Category: to be read

Latinx Book Bingo TBR (AKA 2020 Releases I Haven’t Read Yet)

16 September 2020 / to be read / 6 Comments
Latinx Book Bingo TBR (AKA 2020 Releases I Haven’t Read Yet)

Hosted by Sofia @ Bookish Wanderess and Allie @ Allie with Books. Latinx Book Bingo highlights books written by Latinx authors in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month 2020. My goal is to read three books from this list. I’m focusing […]

My TBR for a Thanksgiving Readathon

12 October 2019 / to be read / 2 Comments
My TBR for a Thanksgiving Readathon

Well, it’s Thanksgiving weekend. And my library holds have been piling up. So! I’ve decided to have an impromptu readathon tomorrow. Because of my new position at work (oh hey did I mention I have a new position? I’m going […]

ALA Midwinter TBR

5 February 2019 / to be read / 5 Comments
ALA Midwinter TBR

I attended the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference from January 25 to 27. I attended some informative sessions, participated in exciting discussions, met people I only knew online, and – of most relevance for this blog – learnt about lots […]

Books I Didn’t Read in 2018 But Will in 2019 [TTT]

22 January 2019 / to be read, top 10 tuesday / 6 Comments
Books I Didn’t Read in 2018 But Will in 2019 [TTT]

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday list features recent releases I didn’t get to in 2018 but will try in 2019. For the sake of variety, I’m not including any titles that are covered by my challenges, so you won’t find any Tolkien or middle grade on this list.

Reading Middle Grade in 2019

6 January 2019 / to be read / 9 Comments
Reading Middle Grade in 2019

One goal I have this year is to increase the number of middle grade novels I read. I’m aiming for one title per week. In order to achieve this goal, I’m taking advantage of ‘suspended holds’. You can place a book on hold at the library but ‘suspend’ it until a certain date. This means you keep your place in line, but the book doesn’t become available until after that date. By using this strategy, I hope to avoid…