Celebrating a love of all things reading and writing
I didn't set any specific reading goals for 2022. I don't need the motivation to keep up with my reading. I did decide to focus on writing consistently. I started the new yearout by putting specific writing goals in my calendar for each day of January. So far, this is proving to be more effective... Continue Reading →
There is a constant debate over the merits of print books versus ereaders. There is plenty of research that will proves we retain and process information differently when it is on a screen. But that isn't why most avid readers prefer the printed book. I broke down and got a Nook several years ago. I... Continue Reading →
It's a new year, and many people are setting reading goals. Here are a few books I'm looking forward to that you might want to add to your list. Serendipity Edited by: Marissa Meyer This one is a collection of short stories which are twists on common tropes seen in romance stories. I love the... Continue Reading →
Dial A for Aunties Goodreads synopsis: When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is... Continue Reading →
I've used Goodreads for years to track my reading. This year I decided to put that information into storygraph to get more specific data. Read 76 books, 24,642 pages I reviewed my stats starting in 2008, when I joined Goodreads, and emotional, mysterious and lighthearted are consistently my preferred moods. I'm definitely a fiction reader.... Continue Reading →
"Sometimes what you want is given to you in a way that is so very different from how you had pictured getting it." — Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War Goodreads Synopsis Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018 I was planning on posting my top books of the year on New Year's Eve, so when I saw this week's Top Ten Tuesday was "Best Books I read this Year", I... Continue Reading →
I love holiday themed books for all seasons, especially Christmas. Every genre has at least a few books with a holiday theme. I have not done a top ten list in awhile, so I thought I'd post a list of my top ten things I look for in a holiday read. 10. New Traditions- I... Continue Reading →
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See My favorite read for November was a The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. A beautifully written tale of female friendship and strength, the book introduced me to facets of Korean history and culture that were new to me. Mi-ja and Young-sook live on the island... Continue Reading →
I love this time of year when all of the best books of the year lists are posted. There's still a month left in 2021 though. These are the books I'm looking forward to for the end of the year. The Darkest Destiny Author: Gena Showalter Release Date: December 7 The Lord of the Underworld... Continue Reading →
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