Category: Book Club/Books

The reading journey continues. I have slowed down but I contin ue to read and listen to books. I am not getting through them as quickly as earlier in the year. Part of it is that I don’t have as much time as before and a few of my recent reads have been hard to…

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The Secrets Between Us This is the sequel to the book The Space Between Us that I read last month and loved. The sequel is equally as good with a great story line, however, while there is still some sadness there is also so much more hope. 4.0 stars Boys from Biloxi In recent months,…

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Getting caught up on some other posts. I have continued to read even while on my blog vacation. I have 6 books to share today and another 6 in a future post. Even with listening to 1 book while reading another, I can’t seem to break the maximum of 6 books per month! I need…

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Hello! It’s time to provide an update on my monthly reading journey. To reiterate, my goal is to read 70 books this year. This may not be a lot for some folks but it is a nice challenge for me. I enjoy reading and have been an avid reader since childhood. One thing that has…

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Reading is indeed fun and fundamental. I’ve been a reader since a very young age. I can get lost in books and sometimes there are very special books that stick with you. For me, The Book Thief and The Songbook of Benny Lament are two that fit the bill. Sometimes it’s not just books but…

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I’ve been doing a bit of reading in this past month. I enjoyed most of the books read but there was one that was just okay and one that I almost stopped reading about 4 times. I usually read books until the end even if I’m not thrilled with them. I’ve never been a person…

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Evvie Drake Starts Over This book has been on my “want to read” list for a while now. The truth is I got very interested in reading it after a friend told me that our favorite narrator, Julia Whelan, reads it! At this point, I have listened to many books narrated by Julia Whelan and…

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I have a goal to read 70 books this year. That turns out to be about 6 books per month. I don’t typically think about how many books I’m reading in each month but it seems to be generally about 4-6. In order to meet my goal, I will need to read more than 6…

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Welcome to the first book reading/listening journey of 2023! As I mentioned in my reading post, I will make a valiant effort to read 70 books this year. My goal last year was 75 and I got to 62! I’ll have to really try to read more books at the beginning to middle of the…

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Since I didn’t get to this in December 2022, I wanted to catch you all up on what my total book reading count was for the year. My goal was to read 75 books. I have never made a reading goal before and I did it just for fun. Because of COVID and being on…

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