For the Joy of Reading
We’re very excited to welcome a new host this week to #BookishBloggersUnite: Emmy! They are at Books Beyond Binary and the goal of their blog is the amplify trans, non-binary, and queen voices in the publishing community. Go on over and give a like to their post and follow their blog.
Continue reading “#BookishBloggersUnite: 2018 in Review”
This week, a friend of mine was asking what I was reading. I’ve been in reading rut all year almost and it’s been a little tough. However, usually I pick up romance books to get me back into the habit of reading after a slump. I explained to this friend that I rank books on a level of spiciness. From cool they love each other to whoa hopefully no one sees me reading these in public. I thought it would be fun to use the Scoville Scale (used to rank spicy peppers) to recommend some of my favorite romance series for the people looking to read only the best parts or avoid them like I do sometimes. (Hey! We all have our tastes in books!) Continue reading “Ranking My Favorite Romance Series on the Scoville Scale of Spiciness”
One of the people who participates in #BookishBloggersUnite found this GREAT Justice League Book Tag for our topic this week. Thanks to The Book Cover Girls for creating this book tag! Continue reading “#BookishBloggersUnite – Justice League Book Tag”
For a while, I’ve asked people in a book community I’m part of to pick what I’m reading next through emoji polls. It has been so much fun and sometimes a little out of control, but I haven’t done it in a while. I told a friend of mine I was thinking about asking my Instagram followers to pick my TBR books for September. I was told it was a bonkers idea so I decided to do it anyway. Everyone was way more responsive than I anticipated, but I . AM. SO. EXCITED!!!!!! Continue reading “I Let My Instagram Followers Pick My TBR Stack”
Welcome to my monthly month-in-review post where all hell broke loose and I didn’t read that much. However, I’ve already read three books in September so maybe Goodreads suggesting to me to read 3.5 books a week wasn’t laughable (even though I did laugh a lot when I saw that recommendation today). Continue reading “My Favorite Books of August 2018”
Two weeks ago I got a text that no child wants to get. Dad. Rushed to Hospital. Chest Pains. Significant. This isn’t our first rodeo with my dad’s heart condition, but this one felt different for some reason. It felt more significant, it felt scarier, and, quite frankly, it felt urgent. So my brother and I left to visit our parents out-of-state. Thankfully, my dad is doing well and on the mend. This post is about the books I read while dealing with my dad’s open heart surgery. Continue reading “What I Read When Something Terrible Happened”
I’m writing my July 2018 overview on Sunday to be posted on Tuesday. Hopefully, I actually have read the 8th book on the Favorite July 2018 books graphic by the time you’re reading this. Might be a little awkward if I hadn’t! Continue reading “Favorite Books of July 2018”
This week’s theme is hosted by the fabulous Paper Cathedrals so if you’re participating, go add your link at the bottom of the post I have linked. The theme is impactful books and this has caused me to think and overthink and change my mind more than I thought it should. Continue reading “#BookishBloggersUnite – Impactful Books”
This weekend is 24 in 48 readathon and I am very excited to participate. If you haven’t heard of 24 in 48 or don’t know what a readathon is, go sign up! It’s more than just another excuse to read. You can meet other readers, win prizes, and talk about books with people from all over the world. If you’ve never done a readathon, this post is for you with some tips and tricks from my experience doing readathons so you don’t have to make my mistakes (See above: Sonny clearly in picture for Instagram. Hey. We can’t all have perfect blogs/social media accounts.)
