I was scrolling through A Novel Challenge looking for new reading challenges for 2016 and I came across the 2016 Audiobook Challenge hosted at Hot Listens and The Book Nympho and the 2016 New Author Challenge hosted at Literary Escapism. I’ve done these challenges (or versions of them) in the past and recommend them. Anyway, […]
Or, in which I blather on endlessly about the books I read this year. Seriously, I like looking at my stats and putting out some genre favorites that might not have made it into my top ten list. The Stats I set my GoodReads goal at 75 books for the year but I finished up with 86. Okay, I haven’t finished #86 yet and it’s 6:47 […]
A sortable list of my 2016 book reviews
My top ten books read in 2015. I looked back at my top ten of 2014 and see that I wrote that it was just an average year. I’m happy to report that this year was better. These weren’t necessarily published in 2015 (and probably weren’t since I mostly read from my own library of older books) and I’ve tried to avoid listing […]
I was looking for a book featuring a private investigator to complete a reading challenge, so when I saw this was available (and that it was short–it’s the end of the year and time was running out), I jumped on it. I’ve never seen the movie and didn’t really have any idea what it was […]
This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. I’m hosting the Southern Literature Reading Challenge again this year. I love reading Southern Literature and I hope you do too! The rules: Read a book(s)–non-fiction or fiction of any genre, for any age group–written by an author from the South and set […]
3.5 Stars. It’s been so long since I read Garden Spells that I felt just a bit lost as I started this. The outlines settled in quickly for me though. My favorite chapters were the ones about Bay. That nameless longing for something, knowing it’s out there, just not being able to reach it–I think we all felt something like this as teenager […]
Shelleyrae at Book’d Out is hosting the Eclectic Reader Challenge again for 2015. The goal is to read 12 books across a variety of genres and expose ourselves to some books we might not have found otherwise. The categories this year are A book about books (fiction or nonfiction) Serial killer thriller Paranormal romance A […]
This is the sign-up page. Please go here to link your reviews. It’s time to sign up for my Nonfiction Reading Challenge again! The Challenge: Read any non-fiction book(s), adult or young adult. That’s it. You can choose anything. Memoirs? Yes. History? Yes. Travel? Yes. You get the idea? Absolutely anything that is classified as […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 28, 2015! I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas and everyone else had a great week! Did you get some goodies? I got quite a few bookish gifts. The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Alberto Manguel; an adult coloring book; a puzzle featuring a bunch of […]
Welcome to my weekly update for December 21, 2015! Merry early Christmas to those who celebrate! I hope you each receive a book or two off your wishlists! Last week was spent on final Christmas preparations. Last-minute shopping, a party, remaining decorations put up–it went by in a whirlwind! I love Christmastime but I’m also […]