I started January ambitious for reading, and even set my Goodreads goal for 40 books, slightly higher than the amount I read last year.  And then I didn't really make much progress. I only read two books, and one of those I sped through on the very last day of the month.  But still, they were good, easy reads, and I enjoyed them both, so that's a fine start to my reading year. After You by Jojo Moyes. Even though I didn't love how Me Before You ended, I still wanted to read what happened … [Read more...]

We made it to the end of another reading year!  And for the first time in several years, I actually met my reading goal.  My goal was to read 30 books - 2 per month plus a few extras.  And I ended up reading 37.  Not too shabby!  I'm pretty sure rereading Harry Potter (plus all of the shorter companion books) helped quite a bit. The month of December was pretty chaotic, and I only ended up having time for one book.  But it was a pretty good one. Artemis by Andy Weir.  I won a … [Read more...]

We were traveling for a third of November, and my goal was to read at least two books while we were on our trip.  And I did!  These were definitely better picks than last month's as well, so that helped. Me Before You by JoJo Moyes.  I found this at the library book sale a couple months ago, so I added it to my bag, along with a few others for me (usually I end up with mostly kid books at those sales).  I really wanted to like this book.  And for the most part, I enjoyed it. This is … [Read more...]

October was kind of a slow reading month for me.  I think life just got busy, but also, I wasn't as excited about what I was reading some of the time, which makes it harder to pick up a book.  Which means, for November, I need to find some hard-to-put-down reads again! The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart.  I finally got this one at the library after reading the first one several months ago.  And it was just as enjoyable and easy to read as the … [Read more...]