend hours reading, getting lost in the pages of a non-fiction book. It might seem odd that I find comfort in non-fiction books, but I hate the idea of not knowing. Learning about the world gives me a sense of […]

A Book That You Would Like to Live In: Staff Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2020

April 14, 2020 | Pauline | Comments (1)

It's one thing to get lost in a book, swept up in the plot and totally unaware of the world around you. It's another to start daydreaming about living in it. Have you ever settled down with a good book and found yourself periodically imagining living there? Maybe you search for images of the setting […]

A Book That Celebrates Books, Reading or Libraries: Staff Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2020

April 3, 2020 | Pauline | Comments (2)

Sure it’s indulgent, but I’m not going to lie, "a book that celebrates books, reading or libraries," is one of my all-time favourite Reading Challenge categories (if I could include an animated applause here I would). There's something kind of special when you are reading and you suddenly realize: “Hey! this book is about me!” […]

A Book Originally Written in a Language That is Not Your First Language: Picks for the TPL Reading Challenge 2020

February 10, 2020 | Pauline | Comments (2)

In keeping with the theme of encouraging readership, the TPL Reading Challenge 2020 includes a category that really took me out of my reading comfort zone: "A book originally written in a language that is not your first language." It's a bit of a mouthful but it's quite a fun category, it could either refer […]