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...]

September was a better month for my reading life than August, although I finished the same number of books.  But one was really long, and I'm in the middle of several others. The Passage by Justin Cronin.  I borrowed this massive book from the library after hearing about it in a couple places within a few days.  Once was on a podcast, and I think it showed up on some book list article as well?  Anyways, the description intrigued me enough that I was willing to overlook the fact that one … [Read more...]