By: Leah Originally posted on Leah’s Books. I haven’t been blogging for nearly as long as TTT has been going, so this rewind gives me the time to revisit previous topics that I never got the chance to do. This week I’m going to talk about gateway books. Have you ever read the kind of... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2023 To-Read List
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. This week’s prompt is books on my spring TBR! So, here is a somewhat chaotic and random list based on what I currently want to read. Shadow and Bone (and... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Fantasy Books/Series On My TBR
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. This week’s prompt is actually a genre freebie! So, because I am always talking about the same books, here are some fantasy books or series I really want to read... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Nonfiction Books
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah’s Books. This week, the prompt was a genre freebie and I decided to do something completely out of character. I’ve always been a fiction reader through and through, and only read nonfiction when I absolutely had to, like when it was assigned for classes. But last year, I decided... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Galentine’s Day
By: Leah Originally posted on Leahs’s Books. I’ve always looked at Valentine’s Day as one of those Hallmark holidays that’s focused more on consumerism than anything else. Maybe it’s my natural cynicism, maybe it’s because I’m jaded about relationships, maybe it’s because I’m rarely part of a relationship when this day rolls around, but I’ve... Continue Reading →
Top Ten (or Six) Tuesday: Books in the First Half of 2023
By: Manuela Soares Hello readers and welcome back to another Tuesday post on Functionally Fictional. With so many great books coming out this year, I thought I would share six books that I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2023. 1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao. Pub. Jan.... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2022
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Last year was a great reading year for me all around—in terms of the number of books I read, the amount of 5 star books, and the number of new-to-me authors that I had discovered. There were a lot of really great authors that I hadn’t read any... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals for 2023
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. This week’s prompt is bookish goals for the year, which I think is super fun. Read at least 100 books total Read at least 20 physical books (I've barely read... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why Hades Deserves More Retellings
By: Stephanie Wyatt Happy Tuesday! I love Mythology. The second I find out a story is based in any sort of mythology, it goes on my TBR list. That being said, I am obsessed with Hades. I love the different approaches to the god of the dead, and I think he deserves more love. Here... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Want to Read in 2023
By: Manuela Soares Hello, hello! Welcome back to Functionally Fictional for another Tuesday post. As we usually do at this time of year, I've been reflecting on the past year and what I've read and what I wanted to read but didn't, and I thought this would make an interesting post. So, here is my... Continue Reading →