Category: Book Club/Books

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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Here is the list of books for this month to add to my annual reading journey! I enjoyed all of these books for very different reasons. Some of the books are your typical thriller while others are historical fiction. A couple are plain fiction but really good. I did read a couple of old John…

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I don’t know if time is moving faster or if I’m just getting older but as I type this there are 75 days until the end of the year. This is rather cosmic as my reading goal for this year is 75 books. I had been feeling very confident about being able to meet this…

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Continuing on my reading journey to complete 75 books this year, here are my most recent reads. It seems that I tend to read in 2 categories-books for either of my 2 book clubs and then psychological/mystery thrillers for fun. Nothing wrong with that but I am still working on adding in other types of…

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Here is the monthly update on books that I’ve read or listened to lately. A couple were read for my book clubs but the others are just for pleasure. Hope you find something you might enjoy! The Other Einstein-Marie Benedict This is the story of Albert Einstein’s first wife, Mitza Maric who was also a…

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