It's hard to find the time to review every book I read, and it's even harder to find the motivation when a book isn't spectacular or noteworthy or made me think or made me hate it. So, this mini-review roundup was born. (February 2018)
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TTT: My All-Time Favorites
I'm cheating a little bit, because Top Ten Tuesday used this topic ages ago. But I already wrote about this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic (My 2018 Reading Goals) and I haven't written about books that I really, truly love in a while, so here we are!
2018 Reading Goals
What's the fun in having a challenge if you aren't trying to constantly beat it?
One More Word
Ah, the end of a year. Always bittersweet, always reflective, always coming way faster than I could have ever predicted.
What I Read: December 2017
It's hard to find the time to review every book I read, and it's even harder to find the motivation when a book isn't spectacular or noteworthy or made me think or made me hate it. So, this mini-review roundup was born. (December 2017)
My 2017 Reading Challenges
Goodreads Challenge Hosted by: Goodreads Accomplished Thus Far: 52/30 Challenge Ends: December 31, 2017 The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Review) The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn (Review) Atonement by Ian McEwan The Problem with Forever by Jennifer Armentrout (Review) The Crucible by Arthur Miller The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret … Continue reading My 2017 Reading Challenges
Women and The Alice Network
It's been really hard for me to watch the news lately. I mean, all year, yes, but in the last month in particular. I've been avoiding Facebook, because even the posts from like-minded women have filled me with dread and heartache. I'm talking about all. these. men.
What I Read: October 2017
I get a mild feeling of panic every time someone asks me to recommend books to them. I want to just direct them here, to the safe space where all of my thoughts and feelings are already laid out, where they can read my thoughts on the books before they pick them up.
Book Review: Turtles All the Way Down
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
Book Club Heals the Soul
"Honestly, one of the things that keeps me up at night is the fact that I will never read every book in existence."