There are several tools to help you find your next book to read. How you found out about books 15 years ago was pretty limited compared to today. Let’s take an imaginary ride in the time machine for what was available back then. Wandering aimlessly through the bookstore or library The bestseller list in the newspaper Word of mouth All of these are valid and still useful today – but there are so many other options to help you…
The holidays are over and hopefully you made it through without catching the pesky cold or flu. I quarantined myself to the couch this weekend and ended up resting and binge watching The Handmaid’s Tale. on Hulu. I found it to be quite compelling and fought through the Nyquil to keep watching. If you haven’t read Margaret Atwood’s book or watched the television series, I highly recommend both. Personally, I like to read before viewing. This got me thinking about film…
Happy New Year! Below are more books for my personal reading goal for 2018 that coordinate with the categories on the 2018 reading challenge. Criminal Intent (True Crime, Espionage, Techno Thriller) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt A Healthier You (Self Improvement) Eat Move Sleep by Tom Rath I’m not 100% sure this is the self-improvement book I’ll read – but it sounds like a good primer for changes in the new year….
It’s the time of year when the reset button gets hit and we are ready to improve ourselves with goals and resolutions. With the turning of the calendar page we can be either excited or overwhelmed with the list of resolutions we have put upon ourselves. Take time this year to be excited, you are about to transform yourself! Set yourself up for success, have a plan a place, and make small changes to achieve your goals. If you have…
I’ve suffered some choice paralysis while making preliminary lists of books I want to read for the 2018 Reading Challenge. Here are my current choices for the second set of challenge categories. Sleuthing (a mystery): The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine This is supposed to be a page-turning thriller with plot twists galore. This one is being touted as the Gone Girl/Girl on the Train for 2017. Finding Love (a romance) Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews Despite the cover…
I’ve been looking through my shelves and library catalog, making preliminary lists of books for the 2018 Reading Challenge Below are my current choices for the first 6 categories. The Big Bad (a book that is over 700 pages) The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss The 2nd book in the trilogy. I’ll be reading this after my re-read of the Name in the Wind. The Wise Man’s Fear is normally categorized as Fantasy or Epic Fantasy. Still wondering when the…
Here are 5 books that I read this year that I’m still thinking about. They had some difficult subject matter and themes but were still worthwhile reads. The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation by Natalie Y. Moore This book takes on the topic of modern segregation. How it is often swept under the rug, and how it continues to the define the city of Chicago. It combines both facts and figures as Moore weaves her experience…
I got something exciting in the mail yesterday. It was a advanced reader copy of the book Oak and Mistletoe by J.Z.N. McCauley. I won this in a Goodreads giveaway contest. It’s a new adult/young adult romance set in Ireland, involving druids and magic. The byline on the back: A Druid Curse, A Prophesied Love, A Consuming Vengeance. The premise of the book is interesting. The prologue opens with twin sisters and an older brother taking a trip to Ireland…
In my quest to pick the suggestion for the memoir category for the 2018 reading challenge I wanted to pick memoirs that are approachable for someone who doesn’t usually read memoirs. I decided to focus on ones that were written by women and beyond the story of their life offered some nugget of wisdom. Here is the little list I made to tick off to give you my favorite recently read memoirs. Conversational tone Witty/Smart/Funny Shows struggle to success or with…
Not much time left to meet those reading goals of 2017. My to-read goal was set at 40 this year & I exceeded my goal and I have read 115 books. Gold stars for me! Below are some free-floating bookish thoughts. I’m also working on my best of list for 2017 and my reading wish list for 2018. Before the end of the year I’m going to try and read a few more books. The majority of my reads this…