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Jan 282 min read

New year, newish goals, new books!

I considered not setting any reading goals for the year but when I was going over my reading log for last year, I saw soooo many DNFs and...

Oct 13, 20232 min read

Finally read a challenge book: The Mill on the Floss

I don't know if any two characters I've come across in the hundreds of books that I've read in my life have made me half as tired as Tom Tul

Jan 10, 20236 min read

My 2022 reading challenge check-in

Well, it wasn't great, and it wasn't bad. Part of my reasoning behind this goal (read my own shelves) was that I am always buying new...

Oct 21, 20223 min read

Halloween reads for 2022

It's time for my annual tradition of scaring myself half to death by late October! Books: King, Stephen- 'Salem's Lot Searles, John- Help...

Jun 27, 20223 min read

The mid-year reading challenge check-in

Last December, I set myself what seemed like an easy challenge: each month, I'd read one book from my own shelves. I thought I'd ace...

Apr 26, 20223 min read

A short YA fantasy list

Levine, Gail Carson- Fairest Levine, Gail Carson- Ella Enchanted Novik, Naomi- A Deadly Education Novik, Naomi- The Last Graduate and...

Jan 26, 20222 min read

2022 reading challenge: read my own shelves

I've seen this come up on other book blogs, so it seems to be a pretty popular resolution. I decided last summer, when I got my books...

Jan 9, 20223 min read

Nonfiction

Harmon, Claire- Jane's Fame Worley, Jeff (ed.)- What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets Zinsser, William- Writing Places...

Jan 9, 20223 min read

Alphabet challenge: v, x, y, z

Yeah, I know it's a bit out of order. Vuong, Ocean- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Xiao Bai- French Concession Yu, Charles- Interior...

Dec 27, 20212 min read

Goodreads list challenge: completed!

Moreno Garcia. Silvia- Certain Dark Things Kantra, Virginia- Meg & Jo Joy, David- When These Mountains Burn I haven't read a book for the...

Dec 12, 20213 min read

Alphabet Reading Challenge: s, t, u, w

Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow House Tarkington, Booth- The Magnificent Ambersons Unsworth, Emma Jane- Grown Ups Walker,...

Nov 5, 20213 min read

Books for young'uns: The Dragonet Prophecy and Tales of the Hinterlands

Sutherland, Tui T- The Dragonet Prophecy Narrated by: Shannon McManus Albert, Melissa- Tales from the Hinterland I don't know if I've...

Oct 10, 20212 min read

Alphabet reading challenge: Q and R

Quentin, Patrick- A Puzzle for Fools Rao, Mahesh- Polite Society A Puzzle for Fools: This is a release from the American Mystery...

Sep 30, 20213 min read

Goodreads list challenge: August and September

Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...

Aug 30, 20214 min read

Alphabet challenge check-in: M, N, O, and P

Martin, Valerie- The Ghost of the Mary Celeste North, Claire- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Olson, Neil- Before the Devil Fell...

Aug 1, 20215 min read

What I've learned from my Goodreads challenge, and summer check-in

I'm going to move my list into Storygraph bit-by-bit. It will import the whole thing, but since I don't like how I set up my list, that doe

Jul 19, 20215 min read

The six things I learned from my alphabet reading challenge

Last December, I wanted to try something new with my reading and set up some challenges for the new year. I think that this is by far...

May 7, 20213 min read

April '21 reading challenge round-up

Alphabet reading challenge, Goodreads challenge, and a non-fic.

Apr 30, 20215 min read

Challenge check-in: halfway(ish) through April

Reading Paradise Lost, Shakespeare essays, The Night Swim, Wives and Daughters, and starting on Plain Bad Heroines.

Apr 4, 20216 min read

March 2021: challenge check-in and a galley

Titles from my alphabet reading challenge and my Goodreads reading challenge. Also one YA book and one galley.

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