Welcome to my 2023 mid-year check in! In this post, I check my progress on my reading and blogging goals. I also review my ratings of every book I’ve read so far in 2023. Personal Goals Ratings Recap Since 2015, I’ve taken a look at my Goodreads ratings of the books I read in the first half of the year, which I compare to the first half of the previous […]
I mentioned Bit About Books’ Summer Reading Challenge in my “I Can’t Believe…” post earlier this month. Kathie and Laurie have created twelve reading trails exploring different themes/genres of middle grade books. Check out their original post for details and books suggestions for each trail. They have suggested various ways one might hike through titles: I’ve decided to aim for “scout the trails”, but no one will be surprised if […]
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Joyful: The Surpring Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happinessby Ingrid Fetell LeeSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept. 2018Publisher: Little, Brown Spark (Hachette) Length: 359 pagesGenre: Non-fiction (design psychology)Target Age: Adult (suitable for +14) Summary 💬 Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people–regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity–are mesmerized […]
January’s Result – The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson This ended up being my second Sophie Anderson read in three months! I read The Castle of Tangled Magic in October 2022 as part of Cybils judging. The House with Chicken Legs, however, had been on my TBR for over four years. I think I can confidentally say at this point, having read Anderson’s debut and her latest, that […]
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Why we chose Seanan McGuire’s Lost in the Moment and Found TBH, we wanted to do R.F. Kuang’s Babel but it was seemingly impossible for us both to acquire a copy and read it within an acceptable time frame. Meanwhile, we both adore the Wayward Children series. Since we each preordered a copy and knew we would read it in January, we decided to discuss Lost in the Moment and […]