Category: Books
2022 Reading Update #2
Half a dozen books in after the first quarter of the year. My reading always picks up when the weather is nicer, so I feel like last year’s total of 31 is in reach. Here are the four I have…
2022 Reading Update #1
My reading journey for 2022 has started a little slower than some other years. I am only two books in with the third one not too far away from the end. I kept meaning to blog about the first two…
The Final Tally – 31 Books
Wrapping up the year in reading with the final 6 of the 31 books I read this year. The Immortalists, Chloe BenjaminI am a sucker for a good plot device and Chloe Benjamin nails it with her examination of four…
Generation X Holds Up
The moniker “Generation X” can carry some weighty expectations. Latchkey kids, fighting between generations, the ability to program both a VCR and a cell phone. Those things all define my generation. But at one point, Generation X only referred to…
Two Dozen!
This was a fun run of books in the past couple of months. The first two have some serious similarities. The third one was something I had started and set aside, and the final one is the only non-fiction entry…
Up to 20 Books
We are up to 20 books this year! So many great choices. Hope some of these end up on your list. Let me know if you want more details. Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Oh, my word. This is the…
Donuts and the Beach
I don’t think I will top Books 13 and 14 for this year. Two of my favorite authors both delivered books that go far beyond my very high expectations. Warning: I am in no way objective about this first book….
2021 Reading Update
I know I have read 12 books this year. That used to be my yearly goal, but COVID has pushed me further than usual for the second year in a row. I just have more time to read, plus I…
2020 Books
Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Black Widow by Leslie Streeter Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman What in God’s Name by Simon Rich Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin…
2019 Reading Log
I try to average one book a month. With six weeks left in the year, I have already surpassed that number. After the graphic is an update on what I have read in 2019 with short reviews of each one,…