Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Author: Simone
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I’m throwing a little #throwbackthursday post up here today. Recently, I saw someone comment on a February TBR post from 2018. I was surprised someone went back a year to see what I was reading and commented on the post. Wow! However, I also noticed something intriguing about the post; my TBR. Looking back at…
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This month’s choice for The Backlist Book Club is The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. I knew that I wanted my book for February to be a diverse author. Since it’s also Black History Month I wanted something by an African American author. I wasn’t looking to read something historic, but I guess I will…
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TBRs are so elusive. I’m talking about the monthly TBRs we create for ourselves. We set out at the beginning of the month to read X number of books and then we leave the month going “wait, what happened to that list of books I wanted to read?” It honestly made me question whether or…
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Welcome to the first wrap up of the new year! If you’re new to the blog, my wrap ups are related to the books I’ve read over the month; what worked and what didn’t work. I hope you enjoy it! January worried me a little. I felt like I was doing a great job, but…
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A friend of mine posed the question earlier this month about reviews. Why do you write reviews of books? What is your process? Why is it important to you? For me, there’s a few reasons why I review books. Many of them are so I can remember what I’ve read. I even go back to…
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Are you a TBR curator? Do you take the time to put together a loving list of books you’ll read over a month? I used to be this person too. This month, I decided to share my TBR and really work to build a TBR that fits my reading life. I put the books I …
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Happy Birthday to me! I’m not a big birthday celebrator. I usually treat myself to something nice and spend time with my friends and family. I think there were some years I didn’t eat cake. Those were the dark years. Anyway, as a birthday treat, I put together a list of all the books I…
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Recently I’ve been getting more into manga and comic books. I’m super thrilled because I used to read these books back when I was in high school and college. It didn’t follow me into my 20s and that makes me the tiniest bit sad. But now I want to change that. The one downfall is…
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I’ve never done this before, but for some reason this winter I’ve been wanting to read more thrillers. Perhaps it has something to do with the shorter days and longer evenings where anything can happen to someone, but not in the nicest way. Thriller is one of those genres I love and hate. I find…
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This year, one of my big goals is to read more nonfiction. Nonfiction is a category I’ve rarely explored mostly because I’m an escapist and I use reading to leave the confines of my own world and enter another. But on occasion, I do read some nonfiction. My preferred genre is memoirs and autobiographies, though.…
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