Some recommendations for Read Harder 2020
I haven’t made much progress yet on this year’s Read Harder Challenge, but I’ve read quite a few books in other years that meet the categories. If…
Review: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
I wasn’t expecting this book to suck me in as much as it did. The office rom-com isn’t my usual type of book, but I was…
Reading Challenges in 2020
I had to think this year about how many challenges to take on. Too many and you make reading too stressful. And yet there are so…
Top Ten Tuesday: the Best Books I Read in 2019
Happy New Year! The topic for today’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is the best books read in 2019. I’ve broken mine…
2019: My Year in Reading and Blogging
Here’s a quick summary of what I read this year: All books: 122 Reviewed: 37 ARC/Review Requests: 9 2019 releases: 30 Author of color: 51 Nonfiction:…
Books on 2019 Best Book Lists
As a lead-up to my post on my favorite books of the year (coming Tuesday), I thought I’d write about the books I read this year…
A Double Review: The Dry and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
I read these two books nearly back to back, and their plots and characters were amazingly similar, though I had no idea when I chose them.…
Should They Stay or Should They Go?
I’m gearing up for a good home cleaning, as I’m feeling inspired by Marie Kondo and I have some time off in the next couple of…
Top Ten New-to-Me Authors in 2019
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is a freebie, and since I love making best-of lists in December, I thought I’d start with the best authors…
Review: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
I wasn’t sure I’d like this book at first. I don’t love science fiction that focuses too much on technology at the expense of character development,…
My November Reading Wrap-up
This month I focused on knocking out the Reading Women 2019 Challenge. I had four books to read: a book about nature, a play, a book…
Review: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
It seems fitting to discuss a book about therapy the day after Thanksgiving, a holiday that raises so many complicated family issues — though hopefully yours…
