Have you read From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout? I waited and waited to read it, not sure why. But I loved it so much, I promptly checked out A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire from Libby. Then I loved it so much I wanted to cry that Libby didn’t offer A Crown ofContinue reading “The Maiden and her Guard”
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Reading Challenges
I loved when ATY did the prompts for the Wedding theme; something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. That time I went with Pride and Prejudice (old), Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe (borrowed), Unmarriageable (blue) and Pride (new). This year the prompts are 3 books relating to past, present and future. I played aroundContinue reading “Reading Challenges”
My Year in Books 2020
My Year in Books 2020 My absolute favorite book of 2020 How could you not root for this poor girl My grandmother came from Irish heritage and reading this always made me think of her Usually I can copy and paste my Goodreads year in books but it won’t work anymore. I read (or listened)Continue reading “My Year in Books 2020”
Reading Challenges
One of the challenges I do every year, Around the Year in 52 books, ATY; has already put out their list for next year. One of the prompts is A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. Someone else had an idea to do a side challenge doing the whole NATO alphabetContinue reading “Reading Challenges”
The Great American Read
I am interested in doing a comparison of the Great American Read list and the 100 books to read in a lifetime list (of which I have less than half left). The Great American Read has series in the list, so it actually has more than 100 books. Here is the list in theContinue reading “The Great American Read”
What I Read in 2019
I love how Goodreads breaks down your reading year. 2019 This is my journey in books for 2019! TOTALS I read 37,737 pages across 102 books SHORTEST BOOK 72 pages The Lorax by Dr. Seuss LONGEST BOOK 870 pages Voyagerby Diana Gabaldon AVERAGE LENGTH 369 page MOST POPULAR 7,231,710 people also read Harry Potter and theContinue reading “What I Read in 2019”
What I Read in 2018
This year I really did cut back on TV and read more. I followed the Popsugar Reading Challenge and the Around the Year in 52 books. I am happy to say, other than the book I am currently reading, I have finished both challenges. I have read 81 books this year. Some I loved, someContinue reading “What I Read in 2018”
Reading Historical Fiction
It’s interesting. I choose books to fulfill a category in the challenges I am following. I don’t choose them because they are about World War II. But I have ended up reading several of those. They have also taught me a lot about the war that they don’t teach you in school and even thoughContinue reading “Reading Historical Fiction”
Why I Read
A cheaper form of entertainment. Sure. If you are getting the books for free. I have to keep reminding myself to go to the library. I have always loved to read. I read Forever by Judy Blume when I was either in junior high or early high school. I picked it up because it wasContinue reading “Why I Read”
100 Book You Should Read in a Lifetime?
There are for sure some books in here I will never read. But anytime I am out of lists, I can turn to this one for a book to pick up. I just don’t see how some of these books made this list, and how other books didn’t make the list. I am also sureContinue reading “100 Book You Should Read in a Lifetime?”