Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Blogging
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I’m such a nerd. I’m the kind of nerd who loves to buy pens and pencils and paper that’ll take me my entire life to use. But it makes me happy and I thought I’d share of that on here under my Writing category. I mean, it technically is writing since you use them to…
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Hey everyone! We’ve finally reached another weekend. I’m most excited about this one because I’ll be heading off to San Diego for a little weekend away. I want to check out a new city, skateboard on their boardwalk, spend some time baking in the sun, watch my husband surf, and visit bookstores The big bookstore…
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I hate to admit it, but February hasn’t been kind to me. We’re now in the middle of the month and my reading hasn’t been going so well. I’ve read…one book. In some small way, I’m angry. I’m angry at myself for not focusing and reading as much as I can. I’m angry that I’ve put…
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So you just finished that widely-loved novel and…you hate it. Well, not hate it but you just don’t get why everyone else loves it. No, it’s not even that. Every time I finish a book and my opinion is different than everyone else, I feel like a salmon going upstream while everyone is going downstream.…
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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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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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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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When the year first began, Netflix released a new show called “Tidying Up With Marie Kondo,” a reality TV series where famed organizer Marie Kondo comes to your house and cleans it for you. She uses her very famous method of taking everything out of your closets and shelves, holding up each thing, and asking…
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2018 was such a great reading year for me. Honestly, I can’t get over how great reading was for me. I read so many books and I wrote so many blog posts and made so many friends. I don’t say this because I think it’s cheesy, but I honestly feel blessed. This year, I plan…
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