This book has always been special to me. When I picked it up this week, I had just finished two LONG, nonfiction books—River Town and The Man from the Train. Nonfiction isn't a genre I normally read a lot of and these books were both over 400 pages. I was burnt out. Plus, I had been consuming a lot of true crime … Continue reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – 5/5
You've probably heard about this book before—Netflix released a film adaptation of this novel at the beginning of August, starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman (recently featured in Netflix's "The Haunting of Hill House"), and Katherine Parkinson. The movie got an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, and everyone gushed about the sweet power of … Continue reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – 5/5
I wasn't initially going to blog about this book, just because it's so big (464 pages) and a difficult book to approach. Plus, it's a leftover book from 2018 I've been trying to finish and because I set such massive goals for reading in 2019, I wanted to primarily blog about those books in 2019, the … Continue reading The Man From the Train – 3/5
Christmas always puts me in the book-buying mood, threatening my already fragile wallet. I'm lucky enough to get books as gifts (see my holiday haul), and receiving books reminds me how much I love owning print books. Now, I currently own roughly 522 books (give or take a few books counted more than once and … Continue reading Barnes & Noble Haul
Whoops, I picked up one more reading challenge before 2019 got underway! In my defense, this one was pretty easy to fill with books from the other prompts. #Booked2019 takes place exclusively on Litsy. Due to the way the app works, the hashtag is used to help sort posts. So you can search #booked2019 to … Continue reading #Booked2019
2018 has been a really productive year for me, reading-wise, despite the many, many life changes. I wrote my master's thesis, defended it, and graduated. I moved out of state. I started a full time job. I got married. I had to grow accustomed to a new library system, which is always challenging. Yet, I … Continue reading Best Books of 2018
Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a happy holiday season and spent yesterday surrounded with people you love. Like any bookworm, my Christmas list is mostly (*cough* all *cough*) books. My husband and I were talking about Christmas gifts a few weeks ago and he commented, "I know you want books, but I want … Continue reading Holiday Haul
I love all of the different ways we can discover books. One of my most reliable sources is this little app called, Litsy. Available for Andriod and Apple users, this app is a more social form of Goodreads. Users can "stack" books as read, reading, or to be read and rate books as a pick, … Continue reading American Street – 5/5
About two years ago, I joined this site called Netgalley. Publishers partner with Netgalley to share electronic, advanced reader copies (e-ARCs) of soon-to-be-published books. Depending on where/how you review (if you just review on Amazon or if you're a bookseller, for example), publishers decide whether or not to grant you access to certain titles. It's … Continue reading Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now – 4/5
I love reading challenges. I really do. Trying to find books that fit the prompts is like a puzzle--you have to find the perfect fit. Pick a book you aren't interested in and you won't finish the challenge ever. Pick a book you don't own and you'll never get to the 174 unread books on … Continue reading 2019 Reading Challenges
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