Thumbnail Review: "A time like that comes for every man, when he chooses what sort of man he wants to be. And if you don’t know the story, you don’t know the man.” This was the story of Ove (pronounced oo-va), a crotchedy old man in Sweden who had more to live for than he... Continue Reading →
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 Longlist!!!
Happy International Women's Day! And you know what else that means, right? The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist is released!! Every year I say that I'm going to read the longlist for some prize and I never follow through with it. But this is my year and my list, I can just feel it! Here's... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to Never Listless!
I am so excited that my little blog turns one year old today! I remember when the idea to start a book blog came to me and I thought that it was just another flight of fancy (that happens to INFPs), but I'm still here! I've started several blogs over the years in different niches,... Continue Reading →
New Releases This Week
Hi friends! I'm just checking in on a Sunday because there's a new book being released this week that I'm really excited about. I will be checking my library's overdrive account ASAP to see if I can get on this waiting list! Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Kick me now,... Continue Reading →
Reading By Osmosis – or Tackling Your TBR
Imagine this: going to sleep at night with a book under your pillow. When you wake up the next morning, you are infused with the story or information within that book. You feel the emotions you would have felt as if you had read it the old fashioned way. You know the characters, the words,... Continue Reading →
Motivation begets Amotivation – how to find the time
Did you notice that I posted five times last week? I was playing catch up on some books that I'd finished over the last couple of weeks and stayed motivated to write all week. I had this really intense manic phase where I, for a brief period of time, lived the life I wanted: I... Continue Reading →
A Friday with Susan
After learning about Brain Pickings a few months ago, I went in search of as many interviews with Maria Popova that I could find. One of the names she kept mentioning as inspiration was Susan Sontag. She described Sontag as a prolific reader - one who read 8-9 hours each day - which caught my... Continue Reading →
The Year of Magical Thinking
I was intimidated to pick this up. Mostly because when I hear the name Joan Didion, I think of great literature, and then I automatically decide that it will be over my head. But this was available on Overdrive and I realized that I had nothing to lose - it wouldn't cost me any money, I... Continue Reading →
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Laila for putting this book back on my radar. I finally found a used copy at a great bookstore over the weekend and was thrilled to bring it home with me. And this is the one I've been waiting for. For me, this was the perfect book... Continue Reading →
In a Dark, Dark Wood
I have been seeing this book everywhere! It looked perfect for me - super creepy, which is what I love. So when I found it on Overdrive a few months ago, I put a hold on it as fast as my grubby finger could click on it. And when I got the email that... Continue Reading →
The Cozy Burrow 