Book Suggestions for Talk Like a Pirate Day

I'm running late with my Monthly Recommendations post (September's topic is Science Fiction), but seeing that today is Talk (or is it Speak?) Like a Pirate Day brought to mind a short list of fun pirate-y reads.  So, here are just a few enjoyable books with pirates: The Princess Bride by William Goldman is a very fun read …

Monthly Recommendations: Creepy Reads

I thought I might have to skip October for the Monthly Recommendations group, as horror is just not my thing and I won’t recommend a book that I haven’t read (oops, I did make one exception, but it is a modern classic). But then I got to thinking, there are creepy things in books outside …

Monthly Recommendations: Books Set in School

Monthly Recommendations is a group on GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/168259-monthly-recommendations) with monthly topics for book recommendations on blogs and BookTube channels. The topic for September is, appropriately, book set in school. My first thought was a certain series by J.K. Rowlings, but I decided that was a bit too obvious a choice. My second thought was The …