It's a surprisingly – and delightfully – spooky week, here at Book It With Becca, as ghosts of the past refuse to stay dead, whether literally or figuratively. Between Halloween approaching and a cool change in the weather, it's the perfect time to pick up one of these ghostly tales! The Ghost Bride by Yangsze … Continue reading Reading Roundup #41: Spooks and Spectres
If there's one thing that reliably complicates war and politics, it's love, as our leads find out this week. Maybe your new partner is the mortal enemy of your father... or maybe he's just a messianic figure, leading your people into a new age (I think that'd be complicated, right?). Or maybe she's just a … Continue reading Reading Roundup #40: Passion & Politics
I visited family this past weekend, and while I love them, they do interfere with my reading! It's rather unsettling actually. I need my alone time! 😂 But I'm safely ensconced in my own little apartment once more, and I did manage to sneak in some good books last week and in the past couple … Continue reading Reading Roundup #39: Closing Chapters
We're taking a few dark turns, this week – some humorous and some horrific – and it's a roaring, adventurous good time. But the true thread running through it all is actually family: the ones who stick by you, the ones who hurt you, and, most important, the family you choose for yourself. Sometimes that … Continue reading Reading Roundup #38: All in the Family
I like to think I read pretty broadly across genres and classifications, especially in the past few years, but it's also true I have my favorites. When I want comfort, familiarity, and faith that I'll find something I like, I usually reach for historical romance, murder mysteries, or 19th century novels by women authors. But … Continue reading Gateway to the Unknown: Recommendations for Genre Exploration!
Hello! I am back! It's been a strange couple of weeks but with lots of reading – so much, in fact, that I'm cutting out a few titles I don't have much to say about and just focusing on the good stuff. Because, much as I love dragging a book that deserves to be dragged, … Continue reading Reading Roundup #37: Bickering Ever After
We're a little late this week because I've been too busy reading to be writing! But I'm here now, and I have some goodies for you. I'm going to try to speed through these because I have even more books waiting as we speak. Jump in and hang on because here we go! Paladin's Grace … Continue reading Reading Roundup #35: Magic of the Heart and Mind
The "classics" can be intimidating. The language barrier (because who writes like that anymore?) is one thing, of course, but then there's also the cultural expectations: "You should like this," "This is Art and Culture," "Reading this will improve your mind," etc. You hear these things as a child and as an adult, and they … Continue reading Four Books for Getting Into the Classics
There is a trope we in South Korean drama-watching circles call "noble idiocy." It's basically what happens when Character A decides all on their own that Character B should not be with them for Character B's own good. Maybe Character A is ill. Maybe they're a soldier on the front lines of a war. Or … Continue reading Reading Roundup #31: Theories and Tropes
I always like to look for some thread running through my week's reading, and I can usually find one! But this week, each book is pretty different, even if two are murder mysteries in the bunch. We have a high-octane YA scifi-adventure, a frantic race against time (and the courts), a shadowy period mystery, and … Continue reading Reading Roundup #29: A Rising Danger
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