Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Today we’re firing up the way back machine and going way, way back to check out some of the earliest book reviews I shared here on Raincity Librarian. I started this blog in 2014, originally as a place to share my story time outlines as I entered the librarian profession. Over the years my blogging focus has shifted, and while I now primarily highlight picture books and board books, I was actually quite surprised to see how many adult titles I reviewed when I first started blogging!
Cat the Cat is Where It’s At – In this post I talk about moving outside of the board book realm and sharing a greater variety of books with my baby time participants. Mo Willems’ Cat the Cat Who Is That? was apparently a massive hit, and I’ve returned to it countless times over the years.
The Cuckoo’s Calling – For several years I was a member of a mystery-themed book club, and this was one of the title’s I read as part of that club. I’ve never been hugely into the Harry Potter series, so I wasn’t particularly interested in reading J. K. Rowling’s foray into adult mystery, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this novel.
brown girl dreaming – This novel-in-verse broke my heart, and I cannot recommend it enough.
Silent in the Grave – This is yet another book I read for my mystery book club, and I did not enjoy this one. If you enjoy historical mystery fiction, you might want to check out some of the alternative titles I suggest in the post.
Who Killed Janet Smith? – Hmmm, I think I’m beginning to remember why I stopped attending my mystery book club – I really don’t seem to have enjoyed many of the titles we read! This account of a notorious unsolved Vancouver murder just didn’t do anything for me, but again I’ve included some highly recommend alternative titles in the post.
A Curious History of Food and Drink / The Red Queen / Cover Her Face
Oooh, this post is a three-in-one reading review roundup! In this post we have mini reviews of something for just about everything – there’s a nonfiction title about the history of food, a historical drama, and a mystery from one of the Queens of British mystery.
Children’s Books for the Young at Heart – This is another compilation post where I share several children’s titles, including Matilda, Watership Down and The Little Prince, that can appeal to adults as much, if not more than children.
Wow, what a fun trip down memory lane this was! It was really surprising to me to see how many adult books I used to review way back in my early days, and how much my blogging focus has changed over the years.
Have a great week, friends!
I liked Brown Girl Dreaming a lot, too.
My TTT.
I need to read Brown Girl Dreaming! I’ve heard about it but never knew if it was good or not. Thanks!
Oh, I never heard of Brown Girl Dreaming, but it sounds great. And since I read Moonrise, I’ve really been interested in the idea of books in verse.
I loved The Little Prince, too, and I actually would argue that adults would get so much *more* out of that book than children (even if it’s labeled a children’s book).
Here’s my TTT post.