2020 Reading Challenge

Way, way, way back, many moons ago, I challenged myself to "Read 20 Pulitzer Prize winning fiction books." That didn't happen. Thanksgiving week, I challenged myself to finish a different challenge. I wrote all about that challenge on my book blog. Check it out here! In 2021, I plan to continue this Book Hoarder challenge.…

Words, words, words

I recently read And Then There Were Nun by Jane Christmas. It's the story of Jane entering a convent to decide if that was her calling. In one chapter, she begins discussing Catholic prayers and the changes prayers have taken over the years. People, teachers, parents, etc. are modernizing the language of prayers to make them more…

My Reads

I have a book blog, but I figured I could share little blurbs about what I've read, what I'm reading, and what I will read. I just finished a book called The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman, which was absolutely beautiful and brilliant. It's one of those books where if I had more patience, I…

My Harry Potter Challenge Update

One of my resolutions for 2019 was to read one chapter of the Harry Potter series each day. I'm the type who reads the entire series in a week (or less), so limiting how often, how much, and how many times I can read through the series has been a challenge, but a good one. I…

Which Character Am I?

I got this idea from an awesome blog, Perfectly Tolerable: A Pride and Prejudice Lover's Guide to Other Books. Check her out! She has awesome posts! But in this post, she listed her favorite books, found quizzes, and shared which character from those novels she is. Isn't that fun? I'm going to do it too. Here's…

Why do I read again?

I just finished reading 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster yesterday, and to read my review, check out this post. It was a long, slow book for me, and I was so thrilled to finish it. I stopped thinking about as soon as I finished, but today, the one line I wrote down was…

My Top 20 Favorite Books

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Of Mice…

My to-read list

I've got a continually growing book list. It seems like, with the amount of time I spend reading, my list should be getting smaller, but it's not. It's getting longer and longer. I read all the time, but I'm not actively reading books on my to-read list, which makes me question the purpose of a…

Bird Box-Josh Malerman

I just read the most exciting book I've read in a long time. Last night, home alone, I read Bird Box by Josh Malerman. It was an incredible ride of twists, turns, and suspense. Here's the plot: there's this thing (and the cool part is, you never get any description as to what this thing…